Allison

I am so tiered and sore. I am having such a hard time getting out of bed. I need my husband to help me out and into bed. It feels like the stitches are being pulled out when I try myself. I did walk outside for about 15 min. I just need to take it one day at a time.

199 pounds

banded May 29th

May 31-192 pounds

Hey there!!! I hope your feeling better now!!! I felt awful until late last night when I finally went and hung out with my friend for the first time since surgery. Keep in touch!

I am having trouble finding stuff to eat also. I don't have it in me like some of you to puree table food like pizza and hamburger as I have read some of you do so I have been eating a lot of chicken salad, egg salad, pinto Beans pureed with cheese and scrambled eggs. I am so sick of Soup from the liquid stage but I guess I may have to add some again. I go to the doctor tomorrow for my 1st post-op visit and I may be getting a fill because he will be away for a month and they don't want me waiting that long. So proud of all us May bandsters we are all losing!!!!!!

Ugh I hear you, I can't wait to start eating regular foods! Even scrambled eggs would be awesome!!! I'm on nothing but yogurt, pudding, and creamy Soups for 2 weeks :thumbup:

I haven't noticed anything different, my clothes pretty much fit the same, although I've been wearing sweats since surgery pretty much. My mom says she thinks my face looks slimmer, I think I'm still pretty swollen from surgery though, its so exciting to see all of your success!!!! Congrats! I can't wait to post something here!!!

I'm finally not nauseous anymore, but there is still a lot of pain, I'm glad that I can just focus on me, I have two little dogs that sleep with me and I feed and play with and walk them and such, but right now my dad and the rest of my family is taking care of them while I get my rest. Good luck everyone and congrats!

Thanks everyone!!! Saturday night I started feeling really nauseous, dizzy, and lightheaded. I could barely get Water down! It wasn't until late last night I went out with a friend and finally started feeling normal again!!! I'm so glad I can feel myself getting better now, thanks for all the support!!!!!!!!

Hey! I was feeling really nauseous and dizzy, and just started feeling better late last night. The staff and all the nurses were so great when I was at the hospital. I have another appointment on the 11th I think? I definately want to go to the meeting on the 24th, good luck with everything!!!

Hey Ddem we got banded on the same day!!!! Good to see your feeling better!!!

Congrats!! I can already feel restriction and I have just been banded! Eating is so strange now, I'm so used to wolfing down an entire chicken pot pie in 10 mins (alright one of the personal sized ones but still... ) Now it takes me 15 -25 mins to get a yogurt down! I'm sure this will stop once all this swelling goes down.

I felt amazing after surgery all day thursday, and even all day friday. It wasn't until sometime Saturday afternoon I was struck with the most intense nausea, dizzyness, and lightheadedness ever!! I could barely move and I kept thinking, WHAT DID I DO TO MYSELF!!!!!!! I'm glad your starting to feel better too!!!!!

Yay everyone!!! Congrats! I can't believe I actually went through with all this either, but I'm so glad I did!!! Thanks for all the good thoughts!!!!! The first couple days I felt awful after all the meds from the hospital wore off, I was super sore, dizzy, lightheaded, and nauseous. Just last night I finally went out and hung out with my friend, it felt so good to get out and it feels so good to feel like myself again! Now I just can't wait until I can start on some real foods! I'm so sick of yogurt, pudding, and strained soups! I just want to eat some real chicken noodle, chicken and noodles included! Lol. Congrats again everyone!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Jess!!!! I don't think I've been under 200 since probably 9th grade!!!! I still have a bit to go, but I've managed to loose 16 pounds already! I have a hard time celebrating because my weight usually fluctuates so much, but I haven't seen it go back up in the last couple weeks, and that is really encouraging!

Yay I'm finally starting to feel like myself again! I felt awful the first couple days but finally left my house to do something fun last night!

Oh no! I just ordered the unflavored Unjury and the chocolate one. I drink mostly crystal light and was wondering if I could pour it in that. I'm gonna try pouring it in things like yogurt, pudding and creamy chicken Soup to ass some more Protein. I should have ordered it sooner, I've been barely able to get one Atkins shake down

:thumbup: Hopefully I'll start feeling even better once i can get more protein in.

I haven't been on in a few days I've been having some awful nausea, it finally stopped and now I'm trying to get in some more calories and Protein, the first couple days it was hard getting in half of a Protein Shake and a bottle of Water, but my appetite is starting to seriously come back, and now all I want is a big block of cheddar cheese!

Ugh I have like no appetite at all! I'm afraid I'll never be able to eat normally ever again! I think I'm just being paranoid, and its hard learning to eat so slow, even when all I can eat right now is pudding and yogurt and such. I've been stuck at this same weight since surgery! I feel like crap and I can't wait to start feeling like myself again!!!!

