emily111

hey amonroy looks like we have the same band date... and almost the same start and finish goal add me also so we can keep in touch :thumbup:

HI Michelle Im 25 also I just turned 25 in June anyways I was banded on the 16th of this month. Add me to your friend list lets keep in touch k.. And if you have any questions just send me an email :thumbup:

well I have to wait until wednesday 2 weeks post op to start mushies... but I started them yesterday I know its not good to do but I stopped loosing weight because I only was getting around 300 cals a day as soon as I started mushies I started loosing weight again and I fill 1000% percent better :mad2:

ah yes I also take the chewable Calcium with Vitamin D and K

I take flintstons chewable and then a chewable Vitamin C and a super B complex liquid. yes you have to take a muti vitamin... Im only 10 days post op and notice my hair falling out more than normal... my cousin is 3 yrs post op and her hair is very thin she had to go to the derm.dr to have special medicin for that

well my dr is very strange.. lol my family does not like him.. anyways I guess I will let the hospital look at them on monday to see if im ok

So this morning I noticed puss on one of my cuts near the big port cut. My incisions are glued with nothing on them I came out of surgery like that. Anyways so I call the nurse then the dr. He called in antibotics and said take a shower wash it and take the glue off. Ok so I did this and the glue came off 2 of my incisions well now I have 2 wholes on my stomach... So of course I called back to the nurse she was worried so she said I had to talk to the dr. Fine I did that and he said as long as its not red or bluish and I am not running fever then I will be ok. Ugh So has anyone else had this? Now I am worried I will have bad scars also I am worried about the holes in my tummy :tt2: the nurse said I should go to see a dr here in town before thursday. I wish my dr was a more normal dr that cared more.. hes very odd. So back to my question has this happened to anyone else... 10 days post op open woundswith puss?

Emily111,

That is awesome that we are in about the same place in our journey. I would love to keep in touch and see how we are both progressing. It is always nice to compare with someone similar in journey's. I am also on www.obesityhelp.com under azoreangal. I frequent the lap-band forum and texas and main forum. So if you are ever over there drop by and say hi. Also there is a light weight forum for people with our starting weight. I have added you to my friends. Marilia

:tt2: im going to drop by and check it out

well for me it was after I lost all of my weight and then slowly gained it back then I spent a whole year loosing and gaining..I said I should not be dealing with this at 24 yrs old so I decided to have the surgery and save myself years of problems :thumbup:

azoreangal-

I noticed that we had surgery 1 day apart.. we almost have the same start weight and the same goal weight and we both lost 16 pounds so far :thumbup: I thought that was funny.

id say a person with a tan always looks better and more thin :biggrin:

well Ive been losing a pound a day but Im still on the liquid diet. Dont weigh yourself for a few days after the surgery because you will have all those fluids and gas that you will most likely weigh more.

ah just ignore it my dr did the same thing he said i probably wouldnt be happy with the band blah blah if you did ur reserch an you want the band then tell him no i want the band... thats wat i did even in the phyc eval they tried to say he was not going to approve me for the band because i like chocolate loooooooooooool i laughed and said listen im getting the band if you dont want to approve the eval for it or if my dr wants to do the bypass instead i will just see a new dr then and still get the band. now i am post op for 6 days and doing great so you know how that went lol

im 5 days out but on my 2 week mark I will be allowed

scrambled eggs, high Protein oatmeal, grits with low fat cheese, dried Beans cooked very soft, Peanut Butter, moist flaky fish, thinly sliced deli meat, cheese, vegetable and fruit with no skin and soft enough to mash wth the back of your fork.

OK I typed exactly what my dr wrote for me

congrats I am 5 days banded I hope I am just as happy at my 2 week mark :eek:

oh I just realized I never updated this thread... ok you wont believe it but you know what was making my stomach hurt? My Rx that the doctor gave me for acid reflux. Its Prilocec or omeprazole. I noticed the next day I didnt take it and I was fine so I asked the dr and he said to quit taking it and no more pain :crying:

HI I just wanted to let anyone know that my experience was good :crying: I was banded on july 16th. I gave the paper work over on monday june 23rd they filed by that friday and I was approved on that monday. So the nice ppl in the office is Kate the nutritionist and Audre. If you do go with them you have to stay on them all the time and ask lots of questions.. Everything went great for me because I did this but some other that I spoke to waited 6 weeks just for an appointment. So like my grandmaw always says the squeeky wheel gets the oil :eek: I tried to be that squeeky wheel :frown:

I have only been banded for 5 days.. but my dr says wine is fine.. he did say when I first try it after the band to try just a couple of sips because it can make you drunk very fast with the band. I have family with the band who drink wine all the time also so I never seen it to be a problem. :crying:

wow u look great :ohmy: i would never had guessed 50

ok I have a question... are yall getting nausus? I started to last night. I have a pain in my back like I swollowed a golf ball and it didnt go down. Now if I ate something I would understand but all Ive had is liquids. Mainly just Water. Very odd I will be so happy to have food again I hate Soup and I am sooo tired of protien :ohmy: Im very happy to finally have my band so I dont want to complain :biggrin: Just I feel so sick to my tummy :blushing:

I will go buy it now.. I bought the gas x strips also and it does not work at all!!! Walgreens is right next to my house I will send my husband off lol

Ok so I am very curious how this is possible. I was on the liquid diet and lost one pound a day. So then I had the surgery and today is the 4th day I consume around 200 calories a day and I have not lost anything since the surgery. I read on here that most ppl dont loose the 1st week after sugery.. but how is that possible? I am a lil confused on this. If anyone knows the answer please explain

ooh you and I are in the same boat. I was banded wednesday also and this is the problem i am having. I sleep sitting up I cant lay down either because I would hurt to much to get up. My husband helps me out the bed. Im sure it will get better it seems like something we r all going through.

hi everyone.. today is my 3rd day banded.. Its so funny how before the surgery I was on liquid diet and I was ok but when I woke up from the surgery my stomach was growling so I have been starving since the surgery lol But I dont feel like drinking I guess thats normal hungry but not to want anything. The hard part for me is the port insicion. It hurts alot and burns I have to press my stomach there as I walk. I hope that passes soon So how are yall feeling? Any of the same feelings?

my doc did not put any dressings I left the hospital like this. I am 3 days post op or 4. It doesnt look open but thet glue is wearing off and making me nervous. I will call my dr on monday If I am really worried. He even told my husband that i could shower the next day after surgery and wash them.. Which I did. Soo I dont know.. but I have been in the bed pretty much because the pain meds knock me out also.