doodleallday

Eek! Your story has me nervous! I'm barely 2 weeks post-op, but already dreading a fill. Did they not use local anesthesia first? That's what they did for my mother on her first fill. She was running late for work on the second and had them fill it without anesthesia, no problem. I hope mine goes as well as hers.

So I broke.my liquid diet with a bite of caesar salad, which I promptly chewed to liquid-like smitherines... Only to be outright APPAULED by the taste! I'd been craving a caesar since days before surgery, but it tasted absolutely rancid! My sister ate it without conplaint. But to me, it tasted like my disgusting ex-step-grandfather's breath! Now this leaves me wondering if my portion size wasn't the only thing to change post-op.

So I broke.my liquid diet with a bite of caesar salad, which I promptly chewed to liquid-like smitherines... Only to be outright APPAULED by the taste! I'd been craving a caesar since days before surgery, but it tasted absolutely rancid! My sister ate it without conplaint. But to me, it tasted like my disgusting ex-step-grandfather's breath! Now this leaves me wondering if my portion size wasn't the only thing to change post-op.

That makes SO much sense! I cancelled the salad just in time. I'm not hungry for food, just liquids.

I was allowed 2 eat salad n steamed veggies on my pre-op liquid diet. Does ne1 know if I could keep eating salad, or not til week 9 when all foods are allowed? I'm @ Fridays as I write this...

Honestly, it helped having gone thru everything up to the heparin shot in my belly before I was cancelled due to MRSA. So the 2nd go-round went a lot more smoothe. There are a couple things you should be wary of: + they put in a breathing tube once you are asleep + when they took mine out, my throat was killing me (and still iritates me 4 days later) + I had also bitten my lip REALLY hard when they took it out and I read someone else on LBT had chipped a tooth the same way + not many ppl kno outside the medical field, but don't let the IV freak u out. Once they numb u and put it in, the needle retracts and a tiny plastic tube remains + also, walk that day and plenty thru recovery bc it helps break up the gas in your body cavity + make sure u take Colace or another stool softener so u don't put any pressure on the lesions

I was banded 12/30 and haven't had a shower since the night before the procedure. I am required to wait 48 hrs, which I've passed. I'm just SO nervous to get the sites cleaned. Any tips or suggestions? Thx!

Mine was definitely outpatient. Went under arond 1:30pm and left around 7ish because they had to IV-feed me 3 liters of Fluid before I could use the restroom. Eventually, we gave up and I awoke every 2 hours once home to use the restroom. The gas thing I can relate whole-heartedly to! Yesterday it was so painful I would cringe every second, holding my stomach. Luckily, it mostly took care of itself last night when something I'd eaten finally digested itself. Out with that came much of the gas. (Sorry for TMI!) I'm still bloated as all get-out, but I'm sure it'll pass over the next few days. Good luck to you, though!! :3

Honestly, that sounds like the flu!

If nething, I am only comfortable on my back or left side. Srry you are experiencing that!

First and foremost, know that you aren't alone. I'm quite the emotional eater and have found working through cognitive beha vior exercises keeps me busy AND informed. The most helpful I've come across is by a Dr. Beck, but the title slips my mind. Another I enjoyed was called Shrink Yourself: Break Free From Emotional Eating Forever

Today is day 1 post-op for me, too. I'm @ a restaurant table w my family, tho its a bit painful. Thank God for Percocet. My only qualm is that my tummy hurts, on top of the gas. This makes it impossible to tell if I'm hungry or full. I had 3 bites o mashed taters and 4 bites of soup and feel SO bloated!

I'm heading to the hospital! This is it! If they think my liver is too fatty and dont approve me for surgery, I wont be able to afford it after this year, due to insurance. Pray for me, those of you that pray! Send any good vibes my way that you can muster forth!!! *bounces off to the car, preparing herself mentally for the Heparin shot in her belly and the IV in her hand* See ya'll next year!!! Lets hope I have an additional piece of plastic in me then!

I was reading through the 7 pages of people who have admitted to cheating, but they no one had said whether or not they were cancelled due to cheating. So now I wanted to create a thread for those that DID cheat and were scheduled for banding. (1) If you cheated a little on your pre-op, define "a little". (2) Were you able to get banded at the first appointment? (3) If you were cancelled, did your doctor say why?

I've been on a pre-op diet since December 2nd, getting banded December 30th. The original date was December 15th, so I've been on it longer than the 14-day required diet. These are the guidelines I'm supposed to follow: <1300 calories <100 g carbohyrates 90-120 g Protein I can have Clear liquids and full liquids only, but can also have: veggie salad, steamed veggies, cream Soups, tomato Soup, fat free pudding, sugar free Jello I've gone from 306 to 289 thus far.

Hahaha! Gross! That reminds me of this girl in highschool who slept around way too much. My friends would call her a "grilled cheese". Eww! I'm not gonna elaborate on that one! Luckily, my yeast is on my pantyline, at my thigh/under that belly roll below my navel (I have one of those?! What?!) not internal! That would suck worse! Turns out, tho, I DO have MRSA. Nooo!!!

