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Hi everyone. I was banded on 4/9 and am in the soft food stage. I can eat cottage cheese, string cheese, tuna, any baked fish, yogurt and overcooked vegetables, and canned fruit. I'm eating about 65 to 70 grams of Protein in just food, no need for the Protein shakes. I'm keeping carbs very low since I can't have anything but fish and veggies, but I can only seem to get 500 to 700 calories a day, luckily that keeps me full. When you get a restriction, how in the world can you ever get 1000 calories in a day. Thanks for any answers in advance. Mary

You know, I really did well after the surgery. I had to sleep in the recliner a couple of nights because it was a little difficult to get up and down to go to the potty. I took the pain med (liquid loritab) pretty much the whole first day I came home from the hospital, including waking up and taking a dose during the night. The second day, I used more liquid tylenol than not, buy did use the loritab at night. I have been able to get in over 60 grams of Protein and 64 ounces of Water from the second day. I know some have said that was difficult for them at first, but not for me. I think part of staying home is just to adust to sipping water constantly and working out when to eat and then drink. I've not been too hungry since the surgery, but have been eating my three meals. In fact, today, I was able to get all of my protein without using a Protein shake. I must admit that I was getting tired of all of the sweet Proteins, Jello, and sweet medicines. Good luck to you.

Hi everyone. I was just banded on April 9. My staples were removed one week later. Most of the incisions look good, but one of them is pulling apart slightly. The opening of the incision is not very deep, but it is open. Did anyone else have this problem, and if you did, what did you do? I don't really care if the scar is a little bigger because of this, but I do worry about infection. Thanks ahead of time for any help.

I'm newly banded and just started taking my vitamins again on day 7. I take the Walgreen's chewable and a sublingual B Complex. I also found a sugar free calcium chococlate chewable supplement at Costco. It's like the "Vivactiv", but fewer calories.