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Congratulation! You're doing awesome!

I'm home from surgery now. My hospital stay was four days, everything went well. I'm currently on liquids for two weeks. I'm glad to see that everyone is doing good, congratulations! Alicia:thumbup:

I always enjoy reading her posts, so motivating....Welcome LilMissDiva

LilMissDiva: Don't worry I think you'll be sleeved fine. I'm just paranoid that my stomach, where the lap-band was oversewn won't be smooth enough for the sleeve. My surgeon said that he planned on putting a mesh in that area and then oversew it to assure against leaks. Even then I'm worried about that. The ideal for me would be that he oversew the entire staple area, but he doesn't think that's necessary. Anyway, good luck tomorrow.

tdov1: Good luck on your surgery tomorrow, good idea on taking extra liquids before surgery. I remember when I had my band repaired back in December I didn't take extra fluids the day before surgery and to top it off I had a glass of wine, I was super dehydrated after surgery. So this time I'll make sure I take in extra liquids. Take care. dbernier01: I will also have my band removed on Sept. 16. and will be sleeved. I've thought of telling my surgeon to wait on the sleeve if he thinks that there will be complications doing the revision. Depending on wether he thinks my stomach should heal a bit more before the revision.

To all September sleever who have been sleeved, CONGRATULATIONS!!! To those yet to be sleeved, my prayers are with you :thumbup: My turn coming up soon! Yikes, time sure does fly.

Wow! That's six days post-op. CONGRATULATIONS! I hope I do just as good!

My surgery is scheduled September 16th. for revision Lap-Band to Sleeve. Count me in!

So far, I've had 4 fills and 2 unfills. When I got my last fill on July 29, I was at 5.9 cc and had a .05 cc fill. I had to get a slight unfill (.02) because I was not able to eat a decent meal. Wow, what a difference that made! So now I have a total of 6.2 cc and I finally have perfect restriction. I love my band! I can't say that enough.

B- 1c Cereal S- Muscle Milk L- 1c veg. beef soup S- Banana D- 3 oz. chicken 1 corn tortilla

I highly recommend Joyce Vedral's weight workout, it will target the areas that you're concerned about.

B- Balance Bar S- Muscle Milk L- Snack size parfait D- 1 c. Clam chowder S- 2 fig bars w/ coffee

Write his name in the search box and see what turns up. Hope this helps.

My first fill was 2.5 cc, second fill 1.5cc, third fill 1 cc. My third feel gave me too much restriction. I couldn't eat or drink so I had to get unfilled .8cc. My next fill will probably be .5cc and I'm hoping that will be my sweet spot.

SanDiegoPhotog, don't allow your emotion, pain, liquid diet to get the better of you. You've done great to get this far and believe me IT WILL ONLY GET BETTER!! I remember going through the exact same thing, I thought it would never end. It took me about three weeks to start feeling normal again (normal?). Hang in there, get plenty of rest and give yourself time to heal. When you go in for your follow-up ask if you can start on mushies. I was allowed mushies after one week and that kept me a little more sane. Just remember, the sun will soon shine, see it coming over the horizon? {{{HUGS}}}