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voodookitty

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  3. Posted

    There are so many different regulations on this. Every doctor is different. I was banded by Franco favretti, the Italian doctor that fitted the second lap band ever done worldwide. He now teaches other docs worldwide in banding and continues to develop the best way to avoid complications. I am so impressed by him and I felt honored to be one of the few patients lucky enough to secure a appt with him.

    That said my advice was:

    7 day pre-op diet to shrink the liver (protein shakes and sensible dinn)

    post op:

    3 weeks of liquids

    3 weeks of purees

    then progression into solids.

    First fill at 8 weeks

    Then 3 days of liquids/puree of liquids after a fill.

    Now that is very conservative compared to what alot of doctor's say but the patients at the clinic I go through have a very very low rate of problems with their bands IF they follow the program. It's hard and it sucks and I wish sometimes my doc was as easy going as alot of docs but after spending nearly 15k self pay on this the last thing I want to do is screw it up because I've been too hasty or anxious to do what *I* wanted.

    My advice would be listen to your doctor but educate yourself, its better to be more cautious in the beginning while you're healing then to regret it later on and end up in surgery again or doing harm to yourself. If his speciality is gastric bypass over the lapband then it may be why he's so lax. Their rules are very different to ours.

    Best wishes to you in your journey and please don't think I'm trying to say any other doctor's but mine are wrong because I'm not...only that it is better to go with caution sometimes rather than over confidence.

  5. Posted

    Don't worry. I was banded on the same day as Fairydust and we seemed to work one another through the nerves. lol

    I felt like you too. I wanted to lose weight but I was also scared about changing my lifestyle. Even though food is our enemy because we couldn't control ourselves, it was also a best friend because it always was there.

    It's hard to break up even a harmful relationship because we get used to things and don't like change...it's no different when it's your relationship with food. Just like a 'human' breakup the pain lessens every day until you just can't feel that remorse any longer.

    Maybe not the best comparison but the best I could do first thing in the morning sans coffee. lol

  8. Posted

    (Shaking head) I feel for you, sweetie. Geez, I'm still on liquids for another week but if I were in your place I would hate that.

    My hubs has been very supportive and even nags me to eat more (drink rather lol). My mom has been a bit funny about it. She keeps nuerosing over all the things I can't have anymore. I'm like mom, ys, I may get pissed for about a minute if my body rejects something I love later down the road but I can still have what I like just not as MUCH of it.

    I think part of the trick seems to be not to deprive yourself because when all of us did just that on all these diets over the years we'd end up binging.

    If you take a bite or two usually it will satisfy that craving. I agree completely with the choice you made. Well done!

  9. Posted

    Hi all,

    well as of this morning I am down 20 pounds but thats not my major accomplishment. Before this band I would do anything I could to avoid getting off my butt and doing any form of exercise. Here I live in one of the most beautiful countrysides in the world and I rarely do much but ride by the sites.

    This weekend my husband managed to talk a moaning, bitching, reluctant me into talking a walk through one of our forest parks. Being this soon out of surgery, etc I had a million excuses. I sheepishly told him on the way there that we'd have to turn around when I got out of breath or started hurting.

    Imagine my surprise when we started this walk and by the time it was over I had walked over a mile and a half!

    I can go up and down stairs without gasping for breath now. I just did a major walk without getting winded and my hubs says I rarely snore now.

    Now that's with only 20 pounds less. I can only imagine how much better its going to get!:whoo:

  11. Posted

    Bjean, I have that kind of relationship with a few of my friends. Sadly since I've moved to the UK its been difficult for me to be very helpful to them with all the time changes. At least here in the UK it's not considered weird or satanic to do what I do. The US can be so narrow-minded about it.

    I'll have to watch Moulin Rouge again, maybe it is one of those films one just doesnt get the first time around.

    As per coke, I dropped weight really quickly when on it but the harm it caused was by far worse than any good it did at the time. I do know what you mean about doing anything to los weight. I'm sure I did myself endless amounts of harm using stackers all those years. It's really bad for your heart.

  16. Posted

    Ohhhh, Thank you so much! That really means alot. I have been so thrilled to find my cheekbones again.

    Fun...wow, I hope so. My clients seem to think so becaue I'm certainly getting alot of bookings now for sessions.

    Ohhh and to Bjean regarding coke.....I know you were joking but despite how it's glorified in movies and such...coke is a terrible terrible drug. not that I think there are any good ones out there.

    I have been clean for 12 years now but if I see it being used in a movie.....I still go all shivery and can actually taste it.

  18. Posted

    It's one in the same..welcome to ketosis. It means your body is doing what it's supposed...getting rid of all that oogly fat. I too started having ketosis a couple days after my surgery and it's still there. I keep brushing my teeth and tongue and also found if I drink peppermint tea that it seems to help with the cleanse from inside out.

  20. Posted

    Wow, thanks so much. That's very flattering. I wish I was a nurse but the reality is I work in my hubs law firm by day and psychic by night. lol

    As per having another surgery. The good thing about my TT is that even when I piled weight back on I never really gained anything in that area. There I was at 284 with no tummy, weird huh. I think I may get away with not having another one because I even had a baby with the TT and it didnt affect it at all. I will need some work done on my bum, and thighs and my boobs need doing again. I had them lifted and enlarged at the same time as my TT but a boob job doesnt fare well after several years and tons of weight gains and losses.

  22. Posted

    Wow, thats exactly what I meant about recovery, Shelby. It takes everyone different times to heal. It's all very individual and has nothing to do with what kind of person we are or how we personally handle pain. It bugs me when I see people on here criticize others in a offhand way for having pain or not returning to work when 'they' did.

    What I found with my steri strips is they looked much ickier than they actually were. Most of the matter that was showing thru the strips was all dried goo. I carefuly lifted the strips to see if they actual incision was dried, if so I just took it off and carefully cleaned the area with a mild baby soap and let the air get to it for a couple days. Oxygen is just the greatest thing to aid in healing. I've learned that from my plastic surgeries. After the incisions were fully dried and not goopy looking I started applying A & D ointment (get it at Walmart in the baby aisle where the diapers, ointments and wipes are) that I had left over in the cabinet from my son's diaper rash days. As of today even my scabs are gone and it's new skin coming in. That ointment is fantastic.

  24. Posted

    I wouldn't worry too much. While I was very pleased with the job my surgeon did I did actually have some nerve damage. I think it attributes to alot of the pain I have now from that TT.

    I have spoke to other people who have had them and one woman told me that 3 yrs out she still feels pain if she has to bend for very long. Perhaps she had nerve damage as well.

    There seem to be quite alot of people that never experience that and some have had no clue what I was referring to.

    Keep in mind that I had my tt nearly 10 yrs ago and I wasn't exactly skinny when I had it. I've done nothing but piled on more and more weight onto that tuck and really tested it to no end...thus this LB.I def abused the system while you are going to be at a healthy weight having it and not going to balloon back up like I did. Big big diff for your future recovery there.

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