[[WARNING: Intro is potentially WAY TOO MUCH INFO!!!]] I had been a little concerned about the rash on my right panty line that seems to be a little on the yeasty side, but I figured it was far enough away from the site of banding incisions that it wouldn't matter. :frown: I arrived at the hospital this morning at 5:15 and got all prepped for surgery, including the IV hookup and a heparin shot in my belly. The Medical Fellow, Jennifer, came in and asked if I had any open sores, cuts, or scrapes. I showed her the rash and she immediately sought out my surgeon. :crying: Gersin came in, too one look below the belt, and said "Dont think I'm saying this to be mean or because I have some golf game to get to-- there's no way I can operate when you have a yeast infection there. And what you thought was folliculitus looks more like MRSA to me. I'm going to order an IV drip of Diflucan, give you a tab to take once daily for the next six days, and have the nurse swab your nose to test for MRSA." :blushing: I'm going back in to see him Friday @ 8:30 and then getting banded December 23rd @ 12:45pm. I cannot imagine waiting all morning without food or drink. I'd be MISERABLE. :crying: Maybe I'll take benadryl to knock me out til we leave for the hospital. I am SOOOO bummed. You have NO idea! This will be a 3-week pre-op liquid diet by the time I get banded. My nightmare DID come true- in my hospital gown and ready to go into surgery, only to find out the doctor wouldn't perform it for one reason or another. UGHHH!!! Foreshadowing. :mad2: The good news is the Diflucan IV has worked wonderfully! It's still a tiny bit red, but mostly better.

I am SO excited! Too bad my tummy is hella rumbling, though. I ate salad and broccoli for dinner, which kinda went right through me. I forgot to eat my allotted 2 tablespoons of natural peanut butter before midnight, so I'm kinda stuck. I hate that I cant even drink water at this point! :confused_smile: Any last-minute tips or suggestions? (Already posted this on the 20s board, but wanted to alert you fellow December Bandsters!) :thumbup:

Do you think the reason you guys were so thirsty was because they intibate you during surgery? That's what Mom was saying. I dread the sore throat more than I dread the incision sites, lol! Anyway, I better get a 3-hour nap, cos that's all I have time for before we leave for the le hospital! I'm sure I'll get TONS of sleep tomorrow, though! Also, how many days did it take before you were okay to drive? And did you sleep all day the second day, too? If so, by what day did you get back to a normal sleep schedule? :confused_smile: UGH! My tummy in rumbling and I cant put anything in it! Not even water!!! :thumbup:

I make this TOTALLY delicious pre-op approved "shake": 2 c milk 2 scoops vanilla Protein powder 1/8 tspn peppermint extract 3 scoops sugar-free nesquik powder Combine all ingredients and blend. MMM!!! But I gotta gloat- I had the birth control implant, Implanon, inserted January 27th and after a hellacious 27-day menstrual cycle, it's GONE FOREVER!!!

Grrrrl, you is NUTS if you think you aren't good lookin'! You's beautiful, chica!!! And after all this hard work you've invested into yourself, it's paid off fully! I've actually written down an NSV Goal "Got Cat-called By a Stranger." LOL! :tongue2:

Any last-minute tips or suggestions? I'm leaving the house at 4:30am to make it to the hospital downtown by 5:15am. Surgery wont begin until 7:30am, but I have to be there early to check in and stuff. :thumbup: Hopefully I'll remember to use the restroom before they put my IV in this time! :smile2: (Forgot when I had a liver biopsy five years ago.) It should only take an hour and a half, but Dr. Gersin does a liver biopsy and intibates me during surgery, leaving my throat dry and sore when I wake up. :smile2: My worst nightmare is if I were to wake up and Mom says, "Sorry, honey, they said you had a fatty liver and to try again later." Ugh! :tt1: I cannot imagine going through the incision pain twice, much less that aweful pre-op diet! :tongue2:

Aw man, exams make me cram more food in my mouth than actually cram facts! I'm SUCH a stress-eater. Me + a bag of tortilla chips = A or B on final. Me + Pre-Op diet = C UGHHHH! Haha I'm sure it's all in my head, though. Good luck, chica! Kick some serious tukkus! Mom is real bummed cos she's losing weight really slow ever since Thanksgiving. Said she gained a lb over thanksgiving and its' taken forever to get back off. But I think we naturally eat more in the winter maybe cos thousands of years ago we used to hibernate?! HAHAHAH Prolly not, but I'll pretend like we did. :3

I'm scheduled for surgery Monday @ 7:30am and I have a couple of concerns, just for my peace of mind: (1) I have folliculitis (inflamed hair follicals) in a few places below the belt and a rash, neither of which are contageous. They look more painful than they actually are, whic is more of the concern. Would the doctor cancel just because my discoid lupus (skin-related issues) is acting up? It usually does in the winter. (2) In my pre-op diet, I had to have under 1300 calories, under 100 carbs, and between 90-120 grams of Protein through clear and full liquids only. But I was also allowed a 3-4oz. piece of lean meat once each week, veggie salads, and steamed veggies. Mom had the surgery back in March and ate all kinds of Soups, instead of the cream of chicken Soup on the list. They didn't cancel her surgery. So I've been eating the same types of soup as well. I dont know... Day 2 of the Pre-Op diet I had a nightmare that my surgery got cancelled because I failed some test with a 60. Probably just school anxiety manifesting in lap-band anxiety, but I'm still concerned. :biggrin: Anyone know if the rash would cause my doctor to cancel? And how do they know if you ate non-approved soup? Uggghhhh. :biggrin: