soccermom

Hi, I am at the end of my second week of full liquids. The last couple days, I have ordered soup out. I went to my favorite chinese restaurant and ordered egg drop soup, and hot and sour soup. They are soooo good and makes me feel satisfied. I am thinking tomorrow I may order a french onion soup without the cheese somewhere. :thumbs_up:

Hi, I was banded 05/29/08. I lost 5 pounds preop diet and 7 more pounds so far for a total of 12. Yahoo!! I feel full so quickly! I am instructed to do a full liquid diet for 2 weeks, I can't wait until Friday to eat soft foods. :incazzato:

Hi, here is an FYI on my post op experience, for those of you flying to have your surgery. I was banded Thur 05/29/08. I flew across the country because I am a self pay. I arrived the 28th and had a plane ticket to go home late in the afternoon on the 30th. I was soooooo sick after surgery. I had a hard time waking up from the anesthesia. I was dry heaving at the surgery center. I spent 7 hours there. When I got back to the hotel, I had abdominal pain from the surgery, gas pain and was soo nauseas I kept on with the dry heaves. I got a stronger nausea med that didn't seem to work. for the first 2 days I slept off and on waking up every 30-45 minutes moaning and groaning and sometimes dry heaving. because I was so nauseas, I was advised to hold off on pain meds too. Needless to say I cancelled my flight and went home a couple days later. those first few days really sucked! I spent 12 hours flying home and got home at 1:00am. Crazy me decided to go to work the next day and put in a 6 hour day Monday and Tuesday. Today I actually went home half a day and layed on the couch, just to rest. My doctor told me one out of 89 will react to the anesthesia, so I was one of the lucky ones!!! Any out of staters-stay a couple days post op just in case!!!!

Hi Paige65, I am a self pay too and I have my surgery scheduled with Dr Kirshenbaum. He costs $10,000 and I get to stay in this country. Have you considered him? He is out of Colorado. Soccermom

Hi SueSue, how have you been handling the sugar cravings? I am worried about not being able to control my sugar addiction and not be able to lose weight after lap band. I have been diabetic for 13 years, since I was 27 years old. I need to have this surgery so I can extend my life by being healthier. I too take insulin along with meds by mouth.