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Everything posted by Erin18
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I feel like crap ):
I just want to cry :/
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I feel like crap ):
I hope not I'm getting shakey too and it's hard to drink water ):
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I feel like crap ):
feels like I did a bunch of sit ups and never did and I took one of my nausea pills and it's trying to work, I feel like I need to vomit and I hope I don't my lips are really red my face is hot my whole body is hot besides my feet and hands it's so weird cause it's all of a sudden I'm thirsty and I took a sip of water but I'm affraid if I drink anymore I'll puke it up I'm starting to shake and I'm scared ):
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I feel like crap ):
and I meant it hurts where my band is ):
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I feel like crap ):
A little while ago I felt so sick to my stomach and I don't know why I went #2 twice and I think that's what I have...the poos and my whole tummy hurts especially my right side and I was cold now I'm really hot well not really hot just hot and it's midnight hope it goes away ):
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Going back to school/ recover time
i know i wouldnt have made it cause it took a week and a half to make sure the nausea was gone but my newer nausea pills made it go away. but if i could of done it during christmas break i probably would of done it but only if it was the first day of christmas break. but im really happy i got it done over the summer because its giving time to heal before i got back to school. i start school on sept. 8th and i will be 5 and a half weeks post op (:so woohoo if i had to do it during a school day i wouldnt have done it (: and my birthday is in december
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What do you do for exercises?
there is a therapeutic riding program not too far where i live, i will so keep that in mind thanks (: im 3 weeks post op now and i have no clue what i could possibly to for workouts, i know i cant do abs for 6 weeks, and on my paper it said i could go back to my normal activities one week after surgery. i might go for a walk with my friends later if it isnt raining. if anything, i like being outside. is the Couch to 5k is that a running program? i dont think i can start running til 6 weeks post op, i was never able to run long before surgery not for even 5 mins, when ever i do a timed mile at school my time is usually 16/17 mins and the last one we did before school got out i got almost 18 mins so i did worse the second time (we do the timed mile twice a year)
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Ohkay, this is so weird!
elcee-thats what my mom said ~*~*~Panda~*~*~ - i was going to but i forgot, dang it, i saw him wednesday grr, but i go see my nut. on the 2nd of sept. but i dont know what good that would do, although i go back again on september 16th too and im probably getting a fill so i can ask them then
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Hey! I'm new, young but ready to be educated!
hello (: im 18 and i was banded on july 31st. i also was overweight my whole life.. this website is a really great website and had all the information i needed to know. i spent months on here as well as going to meetings and classes. im also not sharing this with anybody in my life besides my family. i dont think my friends need to know about it. good luck
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Ohkay, this is so weird!
When I ever I do something that makes me sweat I get these tiny red bumps looks like a rash but it use to be veryyy itchy! And I only get it on my stomach, small parts on my chest, my upper arms that cannect to my chest, and now I'm starting to get it on my arms, but that's the only time I get it is when I sweat, it's so weird! And it's not itchy anymore! I never experiance this before surgery, ever!
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What do you do for exercises?
I haven't really worked out yet just been doing my job which is a cleaning job and walking but I really wanna play a little frisbee and bad mitten tomorrow
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Newbie & Youngster from TX
awesome (: i couldnt get Clear liquids down without getting nauseated besides Water but when i got better nausea pills things got better and i was able to get full liquids down but dont worry everybody is different and i was like that when i was younger too
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Newbie & Youngster from TX
Heyy, I'm not 20, I'm 18 though, I got banded on July 31 2009 in Saranac Lake NY by Dr. Hill, my first week was really rough but now I'm doing great. It took me 9 months just to get my surgery date. I was extremely nurvous and scared too but once I had my IV in I started to get less nurvous and scared. This website helped a lot, has a lot of information here. anyways best of luck to you (:
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Need Lap Band Buddy / Mentor Young Teen!
haha yeah :confused: are you still around andy-penguins? havent heard from you for awhile, how are you doing? boxing is fun and the wii is too, awh that stinks, why?
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What do you do for exercises?
i want to go swimming so badly, my doc said i could and im 3 weeks post op now but i worry about one of my holes, it dont look happy, and its scab came off too early >.<. and ive been itching to go swimming. walking on the tredmil is way too boring for me, i cant stay on it for longer than 10 mins, i listen to music too. i like walking outside, im going to be getting up early to go walking, maybe around 7am while its still cool out. i cant find anything i truely like, i mean i like my DDR game but for some reason i cant get my playstation to work on the tv right now, i have the biggest loser workout DVD and its intense but i like it. but i need a variety of things to doo, i like playing frisbee so i might play some when my friend comes over tomorrow too. if i had a horse, id be doing something everyday. refilling water buckets, carrying food to them, cleaning stalls, and grooming, id get a workout...someday! anyways also if i had a good walking dog, id beable to go for a walk without excusses, i miss my dog ): my bff always asks to go for awalk when she comes over but she hasnt been over or even called like she was going to. i like bad mitten so i might start playing some tomorrow maybe, i cant think of anything else i like to do, hmm, i like shopping but im saving my shopping money for next weekend hmm
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7 weeks for first fill is this normal?!?!
I was banded july31st too and I might be getting my fill September 16th but he said if Im getting full I won't need it but I get hungry an hour later. I usully have 1/2 cup and it said to go to 3/4 cup which actually fills me up and I through away what's left and it's quite a bit. I want the fill and I'm nurvous he doesn't numb it so I guess that's why I'm nurvous Oh and my band already has a fill in it from surgery
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What do you do for exercises?
sounds like fun I should play some vball (: I only lost 9 pounds since surgery and the scale hasn't budged so I hope when I do more exercises/workouts hope it moves too. I'll be 3 weeks post op Friday (:
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First fill....
I might be getting my first well second cause my band already had a fill in it wen they banded me, and honestly I'm quite nervous ): and he doesn't numb it either, was yours numbed? I'm might bed getting my fill on September 16th if I need it ahh
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take out or eating out...
thanks and I never had any of that before
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What do you do for exercises?
When you got the ok to exercise and what you are doing now and I'm just curious thanks (: anybody do workout DVDs ?
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who else had their incissions glued?
band_groupie so that's what's sticking out?? I have one too and I was wondering lol one of my "holes" scab came off with my shirt and I didn't want it to come off yet, it wasn't ready ): now there will be a nasty scar there but I guess I can always get a small tattoo there. Most of mine fell off half way two fell off fully and I'm gonna have to check those pix out
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take out or eating out...
what's that?
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take out or eating out...
what i did was i pureed it and i pureed the brocoli too and put duck sauce in it to make sure it went down good. nothing got stuck and went down smoothly. next time ill try tofu
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take out or eating out...
thanks everyone. my doc said whithin the week i cant start on solid food. i never had tofu so i dont know if id like it, i was actually talking about it on my way home from seeing my doc and my mom said it wasnt bad, but i dunno, what is it really? i really like the sesame chicken, and the sauce they put on it is really good, do you think they could grill the chicken instead of frying it?, and i do like vegtables but i hate mushrooms, suquini(how ever you spell that, i love brocoli and i love peas and carrots mixed...ugh! and my mom already ordered it ): so help, what could i do? we always get the one with the rice and sesame chicken and brocoli, ahhh well next time whenever i get take out ill keep all your suggestions in mind
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take out or eating out...
what if i pureed the chicken or cut small pieces? and chewed it really well 30 times?