AngieAngel

Weight naturally fluctuates a couple of pounds depending on time of day, and especially after surgery when your hydration is bound to be low. So, the first thing you have to do is stop weighing everyday! Now that you are past the worst part you are probably drinking more and your body is returning to 'normal' hydration-wise. No more freaking out :tt2: Some soup the night before will not put pounds back on overnight, I promise. Hang in there and know that this is a long process we have set ourselves up for. Merry Christmas!!!!:sad:

I got my first fill yesterday. When he stuck me the first time he told me that the band had 1cc and that he added 4 more for a total of 5cc. BUT, I wasn't able to swallow Water so I had to get poked again when he let out 1cc. This morning I am able to drink...but verrrry slowly. It is going to take some getting used to. The best news is that I have lost 20 lbs since surgery!!

I am just over a month out of surgery and only recently got my energy back. Also, don't be surprised if you should start feeling a bit yucky here and there. It is all part of healing. Good days and bad days. But now it is all good days, as long as I don't eat too fast! :thumbup:

Non scale Victory...you were close!!!:thumbup:

I am so rooting for her. To do this without surgery is a huge effort. I appeared in the June 2006 issue of Weight Watchers magazine as a "Success Story" and gained it all back. :scared2: Now I am recently banded and hope to get the weight off and keep it off. WW is a wonderful plan by the way, just some of us need more help than others.

If you are asking 'when' to have breast reduction, you should have it after the lap band. However, if you want to make sure your insurance will pay you want to have the reduction pre-op because many insurances will not do it below a certain size.

I PB/slimed last week at work. I was feeling a bit weak around lunch time and thought that I would have a couple of dried apricots to tide me over. These are very moist and I thought would be a nice bit of sugar to get me peppy again. Wrong. Although I chewed it all up...it got stuck and boy...it hurt. I had to go to my car and lay down for a while. I was a little sore the next day too!! I was on liquids for a couple of days after that. I had another episode (although not as bad as the above) two days ago with a piece of thin crust pizza. I think in this case I deserved it because I was hungry and just simply ate too fast. So my lesson there is to not get so hungry and to slow down, even though it is hard to. I will never try dried apricots again, it was awful.

Thank you for sharing. I go have a fill on the 23rd and am a little anxious about it. My doctor intends to take me to 4cc and I am hoping not to have any problems, especially since it is right before Xmas and I am not sure he will return calls on that day :huh2:

I get my fill on the 23rd. Lock me down tight before Xmas day. :smile2:

Yesterday I had a cheese omelet, it was very good!

Dr DiMarco is wonderful. Word of caution though, he is extremely busy and ALWAYS late to appointments, but he is worth the wait. There are other surgeons in the practice as well, but I do not know them personally.

I've been scheduled for my first fill on Dec 23. Lock that puppy down before Xmas!

I have had a couple of moments where I felt like I was starving, but once I started to eat I got full pretty quickly.

Mine is above and to the right of my belly button.

I also love this show. It seems to come on sporadically though :sad_smile: Ruby, on the Style network, is an awesome new show. I watch it every Sunday evening!

This period of time after surgery...all the way up until you find your 'sweet spot' with fills/adjustments is called "Bandster Hell". It is going to be a long process, but will be well worth it. Stay strong:thumbup:. I am in it with ya!

I just got back from spending 3 days with the whole fam for Thanksgiving holiday. I didn't cheat at all, but the food smells did get to me from time to time. Last night they went and got Wendy's...normally something I can pass on...but it made me very hungry smelling it all. Especially the hamburgers.

This is one of the bravest things I have ever heard of.

Yes! I started Miralax yesterday hoping it will help.:cursing:

Hi all, I took my tapes off today. I didn't have the steristrips, but the wide clear tapes (almost like packing tape...weird!). I have 5 incisions, 4 of them very small and one about 2 inches wide. Luckily, I haven't had much pain with them. I get to take a full bath later and am very excited about that. I am having gas pain still, but not necessarily the air from surgery...the digestion seems to be kicking in some overtime. I have been on a heating pad off and on and that seems to help me relax enough to let things resolve themselves, if you know what I mean. The family is staying clear of me! I had such a hard time getting up and around from the anesthesia that I did not take any of the prescribed painkillers. I was afraid they would make me even more nauseous than I was before. I have only been taking Tylenol and that is 'mostly' helping. Off for the bath! Woo hoo!

Hi guys, I am back online. I did pretty well with the surgery, still sore and sleepy though. I am having a harder time recovering from the anesthesia than from the incisions. Anesthesia doesn't mix well with me. I had some gas pains Friday night and had to sleep sitting up, but they went away pretty quickly and I was in bed last night. Biggest gripe is this awful sinus headache...if I could just shake that I would be golden. Glad its over!!

My surgery is scheduled for this afternoon. I had hoped to sleep in this morning, but was too excited to sleep. I will be staying overnight at the hospital and be home tomorrow. I hope I feel well enough to pop in and see how you all are feeling on Friday!! Best wishes to everyone. Today is our first step to becoming new people.

I am having chili dogs tonight!

I am getting excited, making sure I have things squared away at work. I am taking 5 days off and it runs right into Thanksgiving...so I won't have to go back until the 1st. :cool: I think my friends and family are more anxious than me, I have had surgery before so it doesn't scare me. I am just nervous that they won't get all the air out and I will have to deal with the pain from that.

Miralax works wonders for me. It is a bit expensive, but worth it. (dried fruit can be quite expensive as well) Pooping costs lots of cash apparently! :laugh: