Beka

I love this forum so much... I am 11 days out and just couldn't take another liquid drink or sweet drop so I chowed through half a bag of chips then completely freaked out but knew I would find support and advice on this forum and here it is. I am so scared that I have done irreversable damage and $15,000 has gone down the toliet on another failed diet!!!! Glad to see that slip ups are normal and I will get through this. But so agree with the sweetness overload, not much of a sweet freak and dying for something savoury with a crunch! Bandster Hell is .... well.... hell!!

I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION!! I thought it was just werid and something I was imagining but I get a slimy phlemy feeling and keep swallowing then it goes away. At moment I am still only on liquids - thicker liquids so could it be the pouch being a bit full?

I know how you are all feeling I am one week post op and just starting to feel 'normal' - I couldn't get that much liquid down either at first and even now I get uncomfortable if I drink but the amount that I can now take is a little bit more. Walking and moving around seemed to really help although I still think its important to relax - remeber your body is healing.

Sounding good. So does this mean I get to keep the weight loss and it won't pile back on?!?!? I am okay about slowing down only expected to lose at most 1kg (2lbs) a week anyway but was more worried about the weight coming back when I started to eat solids but by the sounds of it maybe I can celebrate that 5 kilos is gone for good!!!!!

In NZ I know that the stats say that obesity related deaths (including cancer caused by obesity) are the number one killer and kill more people per day than any other, maybe its just NZ but would have thought this was true for the whole western world. Now I think yes this mother is a complete dill but if my daughter reached 12 years old and was 200lbs plus (which would class her as morbidlly obese not chubby!!) would I consider lap band if I knew that it was save her from endless yoyo diets (serious potential for heart problems), eating disorders, type 2 diabetes, self hate, bullying, tears and unhappiness - damn straight!!!! I would stand by her and support her 100% including helping her make choices and changes necessary to live with a band. Will this mother do that? Who knows - all I know as a parent of two that I will do anything to ensure my children are happy, safe and healthy, and isn't that all most parents want for their children.

I am one week post surgery and today I weighed myself and I was shocked to see that I had already dropped 5.2kgs (11.4lbs?). :whoo:Is this too fast? I am scared that if I get excited about losing so much I am setting myself up for serious disappointment when it piles back on again. Is it normal too lose this much in the initial phase (still on liquids) and does it stay off or does everything come back once I move onto solids. I know that it proberly will never fall off like this again and I am okay with that, what I am not okay with is it all coming back again. Bex

After a binge eating session which broke yet another diet I was reading a magazine and saw an article about a woman who had had it done and that was it - I knew I couldn't live the way I was living anymore and here I am nearly six weeks later and five days post op. I know this is the best decision I ever made.

It is so good to hear so many similar stories and know that what I was feeling was normal. I am now five days out and feeling so much better - I can still only take little amounts but what stops me form taking more is feeling full and satisfied. LOL whole reason for the band I guess. I have noticed though wanting to sleep so much more although today I feel a lot more awake - I guess in the end even though it might not seem like a huge surgery your body still needs to recover and the best recovery is done while sleeping - Thanks goodness for taking a week off work.

I am two days post op (Aug 9) and I knew I was going to be a bit uncomfortable but didn't realise how little I would be able to eat (drink! Liquid only at mo) without feeling uncomfortable. After two or three teaspoons I seem to get this tight uncomfortable feeling in my chest. Is this normal? I'm worried that I am not giving my body enough to heal itself.:help:

Hi, I am new here and was given my date on Monday - only have to wait two weeks so my surgery date is 9 August!! Is it possible to feel sooo excited and sooo scared at the same time!!! I start my pre op diet tomorrow - YUMMY NOT!!! - but tomorrow is the start of a whole new phase in my life and I can't wait.:whoo: x Bex

Hello everyone!! I have been a lurker here for a couple of weeks but as of Monday I now have a surgery date and everything is all set to go so I thought I would introduce myself. I am 29 and am I a kiwi chick! I had my first pre op consult on Monday thinking they would just go through the procedure and give me a surgery date about 12 weeks or so in the future but no - my surgery is scheduled for two weeks away - 9 August!!! I am so scared and excited all at the same time, it just seems to be happening so fast. Tomorrow I start my two week pre op diet - just got to keep telling myself only two weeks, had my last supper tonight and all ready for tomorrow. Anyway enough rambling, I have been so motivated (and sometimes a bit freaked) by other stories I have read here and can't wait to become one of the banded ones!!! :whoo: x Bex