MiniVanMommy

Playing guitar is certainly not a plan with nails...but I have to say I have become addicted to Guitar Hero....hehehehe

This thread has gotten hilarious!!!! O love the tower and welcome to all the newbies!!!! About the nail thing...well Mommy told me that the doctor had to see your cuticules during surgery so I took my wraps off and now have many broken weak fingernails....It is sad...I always loved my nails...I am a joisey girl what can I say..Yes they were about 3/4 inches long...and all mine...wrapped but all mine....sighhhhhhhh....gotta grow them as the rest of me shrinks...lol

Hello all... Just checking in....I went to my doctor today and he took my bandages off...woo hoo...Under one of the puncture wounds I have a pretty big black and blue that is a bit hard...I was concerned about it but he said it would be fine and not to worry...While still worried...I will continue to listen to his advice and not worry...haha I weighed in today and I OFFICIALLY LOST 19 lbs!!!! While I am in shock...I am thrilled with my week weight loss...I think I am off to a good start. I do think many of those lbs are due to my episodes on Saturday nite...(which is how I got the black and blue as I jumped out of bed so as to not make a mess if you know what I mean....gosh isnt it funny how we talk so openly about stuff we wouldnt even tell our best buddies????...lol) I am on mushies and tonight I had 4 oz of creamy potato Soup...and may I add that after 2 and a half ozs I was full....I was sooo thrilled I felt like I wasnt a prisoner to food any longer... So that is my update....Hope all else are doing well....

I know you chose your doctor...but wanted to throw out the name Dr Ewing of the schmidt/treveti/ewing group....You can probably schedule the surgery with him in a short time...I did and he is wonderful!!! they are out of Hackensack University Medical Center

Hello all and thank you all so much for your support...I have to say that after my last post I fell asleep and woke up at 345 this am to ..well just go pee pee I did not have to poop!!!! I went back to sleep and just woke up...I am sooo thrilled... My diet has ONLY been per hour.... Beef broth (4 oz only) Decaf coffee with a tablespoon of skim milk and 1/4 sweet low pack (4 oz only) Plain old dasani Water water with special k Protein powder thrown into it popsickles sugar free (maybe 2 a day) sugar free Jello That is all I was told to have (I could have any kind of broth but felt beef was heartier) (Some juices if I cut them in half with water and cryastal lite) I was told nothing with sugar So today I am going to drink some Vitamin water with some calories and Vitamins and find some sugar free gatorade or something... I feel so much better than that shaking basket case I was last night!!!! THANK YOU ALL SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!

it is a bit scary..electrolyte imbalance is a tough thing...I do happen to kjnow someone who passed away from that after having the gastric bypass 6 months out of surgery....it was a horrible thing and it is something I am leary of...

Thanks to all of you.... it has been 38 minutes without an episode...i took the 2 immodiums and i am sipping Propel...so far so good.... I am scared but strong and wont feel funny calling the dr and saying something to him...lol

thanks rm....I wish the dr would have let me take this when I called him this afternoon and i dont think it would have gotten this bad...

I dont have gatoraid but I have propetl and started to sip that...the shaking is stopping a bit

I dont think I could do a week like this...I have to go back to work on tuesday and wednesdy I have to meet all my new kiddies in school..... so far no episodes in 30 minutes....

gatorade huh? but my liquids are supposed to be sugar free...(I dont really like gatorade but at this point will do anything) I just took an immodium chewable...YUCK....and had another "episode"...so we shall see

I called the doc...he said I could take liquid immodium...so i jsut sent hubby out to get some...I dont know what it is going to bind as all I have inside of me is liquid...clear liquids (broth, tea, decaf coffee, jello,ice pops)

Ok this may be TMI for all of you but I just done know what to do and want to know what to expect... I am on a clear liquid diet only...I will be on this for 4 more days. I was banded on Tuesday AUg 26 and today I had my first poop. Than after that I had about 5 more...however...what is going in as liquid is well...pouring out the same way...I cant lay down for more than a half hour and than I have to go again ...I am exhausted and dont know what to do...I called the doctor and he told me that I would have to wait the night out befoer he decided if I needed to go to the er or not...and in the interrum, just wait it out....I am shaking and crying now and am just so weak and tired... Any suggestions???

this is what I dont get...there is no nutrition in my first week diet...they dont even want me disolving flintstone vitamins...lol I am trying to use the special k protein waters for some kind of nutrition...apple juice and broth...but other than that there is nothing nutritious going into my body....that kinda scares me..

