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Welcone sk8!!!! If you have any any questions about before during and after we are all here for you. Lapband is the safest and only reviseable surgery, like i wanted mine out cos it was placed wrong so no matter what fill i had i was always chucking. 18 months ago after i got it taken out i never thought i would want it again. But i no it works and at least melb has such a great parnrship and the docs let you know in advance what they expect from the start till the rest of your life which i never got in hobart or geelong. Were you given the blue book that also has a dvd 8 golden rules? Watch the dvd and a couple chapters of the book, my mums friend got stomach stapling and she lost tons of weight then over a couple years gained close to 50kg back. And last year her staples burts and she was very nearlly dead from all the gut juices going every were and she was in icu for a while. In my first visit with mr burton i told him a band would be good but i asked him is there a better one you think i should have? I know the sleeve stretches and after a while not good. We must all be 32 here!!!! Thats a long wait till january!!! I had just under 2 weeks to wait and that seemed like forever!! Ask us anything from basically never going to the loo to never being able to take part in burping compitions!!

I wont have a chance to take it early at work cos someone invented chrissie cake which my parents loved and mince tarts that i loved. We dont have a microwave at work so i would have a spinach fetta and cheese danish and chuck it in the oven cos they stayed really hot. I didnt eat anything else, no wait occasionally i would taste test the icing! So i wont miss anything there, i can just inhale. I look at it if i eat it its just extra cals i have to burn. Yeh yesterday i wasnt hungry at all and i was waiting. Cos it just didnt feel right. So i think the next time i have metamucil maybe a couple of hours after tea so then hopefully im hungry by lunch or even afternoon tea time the next day. Yes my mum and dad are both over weight and most people on my dads side including my late pop, and his 2 sisters. Both parents have high cholestrol and high blood pressure. I strangly dont have any of those. But im going to adk mr burton what my pre op bloods showed. Im on drugs for life for epilepsy which means cos i will never be able to get off them, dose might be able to go down, but sadly it means i cant have kids cos the rusks off diformities are really high and odviously you cant do drug studies on pregnancy cos its unethical. But i will get a dog instead. I came to accept it when i was only 21. But if i take the drugs i have my freedom i can drive live alone and work. I agree the waiting is the worst bit!!!!

Welcome!! Do you go to glen iris clinic or some were local to you? Are you the same of max 3 meals a day of 1/2 a cup? How can i get more protein in as im throwing away some of my meal for the angels. i got mine done on 30/11/12. So its weird not to be able to even finish 1/2 a cup! I go in on wednesday next week for my first follow up appoitment. Im looking forward to the nutrionalist. The website saud she has written a book so i will find out about that. Today was great i ate i had up and go for breakie just to get some cals and good stuff in since i didnt eat wednesday. I ate lunch and tea, not all of it but at least i had an appitite!!! Welcome again. And congrats on your fantastic weight loss, may i ask your age? I no a rude question to ask a women!! Hope everyone stayed cool today, i did 35mins on the wii fit while it was still boiling hot and had 2 fans going! But better than walking outside! Have a great night well whats left of it! Have a wonderful friday hopefully the sun will be shinning and the birdies will be singing!!!!!!

Its nothing to worry about, just like a normal faint, if you did faint they wouldnt let you leave until you felt right. Ive never personally herd of anyone fainting but just light headed that passes. Youll be fine!! I have had to drive myself to all my fills with my last band and no problems at all.

Are there any other meats or vegies that you have questions about? What stage will you be at chrissy? i have already planned what im going to eat. Find out how many meals and the volume to help you also plan your meals. Using a steamer is great fir vegies and fish but chicken is easier to grill. Dont be afraid to add sauces to help keep things soft for the first couple of weeks then slowly reduce the amount.

Yep very common cos the band sits on vagas nerves and as pressure is put on them they squeeze and can make you feel dizzy. Usually the first cos its a new sensation or if they put in too much fluid. But most of the time once you have a drink of water you feel better also dont jump off the couch really fast when you have had a fill

Instead of just hanving just coffee cos at breakfastvim not hungry i had up & go that has all the goodness and fibre and protein of wheat bix and milk. I know once im in week 2 we arent supposed to have fluids unless we have problems. I was hungry at lunch so to make up for yesterday i just had protein, chicken and cottege cheese and that has kept me satisfied. I think it was deffiently the metamucil. At least i found the cause

Hi, im in mentone and i only git my band in on th 30/11/12, i have a total of 59kg to loose. Are you also at the glen irris centre? What did you learn from the nutrionalist? Im looking forward to seeing her, from the videos on the website she seems really nice and very informative! Welcome again and fantastic weight loss!!!

