LeslieR041906

My surgery was on this past Monday, when should I partake on full activity. Right now, I joined a gym, yesterday, and today, I took advantage of the treadmill, I could only do 15 mins, before I started feeling faint and tired. So I stopped. I figured that was all I could do for the day. Im going to try it again tomorrow. Should I be doing more? Or should I follow what my body is telling me? I dont want to over do it. So what should I be doing at this point? What am I able to do? What about riding the bicycle there? What equipment should I stay away from?

Thank you for your advice, it is hard. I made it through the first 2 weeks, I will make it through the whole thing. I cant believe I cheated, and I cheated myself. And a day post op. Uggh. I feel so bad now. Not sick or anything just tremendous guilt. Im not going to do it again. Thank you for your advice again.

Yeah that was the same instructions, but I didnt know cause after I had some of the grilled cheese, it didnt hurt. But, Im not going to do it anymore. I lost 16 lbs so far, and I dont wan to ruin that nor my tummy. Im still so sore, but today I walked a lot. More than I usually do. :smile2:

Finally start eating something after lap band? Im a day out, havent been nauseated, and have had sugar free pudding, and I think I cheated I had some grilled cheese, maybe like a quarter of a sandwich, and still it hasnt hurt me. But Im also drinking with it too. So that it wont get stuck. I know I need to not eat solids cause I can hurt myself, but when can you eat solids, and not really hurt yourself?

Day 2, not hungry, just in pain. The gas pain went away, here is a good thing to help with that. Gas x I took it and it subsided a great deal. Im trying to keep hydrated, but its hard. And eating ugggh, its just out for now. I remember how I was looking so forward to eating again, Im sure I will be that way in a week or so. Where the incisions are, it hurts, and makes it hard for me to sleep. I had to sleep with my cpap last night for the first time, cause for some reason, when I got out of surgery yesterday, my o2 percent kept falling, so that was scary. Think it all has to do with the apnea. When I got out, I found it a little hard to breathe. Felt like my chest was beaten up by a semi truck. Today, Im not so bad in pain. I need to go walk around a bit today and maybe I can feel better. Today I get to shower. Yay. Cause I feel crummy. Well think Im going to go lie back down. I didnt sleep that well last night. I hope that improves here soon. Oh and ever since, I was in surgery yesterday, and out into recovery, I had to sneeze and I cant. Still cant. And its bothering me. UGGh.:thumbup:

Well I got there at 11:30. They prepped me, I got into my gown, had to scrub down prior with a special soap. Then I spent a little time in a room, then off to holding. Where they put the iv in, prior to that in the room before holding they gave me a heprin shot in the belly, to prevent blood clots. Once the Iv was in, they gave me a med that made me feel rather better about going into surgery. About 1:45 I was off to the operating room. And they put massaging pads on my legs, strapped my arms down. The doc was great, so were his staff. Everyone was so nice to me. Next thing I know I was out. And waking. For me the surgery took about and hour and 20 mins. Afterwards, it was hard to breathe for me and I was shivering. I knew I was cold. But everything did go fine. I developed pain in my shoulder, arm, and chest due to gas. Yest the gas pain is horrible. Probably the worse of it. I was nauseated once. But the doc didnt prescribe me any nausea meds. Uggh. Dont know why. Anyway, Everything was ok, but Im just in so much pain. For me, my c section was much easier. Cause, I had a surgeon who stitched me up really well. And Dr Lowe did great too with the lap band. I have only 4 incisions. Now all I want to do is sleep. I just got home. And Im not hungry, I cant stand the sight of food. I am thirsty, but I have to remember to take small sips otherwise I will be throwing up, and I dont want to do that. UGGh. Anyway. I will write a more in depth happenings tomorrow, on the my surgery story thread, in the other fourms. Im sure this is worth all this pain. A new healthier me is waiting to be unleashed.

At 1:30 today, I will be having my surgery. Im very scared, and very excited to start this new life. But the scary part is the surgery. I want nothing to go wrong. I know its different from a c section, but with the c section, I almost died. And this scares me that Im undergoing another surgery. But, I hear a lot of positive results. All I know is when I come home tonight, I wont feel the same as I do now. I have gone from 333lbs, to 316 in 2 weeks, on the liquid diet. So, Im really optimistic about the outcome of the surgery. I can do this and I will make it work for me. Previously I was seeing a doc back in September of last year, doing the HCG pregnancy hormone shot, and phentramene. By December, I was hospitalized cause my heart was acting funny. They found that I had a PFO. Which is a birth defect in the heart. I never knew I had this until last year. With the doctor I had, they checked my metabolism, and come to find out its quite normal. So I feel that I will be able to do this as long as I can exercise. That is really my problem, along with the bad choices of food that Im eating. Last night I went as far as writing myself a will, just in case things dont turn out so well. I know what youre thinking, I will be ok, but some how I cant tell my brain that. I have to be at the hospital to be prepped in one hour. Ugggh. Im going to try to write tonight. Im going to let everyone know how it went for me. Anyway, thats all I have for now, Partly, this thread is to rant about my fears, and secondly, I wanted everyone to know that today is the day. :smile::tongue2:

This is awesome, love the thread. I will not miss, as mentioned before, LANE BRYANT. For one, their clothes are crap. Nice style, but don't last long. Listening to people talk about me or at least being paranoid that they are. And by talking about me, Im meaning my fat. I will not miss being embarrassed by having to get off an amusment park ride, in front of others cause my boobs are way too big, from being fat. or the seat is too small. I wont miss, being ashamed of myself naked. I wont miss, being ashamed to go swimming. I wont miss cottage cheese everywhere, and stretch marks. I wont miss the expense to cater to all my uncontrollable cravings. I wont miss my sleep apnea. I wont my my high cholesterol or high triglycerides. I wont miss having no energy to play with my daughter. I will be happier that I will live longer to be with her. I wont miss putting on jeans and wondering if Im going to make it all day cause they are too tight. I wont miss, laying out of work, cause I got sick a week later from being sick. In other words staying sick all the time, or not feeling well. I wont miss being hot all the time, especially when trying to sleep. I wont miss trying to bend and something pulls or goes out. There is probably more to this I will write again when I can think of it. In general.. I just wont miss the FAT. :thumbup:

I have consumed so much water today, I feel Im going to pop. Im drinking so much in hopes this gas will go away. Its kinda embarrasing sitting near other people when they hear your stomach explode with gas. My pants are still tight. Ugggh. Im not liking this. But, dont worry, it will be over before we know it. Monday for me is the big day, and Im terrified. I know that this is the safest surgery, but I cant help but think something can go wrong. And will. Sigh. Anyway, I have wanted food all day. Just something, a llttle bite of something, good thing I have people around me that keep me from eating. Even at work. Where I know if I wanted to cheat then I could, but Thank god they are here.

Today is day 10 of my liquid diet. It has been rough, and I hate it. I have started these gas pains and tremendous bouts of gas inside my tummy. Today, I woke, no weight gained nor lost, but, Im bloated, and my jeans are tight. Three days ago, these very jeans, fit. And fit good. Now, they feel as if I was poured into them. I feel bloated, and full of gas, that I cant release. I dont know what to do about it. I just cant wait until this is over. Maybe just maybe I need to lay off soup for a while. I have noticed when I do eat the soup I get more gassy. So, back to the basics, just plain ole liquid thats sure to make me sick. And to top it all off, Im depressed cause I cant eat good food. And a certain someone in my life finds it ok to eat in front of me, tons of good food without remorse. Anyway, I had to rant. Any solutions for the gas? :cursing:

For those of you who are strictly on the liquid diet without solids at all in the diet, have any of you experienced any stomach pain accompanied with gas. Lots of gas? This pain feels like a muscle strain, pulling, and then the dull ache afterwards, but it only happens when I have a lot of gas. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? I was thinking I had an ulcer. But how can that be? I dont eat foods with spice, or drink spice, I called my doc, they said to monitor it all day and I will. It doesnt hurt right now. I had a bowel movement, and everything seems ok now. So, I dont know whats going on. Kinda scares me a little. Just want to know if anyone else has experenced this? LET ME KNOW!!! BTW, it really didnt start until I had egg drop soup. Could this be the culprit?:thumbup:

My pre op is tomorrow too. Thats why I only could have egg drop soup on Saturday. But, dont feel so bad. I felt terrible after I had the egg drop soup. But, to be honest, they said strain what I could, and not one bit of it would strain. So I drank it up. I could taste the salt, and it was a lot. But, Since that day I have been strict with my diet, and have done everything possible not to stray. Im so happy with myself although, Im starving. Just remember that this diet is for your liver. The smaller your liver, the better the surgery will go. Call your doctor and ask them if what you done was bad. Well of course, that is what I would be doing, cause, I worry too much. I was craving bread yesterday, too. Im glad I didnt eat it cause it takes so long to digest. Or so I have heard. Anyway, good luck!