Hello Jersey Gals..... My name is Patty and I am a new bandster. from Bayonne...I was banded on Tuesday by Dr. Ewing at Hackensack Medical Center. All went ok and I am doing ok...I am doing my best with the clear liquid diet...it is tough though .... Anyone else from my neck of the woods???

That is great news RM.... So how is everyone doing with the clear liquid diet? I am getting frustrated...Think I am going to drink so chicken broth this hour... This is what I am supposed to do...every 15 minutes I am to drink 1 oz of something clear...no more than that no less than that....what is everyone elses clear diet like?

Yes I sip my clear liquids...my stomach growls (loud enough so my dog growls back) and than I burp....I am such fun to be around... and might I add that this morning...well lets just say I could add the word fluff to it... thus the sip growl burp thing...lol which has advanced to sip/growl/burp/fluff (fluff is that thing women do that men pull each others fingers for...hehehe)

So how is everyone doing? I am doing pretty good!!!

The day I came out of the hospital...(they kept me overnight)...I was actually up by about 7 lbs!!!...This morning I weighed myself and saw that I lost that and about 7 more lbs...(I had lost about 3 lbs before the surgery) I think I owuld be happy with puddings etc...but I am sticking to what my Dr said...My best friend had the surgery done 2 weeks ago by a different doctor and she was allowsed soft foods 3 days out of surgery...so go figure...

I realized I have never reall introduced myself here so here I go... hello all...My name is Patty and I am a wife/ mom and teacher. I have a beautiful 13 year old girl who is a competitive figure skater...a husband who works in the automotive paint industry at the corporate level and I am a Chemistry /Forensic Science teacher at our local high school in NJ. I started dieting when I was 18 years old...5 ft 7 and weighed a HORRIBLE 139......(I only WISH I weighed that now...lol).I went down to 132 and than went back up to 145..down to 137..back to 153 and ate myself up and down the scale for years...I evened out at about 170 and than went onto steroids for 10 months due to Lyme disease mimicking MS...gained about 80 lbs from that and never quite took all that weight off. So I am now banded....I am on a clear liquid diet...and I am doing the Sip/Growl/ Burp thing...lol My stomach hasnt stopped growling for the least 48 hours...lol So that is me...I look foward to doing this journey with you all now that I am calmer than I was before the surgery...

Hi all I am on the clear liquid diet myself for the next week. It basiclly mimicks all you have already said. I do have this problem...While I am doing ok with the diluted apple juice/coffee/sf jello/beef broth/sf popsickles/crystal lite My stomach is doing nothing but GROWLING!! I am not "hungry" and am too afraid to eat anything anyway...but I just growl...burp and so my life is....sip growl burp!! sip growl burp!!! I dont know how to stop it or what to do for it... I am having trouble sleeping at night as I can only lay on my back and my back is full of gas pains....so that isnt working for me right now....The heating pad has helped me A LOT! My stomach is still distended and While I have lost weight...(Yes I weighed myself of course..thus my obsession to begin with) I look like I am 15 months pregnant with triplets!!! My body type is that I am just all around heavy not pregnant looking... You know what I mean...

Congrats! I just had my surgery on tuesday....I am doing better today than the last 2 days....but the first day out I was pretty morphined up...lol Todaay I am coherient! (I think...lol):tt2:

In less thn 24 hours this will all be over with.....or should I say just beginning..I CANT WAIT!!!!! I am nervous, anxious, happy, scared...thrilled excited!!! Just need this to happen already...

Hi all.... I am being banded on Tuesday....I am getting nervous...and would love to "chat" with someone...PM me! Patty

Hey! We are Band day buddies!!! I am also getting banded on Aug 26th...Long story but I was approved over a year ago and I couldnt get it done than...(and I also chickened out...but) Now I am actually waiting insurance approval for the second time and since they are so confidant I will get it they scheduled my surgery for aug 26th! I cant wait to get this done...