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Hi! My name is Anna and anything I say on LBT is just "my point of view" and subject to reality. Hence, my p.o.v.

This is EXACTLY what I've been experiencing since being banded on the 18th. Its gotten better lately but whenever I walk for awhile or lift something more than 10 lbs I get it again. I plan to ask my surgeon on my post op check up on Jan 3rd. I suspect he will say its normal pain of having had something stiched to my muscle.

Thanks everybody. I'm really going to try not to worry about it and just focus on healing but seeing that scale move down after several years of it going UP I just wanted it to continue ya know? Thanks for all your support!

Welcome Dieselangel, there are several of us here with Dec 18 band dates. You're weight loss looks like it is going great. My starting weight is very close to yours but 170 is only my initial goal as I'm a shorty. Anyway, sorry to hear about your stitches. Sounds like they let you know how to take care of it and all. Good luck on your journey and WELCOME!!!:biggrin1::biggrin1:

Hello everyone! I'm 12 days post op now and have another question. Since my prebanding official starting weight of 287 untill now, I have lost 17 lbs. I've since moved into pureed foods and think I've been doing fairly well at making sure I have lotsa Protein, tons of Water etc etc. My weight loss has stalled though and I was wondering- will it pick up again soon or will I not start losing again until my first fill? I feel some restriction now; though I can tell I'm losing that a little bit day by day. Still having less than 1000 calories a day though. Anyone who hit a plateau after losing that initial "water weight" how long did it take before you started losing again? Thanks!!

Glad to hear it went well!!!

just wanted to welcome you to bandster life!!!

My doc gave me a "restaurant card"- just a lil type written card on cardstock paper saying I can't eat much and the name of the doc and stuff. If I'm planning to go to a buffet sometime I'm gonna call ahead and make sure the manager who is going to be there when I come will let me have the cheaper price- then I'll just ask to speak to the manager right as I go in and remind him that I spoke to him on the phone....I just want to avoid any awkward situations ya know? Just my idea.

OMYGOSH I remember day 5- It was my first day I could move to full liquids (instead of clear) well I looked all over the kitchen and could NOT find my protein shake mixes!!! I totally broke down. Poor hubby came to my rescue. They were in a box under the kitchen sink where I'd put them the week before. oops. I just missed food soooo bad. Luckily I'm doing much better now!

Hey all! I just had my surgery on 12/18. Initially I lost 20 lbs since then which is great, but now the weight loss has stalled as I've moved to pureeds/mushies. I was wondering what your experiences have been of about how long it takes to get the scale moving again? Thanks!!! PS I started with a bmi of about 55 and now I'm at about 51

Hey everybody! Sounds like everyone has dealt with the holidays very well. I'm soooo glad that's over with--- until new years lol but I'm actually looking forward to that becuase I'm going to set my official new years goals- and actually have some hope of attaining them this time!!! I'm not very hungry right now, luckily. I was having powerful cravings days 3-6 but they seem to be much more under control now. Also i was having major pain in my side- but I've decided it's port pain and its fading now. I finally slept on my bed instead of the recliner last night....it was like coming HOME lol. Oh I want to report my FIRST NSV (non-scale victory). Today I pulled on my size 28 lane bryant jeans and zipped and buttoned them!!!!! before I was leaving it unbuttoned and then tucking the little flaps in to give me a lil breathing room. I know its small, but I was excited!!!

Merry Christmas bandsters! i hope you are all surviving this food-filled holiday :girl_hug: The big family Breakfast this morning was horrible. I mean, it was sooooo good looking. I ended up taking some of the country gravy with sausage and pureeing it. Didn't work as well as I hoped and didn't look at all appetizing. I had a tablespoon or two and then I was done. Last night with the Christmas party I over did it by eating 4-5 chex from the chex party mix, and half a homemade chocolate ball. I chewed really well and slow and all went down well. I felt a little guilty but then I compared it to previous food events- handfuls of Snacks and enough chocolate to embarrass me had I thought anyone knew how much I ate. So this is a huge improvement. Anyway hope everyone is enjoying their time!

I'm 8 days postop and For the last few days I've been having a lot of pain just under the left side of my left ribcage after I rolled over in bed a couple of nights ago and felt like something pulled or tore (like muscle pain). Today I started kind of pushing around on the area and I can feel a definite firm roundish thing almost feels like it could be the port. However, my largest incision is in my midline about three inches right of the pain/hard spot. I assumed the port would be directly under the largest incision, or at least AN incision site. Anyone know if this could be my port still? Could I have just pulled out a stich or something? Or maybe if this IS my port than the pain isn't so unreasonable for it just being 8 days after something has been stiched to the muscle. Thoughts please? I'm trying to figure it all out and not worry. I'm calling the office tomorrow but I don't REALLY want to make the 2 hour drive down there if its a normal thing ya know???

