Sophie139

Hi!! I was banded on 11/12 and I haven't had my first fill yet. The other day I had some string cheese and I felt stuck. I didn't throw up or regurgitate. Then that night and for the last two nights I've been experiencing coughing after dinner and night time cough. I haven't had any reflux or anything to go with it. Did I slip my band? I'm calling the doctors office in the morning, but I just wanted some advice so I don't worry the whole night

Hello all!! I am being banded on Wednesday and I don't know what to feel. I've read so many negative things about the band and I'm feeling kind of pessimistic. I was told to stay off the Internet, but then I found this forum and it seemed pretty positive. Im getting pre-op nerves. What if I don't wake up? What if this surgery doesn't help me lose weight no matter how hard I try? I want to be excited, I really do, as this is something that I've wanted for a long time and it's finally coming true, but it just doesn't feel real to me. I should be excited about this new journey I am about to go on, but I'm not as excited as I thought I would be. Did anyone else feel like this??

Hi!! I just started on the mushies phase, and I'm eating about 1/3- 1/2 cup of food per meal. I am super paranoid about stretching out my pouch. 17 days post op. Is it possible to stretch out your pouch during this phase? I feel restriction, I stay full for about 4-5 hours depending on what I eat. I start to feel pressure in my chest, no regurgitation or vomiting. I still have slight gas pain, and when I get the pressure in my chest it seems to agitate my gas pain in my left shoulder. Am I eating too much?? I'm just having a really hard time telling when I'm full, or when to stop eating. Please help!

Hi!!! I'm currently 17 days post op and I've been experiencing numbness on my right, outer part of my thigh. Had a Doppler done a few days post op, and it's not a blood clot. Sometimes I'll get this sharp shooting pain in the affected area. If I sleep laying completely flat, the affected area burns, similar to when you've been outside in the cold too long. I have no idea what it could be. Has anyone ever experienced this after bariatric surgery??

Thank you for the insight. I get back spasms and and I've never had an MRI done to see if there is anything else wrong with my back I'm going to contact my PCP and see if I can get some answers. Thank you!!

Congrats on making it to onderland!! Woot woot!!! I'm constantly cold now, I think my fat is broken :/ lol

Thanks for your reply..I try to get exercise in whenever I can. I have also noticed I can drink water quicker than I used to. I've been focusing on eating protein rich foods, such as cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, beans, puréed cod with ricotta cheese...etc. I just don't want to make mistakes that will jeopardize my weight loss... :/

I'm with you!!! I'm two weeks post op and if seems like all throughout this process there's been nothing but potlucks and invites out to eat. I just had friendsgiving on Saturday while being on liquids, and I have a potluck at work tomorrow. At my friendsgiving, I just focused on the people around me. I ate my soup and once I becAme full I just talked about whatever came to mind. It was almost liberating. I was able to concentrate on my friends and enjoy their presence, also I didn't feel sick afterwards from over eating. I'm just trying to see it this way.. Thanksgiving will be there next year too, but how much longer am I going to be around if I keep eating like I do??

My sister says it is common. I started to have bad breath as soon as I started my pre-op diet. Ketosis and the protein shakes contribute to the bad breath and that yucky after taste, ugh like gag me with a spoon!! Listerine strips have become my new BFF

Woot woot!! Way to go!!! Glad to hear you're doing well!! I went back to work and I think I'm feeling a little back to normal! So much so that I decided to make Oreo truffles for my coworkers! Yumm yumm! But I may have over done it since my port site hurts. I've had this annoying side effect after surgery, I wonder if anyone has heard of if or experienced it? I may post this in another forum to see what feedback i get. My right outter thigh is numb. When I lay down it starts to burn, kind of like when you've been out in the cold too long. And then I get this shooting pain in the numb area. Tonight I'm trying to elevate my leg to see if it helps. I had a Doppler done and it's not a blood clot. Not sure what to make of it.

Like these lovely ladies just said!! Hang in there!! Every surgeon is different but it could be that maybe you're not ready for puréed food due to swelling?? I'm about to be two weeks post op and I'm about to move onto purées. Try going back to an all liquid diet for a few more days or a week? Just to give you more time to heal and to bring the swelling down.

Hello!! Thank you for the warm welcome!! On one hand I can't wait to go back to work to see my students but on the other hand I know it's going to be rough since I work with pre schoolers lol, but I miss them so much!! I have a friendsgiving to go to today and I'm still on liquids. I don't start mushies till Wednesday. My friends are very supportive but I know it'll be a little difficult seeing all the food and not being able to have any. However, I'm trying to take this as a learning opportunity. Food has always been the focus of every holiday, not family or friends. I hope to rewire my brain, so I'm not so hyper focused on what's on the menu, but to focus my time and energy into the people that I'm with. However, with this being my first se of holidays where I can't eat how I used to, it's going to be hard.

