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I just sent you my info. Thanks for doing this

I know this wasn't directed at me, but I love my Wii Fit!! My kids got it for me for Mothers day. Now that I am 2 weeks post op am looking forward to doing more on it. BeckyO, sorry you are so uncomfortable. I didnt' have any of the gas nor the heartburn so am not much help, but I did hear that the GasX really doesn't help that type of gas, though I'm not speaking from personal experience.

Gosh, we should be more than have way through our June banders already! It's going by fast. Soon we'll be all banded. It seems a little quieter on the June board already, I hope everyone sticks around! KathyStrick, have yet to see a post surgery update from you, hope it went well yesterday!

No they just said it was common after major surgery and antibiotics. Nystatin is what I got, I had to swish and spit a tsp 4 times a day for 7 days until gone. However, 7 days have come and gone and I still have some medicine left so am still swishing to be sure it's gone. Since then my teeth feel like they need a good cleaning! I brush and floss and it's still there.

Well then I would say on June 26th you can have the refried beans. Remember you paid a lot for this surgery, you want it to heal right and work at it's optimum for you. Don't do something against your dr's guidelines.

I didn't realize scar tissue could be such an issue. Have you had a lot of surgeries? Is a full open procedure an option? Good luck to you in whatever you decide!

Oh, Larin, I am so sorry to hear that. I pray that it is caught early and easily taken care of and you are on the lapband road to recovery in August! Sounds like you've placed it in God's hands and there's no better place to be!

I wanna be a May flower!! I don't feel real jazzy for a Jazzy June sometimes! ha ha Maybe that's my age! You have such a pretty logo! I missed it by 5 days. Am doing great though, down 32 lbs. including pre op. I read over here a lot to see what's coming ahead in my new bandster life. Congrats on all the success!

I guess I will find out how he does the fills when I get my first one. It's not for a month yet. Gonna be a long wait! I get solids one week from today so that is going to help a lot. Today is my 2 week bandversary! I get solids at 3 weeks. EGADS, I just got a lunch invite for today at Applebees! I seem to do okay at these outings if I get soup so will stick with that plan! Funny, I never do much socially and it seems during my 'mushie' stage everything comes at once!

Drats had a long post and poof it the screen changed and it vanished. Thanks for asking about dinner. It went real well. I got my egg drop soup and she did ask a few times if that was all I was eating and so I eventually fessed up. I'm glad I did as she was very supportive and had 2 family members out of state who had it done. One lost over 200 lbs. A few hours later when I got home I had some s/f pudding for 'dessert'. I am getting frustrated though with the scale. It was going down so fast but now has seemed to stop for the past week or so. I feel I am barely eating a thing never more than 4 oz at a time how could it not? This too shall pass I suppose. Question, if some days the band is tighter than others and you feel less hungry, what happens after you get a fill?

Maria, Do you have a white tongue? That thrush was the weirdest stuff, my mouth felt so funny. The nurse told me it was quite common but it something I rarely read about here on the boards. I'm glad they told me about it at my pre op or I'd never have guessed I had it. Good luck to you!

I only had to do the liquid diet for the day before too. I did fine. I was glad as I had a week of liquids after. Now I'm on the soft foods. Good luck to you!

I don't even know what size band I have. Didn't even realize there were different sizes til all the talk here about band sizes and cc's. I guess I like Janet's line of thinking, 'as long as it work'. Today was my first day experiencing hunger, I am 2 weeks post op. So guess I have 4 weeks til my fill so could be entering 'bandster hell'. howver, the strange thing is today, is I have to force myself to eat every 3 hours or so. I just had tuna and could only eat an ounce. Is it usual to feel differing degrees of hunger like that? Tonight is a challenge. We are going to dinner with friends, who know nothing of my surgery. We are going to Chinese, so I just plan on some egg drop soup but am sure I'll probably get some questions as to why that's all I'm having (I'm still on soft foods). Maybe I'll tell them, she's a good friend, I'm just not sure I want the world to know and if she'll keep quiet. LOL

