mattie7632

Ohhhhh....you must have the 14 day diet where you're allowed the one small meal thing huh? You get 2 more weeks after surgery of then mushy foods....but hey "this too shall pass"

hahahaha!!! corn....who'd have thought? And I know more about broth brands than I ever cared to know about ........

I'm not sure congrats is deserved being that I forced to starve myself......LOL!!!

Seriously! How would we explain that! Surely that can't happened or the model would have been revised long ago.....I mean bandsters have certainly traveled by plane since then...LOL, but it still makes me nervous that other detectors have noticed it....

I'm sure it's the port not the silicone band. I specifically asked this same question before I got the band--if it would cause security devices (airports) and such to go off and they just looked at me all weird. Well, it sounds like it wasn't such a weird question afterall!!!

I had to have labs, an EKG, and an Upper GI-barium swallow. It was all done in one morning. It may vary per doctor, but I bet they all require the upper GI--

Do you have to do a clear liquid diet for 14 days????

That's genius!

I think it's because I know him too well and he's also a client of mine, but ironically I don't actually care about most people knowing, I just don't want to get into it with him right now. Funny when reading your comments though it seems so simple, why not just tell him? I must have a personality disorder...!

LOLOL, seriously. I got Facebook going on another tab but this one's more interesting....!

Oh no offense taken. I'm being very careful, really. The soft noodles were just a few, and I only took them because that's all that was soft enough looking in the house after my daughter drank the emergency Protein drinks!!!. I'm not "eating" only but a small amount when I am feeling overly starving or dizzy from no calories. It's definitely not my goal to cheat and the staple of my diet is still....popsicles and broth!!!! let's not forget the Jello.....

I have a few overly nosy people in my life, one of them being my chiropractor! I've been avoiding him because I know I have to come up with an excuse why I cannot lay on my stomach or be twisted like normal right now, or why I will be 30 pounds lighter in a couple weeks! This has really been causing me stress. My husdand and I thought maybe I could tell him I had a hernia repair, and am on a restricted diet right now (hence the weight loss). Does this sound believable? Or has anyone else out there had to come up with some creative reasons for medical leave and weight loss?

you first make your ticker from that ticker site, then copy the code from the ticker site to the signature part of your settings here on this site...then it will show up each time you post...be sure to copy the right code, there are 2 options there....it's not the facebook, etc. one, it's the other one....

It's hard to say, but I'm betting it goes through. I own a medical billing service billing health insurance for a living, and let me tell you one thing...doctors are experts at documenting what is needed to get approval. Their salaries depend on it. If your insurance doesn't approve you right now, stuff your face with cake and chips, gain 5-10 pounds and go back in a month and have them try again!!! That's what I'd do!!

If anybody says they NEVER cheated, I don't believe them. For the most part, I stuck to it, but there were a couple days of pre-op during the liquid diet I couldn't take it, and I had a small portion of tuna, and another day I stole a few tater tots. It helped a lot and I still lost 9 pounds in 7 days. I read up on liver shrinking diets, if you must cheat try to consume only Protein

Good observation, I've noted the same about the pre-op diet. While I can appreciate that one certainly loses weight eating no calories, it can't be as important as some say else all doctors would require it, right? Working with doctors for a living, I tend to believe that often doctors tend do what they've always done, or think just because that was the norm 15 years ago....you see where this is going....In any case, it can't be a bad thing so I will do my best, but if I am so hungry I'm miserable then I'm going to eat something..cautiously. p.s. One poster before said it was just another way for "fat-hating surgeons" to make us suffer! LOL

I was really only in pain the first day and night. Now I am just sore when I move or bend, otherwise no pain, except HUNGER pains!

Aren't you glad to hear about all us cheaters???? LOL My husband and daughter try to scold me when when they can tell I am thinking about grabbing something more solid than BROTH! I tell them to try consuming no calories for nearly 2 weeks and see how they feel! I have stolen some thin mashed potatoes yesterday and tonight I had a few bites of noodles (chewed well) and I am absolutely fine. I will still try to stick to the prescribed diet as much as possible, but if I'm not feeling well I"m going to slip in a few bites in to get through, very cautiously.

Somebody enlighten me...I was under the impression we were to continue liquids after being banded to avoid being sick, vomiting and ultimately causing the band to slip or pull out the stitches. But if we're not sick, what is the purpose of this continued liquid only diet? Clearly the band has nothing to do with our initial 10, 20, 30 or even 40 pounds being lost.....Anyone know the answer to this?

I cannot feel the band inside or out, but like the posters above you do have that sensation of a gas bubble at times. I'm only 5 days out so I don't know all the tricks to avoiding that particular feeling yet. Also, I cannot feel the port, I had to ask my doctor where it was!

I'm very glad to hear this is normal! But I eagerly await the day that this hunger pain is gone! Good Luck everyone!

If it's not a covered benefit on the policy there's nothing you can do--it's not a benefit. However, if it's a benefit covered when medically necessary --and you need approval for the surgery, a good surgeon's office will have staff that knows exactly what requirements are needed to do the surgery. First, find out if it's a covered benefit. If it is, find a good surgeon that takes your insurance, make an appointment and speak to the staff about what your financial obligations would be. Good Luck

Oh thank you!! I was hoping this was typical and TEMPORARY! You're not hungry anymore are you? Will the lower part always be hungry? I can't imagine, I'd think no one would want this if they could expect to be hungry the rest of their lives! Wow it hurts I hope this passes soon!

Had the procedure done Monday, and I am starving! I am on the liquid diet but I am much hungrier than before the procedure when on clear liquids! Is this going to pass? The physical hunger pains almost make me sick and dizzy! Is this normal??? Help! Thanks!

Swanson makes an all natural vegetarian vegetable broth. Also Knorr has cubes of vegetable broth that tastes really good--but loaded with MSG Never in my life did I anticipate there'd be a day when I knew the brands and flavors of broth, and their ingredients. LMBO