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When i was on full liquids, i would make different creations in the blender, i also loved having cream of potato soup, even bought brocolli cheese soup from quiznos and blended it as a treat..anytime i got the urge to just go take a nap, i would make myself take a walk instead ...(lost 16 lbs on liquids) thankfully i am now on mushie food (hormel chili in the blender with a little cheese added is the best) hang in there, you will get through it

When i chose my dr, the very first visit i went to, i asked her what she thought of bariatric surgery...her answer would make me decide if i was ever going back to her...i had researched wls for 8 yrs and i knew that it was very important for your pcp to back you...its hard enough jumping through all the hoops the insurance company makes you..i couldnt imagine if my dr was against it. I am lucky enough to have blue cross blue shield so i didnt have to have anything from my pcp i just chose a bariatric center who was contracted with my insurance, went to my intl consult, had a psych eval, pre-op screening, then was banded a month later...i think it should be that way will all insurance companies...i wish you the best of luck with getting approved

I only had to do liquids for 1 week (protein shakes, milk, cream of potato soup, pudding, jello, even brocolli cheese soup from quiznos put in the blender...anything that i thought would taste good liquified in my blender and strained through a strainer as dr ordered) so i wasnt as limited as most..now im on mushie food so i can have anything that is pureed in the blender (hormel chili or mac and cheese are the 2 favs on the list i was given) but i am always thinking of something new...last night i cooked mixed vegtables and chicken breast and cut it all up in real small pieces, added some cheese sauce and put in the blender so it would be pureed (tasted great) in 2 weeks i can have soft food, which my dr told me the difference between pureed and soft is that you have to do the work in your chewing instead of the blender doing it for you...i have lost 52 lbs since january, 37 of them where before i was banded 10 days ago so i think im going pretty good on choosing things to eat now, dr even said that i was healing very quickly..im hoping to make 100 lbs lost by sept I can drink about 8 0z before i feel full, and i am able to swollow about an oz at a time...my nurse at the hospital gave me 1oz of liquid meds and she said swollow it all at once so i did..then she said thats how big your sips of liquid can be...so that helped out alot...i still get full on about 4oz of mushies, and i get my first fill on june 17th

I am 10 days post op and already testing the waters lol... I got to have mushies 3 days ago and it helped alot to not have to do just liquids but there have been a couple things i ate that are a no-no...i had an onion ring at lunch yesterday..its really hard cuz everyone at work orders out on fridays and they decided to order from the coney island so i ordered chili no bean which is a mushie its just like coney meat, tasted great but my friend was eating onion rings so i got one from her, now i was smart and ate really tiny pieces and chewed till it was mush in my mouth but i felt guilty afterwards...when i went grocery shopping today i made sure not to buy anything tempting cuz my will power sucks lol

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I like to use chocolate slim fast low carb (less sugar) a 1/2 cup of milk, 2 scoops of vanilla protein powder, and 1 Tblsp of peanut butter...i liquify it in the blender, it makes about 20 oz..pour it in a water bottle and take it with me for breakfast (takes me about 2 hrs of sipping to drink it all) so that way by 11am i have already consumed 50g of protein for the day, and i dont have to worry so much about having high protein for lunch/dinner....i also had my 1 week followup appt today and got the green light for pureed food, i was so excited to read that i can have pureed tuna salad and even pureed mac and cheese...i really needed something different after a week of shakes and cream of potato soup in the blender lol..i go back for my first fill in a month :cry_smile:

