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All I know is that no average or skinny person ate the amounts of food that I use too and that's why I think they don't have the weight problems. :cursing:Whoever said chicken Expresss :drool:.... I'm gonna get you! :sneaky:

I guess I'm not, lol. Yes that's all I ate yesterday. My Dr. said that we don't start on Vitamins or Protein drinks until week 2. I have an appointment this Wens. so hopefully I can start those then. I get some calories from Jello (?), popsicles (50) and candy (?). Not enough I am sure but I am goin by Dr.s orders. I feel good though. When I asked in the hospital about vitamins and protein for the first week he said that they pump me up with so much vitamins and such that I'll be fine for 10 days. Then when I asked a nurse what she was giving me when she started a new IV with a full bag of yellow Fluid she told me vitamins. It must be working.

I'm on the highest dose of prozac and suffer from depression and anxiety and it was not an issue at all.

That sounds so yummy!!!! I'm jealous!

Great Job Beth. Glad you're here. Where did you get your surgery done at?

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HI Sonya! Welcome. For me there was no other way to lose weight....I tried it all! Best of luck for Tuesday and look forward to hearing how it goes.

Couldn't have said it better myself!

Before my surgery the nurse gave me a pill for nausea and then a couple hours after surgery I had another pill and I have not experienced any nausea at all. The pain....well the worse part on operation day was them sticking 2 huge IV needles in me (I'm a baby). After that it was smooth sailing. Walking 3 hours after surgery didn't really hurt. Then when I came home gas was pretty bad but nothing the liquid pain meds they gave me couldn't control. I hate being in pain and I am all all for taking pain meds and I stopped pain meds I think 3 days post-op and feel pretty good physically today. Long story short...yes they will give you meds.

8 pounds already! YGG! You are really gonna lose weight when you get banded. Good JOB!

First I just wanted to say a lot depends on your insurance or self-pay. I have really good insurance so my timeline was pretty quick after psych appointment. Went to free seminar on 1/19/08 Psych Eval and nutrionist appointment on 2/8/08 Approved for surgery on 2/18/08 Pre-op appointment on 2/21/08 Surgery was 3/3/08. I could have saved about 1-2 weeks if I didn't wait so long after seminar to see the Psych but my work schedule was hectic.

There must be something about DAY 3 because on day 3 for me I was so depressed and was starting to regret what I did. I just wanted to eat what I thought was normal again. But like someone above said, actually it's not normal. I was living to eat. I thought about food every waking moment, no really I did! Now that I am 6 days post-op things are looking up for me. I don't feel that sadness and grief for food. Don't get me wrong if I could pig out, honestly I would but since I can't then I drink some Water and deal with it. I think when we move up in the phases of what food we can eat I really do think it will be better. I'm already looking forward to soup! It will be ok and it's great we have all these vets to go to for help. I would be lost without this site.

I visited "plastic-ville" before I got the band........I had Full Tummy Tuck and muscle/hernia repair. I have a physical type job. Up and down, stooping and walking and picking up heavy packages etc...so my Dr. first wanted me out for 3 weeks but when I did to much to fast my swelling got really bad and the drains had to stay in for an extra week so I was out a total of 4 weeks. Here are some pics PictureTrail

I'm still in liquid phase so I had: total of 3 sugar free popsicles, 2 botles of Water and working on my 3rd. and about 5 sugar free candies totally dissolved in my mouth bfore I swallowed. The only thing I'll eat/drink for the rest of the night is water. I miss Diet coke so much but my Dr. told me that all sodas, even diet are strictly off limits. And any kind of potaotoes.......I can't have any type of starch for at least another month. :smile2: At least your Dr. is more generous in what you can eat. Must be nice.

This is me 100%. Not sure if I'm actually "hungry" but oh how I miss eating. It seems ever since I got banded there are 5 times as many food commercials on. Before when my husband or kids would make something to eat I didn't even really notice but now I'm like a blood hound. I know I made the right decision as far as weight loss but I'm not very happy now in fact I'm pretty sad. I just want a regular meal, not even a fattening meal just someting I can eat with a FORK!

