braziliangirl

I was banded yesterday! I still cant believe how good im feeling. Having NO pain at all. Im a little itchy around my incisions, and a little weak, but other than that it seems like i havent have surgery. I cant thank GOD enough about this. This morning a had a barium xray, and my surgeon said that i'm very swollen, and that i should stick to the clean liquids until sunday, and then monday i can start my stage 3 diet. So, far today i only had a cup of prune juice, and half cup of Protein shake very liquid as he recommended more milk so it wont be too tick. Im sooo happy that im banded My surgeon also congratulated me saying how easy my surgery went, that he was very proud of me, and my liver was very small so i guess my little cheating didnt affect that lol

I was banded yesterday too! I still cant believe how good im feeling. Having NO pain at all. Im a little itchy around my incisions, and a little weak, but other than that it seems like i havent have surgery. I cant thank GOD enough about this. This morning a had a barium xray, and my surgeon said that i'm very swollen, and that i should stick to the clean liquids until sunday, and then monday i can start my stage 3 diet. So, far today i only had a cup of prune juice, and half cup of Protein shake very liquid as he recommended more milk so it wont be too tick. Im sooo happy that im banded

Well my pcp had lots of reports of my past visits saying i was trying something lol from weight loss clinics, to personal trainers, etc. Every single page of my medical records she mentioned about my failed attempts lol it was even sad to see the word "obese" in all of then So, that may have worked, plus my 1 year record with weight watchers...

I'm disappointed! I thought this was a support group, judgment free! Well, i was wrong!

I understand ur concern, but as u said, u did only a 3 day liquid diet, so u may not know how u would feel if u have to do a 8 or 10 days liquid only! You have no right to judge me! I did 100%fine until day 6, which is already unbelievable, because if i knew i was capable of sticking to a diet forever, i would never choosen surgery! I didnt cheat like some people do, eating a cheeseburger, or a plate full of Pasta, i ate a freaking can of tuna + tomato, staying half of my target allowed calories.. I know is not a excuse, but i truly didnt feel like i cracked my diet! I know after surgery i'll be able to follow it thru, as i'll be having a super smaller stomach, which will not make me hungry like i am now. Also, my post op diet is much easier than the pre-op, i have tons of salty things that i'll be allowed to after day 5, so, thanks for your concern, but im certain i can do the post op! I'm sorry if i sounded rude, but this is a support group, if i wanted to hear someone saying i wasn't ready, i had gone to some other place!

Today was my day 6 of preop diet, and i ended up cheating ???” I ate one can of tuna (in water) with one tomato, i made like a salad with some lime and salt. OMG it was a heavenly food! Even with the cheating i still ended my day with 648calories, 48g of carbs, 11g fat, 98g protein! Which i think is pretty good, as my nutri said to try to stay bellow 1200cal and bellow 200g of carbs! I'm thinking i will probably do this again tomorrow, and the 3days left i will stick to liquids only. I'm not going to able to stay home tomorrow and not eat.. Weekends are the hardest day for me ;( Am i too bad? ???­???­

Ugh, just cheated! Please dont judge I was feeling sick, and tried to drink my EAS and couldnt ;( i almost throw up.. Yikes.. So, i eat a can of tuna with a plum tomato like salad with some lemon and pepper. My day so far: Fat: 11g Carb:45g Fiber: 8g Protein: 98g Im supposed to follow a liquid only, but my nutritionist said that my allowance is 1200cal, maximum 200g (yes 200) of carbs! So, i'm reallllllyyyy bellow.. Would this hurt my diet? ???”

I'm on countdown too! 6 more days to go! Surgery march 21 at 10:30am... Soooo excited!

Hahahahaha 5 each ankle should be fine haha u need to able able to walk lmao I'm sure you wont need this, just drink lots of Water and have a big meal lol with ur comorbidities u r fine!

Yes, call them! They are great! Talk to Jayne when you call. Here is the website: http://www.massweightloss.com/ Even if it is far for you, you can book the apt all in the same day, and you will need to come only 2 times, then for your pre-op apt. its worth! I live almost 1hr away too

Thank You guys!

In a week! March 21

I have pcos, and after a year of failed fertility treatments i decided to postpone my dream, and do the surgery, as probably my weight was the biggest issue on my hormones! Hopefully december i can start to try again

Got approved today! Yay!! I still cant believe, it was so quick! The whole journey will happen in less then 2 months.. God is good lol

OMG! I'm soooo happy! Just got a call from my surgeo saying the insurance approved me! Thank YOU GOD! March 21st, will be my surgery day! Yeah, that means, IN ONE WEEK! Omg lol For who is wondering, my insurance is NHP with commonwealth care in MA, took 5 days for the approval! Yayyyyyyyyy

The purpose of mine is to shrink the liver, being only on liquids for 10 days!

Oh, and i lost 1.4lb since yesterday. (I forgot to check my weight monday)..

I asked my nutritionist yesterday how many carbs i was ok to take a day, as the first day i ended up with 80g. Surprisingly she replied saying i could take up to 200g a day. She also said that i do not need to count calories, but i'm doing a 900cal goal. I'm still on 700as of now, the pickles i have here has 0 calories, 0 carbs, 0 everything (just sodium of course), so, that woundt be too bad, but im scared of the fact of eating the solid.. Maybe that is bad Ugh

Helpppppp here please! I'm craving pickessssss.. I have one here at house with 0 calories... I really want to eat :/ Would it be too bad? ???”???­

Lets keep in touch we can help each other!! Do you have a smartphone? You can get this app Kik and we can chat there my username is bras1987

This is for BMC: http://www.bmchp.org/app_assets/bariatric-surgery-effective-march-1-2012_20111223t095539_en_web_73194e4417d9400dbfcbd0188df5b1ef.pdf (note that they do mention about previous 6months of supervised diet)

Looks like they are almost the same, but NHP doest say anything about a previous attempts of medically supervised diet.. (Which bmc asks) Nhp askd for all the failed attempts but doesnt say about medically. Which any other attempts like weight watchers, etc would work. (Thats what the office said).. Here is the link: http://www.nhp.org/PDFs/Providers/Clinical_Criteria-Weight_Loss_Surgery.pdf