To be honest guys, it doesnt sound like all that bad of and idea to go on liquids, but as I have been told on here plenty of times, just ask your doctor if that is the best thing to do. But, let me tell you, you may recover a lot easier if you were on the liquids. As far as the hunger pains, well, I have them every now and then, but, I drink Water, and things like that. Or if I get hungry, I eat sf Jello or pudding, broth, something just to tame the beast. But my biggest complaint is the cravings. Those wont go away, cause Im so used to eating those foods. One day, I want meat, like fish or chicken. Then Pasta, then pizza then yesterday I wanted and needed bread. But that too will pass. And it did. Im on day 8 now. Its hard, but Im down 12 lbs. Stick to what youre doing, but if youre wanting to do the liquids, just ask first, cause there is a lot that goes with it. High Protein and taking a multi Vitamin. Good luck:wink2:

To those of you who have not read the other thread about the egg drop soup, well I had some tonight, and let me tell you I was happy, that finally I could drink something. The soup would not strain, so I had no choice but to have the egg with the soup. But, After I ate the soup, I felt really sick and really bloated. I had a pudge in my belly section, and when I started the liquid diet, It was starting to go away. I just hope that I didnt hurt the liquid diet. I have been very strict with what I ate up until tonight. I hope that when I have my surgery on the 9th, they wont stop because I hurt myself with egg drop soup. I feel horrible now, just like I did before I started the liquids. Bloated, and full. Anyway, I feel like a failure, uggh. :laugh:

I was going with Dr. V. But, when they made my appt, he had no immediate appts. So Im with Charlotte Surgical, And dr. Lowe. And for those of you on the liquid diet. Egg drop soup will not strain, and eating it will make you feel sick, especially if youre in day 6 of the liquid diet. GOD I hope I havent hurt myself. I feel really bloated. I guess I let the hunger and desire get to me. My pudge in my belly was gone until I ate the soup.

I notice on here that so many different people can have different diets, it sucks that some can still eat. Im on day 6 of this diet and its really killing me, Ive done good so far. Im just wondering if egg drop soup could be considered something that can go up a straw, or which ever, if I got the hot and sour soup I would have to blenderize it. Cause of all the things in it. But, to save the trouble maybe I will order egg drop or wanton and not eat the wanton. I dunno. Im just hungry. Its really good to have people that are going to be banded the same day. !!!!

how does the hot and sour soup taste? Never heard of it. But I really want something. Im tired of drinking. LOL.

Would Egg Drop soup be out of the question? My doc specified that I can drink anything that goes up a straw, within reason while keeping up with protein and cals at a certain level. Need advice.

The doc told me that I should drink only liquids, and anything that can go up a straw, I can have within reason. But keep my protein up to 70 grams a day. Well I want to go out to have Vietnamese and the Pho' soup. I can have blenderized soup. What about eggdrop soup? Any suggestions?

Ok, I know I have a thread already about my liquid diet. But, I think that I have done really well, although, my weight seems to be leveling off, not as much is coming off, so far Ive lost 10 lbs in 5 days. I know I need to get out and exercise a lot more, I know that will help. I still have some cravings, but, things arent bothering me as bad anymore. But, 9 more days to go to surgery date. Am I doing anything wrong, here is what I do on a daily basis.. Morning, I drink EAS Myoplex 42grams of Protein, then I have 2 bottles of Water with special k protien powder, 5 grams each. lunch, I drink Atkins Advantage with 15 grams of protein. When I go home, I eat a good bit of sugar free Jello I think the 2nd day, I had 3 small bowls. I also drink a can of chicken broth for the salty taste. For dinner, I have Slim Fast Protein shake 15grams protein. Im also drinking throughout the day. Does this sound reasonable? I havent cheated, although I wanted to. But I want to. Anyway, I love to hear more responses to what Im doing.

Why is your weight such a big issue? Im 322. I hope they dont come with that same excuse for me. I mean do you have to be a certain size for the band? Wow. But, I am so proud of you for the long effort on the liquid diet. Ive only done it for 5 days now, and yes its hard, but the first 3 days were the hardest, then, the cravings changed, and as long as I sip some broth, that gives me the salt I have been craving, and really I end up ok. I still want food. Anyway, I would love to know more as to why they cant go ahead with the band. That would drive me crazy.

I would love to have that time, unfortunately, I have to go in at 11:30, surgery is at 1:30. LOL. Are you on a liquid diet too? And if so what kind?

Thanks for the advice. Ive done great so far, and even though I watch my daughter as we speak, eat an ice cream cone, I still hold strong. I dont think I will cheat, I just want to cheat. And thats bad. But thank you so much for your advice.

Hey Im being banded on that day too!!!!! WOW. What time are you going in?

And I want to eat. I want breaded chicken, fried, pizza. How can I do this for 2 weeks? This is hard, especially when others eat around me. Im going mad but the good thing is, like in my other post, Ive dropped 8lbs. UGGGGH. Wish I could magically shrink my liver without this diet. I think to myself, would it really hurt it I cheated, just once?