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Lol... thank you for the welcomes X I have in total now lost 24 lbs pre op and post op.

Hellooooo Can I join please? I am a July Butterfly, I got banded 10 days ago in the UK which is where I am from. I am so lucky to have had this surgery done for free over here. I have loads to lose but one day at a time to win this ol' battle. I finally was able to lie down in bed last night, it was sheer bliss lol., and I was lucky to not have any gas. I am still on liquids and will be for 4 weeks post op, so am making my own nutritious soups and they seem to be working and filling me up. Would kill for a burger though....

Lol at us and the Whiny Baby Club....

I had this too... don't worry you will go eventually. I don't recommend the lax.. try fruit juce. prune juice or as someone on he swears by warm apple juice. Much kinder to do it this way I think... I used the lax option....and wished I hadn't lol.

I know it's only a little thing lol.... but I was able to lie down in bed last night 10 days out from my op.... and it was wonderful lol.... finally can get some good sleep. I have been very lucky and not had the horrible painful gas... thank the Lord.

I agree... do the liver shrinking option because I did and my liver was still too large to operate, they didn't know until I got opened up... plus they found my liver was predominately on my left side where everyone elses was on their right side You just never can tell these things. So I had to endure another op 4 weeks later and luckily it went ahead but was still difficult. If you look you can see that your liver sits right infront of your stomach so they have to prop it up out of the way... I guess the smaller the better.

Lol... thanks for all the help and support... this place rocks! WE rock!

Oh I agree entirely... and no I'm not scared of needles or anything. I was just curious. I only been banded for 10 days so I'm still finding my way and learning :tt2:

I am 10 days post op and only last night I managed to lie down in bed. It still hurts abit to cough and OMBG! when I sneezed :tt2: Still I can see a light at the end of the tunnel now so hang on in there X

I didn't cheat and when my surgeoun opened me up he discovered I was born with a huge liver AND it was on my left side as opposed to the right side :thumbup: So I had to do the pre op diet for another 4 weeks... Yes it was hard going but as this is probably my only chance of good health I focused and got on with it... and when I felt like I was going to quit or crumble I remembered those horrible words when coming round... "We're so sorry the surgery couldn't go ahead" NOT NICE I can assure you. So I focused and hit the treadmill for all I was worth. My surgery went ahead but because of my problems my surgeon had allowed more time to take it slowly and he said it was still very difficult. Listen to your surgeons please. You never know if you're like me until they open you up.

WOW! Fantastic to all of you... well done! I asked because I am only 10 days post op and my soups are really filling me up. I'm making homemade nutritious soups and am healing nicely. So if it carries on this way I too will put off being filled if I can use this tool like this. Then only have the fills if I ever need them. I realise I am not long out of surgery but I have never in my life eaten so little and felt so good! Yaaay! Way to go us! XXXXXXXXX

Has it EVER been known for anyone to have a lap band fitted but never needed a fill? I am curious because even without a fill some people here seem to have good weight loss and they are not eating much. So why would you want/need to get a fill if you can lose weight on such small amounts. OK so I'm secretly hoping this might happen for me but I have just never heard of it. It makes no sense to me to have a fill if I can lose weight on the small amounts of food I hopefully will be able to eat. Because I will be excercising and eating a significant amount less than I would normally. If I have to have fills then so be it.

My 87 year old Father is fitter than me and I am 45 :thumbup:

Can I come and play in here too? Pretty please

Is there going to be someone looking after you two? Because you will be needing some help and if you think you can help each other up off the couch and things.... no no... too painful.

ANY weight loss is good right?.... So keep your chin up and keep going XXXXXXXXXX

Oh lordy no.... no incline lol... and it was at the slowest speed the machine does lol... but after that I was done. I couldn't have done more if I wanted to. But I figure slow and sure wins the race!

I have an appetite but physically can't get the liquids in... I am 5 days out. I don't seem to have enough hours in the day to get them in now. But the cooking smells from the kitchen as hubby and daughter cook various things smell delicious. I just have to be strong and stay strong, however the hunger pangs do go after a while so I am just keeping on going.

It sounds brilliant I know but lol... I did 4 minutes on the slowest speed... it was all I could manage lol. Kills me because I used to be doing a mile a day before the op and at quite a pace. But I'm so determined to work at this., this is my chance and I'm going to grab it with both hands.

I love you guys XXXXXXXXX Thank you so much for the support here.... sometimes you do feel kinda lonely with no one to talk to about the banding X You get scared and then come on here and realise that it's all going ok after all X

I don't really I mean I have big leather soft chairs and I find it hard to not slip and slide down them... and if I can keep upright I can't get forward enough to get up if I need to :teeth_smile: Just going to have to take my pain meds and quit my whining lol.... but it sure does help to come on here and have a little whine :thumbup:

I can't shave my legs without difficulty and I love to paint my toenails and now can't. I have experienced every single one of those things you have all posted... the airline seatbelt not fitting, my car seatbelt not fitting, having to ask for a table instead of a booth.... and this is in AMERICA where things are bigger for us Brits. I even have to buy my clothes over there because only America has my size t shirts. My health is suffering and one final thing made me get banded last Wednesday... it was the fact that my special needs daughter loves me so much and looks up to me so much she aspires to be like me... weight an' all :thumbup: I have to get thinner for HER sake if not my own. I cannot allow her to become just like me.

Thank you for the help and reassurance. I am glued too... so scared of ripping something but these posts have really helped X

Farting.:thumbup:

ooh that's another watermelon disaster I have read three of them on here now. Thanks for the warning.