Bandiva, Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. Hopefully your cold will be a quickie. Thanks for all your replies. I was able to stop stressing out about the Protein so much and realizing each day gets a lil easier to get things down....now I'm worried about just how MUCH easier it will be to get things down......If its not one thing it's another eh? lol

You (or your insurance) paid good money for this surgery and you should get all the support you need. If the doctor sounded rude, mb he was just having a busy/stressful/bad day and it had nothing to do with you. Don't take it personally or keep that from getting all the care and support you need and deserve. Of course, this board is great for any questions you may have but the advice of your doctor is most important. So if you are concerned. CALL. Good luck to you! i hope you are feeling better soon!

Hey everyone, I'm up early this morning. So, last night I slept on my bed instead of the recliner. I thought i was up to it. I tried to roll over in my sleep to my side and I woke up in excruciating pain. It felt like I tore a muscle in or something. It hurt even to take a deep breath. I woke up hubby and he got me some lortab. I had been just taking tylenol. Well, the lortab has now made the pain a dull ache. I don't know what I hurt or if I did some major damage. I'm thinking positively that probably I just pulled the muscle or something. It feels like its right under the incision that is furthest left on my midsection- which is not the port area or where the band would be located. Anyhoo- other than that I've been feeling a lot better. In fact, I was FINALLY able to drink a couple of normal sized sips of cold Water with no problems. No more baby sips on the water thankfully. Oh, and I'm NOT hungry Woooohoooo!!! How's everyone else?

I was just banded 6 days ago. I take a pill daily- I crushed it the first day...NASTY. I checked into a liquid form (250$ for a months worth) and finally I just took it whole with a sip of water....No problems! It probably just depends on the size and type. Talk your doctor and your pharmacist. Good luck!

Puddin- I took a look at your before and afters- you are so gorgeous! I would love love LOVE to be rid of PCOS. In fact, knowing the health problems that pcos can cause in my future was a MAJOR motivation for me going through with the surgery. I really like Dr. Hansen. When they wheeled me into the OR the last thing I remember is the nurses telling me that Dr. Hansen was so great and they'd trust him to operate on them any day!! Then it all got blurred in with the christmas music they were pumping in the room and I was out. :faint: I've also emailed the staff asking questions and they've always gotten back to me in MINUTES. SO glad to have found them!

Actually yes, I'm still sore too. I was getting low on the pain killers so now I'm just taking liquid tylenol and it doesn't have quite the same effect. I was banded December 18 (5 days ago) in Salt lake City UT.

Sweethot, it does seem that we are going through pretty much the same things. I have very little energy too, and am quite tired, which I assume is from not getting enough protein? But still, its soooo hard to get the protein and even enough drinks in. I hope the fact that we are both going through the same thing means that it is fairly normal. I really hope I can get some energy back soon. As far as the chest pains when eating, I;m going to have to drink MUCH slower and take in like a few tablespoons I guess. NOT that that will help me get in the protein but maybe then I can avoid the pain. Ya know?

So getting my protein in isn't turning out to be very easy. Before I was banded I figured with a couple of protein shakes a day and i'm good to go. However, today is my first day on thick/full liquids and this morning I had about a 1/4 cup of my protein drink and I thought my stomach was going to explode, i was sooooo full! I'm trying to get my liquids in, I'm trying to get my protein in, and its just not working. I get these pains in my chest like I just ran a marathon. Then I can't have anything more to eat or drink for a long time.....I feel like I'm going to ruin something in there! What should I do???

Pinkmary, congrats that's awesome about your weight loss, getting rid of pcos and your pregnancy.....And for the reminder to me that i may need to double-up on birth control for awhile! lol I've got my hands full already!

Well I'm on day 5 post op and today my period came. Lovely. The cramps and bloating added to the soreness and gassiness- SIGH. I guess I should take it as a positive that my period is coming on its own, but I just didn't want to deal with it quite yet. How's everyone else doing?

Did anyone else experience feeling majorly restricted in the very beginning? I'm 5 days out and still sipping away on the Clear liquids. Tomorrow I'm supposed to go to full liquids but honestly I'm not sure how I'm going to get anything worthwhile down. My surgeon did not put any fill in on surgery day, so maybe I am just really swollen? Warm liquids go down slightly better than cool, and I'm losing weight, but I'm pretty sure its Water weight since I'm having such a hard time with the liquids. Each sip just feels like it takes 10 minutes to go through and I feel lots of pressure in my chest if I take too big of a sip. Any thoughts??

Hey Tazboobecky, You are NOT alone. I had surgery on the 18th as well. It's been somewhat different than I expected, but I really didn't have clear expectations anyway! My thing is that I'm trying to figure out this whole hungry/not hungry thing. I mean, I think I feel hungry and then after a sip or two of my drink and I feel this slight pressure in my chest and then I either hiccup or get that feeling of needing to hiccup. I asked on here on the boards and am being told that that is the restriction. So I'm starting to get that I'm going to have to relearn my body and what I call hunger and what I call full. This is like a whole new world. I've been craving real food here and there but then I picture myself losing weight and I really think I can get through this. Anyway, don't feel stupid because it takes time to figure out how to use all this stuff. I'm not good at explaining things so hopefully someone else can let you know how to work the board aspect of this. Good luck and keep in touch!