I finally found what my insurance policy says about surgery: "Gastric restrictive procedures, gastric malabsorptive procedures, and combination restrictive and malabsorptive procedures to treat morbid obesity – a condition in which an individual has a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 or more, or an individual with a BMI of 35 or more with co-morbidities who has failed conservative treatment; eligible members must be age 18 or over. Benefits are also available for diagnostic studies and a psychological examination performed prior to the procedure to determine if the patient is a candidate for the procedure." It also states this" Preferred: $100 copayment per performing surgeon Note: If you receive the services of a co-surgeon, you pay a second $100 copayment for those services. No additional copayment applies to the services of assistant surgeons. Participating/Non-participating: You pay all charges" This is the part that I don't understand......"Participating/Non-participating: You pay all charges." What the heck???? I searched for my Dr. on BCBS website under "find a Dr". And the Dr. said they accept BCBS. Is that what participating means? Thnaks in advance for any help.

Hi again, is being bloated normal? I look 6 months pregnant!

I was told that I had to go on clear liquids the day before my surgery at noon and let me tell you I was eating like there was no tomorrow up until 11:59 that day. I think 12:01 was when last bon bon hit my happy belly.

Thank you so much! Well I kind of did cheat. My Dr. said I can suck on hard candy so I went to Wal-greens and stocked up on sugar free hard candy. While I was there I saw suger free hershey chocolates. So I got one and let it dissolve totally in my mouth before I actually swallowed. But I had too, it's that time of the month and the monster inside me took over.:tongue: I promise I will not cheat anymore. :tt2:

Hi again. First I wanted to say I LOVE THIS PLACE! I so see you guys as friends and look forward to logging on everyday. My question is, I'm wondering if I am eating to much. :thumbup: Should I be able to eat a whole SF Jello cup at one time (I eat about 2-3 a day)? I eat very little bites at a time but I can finish the whole thing in a couple minutes. Also with the SF popsicles; I eat about 3 a day. I drink 10 oz of SF apple juice and about 50-60 oz. of Water a day. That's my diet and next week I can go to Protein drinks. I'm just worried now if I shouldn't be eating all that jello and popsciles. Also if I just had to "cheat" :tongue: what could I safely be able to eat? Not saying I would but just in case I break down while I'm out and about this weekend. Big, huge..... GIGANTIC milestone for me: Haven't had Diet Coke since Noon Sunday, that's 5 whole days. OMG!!!!!!!!!! :tt2: I really thought I couldn't do it, neither did my kids or hubby! I FRICKEN SHOWED THEM! :thumbup: P.S. I'm going to wal-greens now to weigh myself. I'll update when I get back.

No you aren't the only one by a long shot and at least you did it before the band was on. Oh :tongue: if only I could go back a couple days before my surgery............ Don't beat yourself up. Soon you're getting the band and you wont be able to do that (no matter how addicted you are to food, believe me I know) so just see it as getting BK out of your system. {{{HUGS}}} you'll be fine.

I called again to make sure, lol. And that is exactly what they told me too. But I only paid that 40 fee (mine was 30 actually) when I saw my Dr. at my pre-op appointment. Paid the $100 when I pre-admitted at the hospital and that is it. SO far no bills in the mail so we'll see how my meds were worded. RCG~ You should not have to pay that much! I would make sure the hospital get's it striaght with BCBS that it is not an implant and make sure they have the right CPT code also. Good luck.

LOL LOL LOL not at your chipped tooth, you know what I mean.

I love the original ones, are the sugar free ones as good?

I wish so badly that my husband would have done this with me. It's very hard for him to understand how important my Dr.s diet is. For example, he brought home shrimp this afternoon from fish restaurant and was like "here, these won't hurt you"! UGH!!! These were the biggest butterflied shrimp I ever seen. My eyes filled with tears and of course like a man he was like "what did I do wrong now". :cursing:Be so glad that he is willing to do this with you, I think it's great and envy all couples on here that do it together!