I called and my doctor gave me the suppositories Sue reccommended, most likely because we have the same doctor lol. I'm experiencing a lot of lightheadedness, weakness and dizzyness right now, not so much nausea anymore. I just can't seem to win. I'm just resting in bed now, I think I might have done a little too much walking around and exzerting myself today. Thanks for all the tips!

Thanks Rena!!! I only met Dr. Arthur once back in September at the seminar, but I have heard nothing but good things, and of course I'm sure his son Adam takes after him, and that is who I have been seeing. I also think they might assist each other on surgeries.

My schedual was like this... I went to a seminar with my mom in the end of September, it was really the first bit of exposure to the lap band system, so I spent the next few months doing my own research. I finally made the call towards the end of February, and had an appointment schedualed for about a month away. I had my first consultation March 26th, I had my nutritionist appointment on April 10th, my PCP appointment and the sleep study on April 17th, then bloodwork and the psych eval on the 18th! I also had school and work on both those days, so they were really hectic!!! I went back in for my second consultation on May 12th, where I was schedualed for my pre-op testing at Norwood Hospital on May 21st and my surgery on May 29th!!! I have BCBS so getting covered was never an issue. So it took about 2 months from my first appointment with Dr. Adam to my actual surgery. The 10 day diet was hard, but I can't say I followed it 100%, I might have had 2 meals of egg substitute, a piece of pizza once, and a small plate of Pasta once, although this was all early on in the diet, I took it more serious during the last part of it. I am a banquet waitress, so I too am surrounded by food whenever I'm at work, but everything went fine and now I am just trying to heal the best I can. Good luck with everything, and have fun at your cookout!!! Keep me posted on everything, and maybe I'll see you at a support meeting sometime!

I have to get in 50g of Protein everyday, the shakes I've been drinking (Atkins Advantage) I think are really tasty but only have 15g of protein in them. I've been trying to get more by having yogurt and chicken Soup, but its just not enough. I'm going to order the flavorless kind from Unjury online so I can add it to whatever I want. I just got banded on Thursday and I really like my shakes. I know some people don't like them, but I am an incredibly picky eater already and I think the chocolate ones taste just like chocolate whole milk. They are great right out of the fridge, all nice and cold. Maybe if you haven't tried these ones you can, they go down really easy, good luck!

Sooo my mom apparently made an appointment to get our "family portrait" professionally taken, TODAY, which they will use for our churches directory but we can also order copies for ourselves. I'm still in a lot of pain and just got home from the hospital yesterday! This is going to be the worst picture of me ever taking, haha its just going to be me moaning and clutching my abdomen lol. Maybe I'll upload a copy if it is hilarious enough haha. Wish me luck!

oooh seeing people being able to eat pizza gives me such hope scarlett lol! Thats my favorite food, and I used to be able to eat 4-6 pieces! I'm afraid now I won't be able to ever eat it again, I know a lot of people have issues with doughy food, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed, I still have to get through all these liquid - mushy stages first of course, I did just get home from the hospital yesterday lol.

Yeah for the most part, I just started with gas pain early this morning, I usually sleep until noonish lol (hey I'm only 20 its my responsiblity to sleep ridiculously late over the summer haha) but the gas was so bad this morning I've been up since about 6:30 am. The only other problems are still the itchyness and soreness, the soreness is really only bad when I try to get up from laying down or sitting on something really soft. Other than that I seem fine, I can't wait to start loosing weight now! Glad to know your doing good!!! Congrats !

Haha part of me just wants to go hide under a rock for a year and then re-amerge (sp?) as a whole new me! Of course thats no way to live, and I know the close friends I have who know about my band and even came to visit me in the hospital are going to be thrilled to see my progress. I need to take a before shot! I haven't yet, I should take one now while I'm all swollen so I look more like I did 10 or 11 pounds ago lol. But I can't wait to just start loosing!!!

Thanks also Becky!!! Last night I had some creamy chicken Soup my mom strained all the little chicken cubes out and gave them to my dogs lol, but it was sooooo tasty!!!! I only ate about half of a small Cereal bowls worth, but I wasn't really full after. Today I can start having cream of wheat, oatmeal, and cream of rice, plus everything I could have before (yogurt, popsicles, pudding, Jello, etc...) I can't wait to be healed and start loosing some weight!! Right now I'm just trying to concentrate on being comfortable and healing my body.

Good luck with the new foods amsderb!!!!!!

Thanks for all the great suggestions everyone! I'm probably going to call my doctor on Monday and see what he can give to me. I'm just so paranoid about hurting my new band right now I want to make sure I'm prepared for everything! Thanks again!

Eww is it a cold or allergies?? I have allergies and I have the runniest nose ever! Its so gross feel better!!!