My goal is 65kg. Yesterday i wasnt hungry at all so i doubt i would loose any weight from only having coffee, but i think the only differance was yeasterday before lunch i had metamuticil which is fibre drink so maybe it filled me up so im not going to take it for a couple if days. It was weird i went to bed at 2:30am and i still was not hungry. I was waiting to get hungry. I had mini waves of being pekish but they went after about 10 mins. When i see my doc on wednesday about it and how many kilos a week i think its more initally and then it slows down

I tried one mouthful yesterday and i just got pain probley cos i wasnt hungry at all. But i had a couple of waves of peekish, but it went within 10 mins. But im seeing my doc on wednesday next week and metamucil is a fibre drink so i think it filled me up cos i didnt skull bottles of water down so im going to wait a couple of days before taking it again so if it was at least i can know why and lower the dose and drink more water with it. Oh well. Have a great day!!

Yep that was 2:30am writing talking. Yeah im 32 and on my scales that im going off 119kg and 5'3. I said i dont want to fat when im 30 then the next year 31 and now when i turn 35 i dont want to be the fat girl with a pretty face and nice eyes. Yep i go to glen iris. Maybe the studies he just does. But i would love to be in a study, what was it? To know its eventually going to help even 1 person is totally worth it!! I downloaded forum on my phone and i cant edit my profile and cant even add a piccie. Everyone is always taller than me!!! Oh you know how i told i only ate metamucil and coffee yesterday well nearly 8am and im still not hungry. So last night when my bro rang i told him how weird it felt to wait to get hungry!!! Cos if we try and eat when we are not hungry then we will just get massive pain and then find a dunny to chuck! Oh i do have a story, i have to many storries for a rainy day!! With no Fluid in my last band i was driving, i was living in Ocean Grove at the time, and i chewed pretty well, we had a pouch so we didnt have to chew to mush so i chewed as i had done for so long and it stuck after a few mins with the pain getting worse i had to pull up at a beach car park run to the bushes and throw up. I decided yep its going!!! Im in mentone. So what are you planning to eat for chrissy? If im actually hungry after yesterday! Some hamand chicken and salads, anything that i no i can chew to mush i really dont want to throw up in front of my grand parents. I work at bakers delight in southland and of course im the fatest there and they are always talking about how much weight they have lost, i think the customers must think that i have eaten everything in the shop. I hate it!!! are you going to make a new years resolution? Im learning to listen to my tummy, even when i in the words of winnie the pooh, rumblies in my tummbly, its my old stomach when before we woukd be starving i only feel a tiny bit hungry! But i am staying commited to my lifestyle. In the mornings and at night i have to take 5 drugs and if im peckish they almost fill me up. Of course 1 at a time and a minute, but i have become productive like taking one then going to the loo or hanging up clothes checking my email on my phone to find out if im loved or need to write an essay like last night and this morning! Wow 2 kids, lap surgery should be a total breeze for you!!! Remember to be careful in the first few days lifting anything heavy as it feels like you tearing yourself open. But you have been there done that!!! Oh up and go is good cos with it in the fridge while so hot its so refreshing!!! Ok im getting up now!!! Another essay for you to read! Have a fantasic day. Im off till tommorow on sick leave then back at work at the bakery on saturday and it is going to be so busy!!! Oh well exercise for the day!!!! Cya stay cool

Hey there. Thanks for your suggestions we have an appoitment with the nutriontalist about week 4-6 then at week 12. But did you ever go a day without eating? I dont know if it was because i had metamucil but that was before lunch so ive had that a bottle if water and 3 coffees and now being 2:30am im still not hungry! Before this than being in the red or yellow zone!

Congrats on the loss! Bread is really hard to swallow at the best of times as well as steak. Even when your on normal food the softer meat is the better cos you have to chew it till its mush before you swallow.

