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It is my understanding that some doctors actually attach the port to the muscle in the rib area. When it begins to heal it can cause , presure, a pulling feeling and pain. I would for sure ask the doctor about it but for me it was just the area around that port healing. Michele

So how can we make this soup? Would love to know . Thanks Michele

I was banded on 7/9/09 and have already had 1 fill. Now on an average how long between meals is normal just about 4wks out with 1 fill already. I have a new job that has a no tolerace policy for being absent so I have put off my next fill until NOV as it will be then that I have a day off during the week. Right now I can go about 4 hrs without my tummy telling me I am hungry, how does that sound? At the office I seemed to have managed to get my meals in about the same time daily. I would very much appreciate any input you might have on the time frame in which you can go between meals. Thanks Michele

Hello there everyone. I am in need of some quick healthy edible Breakfast foods. I have just started my new job and I am in training so eating in the class room is allowed. I get up early very early but it just seems that I can not get my one cup of coffee in and then have time to eat at home before I leave. I am trying to eat at the same times daily and since I have to wait 3 full months for my next fill (my choice) because my job has a NO TOLERACE for being absent and I simply can not miss work. I am doing really well down 25lb and I have had 1 fill already. So I am just looking for input on some fast yummy good for me food that I can eat in the mornings. Thanks everyone and I look forward to your yummy ideas. Michele

I was 2wks post op and I actually got a shrimp and crab enchilada (spelling) and ask the manager to please make it without the tortilla and then to please put it all in the blender and OMG it was so good I had enough food for a whole weeks lunches.. It was really great. I would say anything soft you can eat and remember ask them to blend it and take tiny bites.. __________________ Now I am just about 4wks out and still have not had chips, tortillas just a good thing to stay way from... I do hope this helps a bit. Michele

Walk WAlk Walk...I can not stress this enough. It really does help out a lot. Also rest with ice packs on the part of your back that hurts. I stayed overnight in the hospital an slept on two ice pace both right under each shoulder blade. It will help trust that... Michele

I was 2wks post op and I actually got a shrimp and crab enchilada (spelling) and ask the manager to please make it without the tortilla and then to please put it all in the blender and OMG it was so good I had enough food for a whole weeks lunches.. It was really great. I would say anything soft you can eat and remember ask them to blend it and take tiny bites..

Well since you will have NO food in your tummy be very careful of the drugs they give you by drip for the pain. They can and most likely will make you sick. I dry heaved and it was most painful. Also the pain in the shoulders is for real but no one told me that it would be really in your back right under the shoulder blades this too was very painful however ice packs and walking really did the trick of pain free in about 2 days. Also there is the issue of being dizzy and lightheaded from lack of food intake...be very careful to get your Protein in this will help along with as much Water that you can drink.

Hello everyone, I do hope this finds all of you doing well today. I just wanted to touch base on a topic that seems to bother a lot of folks on this forum. This comment is only a personal observation. "THE SCALE" Stay off of it! There are so many of you who seem to jump on this evil thing every single day, wrong my friends. I personally never even owned a scale till the later part of last yr. The scale seems to give a very bad taste to some who do not see fast results so if you do not see what you want on this thing has to show you then "WHY" do you feel the need to step on it each and every day? This is crazy to put yourself in a self inflicted, self induced state of depression and dispare. Please just stay off the darn thing each and every day. When you are only weeks post op it seems it is bad enough that some of you seem to feel the need to start heavy duty exercise programs, some who want to start eating bad foods again just in smaller portions and such. Rest, take it easy and yes let your bodies heal. This was a major surgery everyone. Just because it was done in a lyproscopic (spelling) fashion it was still a major deal. You still had to have knock me out juice flowing through your bodies, some had overnight stays, some had really bad pain, etc. This is a journey that we all chose to take and together we will all get through it. We are here to support and encourage each other. I really would love to see those of you (and you know who you are) who are obsessed with that scale just be happy that this journey has begun and take it one day at a time. This really is the beginning of something wonderful and just think of all the friends you have made here who share the same happiness and long term goal that you do. Sharing and friendship is a wonderful thing. I will continue to encourage each and every one of you to bigger and better things. And if I lived close to all of you I would get in my car and come get those scales and toss them. We will beat this and we will overcome some of the intermost feelings we are all going to go through. You noticed I said we right? We did not get overweight over night folks and we are not going to get skinny overnight either. Gosh I do know I would love it if we could. The reality of this process is this will take time and lots of it. Be paient, be kind to your bodies and your body will be kind back in spades. Do not avoid it totally as it is a tool, but just do not be obsessed about it and be willing to accept what it says. It can work to your benifit for sure in time and do not get on it every single day. Here is hopeing that all of you have an awesome weekend.