I was officially banded last week on wednesday may 7th (one month from intl consult) at the Forest Health Bariatric Center in Ypsilanti, MI ...I arrived at the center at 10am, had blood drawn for a prego test then i was taken into a pre-op room where i had to change into my sexy hospital gown (wouldnt even let me keep my panties lol) and my pretty party hat as they called it ..ya know the blue shower cap looking thing they make you tuck your hair into lol..so after i was dressed..or undressed i would say...they measured my waist just in case i needed an ab binder after surgery (if they have to open you up, you get a girdle type thing to hold your stomach) so i told the nurse that when i woke up in recovery, it would be the first thing i would look for because i was counting on them to do the surgery laproscopic lolclimbed into my hospital bed, had an IV put in my hand so they could give me fluids, answered 100 questions that i had already answered at pre-op screening, then they let my mom come in and hang out with me for about an hour while we waited for my turn to come....as the time for surgery approached, i had to drink the sour grape tasting stuff to settle my stomach acids for surgery, then they put the happy juice in my IV and i barely remember the ride to the OR...went into OR at 1:30pm...woke up in recovery room at 3pm...first question out of my mouth was "do i have a binder on?" while feeling my stomach lol...thankfully i didnt, nurse asked me how my pain was (1-10) i was at about a 5...felt like someone had punched me in the stomach, so she put some meds in my IV and the pain dropped down to about a 1.5...from then on i just felt like i did too many situps the day before...got into my hospital room at 4pm, had a sf popcycle, ate some ice chips, had the worse case of cotton mouth in my life lol got up and went pee, did a couple laps walking around the halls, told the nurse i was ready to go anything they wanted to let me lol7pm..nurse came in with a dose of meds for me to take in case i was in pain on the ride home...stopped at kroger and riteaid on the way home, walked around both stores with no problem...got home, walked around a little, watched some tv, drank a chocolate banana protein shake took some pain meds for the night and slept in the reclyner in case i had to get up in the middle of the night.....thursday--day 2 woke up, had a protein shake, felt like i had a wild night..whole body was wore, but nothing i havent delt with before from being out partying with the girls etc....decided to have cream of potato soup (liquidfied in the blender of course) for lunch....actually taste like scalloped potato sauce to me......also had frozen strawberry protein shake, (as close to ice cream as im going to get for a bit)...friday, saturday and sunday went well...monday i went back to work (desk job) felt great, decided to get inventive and bought some hormel chili with bean, put in in the blender to liquify it, then added some shredded cheese to melt when i heated it up....taste like pintos and cheese from taco bell.....now the can made 16 oz once blended...so i ended up eating about 4oz and being stuffed lol...im still trying to rap my brain around the idea that 3 and 4 oz of liquid fills me right now lol and i have my liquids 6 times a day (breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack) gets all my protein in..i'm really glad i didnt have a hard time at all, but i also went ino surgery prepared for the worst just in case...im the type that hopes for the best but weighs the options on all that can happen lol.....as of today, 6 days after being banded...i have lost 16 lbs and have been able to eat(drink) whenever i am hungry....when on full liquids you are only limited to your imagination and the power of a blender lol

I was banded on wednesday and found that I was never hungry either...I just made sure that i sipped protein shakes so that i got my protein in for the day..today i woke up from a nap and was actually hungry so i had cream of potato soup (liquified in the blender) ate about 4oz and felt full but boy did that taste sooooo good lol so far i have lost 8lbs..im loving being banded

I was banded on wednesday may 7th...getting around pretty good, can take in about 8 oz of liquid..keeps me full for hours, stomach is a little sore, feels like i did too many sit ups but other than that im feeling great. Ive been making sure to drink protein shakes or milk so that i get my protein for the day in...have lost 6 lbs since surgery (43lbs all together) i'm really glad i decided to join the losing bench :thumbup:

I was banded on wednesday and chocolate milk has become my new best friend lol, i was told to get in 64 oz of liquid, and 60 grams of protein a day so with 1% chocolate milk i am getting both, I am able to sip about 16 oz over a course of a half hour or so...I too had that heavy feeling in my chest yesterday, but i took a gas-x strip and made myself burp as much as i could to get the feeling to go away..so far so good...i can do protein shakes, i find that they seem more filling if i freeze them and eat them like they are ice cream, maybe its mental lol i also made up a bowl of sf pudding with 2 scoops of protein powder added so i could feel like i was actually eating something rather than drinking all the time...cant have mushie food (mashed potatoes, cream of wheat, etc) for 2 more weeks.....been walking as much as possible although i know i havent been getting in the 30 minutes a day that the dr wants, but working up to it, seems to make the soreness better each day...hope this helps ya out :thumbup:

