Josette

Skinny.. no. I was banded a week ago in Port Huron at the lapband center of Michigan. Thanks though

I was banded a week ago today and I'm feeling really good. I'm bored as heck of the liquid diet already though. I'm sick of sweet stuff and I want some cottage cheese or mashed potatoes!!!! I haven't had loratab or tylenol in 2 days now and I don't feel that I need it at all. I have been sleeping on my stomach with no problems. My port was placed in the front too so I was a little worried about that, but I keep waking up laying on my stomach.

I can relate to you on so many levels. I lost my mother less then a year ago. She battled ovarian cancer for 4 years. My dad pretty much closed up and became angry and was very mean to my mother alot. She had only me to lean on and over the 4 years I suffered the loss of a 3 year relationship to a man I loved because I was spending too much time taking care of mom, the loss of a home because I had to take unpaid leave from my job for months to take care of her in the end. I remember just wanting to drive off a cliff because I was so stressed out. I knew she was dying and it was killing me and I had the world on my shoulders. I wanted to run away everyday. I sucked it up and got medical help with nurses to help and in the end I was with her for 24 hours a day for weeks and though it was so tramatic it was so worth it and I'm glad I did it. The other things lost were a drop in the bucket compared to losing my mom. I guess what I'm trying to tell you is to hang in there. Don't get a fill because you don't need to deal with that right now. There will be plenty of time later. Hang in there and if you need anything... Just to vent.. whatever.. I'm here for you! Your mother is very lucky to have you!

that sucks Shelly. I hope it gets better and is maybe just some weird swelling. I don't know. Good luck and I hope you get relief soon.

Does vicodin make you forget to call someone you're dating for 5 days? Jack..you're awesome and I agree with the use of Courting. Shame on ME! He was getting Jiggy with several other women! hahaha

Did they tell you at Dr. Deol's seminar about the Support Group Fee?

I found the biggest variety of sf jello in the refrigerator section at my local Kroger. YUM! It was on sale for 2 bucks for 6 cups.

Libra... My doctor and my postop instructions say nothing over 20 pounds for at least 2 weeks to a month. I can imagine it's a pain though. I know friends have had babies and had cecerians and struggled with what to do because they couldn't lift anything heavy but had a baby carrier and not someone to carry the baby all the time, ya know? Good luck hon.

I just ordered my scale off ebay so I'm waiting for it to arrive so I can find out how much I've lost. I'm so excited! I never thought I'd be excited about weighing myself. How funny! How is the liquid diet going for everyone today? Last night I got home to my husband having tender roast out of the crock pot with gravy and homemade mashed potato's. DROOOOOL! I wanted some SOOOO bad! But I was good.

Amen Yoda! I had a guy do this to me, make excuses, etc. Then not call. It turned out he was courting several other women. You need to be honest with yourself and realize that after 5 or so dates if he's not contacting you then he's not worth it. Regardless of what's going on. If there was a strong connection he would contact you and tell you what was going on if there really was a valid reason and he was still in to you. Move on to someone who actually cares about YOUR feelings too. You've put enough effort in to him.

GOOD LUCK SCRIBBY!!!! I'll miss you! Come back and tell us about your adventure soon! Good luck to all that's being banded tomorrow!

Paulax... I'm only 5 days out and I'm feeling like I'm suffering. You're very inspiring. I'm dying for just some cottage cheese! For some reason since surgery I can't tolerate the smell of broth. It makes me litterally want to throw up. I had some prior to surgery and was fine. I don't understand it. Only thing I can figure is it was the anestisia. My mom was a huge coffee addict for years and after one of her surgeries she couldn't even stand the smell. Made her want to get sick. Maybe that's my problem? I'm just dying for the next twelve days to go by so I can have pudding and cream of wheat for heavens sake! hahaha. I can move to phase two on August 17. What day is yours?

I love tuna patties. You take tuna, crushed cracker and egg and mix it all together. Press it out in to patties and cook it in a skillet with a tiny bit of oil. My mom brought me up with these. She'd also make it with salmon. I also love scrambled eggs with cream cheese. This was another one of my mom's recipes. Every man I've dated has LOVED it. My husband loves it too. Just add a little bit of cream cheese just before you serve and mix it around so it gets on all the eggs.

where were you banded at Skinnyme???

that sounds like fun...but I'm an august bandster hehehehe

do you have sleep apnea, GE? That might be why. I had trouble with mine too at first so I had to have one of those lovely oxygen tubes across my nose. Dried my nose out bad!

Cathy, Thank you so much for saying that. I can hardly wait to see mine too. We were literally best friends and me and my father were by her side to the very end. I took over 2 months off from my job to be with her in the end night and day and I miss her enormously. It was so tramatic that my hair in the past 9 months has all been turning gray and I am only 31!!! I went to the rifle range with my husband a while back and the guy working it referred to me as my hubbys mother!!! YIKES! So i think I'm going to be dying my hair soon. hehehe. I love port huron too. I live 2 hours away from there but when I'm over there I love to walk the boardwalk they have along the river. It's very nice. Where are you from?

I'd love some cream of wheat with skim milk and splenda in it. awwww. I'm sick of liquids already. hahaha. I'm on them until Aug 17th and then I can have liquids that aren't clear. YAY!

Good luck and speedy recovery to all that's being banded or already banded!

I make really good enchilladas and soak the pain in sauce pretty good so I was just curious if I will probably have a hard time with that or not.

welcome to the group Caroline! I just walk until I'm feeling pretty tired. I had to hold on to my stomach today because it was sore when I walked. My gas is pretty much gone now.

Anybody have problems with tortilla's?

Today I went to work successfully and didn't have any major problems. I also am getting head hunger though. On the way home I kept thinking about homemade taco's. HAHA. Then I ate 3 oz of yogurt very slowly and didn't even want to think about food at all after that. I love my band! At lunch today I ate a half cup of soup over 30 min and felt like bursting. You'll all be very surprised once you get your band and realize that it truely does make you feel full on such small amounts of food!

Clovermeg...HAHAHA> I had to do that one too! Felt like I was in high school again bubbling in all the answers. My psych eval took 4 hours. They asked a lot of questions and wanted everything detailed about every diet I've tried.. my weight from youth until now. how much I'd lost each time... etc etc.

My port is placed in the front of my stomach instead of on the side. I never heard of this until it was already done. Is this common at all? Where is YOUR port?