Yea Kat as we have discussed many times before you are not even a full 3 wks post op. You need to let your body heal. And if I lived closer I would come and take that scale to the trash! You need to worry more about healing then the weight loss at this point. You know stress is no good for anything much less weight loss..Ditch the scale lady as you can see I am not the only one who agrees with this statement. Love ya M

Anyone else have this problem? I just can not seem to get rid of it no matter what I do. Help Michele

It would seem that I have post nasal drip and this has caused my throat to be sore. Also it has caused a feeling in my upper right side of my chest as if there is a huge lump in my throat and I can not get it out. Then if and when I burp it kind of goes away. I have been doing really well with my eating very tiny amounts and chewing well. And really NOT eating things that are not on my list to eat since I am still in the soft food stage of this whole process. It has been 3 weeks since banded and I really am just hoping this has a lot to do with my alergies and the post nasal drip. Just a bit nervous...

Hey there congrats on the band. I had the bad gas in the back right under my shoulder blades and I used the heating pad and it worked well for me. Also walk, walk, walk it really does help..

I did not have much pain except in my back under my shoulder blades and that heating pad became my life saver. Also if you get up and move around as much as you can this will help too. The gas that builds up I think puts pressure on other parts of your insides and that is what makes some of us experience more pain then others. Good luck and remember call the doc if it does not get any better...

Awesome news thanks for sharing! Keep up the good work.. By the way are you doing anything out of the norm that you might share with those who do get stuck! Have you also had a fill?

Hey there Well as you can see you are NOT alone. By my post op visit which was 1 week post op I was ready to chew of the doctors legs at the knees if he did not let me go on mushies. By that time I was two weeks on liquids and I was done with all that. So just hang in there this too shall pass.. Good luck on your journey!

Oh my gosh I am down 22lbs...I just can't believe it. I even cheated with a couple bits of Ice Cream. I do not recommend this because for some reason the Ice Cream made my tummy act weird.

I have one powder that I really think mixes extremely well with skim milk. This would be the 110% whey Protein powder from GNC. It comes in a red pouch like bag and the best flavors are banana Cream-taste like pie, chocolate and Vanila.. Totally good stuff and they run 22-26 gms of protein!

My homemade mashed sweet potatos! They are even great cold they acutally taste like pumpkin pie filling! Just peal, cook and mash..add pinch of nutmeg, a bit of all spice, and some cinn. very simple and delish!

OH YUK you have to drink that god awful stuff? Man when I did the swallow test before I could go home that stuff was gross. Do all docs make you drink that crap?

I also gained back a couple of the pounds I lost once I got on mushies. Those are now gone and I am on soft foods for the moment. Banded on 7-9-09 I feel really good about the poundage that has been lost considering I have not seen the scale tip for about 20 yrs! This excites me so much. My food intake is just about 1000 calories a day and I mix things up and I use a lot of different spices. It is a very hard process considering I had an addiction to food and this I am trying to over come. Not so easy but this site is a great help. I also went last night to a support group. Very interesting indeed and helpful for sure. Just a bit of advice to all of you out there, STOP getting on that scale every day...I have never been a big fan of them in the first place and it is right in the bathroom in front of the door, sorta speak and I do NOT get on it ever day. I physically feel like I am getting thinner and that like I said is a good feeling. We are winning and we will continue to win this fight, just be strong, diligent, and most of all patient! Big hugs to all of us we deserve it!

Mine just all of a sudden was gone. Not sure I did anything special other then soap and water in the HOT shower.

I did try way to many of these things and I found that the best one was from GNC 100% whey Protein powder. I use it with skim milk as it really does not taste the same or mix the same with Water. Oh and they mix really frothy if you do it in a blender or I use my majic bullet which takes like 2 seconds to mix. I also purchased an emersion hand held blender for the food blending. Great tools make my life easier. This comes in various flavors and the best is chocolate and then the banana Cream. vanilla is good because you can add flavored extracts to it, adds a different flavor without calories. Right now GNC has it on sale for like $10.99 a bag and they last a while. Great source of protein and not too bad on the calorie count either. Just thought I would pass this along

Do not worry this too shall PASS...my tummy was so loud that my kid heard it in the other room. And I had the same problem. Again this too shall PASS

This seems to be a common thing with me and many of my friends some doctors tie the port to the muscle under the rib cage which caused the sharp pain when breathing and healing. I would call the doctor if you feel it gets worse. However I can say I know at least 4 others who also had the same issue. Just seems to be a common thing. I would ck with the doc just make sure and ease your mind.