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Hi y'all, I won't have my first fill until the 20th of this month. I am anxious to get the fill. Lear, I too am going to the HEB office. I sort of have the same feeling, it's not a place that gives you a lot of confidence. I haven't had anything actually done there yet. Now this makes me a little nervous about it, but I am anxious to get going on the fills. I don't seem to have a problem eating anything at all. I just have to take my time. Those of you that have gone before, how long did it take for the port site to get where it didn't bother you? T

Baggio, I guess some folks go through that. I was just READY to get it done. I will tell you be prepared for a longer wait once you get there than you might think. I was there for 5 hours before I ever got to the back. Then I think it was another hour before going to the OR. You'll do fine. Dr. Kim is great and I really was pretty much about my business the next day. I went back to work on Monday with no problems at all. Hey Dianne, I got a new bike for my birthday. Well it's not really new, it's used,but new to me. It's a Honda 1100. It's a little tall so we've got to get stuff to lower it, but I Love it already. So far the only problem I have is getting hiccups. I think it happens if I eat to fast. I really don't think I like the things they've done to the site. It takes way to long to load and I can't find things anymore. Plus that sponsor bar area reloads every few seconds and while it does that I can't type anything. It's very irritatating. We're getting more storms right now so I better get off here. T

Hi y'all, Once again I have been a while in checking in. Actually I checked in one night and fell asleep trying to catch up on the posts. So tonight I decided to check in and maybe catch up later. I have not had any problems eating anything, but will not get the first fill until May 22nd. I will be out of town earlier in the month when I would have been scheduled. At first I was very disappointed in that, but now I think it may be a good thing so I won't be having adjustments to make while I'm away. We have been busy with a lot of clean up from some of the recent storms. We have had lots of branches down and other minimal damage. Seems like we just got the branches picked up and stacked when then next storm came in and took more down. We still have piles to get cut up. I am still not quite able to comfortably bend over to pick stuff up so it is taking a lot longer than it may normally have. Did anyone else have any problems from the weather? T

Hi gang, I've been out of pocket for a little while. I had my follow up last week and I have graduated to real food. I'm still swollen and pretty tender at the port site, but the rest have pretty much healed, they just look like a couple of scratch marks so when the red goes away I don't think you'll even see them at all. I was told to stay away from beef, bread, rice, and some of the more stringy veggies for now. I've had fish of various types this past week and chicken a couple of times. The only problem I have, is not drinking before and after the meal. Sometimes there are things I've just had to wash out of my mouth and in a public sitting it just isn't cool to spit it out. Anybody have any tips on how to do this? T

Hi gang, I've been out of pocket for a little while. Had my follow up with Dr. Kim and was told everything looks good. My first fill isn't going to be until May 22nd, because I am using the Euless office and apparently they are only there twice a month and I'll be out of town again on the 8th of May. My port site is still uncomfortable and is a little swollen, the other spots are pretty well healed up. If you rub them they are tender, but not bad and probably in another week or two you won't even see them at all. On the subject of those bullets, I have tried the peach and fruit punch and they work pretty good in the crystal light peach tea and punch flavor. I can't just drink them, they are way to stong and actually kind of bitter tasting, but they work out pretty good otherwise. So far I have not had any trouble at all with anything I've tried to eat. The only thing I have had issue with is if I try to eat to fast and I can feel a little uncomfortable. Sometimes when I don't think the first couple of bites I think I may not be chewing them up good but I just take a minute and then it's okay. I think the hardest thing is not drinking before or after a meal. Hope you're all still doing well. T

Tweenwaters thanks for the tips on the bullets. I mixed it with water and the crystal lite and it was much better. I still didn't get the whole thing in. I think each day it gets a little better so soon as the swelling is gone I think it will be much okay. It's just that I need to remember it will only be one week tomorrow. I'm still having some trouble sleeping. I can't lay on my left side and I sleep on my side alot. Anyway, I went with some of my co-workers to lunch today and ordered a bowl of soup, I thought I'd be able to eat the broth, but I couldn't get much more than about 3 or 4 spoons down. I just told them I didn't really care for the soup. I'm looking forward to mushies that's for sure. Ty

Nope I'm on liquids for two weeks. I'm having trouble getting in all the liquid, but I think each day I do better as the swelling is going down. I'm looking forward to mushies though. That's next week. T

Not sure what it is but I was told it takes about 10 days for the strips to come off.

