twinmommie

I agree with the wearing of heavy pants and filling your pockets. I have even heard of people putting a roll of quarters in each pocket!

That is awesome!! I was banded June 10th and am looking forward to oneland too! Although I am about 24 pounds away . Congratulations on your weightloss!!!

I have only had the band since June 10th but one of the things that I think is something that is very important is to mentally prepare yourself for the post-op diet for the first few weeks after surgery. Commit to yourself that you follow your doctor's orders so that you can heal properly from the surgery.

I have found that the protein water is great! It really does help when I want to snack. It takes the edge off I guess lol

I am soooo glad you asked this question! I was wondering the same thing. I was banded on June 10th and have lost 9 pounds since surgery. I am at 223 right now we are basically right there together!

I love ZUMBA too!! It took me a while to get down some of the moves LOL...I haven't started back with Zumba yet but I feel pretty confident that I could do it next week. I have been walking each evening and getting in about 8,000-9,000 steps...working back up to my 10,000.

I am to eat (full liquid stage) 4 oz. about every 3 or so hours.

It is finally my turn to post my experience. :frown: I arrived at the hospital at about 12:30 yesterday. I checked in and was immediately taken back to get into my gown and get my IV started. I was supposed to be taken to surgery at 2:45 but at 3:30 the surgeon came by to tell me that it would just be a few more minutes. The next thing I know I was being wheeled down the hall to the OR. There I met the anesthesiologist and he explained what he was going to do. He told me he was giving me some sleepy medicine and as hard as I tried to keep my eyes open...I couldn't :thumbs_up: The surgery lasted about 40 minutes and I was in recovery. It went extremely well. Once I was in my room, I was still very sleepy. I would doze on and off for the next few hours. Finally I got up to sit in the chair, walk and use the restroom. I have to admit that surprisingly I have not had ANY pain or ANY gas pain. I am a bit tender in the stomach area but that is it. I have not had any pain medicine at all. The doctor gave me a prescription for Lortab but I don't think I am going to get it filled. I haven't needed it so far. I came home today around 2 (my sister brought me home from the hospital) and at 5, I was taking my son to his t-ball game. I did fine. I have to say that the soreness feels a lot better when I walk. If I sit for a while I get a little stiff.

I am June 10th also. It is the wee hours of the morning...can't sleep, a little anxious, nervous etc. I guess. I am dying of thirst but can't have anything to drink since it is after midnight and I don't even have to be at the hospital until 12:30! Well, I will be thinking of you all! I am so ready to begin this journey!

Glad to hear everything is going well! Keep us posted on your progress. Thanks for sharing.

Well...I took it and am still waiting. It wasn't bad at first but that aftertaste is NASTY!

Just a question...I am scheduled for surgery tomorrow afternoon at 2:45. I have to drink a bottle of magnesium citrate sometime today. I was wondering if it would be too late to drink it about 8 or 9 pm tonight? :confused2: I am a night owl and will probably be up until 12 or 1 so I am not really worried about it keeping me up all night but it might. I doubt I will actually sleep much tonight anyway... Any of you all that have already had to drink this, I would really appreciate your feedback. Thanks in advance

I am a teacher too!! I have my surgery tomorrow. So far I have lost about 26 pounds. Some people have noticed but I totally know where you are coming from. I want to look GREAT by the time school starts back too!!! Will be thinking of you.

Just put that behind you because there is nothing you can do about what has already happened. Be very disciplined for the next few days until your surgery. Exercise too.

That is so funny. My six year old boy twin could actually be an identical twin to my 15 year old!! Funny how that works out!

Cadets Thanks for sharing your experience. Glad things are going so smoothly for you!

Wow! Yep having twins is great! How old are your twins? I have six year old b/g twins. They don't look anything alike!! I also have a 15 year old son!

Sorry to hear that today hasn't been that great for you! Hang in there. Have you been taking any prescription pain meds or just over the counter like Tylenol? What is giving you the most problem, the soreness or the gas or both?

Anyone getting nervous? I am nervous and excited. Ready for it to be over with. I was supposed to have my last preop appt. today but it had to be rescheduled to tomorrow (yep a Saturday!) I was surprised at that. I am scared I haven't lost enough on my preop diet. I have lost about 6 or 7 pounds. Hopefully that is enough. My BMI is 43 so I just pray that my liver is not too large! But overall since November I have lost about 25 lbs.

Thanks so much for posting your experience. I am glad your surgery went well and your recovery is going well too.

I also had to lose 5% of my weight. I had six months to do it and did it in 5. It wasn't easy. My doctor didn't give me any kind of specific diet to follow so I just did a slimfast for breakfast and lunch and then a lite dinner most days. I did fall of the wagon sometimes but overall I kept to the same routine. Good Luck!

Thanks for sharing. Congratulations on your weightloss!!!!

Thanks for sharing your story! Congrats on the 15 pound loss already!

Hope all goes well with your surgery!! Sending happy thoughts! Let us know how it goes as soon as you feel like posting.

Thinking of you as your band-date nears. Let us know how things go.