cindie74

OMG, I thought you meant Twist Ties like those little plastic things that you use to tie up the bread bag. I thought, oh hell no, I am not getting this band if it makes you do crazy things like eating plastic pieces! Glad to know that it was just some chips. Sounds like you'll be fine.

HAHAHAHA THAT IS SOOOOO FUNNY:thumbup:

did you get a fill? are you hungry all the time? we had surgery the same day and I am ready to give it all up. I am frustrated, stalled, hungry, tired, angry, all at the same time.

yes,i am extremly hungry all the time and frustrated and feel exactly the same way that you do.,my doctor said i wont get a fill until 6 weeks post op so its still 3 weeks away!! i dont know how i am going to be able to do it.

since being banded i have lost hardly anything,all my weight loss was with the pre-op diet.

i feel for you because i know exactly how you feel,exactly!!,try to hang in there...we can help each other stay strong

sorry i forgot alot of banders in this forum are americans...lol...twisties in australia are similar to your cheetos i think.it is so hard.I have no restriction whats so ever and i dont think im able to get a fill until 6 weeks post op so still neally a month away!! i dont know how im going to be able to stay strong until then,ive already broken and i have still got 3 weeks to go...this is crazy

i am 13 days banded and meant to be on Soups only and tonight i dont know what happened but i ate a packet of twisties that my son hasd lieing around.It was like i was possesses or something and i just couldnt help myself,now im worried about my band and my weight.I feel sooo bad:cursing:

i was banded the same day as you and am experiencing exactly the same as you.I just constantly fill myself up on Soups, i may drink a cup of Soup say every hour or there abouts,

im 12 days out and i am so hungry,,,im trying so hard to stay on track but its getting harder and harder

Yes, I have been able to feel it. It does feel weird, and its still sore since I was just baneded 1/23/09. Were any of you able to pick where the port was positioned? I kinda of wish I would have and I would have put it a little to either side below the ribs. The current place makes it difficult to wear pants. Oddly enough although I have lost about 12 lbs. my waist size has not changed much. Anyone else have this problem?

i got banded on the 28th jan and all up have lost 12kilos and the only place it seems to have gone from is my bust!! lol. i wish it stayed there and went from my tummy or bum or legs ect:w00t:

im one week post op and have been pigging out literally on soups.I have been so hungry and have been eating double helpings of Soups until i feel sick.

what is the matter with me?,can i do damage to my new band by being such a pig?,im not eating solids but am really giving my soups a workout.:cursing:,so angry at myself,feel like im destined to be fat forever

me too,though mines on my stomach under my port.thank god for this thread because i was getting worried

hi fellow bandsters,

i was banded a week ago,28th jan,and the last few days i have terrible bad breath.

I dont smoke or anything and brush my teeth regually so i was wondering if it would be because im not acually ;eating at the moment;

anyone else have this problem?

yes,i was naked,just had a gown on ,but i couldnt remember a thing LOL

hi guys..

5 days post op and i do feel heaps better.I have some minor discomfort with gas pain in my side but other than that,i finelly feel human again!!

You guys have helped me so much,i cant begin to thankyou enough

Hi,

Im 4 days post op and today have a terrible stitch in my side which has lasted all day.Its not high up to be passed as the gas shoulder pain that everyone is talking about,its in my side and feels like a bad bad stitch but believe me,i havent been in no state to be doing exercises to get a stitch?

Have i overeaten or should i say over drank my fluids,or would it be the gas but lower or is it a normal stitch?

thnaks

thanks guys,your posts are what i needed to hear,expecially the post about never trust a fart!!!!...that is so so true...i learnt that from experience LOL,anyway,its been 4 days post op now and things are starting to ease up alittle now although today i have what feels like a really bad stitch in my left side..would this be gas or a stitch?

Try to drink Water or eat jelly when hungry

thats the beauty of these threads and this forum..it helps others and answers questions that others want to know as well,but who dont want to ask.

thankyou so much,its good to know its not going to last forever!!,..the pain is slowly easing each day but its still sitting on about 5 out of 10 on the pain threshhold,i will try to crush up my painkillers because at the moment im not taking any and i think that has a lot to do with the way im feeling.

thanks heaps guys

hi,im 2 days post op and noone told me it would hurt this much.i cant walk up straight because my port hurts so much,and if i take pain relievers,it feels like it gets stuck in my throat somewhere.

it hurts to burp,it hurts to yawn,it hurts to walk and i have bad diarreaha,but hopefully it gets better.

did this happen to anyone else?

cindie

take my advise and dont cheat!,im 2 days post op and i cheated my Optifast right through.when i got banded the doctor asked me if i did the optifast properly becasue my liver was sooo big,(reaching down to my belly button) and i was on the border line of getting done or closing me up with no band.I was so embarrassed and ashamed and so grateful that they did manage to perservere and put my band on although he said it was ex tremly hard.

try not to cheat because imagine how you will feel if you wake up with no band..

its hard i know...i couldnt do it either but we just have to

Cindie

i am 2 days post op and im hungry already

fantastic post!!,im getting banded tomorrow in melb australia and am starting to get really nervous but you just made my doubts go away...thanks again...looking forward to living the life you just decribed!!!

u go girl...

Hi Im getting banded in wed 28th jan by dr jason winnett.Any feedback from fellow winnett patients?

hi

im getting banded on wednesday and im getting nervous now.

getting done by mr jason winnett at williamstown hospital and am scared but looking forward to it all at once.and thank god,the liquid diet is neally over LOL

hi michelle,

im on day 12 and getting banded on this wednesday.My doctor also told me to go on two liquid diet,optifast,and like you,i did well the first week,even losing 7 kilos,but then slipped up the second week badly,to the point where im worried now they will cancel my surgery which would be the worst considering i was on the waiting list for neally 2 years.

all i can say is,do the best you can and hopefully being strict on the diet isnt as important as once thought,i know its to shrink the liver and all that but i just dont have willpower which is why i need the band.

i feel terrible for cheating but i just couldnt help it

good luck with everythig and ill let you know if i get banded on wed or not.hopefully,,,,fingers crossed,,,i still do

hi,im still on my preop diet,i get banded this wed.my diet was two weeks of Optifast only except for 2 cups of green vegetables daily

Be grateful you dont have to do it!!,its torture at the start

good luck with everything