Christine, glad to see you made it back okay. Sounds like some very rude roommates. I'm doing much better today, not nearly as sore, but starting to itch around the incisions. I've been pretty careful in the shower to keep my back to the spray for most of the time. I am still having trouble getting the fluids in, but I think each day gets a little better. I started walking on my treadmill today. I need to get geared up because I'm signed up to do the 5k in the Race for the Cure at the end of April. I'm a little worried about how to make sure I get enough fluids during that time, but I'm thinking I may wait until its over for the first fill. Not sure yet. I'll talk to the doctor about it when I see him next week. Fenton, I think 38 sounds great and my dietician said to expect ups and downs that will average 1 to 2 lbs per week. He said some times you may loose 4 then gain 2 then loose 3 and not to worry. He has the band and he said it's just hard to realize that what goes off is not coming back on so long as you follow the rules. T

Charity some of us had to do liquids for two weeks pre surgery. Trust me, you can do this. It's the post surgery liquids that are kicking my butt.

Well I haven't had a breast surgery but Mine are lopsided. LOL I think though you just have to remember that your body just went through some major trauma and give it time to heal. I'm just going by previous surgeries I've had in the past but not everything heals at the same rate and time. I think you also have to think about which side is it. Are you left or right handed. Could it be you're working one side more than the other? I'm sure it will be fine. T

Tweenwaters, I went today and bought some of the bullets. They only had three choices at GNC, peach, lime and fruit punch. I did not like the peach at all, but I brought it home and figured I'd try to doctor it up. I think I'll add a CL Peach Tea with water and see how that works for me. Thanks for the tips. I haven't been on a scale since I got home. Pre surgery I lost 10 lbs. I figure I'll just wait until my followup to find out how it's going. My tummy has started to rumble and I'm definately starting to want more than the liquids so the next 9 days I think will be hard. Especially since I can't hardly stand these optifast shakes any more. T

Hi All, Yesterday I had several tummy rumbles, but I didn't really want anything. I found the Protein bullets at GNC today. I bought peach and fruit punch, all they had were the 45's. I didn't care for the peach, I've watered it down and I'm going to try a little splenda in it and see if that helps. It's pretty bitter to me. I'll try the fruit punch tomorrow. I worked all day and made it. I did have one little episode where I sort of felt like I might get sick, but it passed and I just laid off the drinks for a little while. I still haven't been able to comfortably get in the full amount of liquid they want you to, but each day I think as the swelling goes down it gets a little easier. T

Hi All, Well I finished a full day at work with nobody the wiser. I did have few minutes around mid afternoon that I felt kind of like I might be sick, but it passed. I think more than anything it is those awful Protein shakes. I just can't hardly stand the taste. I should probably have bought some flavor besides vanilla. As for what to take to the hospital, I suppose it depends on if you will be staying overnight. I didn't so all I took was myself in comfy clothes and flip flops and thats the way I went home. As for the incisions. Mine do not seem to be anywhere close to the bra area so no problems there. None of mine had bandages. They used superglue and said to let in naturally slough off. No shower for two days but that was not that big a deal. I think most of mine are less than an inch in size except for the main one and it is maybe 1.5 to 2. My incisions look pretty good it's the bruises around a couple of them that look bad. I am still having problems getting in all the liquids. I kept stuff by me all day and sipped every few minutes until nearly noon and I just couldn't handle anymore for awhile. I'm sitting here now trying to get down another god awful shake. I don't know if I'll be able to stand this for another 9 days. T

Teri, I hear you. I'm only 3 days out and I haven't been successful yet in getting it all in. I did better today, but not anywhere close to the amount we are suppose to. I'm thinking as the swelling goes down it may get easier because yesterday I was barely able to get one of the Protein shakes down and only about 48 oz of liquids. I've manage two juice bottles and several cups of Water, 1/2 cup of soup and one Protein shake today so that is progress for me. But I do feel to full. T