Tomorrow will be 2 weeks for me. I can't believe what a difference 2 weeks makes, though I still have the huge bruise on my arm from my pre op blood work 2 weeks ago. LOL I feel back to normal now, not quite so tired. Yesterday was my first day experiencing hunger and wanting foods I couldn't. I really wanted a french fry! But weird today, I am so not hungry and am having to remember to eat a little something every 3 hours. I'm finding everyone's preop diets interesting. There's so much different info out there from all the different docs. For example I'm reading alot about oatmeal, mashed potatoes, etc. on mushies, and all my mushies have to be protein. I'm still weighing myself every day and should stop, it was so fun seeing the scale go down every day but it's been 3 days and no movement now. I'm off my b/p meds and b/p is still good and that's been a week already. My tongue is no longer white (had oral yeast infection) so I'm on the road to a new healthier me. Oh my tummy itches like crazy around the incisions and the glue is looking real greyish and hopefully is getting ready to come off.

Just popping in to say hi. I've been busy with out of town company but still doing great. I think I had my first experience with 'head hunger' on FAthers Day. We took DH out to his favorite Mexican place, I knew I'd be okay on mushies by ordering an order of beans. Well those chips. OMG!! they looked so good. I knew they were a big no no and didn't even try a crumb, but it was the first time I've wanted something when I saw it vs what I was eating. Janet, I posted on the mentor thread, but wanted to say here as well how great you look in your photos!! Jazzy Junes, hi there! I do plan on making this my new addiction instead of food too!

The photos look great Janet!! I can't wait til I have some like that!! I had a great NSV yesterday, went shopping, went into a normal store, GAP, and bought a T shirt a size XL but still it was a normal store!! I bought it thinking it would fit down the road and it was incentive, I've not bought something in a NORMAL store in years!! I tried it on at home and IT FIT!!!!!!!!!!! I think it's snug but my daughter, husband and friend all say no that's the way it's supposed to fit. I'm so stoked, now I want to go back and get one in every color!!! Cathy, I'm eating lots of refried beans and a tad of cheese these days on mushies. Also some scrambled eggs and soups.

How are you doing with the gum? They told me no gum as it gave you more gas, said you swallowed too much air. But it sounds good to get some of the yucky taste from my mouth.

While I realize many docs have different recommedations for diet, I wouldn't be allowed the cracker or anything like it for some time yet. HOpe you find something that works for your craving though.

Hi June 5th mates, I've been doing great. Haven't had any issues with food yet. Though last night I think I had my first case of 'head hunger'. We went to my husbands favorite mexican restaurant for Father's Day. And those chips looked so good and tempting. It was the first time I wanted food that I couldn't have. I ordered me a side of refried beans and was fine with them but oh those chips! I'm off my b/p meds already so that is cool. My incisions itche some so guess that's a good sign they are healing. I'm still tired a lot. The hardest part is getting in all the liquids and protein. I'm not to eat more than 4 oz at a time and allow the pouch to rest 3 hours, well that's hard to get in the required amounts then.

I only had to follow a liquid diet 2 days pre op, then 5 days of liquids post op, then soft foods. I lost 10 lbs. the week before my sugery and 13 since then, and a total of 33 (10 on my own while researching surgery). I do have a prefill because the large band was too big and the smaller band too small. So he used the large with some prefill in it.

Angelco!! Good for you. I heard the port side is dependent on if the surgeon is right or left handed. Not sure there's any truth to that or not. Also I did weigh before my surgery and was down about 4 lbs. since my pre op a day before. However, when I got home and weighed I was up 8!!! That was gone in a day or two! Today was my first big challenge. We went out to lunch with some friends. We went to the Islamorada Fish Company inside Bass Pro Shops. I thought that would be a good choice as today I could add soft foods and fish was highly recommended. I did great, but all the other food looked so good. Tonight they are having a poker party here and my daughter is making up all the goodies. They look good but yet not that appealing. So maybe that is a good thing. I just tried putting on my jeans as I hadn't worn them in a week for fear of rubbing the incisions. They are so big already!!! I am down 30 lbs already (10 was before my first consult with my dr.)

I never heard of the camera down the throat either. You'll do fine. I was nervous about the anestesia but never even knew when they put me under and before I knew it I was in recovery.

It'll be here before you know it. Seems like the wait is so long to get our surgery dates, then our surgeries, then when mine hit last week it was like wow! it's here already! Good luck to you!!