AliNSanDiego

My doctor was offering to remove some of the fill he gave me in surgery to relieve the acid reflux I have been having. I opted for NO WAY (Aciphex is doing wonders for me now). He said I may not need a fill (I made an appt just in case I do need one). Maybe he puts more in then the usual? Maybe I will be one of those people who don’t need a lot of fill? I don't know, but I do know I definitely get full fast and am rarely hungry.

Count me in on the whiny club. In my pain & suffering those first few days post-op, I was even emailing friends & family saying I wish i had never gone through with it. I felt like I was on my death bed. Now, 18 days post-op, I feel pretty darn good and I love my band!! Hang in there...it gets better every single day!

People started commenting 1 week post op for me. I lost quite a bit pre-op, but the real noticing did not begin until after surgery when i hit the 30 pound mark. I did not keep my surgery a secret so everyone knows why i have been losing. The jealous people did not think i needed the surgery to begin with, but they have all come around & now make nice comments. One of my co-workers made out with 18 pairs of my big jeans and tons of jackets/shirts. It sure felt great giving those away. I love my band!!

How many others got a fill during surgery? I did not find out I had a fill during surgery until my 2 week post-op appt. Now I understand why I already have so much restriction & have not been hungry. Although extreme fatigue did set in so I have been ok'd to start eating anything I can blend & then in a week start soft foods (YIPPIE). It boggles my mind how different each doctor is with fills, food stages, etc...

I wore the compression socks and then had the massaging cuffs on over the socks while in the hospital (about 24 hours). The nurse said once I got home I could remove the compression socks. I got blood thinner (heparin) while in the hospital. They didn’t send me home with any.

Take the scale away for a few days, get your walking in & watch your carbs/sugar/fat intake. You will continue to lose. Slower is always better, however I can relate to what you are feeling. I have been obsessed with weighing myself too. I'm still on all clear liquids and scared to death about adding anything new in fear of gaining everything back. Tonight I did a test... drank lots of water, weighed myself.... Then went for a walk and went to the bathroom when I came back. Weighed myself again and I was down 4 POUNDS! I know I did not lose 4 pounds in a matter of hours... It has to be fluids. I need to take my own advice and remove the scale from my home for a while. You are doing great!

I have uhc choice plus. I feel very lucky to have been approved in less then 1 week. I started the process at the end of may and got everything done and had my band put in July 9th. For weight documentation I filled out my paperwork at my Surgeons office stating which programs I tried. I also went to my PCP and requested my entire medical file (provided it to my surgeon) which showed 3 years of me being overweight (I had only been seeing that doc for 3 years, been overweight almost all my life). That was enough for me to be approved. Good luck!!! UHC was very easy to deal with.

If there are no complications your 9 year olds should be able to help you with what you need. My 12 year old son has been able to do a ton for me. :seeya:

Jat Robb is my favorite.

Since I cant have protein shakes yet, I am drinking 2 bottles of Isopure a day. That gives me 80 grams protein.

Congrats Zeama! I am in the same boat. I feel pretty darn good. The one thing I don't get is... It seems like I am the only one here who is on all Clear liquids for 2 weeks post-op (then I can only add Protein shakes and tomato Soup for 2 more weeks). When I see my Dr for my 2 week post-op I will be asking him why. I have been reading others who added mushies/soft foods 2 weeks out...

You are not a wimp (or both of us are). I seriously thought I was dying the pain was so bad for me. I was in misery without pain meds. If I was allowed, I would have taken the pain meds every 3 hours. Day 4-5 post-op I started easing off the pain meds so much and the time between taking them got longer. Until yesterday I was still taking Tylenol every 6 hours religiously. Now I can get by with 1 dose during the day and a dose before bed. It WILL get better.

Mine feels much better when standing as well. I have been getting up a lot at work and just pacing around to ease the port pain for a few minutes every half hour or so (I'm prob driving my co-workers crazy).

Everyone is different. I lost 10 pounds right away after surgery and then nothing for a few days. Now I am 11 days post-op and down a total of 14 pounds since surgery day. I am consuming around 400 calories a day and walking at least 30 minutes daily.

I'm 11 days post-op and have the same ripping feeling pain when I cough, sneeze, turn wrong, walk too much, etc... I'm pretty sure it's just part of the healing process. When I do feel the pain it's enough for me to stop what I am doing and hold my side for a moment. Just be cautious and try not to over do anything.

Mine were glued too. Not open, so I assume he stiched them from the inside as well as glue? My port incision isn't looking very pretty right now, but I don't have anything oozing. It's just red and irritated. He told me to go ahead and shower like normal. No wound care needed. My glue started peeling a few days post-op on my upper incisions. I have just left them alone and tried not to let anything rub against them. Edited to add: My port incision burns at times like it's ripping open. Walking and Tylenol help.

2 weeks Clear Liquids 2 weeks full liquids 2 weeks mushies

Congrats for surviving the 3 weeks! I am sooooo looking forward to adding tomato soup to my diet this coming wednesday. I have been allowed only clears for 2 weeks post op. While I am not really hungry, I am bored with BROTH!

I started walking the day after surgery - slowly and in intervals throughout the day for the first five days as I was in a lot of pain. The walking did help ease it though.

I was in the same position right after surgery...I just could not get the water down. It was about day 5 post-op when I could drink more. I'm still not getting 64 ounces of water a day. I just can't do it. I also asked myself what the heck I did for the first few days. I felt like it was the biggest mistake ever. (It was my pain talking I think). Now, I am 100% HAPPY and wouldn't change a thing. I love my band! Like everyone else said, just keep sipping, even if its small amounts at a time. Every sip counts!

Using the bathroom was pretty uncomfortable for me the first couple days... actually it was the getting up part that hurt real bad for me. I would get a bad pain in my left lower abdomen (near the port incision). I had to talk myself through getting up everytime. Once up, I was OK. Never had a problem with wiping.

No way would I have been able to attend a class the day after. I was in way too much pain.

Don't get down on yourself! 6 pounds is awesome in one week. You can do this! Just take it slowly with the walking. Try doing multiple short intervals of walking throughout the day (this is what I am doing due to port pain). I do have a question for you though.... what are you eating that amounts to 1,000 cal a day? I'm on clear liquids (for another week) and probably consuming a max of 400 calories a day (if that). Most of my intake is water right now.

From reading her signature, it looks like she was banded on May 13th, not July 13th. On another note: I am down another pound this morning and still no hunger. Yippie!

I hope you feel better soon & thanks for sharing. Now that I am feeling better, I have been doing things I probably shouldn't be. I will be more careful now.