HI everyone, I got banded today, feeling pretty good just a little sore like i did too many situps lol other than that I'm great... was at ypsi bariatric center,in michigan dr nunn was so sweet. Arrived at 10am, had surgery at 1:30pm, back in room at 4pm, and headed home at 7pm..I sure hope I continue to feel this good. I even enjoyed a pina colada protein shake when I got home (dole pina colada juice, sf yogert, vanilla whey protein) wow was it good :frown::thumbup:

good luck to all you May 5th banders ( Tracy, Sandy, KathrynRose, JaJeanne, Jennifer, GrosseFemme, jdj ) i'm 2 days behind you...i cant believe that 48 hrs from now i will be headed towards the losers bench lol

Has anyone had any experience with health plus hmo of michigan....any feed back would be helpful thank you

I'm getting banded on May 7th :smile2:...I'm going to my pre-op testing this morning (wow its early lol) nice to meet all you May banders

I definately think you should look into more, I do know that with the bypass you are suppose to limit your sugar so that you dont have the dumping syndrome, and that some people become lactose intollerant with the bypass too...so it sound like the dr was trying to sway everyone towards the bypass...the best thing you can do is do more research online and think more about it

I got the call today to schedule my band surgery...when the lady asked me when i was looking to have it, i asked her what she had available, well to my surprise she said "i do have an opening MAY 7th" I looked at the calandar really quick thinking thats next week, she cant be talking about next week so i asked her well when would i have my PAT's then...she said "how about tomorrow morning at 7:30am" in my mind im thinking omg omg omg this is what you wished for lol...so now that my heart isnt beating out of my chest anymore, i thought i would share my great news with everyone...as long as everything goes as planned tomorrow at PAT's i will be having my band surgery exactly 1 month from the day I went to my intl concult and started this whole journey...wow that was quick!!!!

2 weeks before my surgery i have to do potein shake for breakfast and lunch with a sensable dinner for my pre-op diet, its different for everyone depending on who your dr is...i would call my dr and clarify if i was not for sure

congrats on your surgery date...ive been approved but waiting for ypsi to call me with my date..i sure hope mine is in may too,

congrats...on the road to the losing side

i had my eval last week on 4/17 and i was approved by insurance co. yesterday... eval consisted of a 500 true/false questionare and then an hour long talk with the dr. --wanting to make sure that i had done my research and that i knew what some of the complications could be and that i was ready to change my lifestyle to make this tool for losing weight work, asked me if i was ever depressed or suicidal...nothing too hard to answer...alot of the questions he asked were funny to me..i passed with flying colors just had to wait for the report to be typed up and sent to the bariatric center

congratulations thats a great time to be banded...with the 3 day weekend (memorial day) coming up

I got approved for lap band yesterday so now i am waiting impatiently for the center to call with my pre-op screening date and my date for getting banded. i am so excited to finally be on the road to losing weight and getting healthy. ive been stuck at 42 lbs lost for a few weeks so i need to get on the ball and start exercising again :rolleyes2:

I got approved for lap band yesterday so now i am waiting impatiently for the center to call with my pre-op screening date and my date for getting banded. i am so excited to finally be on the road to losing weight and getting healthy. ive been stuck at 42 lbs lost for a few weeks so i need to get on the ball and start exercising again :w00t:

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All i had to give them was a list of the different things i have tried to lose weight both supervised and unsupervised and if i was seeing a dr..which one i was seeing...but every insurance company is different. I was fortune enough that i went through a bariatric center that is contracted with my insurance co. so the approval process was much easier.---IS ANYONE ELSE HAVING SURGERY IN YPSILANTI MICHIGAN??