No need to get upset People that I've spoken to in regards to why they chose one procedure over the other simply told me that they didn't have time for the band. That could be a reason why people are choosing it less as well. I have my personal reasons why I chose the band. I am happy and confident with the choice I made just as other people are with the choices they made.

Hi!!!! I got my lap band "my baby" on 11/12 with dr. Rami lutfi in Chicago. I love this app and so far everyone I've encountered have been wonderful!!! I'm looking for a buddy or mentor who I can chat with!

Oh no. I hope you're feeling a little better. I was going to go back to work 5 days after surgery but I had to go back to the hospital and I just took that as a sign to stay home another week. I'm sure the boss isn't happy about it but oh well!! Ugh I wish I could eat fish or tuna!! I'm still on a liquid diet and next week I get to progress into mushy food for another two weeks, and then I can have soft solids!!! My hungries are killing me!! :'(

That's what I'm afraid of if I tell people at work. That they'll say things like that and talk out of their asses out of sheer ignorance! But I'm sure people at work will put two and two together. I was out for two weeks and all of a sudden I'm losing weight. I keep telling myself that I'm reaching an age where I should care what people say!! Easier said than done! Pink dahlia I completely agree!! Nothing about this process has been easy!!! When I came to in my hospital room, the first words out of my mouth we're "did I make the right choice??"

I gained weight as well but quickly lost it. However, stay off the scale. Easier said than done, I know!! I'm approaching the mushies stage and the weight will come of slower or it won't come off at all until I have a fill. sounds like this journey has been very emotional for you so far and you should focus on healing your body. I'm afraid that if you don't see weight loss that it could really crush you... This phase is all about healing not losing weight. I am very sorry about your dog.

Wish I would've found this link sooner!! I was banded on 11/12!!! I'm glad to read that the November banders are doing well!!! I go back to work on Monday and I'm a little nervous since I'm still so sore. How is everyone preparing for the holidays??

Very well said!! I agree!! We are all battling the same disease, regardless of the way we choose to battle it!! Thank you soo much for this wonderful community you have created!! I know I am just beginning this journey, but knowing that there is a wonderful online community that I can come to, makes me feel like I can do this and so much more. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much!!

I feel you!! I haven't told anyone outside of my close circle of friends and family. People are very judgmental and always have something to say whether you want to hear it or not. Being that I've been HANGRY, I do not want to deal with anyone's unsolicited advice or opinions on how I could've lost weight the "normal way" instead of the "easy way". Easy my, soon to be small, behind!!

Lol... This was all pre-op... I haven't been at school in two weeks so I'm sure I'll have tons to do when I get back and the house is looking so so, thanks to one of those long reach griper thingies... I was trying to play around with the app... It seems like you can only add people from your desktop or the desktop version.

I would love to keep in touch!!! We can use all the support and motivation we can get!!! I'm pretty new to this app, is there a way to add friends? Would you prefere Facebook? Yessss keeping busy is a great way to try to keep hunger at bay! I remember while I was on my pre-op diet I kept so busy, my house and classroom have never been cleaner lol

Hi! How are you! Hope you're healing well. I too have my first fill on the 17th and I was talking with my sister (she's been banded for 3 years has lost over 150lbs) about hunger after the swelling has gone down. She said it's basically mind over matter. She said that her hunger came back with a vengeance but she stuck to the post op diet until her first fill. I would stay away from the atkin shakes, especially since you're drinking 8-10 a day. I noticed that they have waaay more fat than the other shakes (eas muscle milk, ensure high protein, etc.) I know we shouldn't be concerned about losing weight during this time, but it's soo hard not to!! I had to put my scale away so I could focus on the healing process. Since you're on soft foods already, just focus on eating your proteins first, veggies second. Protein, protein, protein as my sister would say!

I hope what you're saying doesn't come true! I was just banded last week and I've found and received so much information from the banders on bariatric pal. Why are surgeons not recommending the band? I've read some awful things but you can't believe everything you read online right? My surgeon loved the idea that I wanted to get banded and was very supportive of my choice. It makes me a little sad when people say things like "a good surgeon won't even do the procedure anymore."

Hi!!! How are you feeling?? I also had a hernia repaired, and I'm just ready to feel like myself again. this gas pain is obnoxious!!! How is everything progressing??