At midnight i still had not eaten but not hungry so if i tried i would have thrown it up. Wow to the questions!! I wrote them done so i can hopefully answer all your questions for today anyways!! Having prof obrien is fantastic after just seeing him on the semminar and 8 golden rules dvd plus writing a book he knows his stuff and seems like a really nice guy! Okdoaky q&a time. If you want me to go into more detail or more questions just let me know cos i have the forum on android. 1. 1 week fluids, the first couple of days clear then for the rest if the week fluids as long as it goes up a straw. And they dont care that it contains cals as unless for a specific reason it will be the last time you have fluids, as after that its Water tea coffee mineral water. I had a problem with milk for just the first week even added to coffee but 2nd week im fine with milk. You are allowed i think it was 250ml of milk, skinny of course but dont quote me! All of this is explained in the book they give you post op. Then 2nd week mushies and make sure you have Protein like eggs fish cottage cheese Beans. I ate chicken yesterday and i must not have wizzed it enough cos i got pain. But i didnt chuck so that was lucky, just pain but it passed. With the 1/2 a cup as per the dvd 1/3 protein and the rest either fruit or vegies and expect not to go to the loo, in 12 days ive only been twice which they expect as your not eating as much. At the start of the 3rd week so friday for me still the max of 3 1/2 a cup meals a day build up to more normal meals. Remember that at every stage chew till its total mush, wait a minute then next bite. I brought a steamer an early chrissie pressie cos its really good to chuck every thing in and you no its going to be soft. The harder it is the harder it is to chew and swallow and a greater chance of it being stuck, let me explain 'stuck' it means the food wont go through the band and you get pain in your abdo and cant swallow and the easiest thing i found was to chuck and learn from my mistake!!! Between week 3-4 you should have a follow up appoitment. Next 2. Did you feel pressured to be a day stay? I live alone and when i had the band put in 4 years ago i only had panadol and was in agony and the lower half of my lungs collapsed cos i couldnt take a deep breath i thought it was chest pain!! Cos i live alone and parents are 2 hours away and could only pick me up 2 days later i enjoyed the extra boredom! Cos of other drugs im on i can only have panadol so i cant go home with any thing else. So i had a pca so a button i press to help get through the night and shower the next day then it was taken off. But the issue was never raised about day stay. Mr burton had to actually cut away part of my stomach from the damage that had been done when it was put in 4 years ago and taken out 2 years ago. So the op went for 2hours instead of 1hour but still only had the 5 incisions. I was really drowsy even till the next morning and could hardly stand to walk to the loo. Next 3. Well i weighed myself on my scales a couple of days before i went in and have been going off them. So off them to date 7.4kg but thats from not eating much cos you loose intetest in food. I have 59kg in total to goal. Im going to see what i look like at 65kg and either maintain or maybe at the lowest 60kg. Yourself? Next 4. I saw my doc 2 weeks before my op and was on Optifast for 2 weeks and i was starving and went for bad health choices during those 2 weeks. The aim is to shrink the liver and if you get weight loss good if not i dont think it matters. Next 5. Oh my first band, i was living in hobart for 5 and a bit years and i got it put in, only one surgeon for the state private and public and the after care is fills and a terrible bed side manner and we were forced to buy prof obriens book and i adkef him how many meals and what to eat and he said everone is diffetrnt so he doesnt reccomed anything, when he put it in he put mesh around were the band was going to go to help it adhese or join and make friends which the mesh is not needed at all. I had it taken out about 18 months ago cos i was sick of chucking with hardly any mls in it and on a barrium swallow it was sideways, that was in Geelong and the surgeon hadnt seen mesh before so it made it hard for him. So as you can imagine over that past 18 months i tried to keep the weight down by all diets as my stomach returned to normal pretty quickly so did my appitide. And so i thought about it and decided as i had just turned 32 im not going to be that fat girl when im 25. So im in melb now and so happy about support and they are a call away. Im very happy i got it back in. Sounds like you have alot less than me to loose so i think you will beet me to the finish line!! But its a life style change and an expensive chrissie present to ourselves and a great start to the new year already!! I think that was all of them. Oh you will have left shoulder tip pain from the air they blow your belly up with an its good after a couple of days you can start farting it out!! A hot pack works well for the pain. Also if you need to do any heavy lifting or the vaccuming do it before you go in. If you decide on the day that you want to stay over night are you allowed that option? Also you will be given a card to put in your wallet for forbid the worst happens and you cant tell them you have had a lap band they will feed you to much. I hope some of this has helped! Oh and on the next day you usually get a sore throat from the tube but panadol and cool water eases this!

Still Wilkinson? Hows it? I got my first band there. Hows the nutrition support?

Still Wilkinson? Hows it? I got my first band there. Hows the nutrition support?

