ashleysara

over filling SUCKS so Id advise you to take it slow the weight will come off and in a much more pleasant way. If you dont feel any restriction in 2 weeks call him and tell him you want to come in earlier

def wait until regular food stage but neither are on my surgeons no no list. I personally cannot do either but I get stuck on weird things like scrabled eggs and am find with giant slices of cake so you just have to find out what works for you

ya mushy crackers are mushies not liquid for me I cant even do cream soups during liquids

actually I have the same problem with fries they are by far the worst I dont know why but ill be slimming for 2 hours if I stick even on in my mouth sigh good old says when I would drench steak fries in ranch dressing and seasoning salt... though I guess I also had to walk around with my pants unbuttoned so its a trade off lol

when I am super lose I can tolerate tiny portions of mashed potatos but other wise its right in and right out :confused: its terrible even if I dont have a band forever I doubt I will ever try and put them in my mouth again

My doctor doesn use flouro for any of his patients and he said he has never had a problem. If you doctor uses flouro I would ask him to do it without (LOL that could go badly) but if he is experiences at doing it without I dont think its a big problem. At lease its never been for me

Uhg!!! I go to school in MA but my surgeon and family are back in CA so I got a .9 fill over break and I'm seriously hurting. I havent thrown up at all so it doesnt seem worth paying for a ER visit in the tiny town I go to school in... I just feel terrible after eating event the tiniest portions of band friendly food :confused: I got the fill about 5 days ago so hopefully it will loosen up but until then or I decide on another course of action I'm switching back over to mushies. LOL if I have to spend the next 6 weeks on mushies I am going to look great over summer jk :redface: How is everyone else?

I noticed a significant increase in anxiety right after the surgery, about non surgery related things. I think this is because I used eating as a coping mechanism and couldn't do that anymore. I had 3 panic attacks in the 3 days after the surgery but after that it got much better. As for depression I have been feeling much better since I started getting out and moving around during the day and getting more exercise. Hopefully all goes as well for you as it I'd for me good luck

mosean, thanks so much for the reply. with that diet do you about how many grams of protein you are getting per day? My doctor is very lenient with the preop diet, only making me replace one meal a day for the last week with a protein shake. I asked if I could do a liquid diet to get my body used to it and she was fine with it but because she doesnt require it I have no information about it in my preop diet plan. Thanks for any details you can provide. Good luck everyone

Hey mosean, JW what kind of a liquid diet are you doing? Like how much protein and how many calories and such. Anyone else who is one the liquid diet I would appriciate you sharing this information also.

LOL ya! Think of how thin you would be if you are still on the shake on Christmas JK I think that people who are having complications come on this board for support. Most people who the band is working for and are loving it have better things to do (like enjoying their awesome new bodies) than post on here for support. We will all just have to stick around and let people know about our successes :sad: We can do this!

We will have to be each other strength! Ihope we can all really help each other out because I am not really telling many people in my life and I have a feeling I will need the support I wish I had advice for those who are really struggling with preop diets but (especially since I was approved) I have been super motivated to keep it up lately. I cant wait to do this! Gah! Cant the 16th come quicker??? LOL

We are all praying for that good outcome :thumbup: Just positive and your chin up! Keep us posted.

Hah! All this bagel talk is making me want a bagel mmmmm. Haha supporting each other fail! We always gain weight at the least convienient times. I had to do a 6 month diet for my insurance and somehow I managed to gain 25 pounds during that time. (though i had just moved into the dorms and I wont even pretend I was trying to diet) That sounds like a cool study. I have like a freakishly slow metabolism that my doctors cant explain (LOL or dont even try, they just send me for thyroid tests evey five minutes *duh not the thyroid!*) If there is anything that we can do to speed up our weight loss its worth a try:) Alas Im off to bed ttyl and glad you have joined our september board! :confused:

Welcome hmarko and congrats :smile2:! I think that the amount of help question might be better posed on the post-band section. I am not really sure, I think that I will need help (LOL but I'm kinda a baby when it comes to pain and taking care of myself) but then you might be more self sufficient than me. I actually ended up moving home from college for a year so my mom can help me out and I can learn to eat healthily on the band. I wouldnt assume you are never going to be able to eat a bagel again, I think most people when they are maintaining can eat just about anything just in much smaller amounts. Hah, as for the weight gain, I am like you when I gain I seriously gain and when I lose I am pretty good about dropping fast (though never as much as I gained :confused:) I am very excited to start this journey and we can all support each other :thumbup: