DeLarla

We'll be here with open arms once you're banded. Congrads, must be awesome for insurance to pay!

Cybil. Gidget. June. Pumkin. DeLarla. Six. Heartface. My Aunt named me pumpkin at 4 cuz she was carving a pumpkin and none of the other kids cared, but I was mezmorized by all the stringy goo she pulled out with her bare hands. Chris calls me Pump for short. I've always been acused of multiple personalities and mental disorders, so I've been named Cybil several times throughout life, plus when I was younger I was often told I looked like Sally Field, who played Cybil and Gidget, so certain friends call me Cybil or Gidget. Some friends call me June cuz I remind them of the mental patient in Benny & June, who stands on the corner directing traffic wearing a snorkle and diving fins. I LOVE June! 1 There used to be a sitcom, and one of the actresses was really weird and her name was Six. So my friends called me Six. I guess I should be concerned that everyone thinks I'm weird, but I'd rather be weird than boring any day of the week. Heartface... deep sigh. From my first true love. He's a mental case now (I thought opposites were supposed to attract) but he adored me and said my face was in the shape of a heart. He'll always be in my heart.

In addition to the Band securing in place, I've also been told that you don't want your stomach doing any serious digestion because all those digestive acids make your stomach move and rumble around, which is too disruptive in the beginning, so stick to liquids and mushies for a few weeks.

I think Penni is confused with Band Bash and Birthday Bash. Penni, this is a Band Bash, but since you keep reminding us of your birthday, I'll be sure to have many cans of whip cream in the fridge - you know, the kind that sprays in your face? You want a birthday spanking? You got it! Payback's a bitch, ain't it? Oh boy, this is gonna be fun! And I think everyone else will agree that you should be the first to get tossed in the pool drunk in your panties this year!

A fish slice? Bright, you are so cute! I love the snow. What the heck is a fish slice?

Funny you should mention Karen, cuz I just nagged at her for not posting often. I told her that lots of people are asking about her, and she said she'd post something. Geeze, now I gotta nag at her some more cuz I don't see a Karen post, do you?

I was squeezing into a 28 Tall pants. Today I'm wearing very sloopy-loopy size 20 Tall pants that I can pull down without unbuttoning. You have to throw away all your old gramma undies in case your pants fall down.

Daisypooh, I don't know how I missed this thread. It should have showed under "New Posts" but I never saw it. I'm always happy to meeting new Bandsters. Just think, this time next week you'll be on the road to recovery! I wrote the date in my calendar, and I look forward to seeing you! Good luck with your surgery.

How come the Viva Las Vegas thread doesn't show under "new posts?" How could I miss that?

While I'm here, can I say how much I despise the Adkins Diet? I still see people eating a pound of bacon... but nooooo, they can't touch a stalk of brocolli! So I read the entire Adkins book from front to back. In the very last pages, in a very small, gray box, it says that you have to watch your portion control. In the back of the book there's an index that tells you exactly how much bacon you can have, how much cheese, how much steak, etc. The portions are regular-size portions that you'd expect on any weigh loss plan. But nobody reads the small print, so they keep killing themselves with piles of protein thinking they are following the Adkins Diet. Wrong. You have to measure, even on Adkins.

I can't believe you wrote that since I drop everything when that song comes on to dance in my underwear while singing into a brush handle! The next best song is THUNDER STRUCK by AC DC. Mind you, I've never been a huge AC DC fan, but a friend gave me a mixed tape to exercise to. Every time Thunder Struck comes on it makes me work harder!

Hey Deb, say an extra "Thank YOU" to the powers that be for guiding you here to LBT. This site is a blessing and you'll meet tons of people holding your hand through the whole process. Good luck to you.

You shouldn't be eating anything at all! You should be on Clear liquids for the first several days, and then you should slowly move to thick liquids then mushy foods. What are you eating? It is very important to NOT eat for a few days after the surgery because the Band has to seat itself, plus your stomach will have to do a lot of work to digest food, and you don't want to disturb the band yet. You need to call your doctor and tell him you've been eating food. Ask him why he's the only Band surgeon that allows his patient to eat food in the first few days. Maybe he forgot to give you correct post-op instructions or something. The left shoulder pain is very common and very normal after surgery (has to do with the anesthesia.) Use a nice big heating pad for the shoulder pain, which brought me a lot of comfort. As far as feeling awful, yes, a lot of us felt horrible for a week or two after surgery. Some people went back to work after a few days, while I could never imagine going back to work for at least a week. Is the pain in your esphogus like a really painful hiccup-type thing? It's hard to explain, but I had that for a couple days. All gas related, and it will get better.

LBT is getting really interesting lately with all these new Mexican doctors. Fun to see all the new people here. Good luck with your surgery.

Am I supposed to be working? How can I work when there might be new threads? Junkie? What junkie?

Daisydoodle, no need to change your name. Just shorten it to DaisyDoo.

Why the heck would they make a new woman's vitamin less effective than Flintstones? Go figure. Even taking vitamins has gotten exhausting. Sheesh!

Greg, are you really going to try to make us feel bad for taking drugs two decades ago MR. POLICE-MOM-MONITOR-DUDE? HUH? Are you on drugs? I can't even take cold medicine these days without hallucinations! Daisy, I think I published that Apidex Diet back in them good old days! Kim, you must be dropping weight like crazy. I'm jealous!

OMG, I'm totally laughing but PLEASE bring the pee-pee man back! I love the pee-pee man! And your avatar is darling, so don't change it!

Estela, sorry for laughing at your post, but I totally understand insane family that think they know your business better than you! Ya gotta love it. No, you can't eat your cake and have your milk, too. liquids push the food through the band so you'll feel hungry sooner. Hello, the whole reason we got the Band was to feel full. Get over it (that's my tough-love for the day.)

Viactiv? Are those the new chewy ones I'm talking about? Are you saying Flintstones are better?

Let's try this once more: Tuesday 1 packet oatmeal coffee w/ cream 1/4 cup tuna salad 1/4 cup egg salad 4 crackers carrots, bb tomatoes, celery

This is weird, but when I first replied to this post, the rebuttal letter wasn't showing so I didn't see both sides to the story. I'm a little miffed that this post came 4 years after the fact, but I'm also miffed that the rebuttal letter didn't mention the complications. I'm not going to change anything I said, but one very important issue that rings out in my head is that many places are now offering LapBand surgery on an outpatient basis where the patient goes home the same day. I totally disagree with this practice and think everyone should be required to stay at least one night in the hospital. Too many things can go wrong. This is major surgery in my opinion.

Betty, I think the Cabbage Soup Diet was actually the Beverly Hills Diet... if memory serves me well, you got to eat as much of that cabbage soup as you wanted. Mabye it wasn't the Beverly Hills, but as soon as I read your post the smell of pungent stinky cabbage soup flooded my memory all too well. They say that scent is the strongest sense for memory, so I apparently remember the cabbage soup very well! And I remember the first few bowls were really tasty, but after living off of it the smell could gag you!

Kat, if you think about erosion (say for example on battery cables) then you'll see that the band has to be removed. It actually errodes into the stomach, so it has to be removed. Some of my friends have had their bands removed due to erosion. Yes, the doctors will usually allow you to have a new band placed after you are healed (at your own expense.) But there's not a lot of research available yet to see if someone who had eroded once will erode with a 2nd band. It's a matter of personal choice to take another chance.