Mr burton, he was fantastic!! Im 13 days post-op and today its now 9:30pm and still waiting to get hungry!!!! I mean i know its supposed to be max of 3 meals of 1/2 a cup. Ive had 2 coffees and 1tsp if metamucil, maybe that filled me up? Did you get the book and 2 dvds? If you can try and finish the book if not at the moment the relevant chapters. Also the night before i rewatched the 8 golden rules dvd. The next morning i was given an a4 booklet that explained the first month and that we have 2 paid nutrionalist appoitments. Oh i would recomend writing down everything you eat and if you have an android phone then you can get calorie king and also my fitness pal, which is good to enter your weight cals and exercise and you can entre quick cals which is good cos i cant be bothered to search. I have a book which has one side food grams and how many cals and the other end has daily- meals exercise cals and if i feel anything mentally i write it down. Plan before you go in, with fluids, aldi have nice cup a soup(which you have to take the noodles out) a version of v8 juice, some of the kidie pop juices are handy to have in your bag when your out. Soups. This is my 2nd band i had my first taken out 2 years ago in geelong. Whos your doc? Oh most important thing post-op is to support your tummy and deep breath and cough. If you have any questions im always here! Best of luck

Hey there. I had my band put in 30/12/12, and he put some fluid in during the op. And even only 11 days out and i think im in the green zone. Were only allowed 1/2 a cup of food 3 or less meals a day. And on my 1 an only week of mushies half way through at breakfast im not hungry just coffee and im totally happy!! I hope your adjustments start working!!

Hi there. When i had my first band in 4 years ago when i had my first fill i felt faint as well. I had it taken out 2 years later and of course in 18 months i put the 20kg back on, no idea in pounds, im in Australia. So i got a new bright shinny one on 30/12/12. And its a smaller band this time cos we only eat 1/2 a cup meals 3 maximum and they put fluid in at the time and 2 weeks out and im already in the green zone. Do they treat you differently cos you had your surgery in Mexico? Its great that you get after care though!! How are you feeling after your adjustment or fill?

Itchiness is a great sign is healing. I know its winter there but if you can let the air get to it so take your top off. I had 2 cuts one underneath each boob, so being summer here one was red from the heat, so it felt good to let the fresh air to it. If any if the sites havent fullly joined ring your doc

Hey redner how are you feeling? Having fun on liquids? If you have any questions just ask us. Best of luck!!

4 years ago when i had my 1st band put in all i was given for pain was panadol so i couldnt take deep breaths and couldnt cough without feeling like i was ripping my stomach open. When i was only walking a few mins i was short of breath and almost chest pain. I saw the doc and i had bilateral lower lobe colapse. Basically the bottom of my lungs werent getting any air. So it maybe that? Please call your doc. Best of luck and i hope you feel better soon

Sounds like you lost a lot of weight!!! Im sick of not going to the loo so when i just went to the supermarket to get cottage cheese. I then went to the chemist and finally got a multi vitamin, our docs want them to have folate and vit B12. I asked the chic and no joke the first thing she said was us it for pregnancy?!!!!!!!!!! And i also got a fibre drink which will probley add cals and also this special band aid thingie that helps even open blisters to heal faster. And when i got out i could smell roast chicken!!! I inhaled deeply and then thought hiw the hell am i swallow it and more cals to burn off or to add to my day! How many pounds do you have to loose to get to your goal? I think the feeling of looser clothes is always a fantasic way to measure, congrats again on that!!!! Have a good one

I looked over the month food program and we only have to do 1 week complete mushies. And we get 2 nutrutionalist visits. One at 4-6 weeks after being banded then 3 months. Does the protein powder add many cals? But to get protein for you is really important especially as your so hungry and dont see your doc until next friday us it? Cos im on wednesday. Its going to be hot for the next couple of days so im going to the supermarket ti get some cottage cheese that someone who is also on 1/2 a cup recomends. Im worried about my foot cos i start work at the bakery on saturday and i cant get a certificate for sore feet. So im going to the chemist to get advice on dressings cos being almost chrissy the next 3 weeks will be frantic and we never sit down at all. Since im very restricted doing walking im doing upper body like standing arm push ups and side leg raises and stuff. Other wise i havent got much planned today, im bad i weigh myself every day and if i put on i know to focus more and if there are changes from the day before that i can make changes today to get that back, like i put on 1 kg and today i lost 0.4kg. So i know what ti change from better use of cals etc.. I think swimming is usally 5-6 weeks, the wounds have to be totally healed. Mention it to your doc and just think soon you will have to go down a size!!!! Good luck with your new eating plan!