I got banded 12 days ago.:tt1: my body feels fine but i think it is my mind! :eek:i mean i love cooking for my family but when it comes time to serve them i get realy pis*** off:cursing:. and i start to yell. :angry:im wondering if it is because i cant eat that food no more or is it just that i miss sitting at the table with them? it maybe both. does this happen to anyone else?:thumbup:
yoco28
So I went for my first fill today and it went well. Now I had to be there at 11:45am so I got there at 11:30am and all I saw was like 6 ppl in the waiting room. So they call me back and check my vitals and then they send me back to the waiting room. I sit there for about an hour till they call me and like 15 other ppl to the back.:w00t:
We r sent to this room that has shoe covers and a hair net that we must put on. So we r all just sitting there waiting for our turn to be filled. :huh2:Im sorry but it looked like the FAT FARM...lol, I could not stop laughing. :biggrin: It also reminded me of a blog I saw that was about the Dr. Suess "A star on my tummy". It was so like that....lol:biggrinjester:
So im like the 6 one to get my fill. It was not bad, it did not hurt. He put in 3cc. So now all I can have is clear liquids till Monday:thumbdown:.
:biggrin:Tomarrow is my big day! Today I started my clear liquids before surgery. Im so scared. But I cant wait to get it over with. Its weird that I think to my self the if something should happen that I elected to do this to myself. But then I think it is either this get banded or die young cause im over weight. :confused:
I'm 1 month post-op. And on Sunday night I was in the bathroom looking at my incisions n like 4 inch above my lil incision on the right side i feel a fist size lump! what could this be?:eek:
So I call the on-call doctor. And he says "Do u have a fever or pain there?" I said no pain n no fever. So he said to call the office on Monday morning.:confused:
Well I call on Monday morning. And I speek with tons of nurses in the office n no one has ever herd of this before. n they say that it could be my herniea busted through or it could be my port. n since I have an apt. with them on Wednesday that they will see me then.:frown:
So my family is freeking out:out: saying that maybe my band slipped or it came undone. So they ask me why did I not speek with the Doctor. n well he was in surgery so he could not be reached.
After all the horror stories I decide to call the doctors office back n ask them to page the doctor for me. And in 5 mins the doctor calls me back. And he says no pain no fever so it just must be ur body heeling n that everyone is different. And he ask me to feel my port n make sure it did not move. And I found it. So I tell him my familys horror stories and he just laughs n says ur not gonna die today or tomorrow. (he is always joking) So he tells me that he will see me on Wednesday n he will check it out then n if i do get a fever or pain to call.
So I still dont know what it is but it seems to be getting smaller. idk? I guess I have to wait till tomorrow @ 11am!:toetap05:
Well it has been 5 weeks and I feel good! Just hungery more often. I dont get my first fill till 3/2/09 and it cant come fast enough!:frown:
I tried some pure protein bars and they r so good. It is almost like a candy bar:drool:. I also tried some reduced fat peanut butter in my vanilla protein shake and it was really good too. It made me so full. I need to put some in my chocolate shake. It might taste like a peanut butter cup:drool:............WOW
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Sorry if I made anyone HUNGERY, but if u have a sweet tooth try it. It worked for me!:confused:
I GOT BANDED ON THURSDAY 1/8/09. AND I HAD TO STAY OVER NIGHT. NOW THAT WAS NOT TOO BAD. BUT WHEN I HAD TO GO HOME IT WAS SO SO COLD OUTSIDE (LIKE 25) I FELT LIKE I COULD NOT CATCH MY BREATH. AND THAT IS WHEN IT HIT ME. I KEPT ASKING MYSELF WHY WOULD U DO THIS TO UR SELF. I COULD NOT HELP IT THE PAIN WAS INTENCE N I WAS TAKING SHALLOW BREATHS N CRYING.:smile: EVEN WHEN I GOT IN THE HOUSE I WAS STILL COLD. I RAN TO TAKE SOME PAIN MED'S N SAT DOWN WITH TONS OF BLANKETS N FELL ASLEEP. BUT AS I WOKE UP ALL I COULD SAY TO MY HUSBAND WAS GO GET ME AN ELECTRIC BLANKET AND A HEATING PAD. NOW THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED ME.:w00t: IM NOW 3 DAYS POST-OP AND FEELING GREAT ALMOST 100%. SO JUST A LITTLE ADVICE FOR ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THE COLD STATES INVEST IN AN ELECTRIC BLANKET AND ALSO A HEATING PAD(USED IT ON MY BACK) IT HELPS WITH THE GAS TOO!!
AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT ON THURSDAY MORNING IN THE CHATROOM BEFORE MY SURGERY!!:cool2:
THANX N BEST OF LUCK!
YOCO28
JOANIE
Well on May 8 it will be 4 months since I have been banded. I have had 2 fills the first on I got 3cc n it did not make any difference. I was still hungery.:biggrin:
So I got my second fill, I got 2cc. And the first week it worked and the second week too! But now 4 weeks later im back to being hungery and able to eat anything!:thumbup:
I dont let myself eat anything but it is getting harder and harder to control! :frown:
As for my weight loss it has come to a STAND STILL! It has been like this for 2 weeks now! But I have lost a total of 41lbs. Cant complane about that. I just guess I thought that it would happen faster than this.
I see my doc on Wed. Then I can get an appt. for my fill. I hope the third fill is the charm!:tt2: Well best of luck to everyone!
Today im going for my first fill! Im now 7 weeks post-op and hungery all the time. It seems like I dont have to even chew as much now. But I still need my food really moist still. Also when I drink I can just chug it down with no problem. So thank GOD im finely getting my fill today!:w00t:
Im a lil nervous. I dont know what to expect. Does it hurt? How do they know where the port is? ect.....I know my doc numbs u but it is just the unknown! Well im off to the Doctors now. Wish me luck......lol
i am 3 weeks post-op n just started my stage 5: regular food trial.:Banane37: i seem to be ok. i only tried the carb balance wrap with some perdue short cuts turkey and onions n cheese with fat free sour cream. i could eat about 3/4 of it. n it filled me up for about 4 hours.:cheatfree: but it was so nice to try something different.
it is funny how when ur eating like this. how everyone wants to go on a diet too. i mean just cause u started something now everyone must get skinner before u do. ikd? it just bugs me.:cheatfree: i guess everyone must know someone like this.....lol:wink2:
since last week i started to make something that we all can eat. even though i was on soft food. but even my daughter lost 6lbs in 6 days. :laugh:my husband lost 3lbs. so i guess it is good for everyone!:iagree: best of luck to everyone!:Banane37:
WOW IM SO TIRED OF SLEEPING SITTING UP!:thumbup: I TRIED TO LAY DOWN LASTNIGHT BUT I STILL HAVE THAT PULLING FEELING. WHEN DOES THAT GO AWAY?:confused:OTHER THEN THAT I DONT HAVE ANY PAIN JUST A LIL GAS FROM TIME TO TIME NOTHING THAT A GAS-X STRIP CANT HELP..:cursing: IM STILL ON MY FULL LIQUID DIET. N IM SEEING MY DOCTOR TOMARROW. THEN MAYBE I CAN START THE MUSH FOOD. CANT WAIT :thumbdown: IT BEEN ABOUT 20 DAYS SINCE IVE HAD SOME REAL FOOD OTHER THEN LIQUIDS.:redface: BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE!