Jenfs5

Welcome! I had my surgery on the 8th as well. I'm so ready to move to the puree stage.... how are you handling the liquid phase?

Do you know if they would work to make quesadillas? I only like other wraps if they are cooked. Also where do you buy them?

Thanks Candace! I'm getting better at liquids but protein is still way too low.... gonna keep trying though!!

Glad to hear your surgery went well. My actual surgery, according to my Dr, went well. I barely remember being in recovery. The only real thing I remember was seeing someone I remember from when I worked at that hospital and saying that I remember her. She said she remembered me too lol. But I also remember tapping my hand on the bed rail saying help me help me... I believe I was in quite a bit of pain. But they gave me some pain meds and I guess it knocked me out. I didn't get up to my room until about 4pm. They were giving me toradol every 6 hours so i slept a lot. I had quite a bit of gas pain in my shoulder and neck. And my upper back was killing me, I though it was from laying so long but then realized it was the gas too. I did get up to walk some but not as much as I would have liked. I was hooked up to so many things it was a hassle getting up. I ended up staying 2 nights due to some sort of confusion with my discharge. But overall I think it was a good thing. It gave me an extra day of iv fluids and I was barely able to get anything down due to the cramping pain whenever I tried to drink. It also gave them time to find the blood clot in my arm. My whole hand and forearm swelled up so bad. I assumed my iv had infiltrated but when they finally listened to me and checked it it had not. So I had an ultrasound and they found the clot by my iv site. Luckily though I was already anticoagulated since I have a clotting disorder and once the iv was removed it only took a day for the swelling to subside. I'm still not getting enough liquids or protein on but its slowly getting better. And my hubby made me some really good homemade broths. He has been so great taking care of me.

Surgery in the AM.... its starting to get really real. I've even had doubts today but I've wanted this band out for a while so I'm trying to keep positive.

Where do you get these? And would they work for quesadillas? I don't like tortillas unless they are cooked

Tomorrow is my last day of work before surgery. Then Tuesday I'll be having a lunch/shopping date with a friend, and Wednesday is my day of clear liquids only.... its getting close!!!! I have to find some non red sugar free popsicles and gatorade for Wednesday.

Congrats!! My surgery is also the 8th. I'm getting excited. I have a ton of protein shakes from over a year ago when I tried to go back to them... but I'm not sure if I will use those. My favorite are fairlife shakes... totally the best I've ever tasted. I also ordered some bone broth mixes and some other stuff from the store on here but I have yet to actually try them lol. Hopefully I have enough stuff to at least get me thru my first 2 weeks post op. I'm actually worried most about they day before surgery where it's clear liquids only... anyone have any good suggestions for that day?

My revision is july 8th!! Good luck!!

My surgery is scheduled for July 8th. I will be having my lap band removed and converting to a sleeve.

I had fluid removed from my band when I got pregnant. I noticed that I had terrible gas pains and bloating. I attributed it to the pregnancy. I miscarried the pregnancy but never lost the gas and bloating. That was four years and 4 miscarriages ago. I feel it has to do with having the fluid removed from the band. I had most of the fluid put back in but later started having esophageal spasms and had to then have it all removed. I now have 4 of the 6 cc's back in. I'm going to get 1 more put in. But all thru this I never lost the horrible gas and bloating. Now we are assuming I have IBS but I think its funny how it all started when we started messing with the band. Now my sister has also just had to have all her fluid removed. As soon as she did she started having horrible gas and bloating and gained 10 pounds in a week. She mentioned the gas to our surgeon but he acted like no one has ever had this issue. I am going to bring it up again to him next week.

That was just too cute......

Glad to hear all is going well and congratulations on your loss. There are still times for me that I feel like I eat too much. It think when it happens though, that I am gong past the 30 min time frame. But I am still losing so I guess I am still doing ok. If you have any questions feel free to ask. And keep us posted.

Welcome and good luck. I dont really remember much from the day of surgery so I dont know if I will be of much help. But what I do remember is going to the hospital, getting checekd in then going back to the OR area. They make you get into the gown and pee in a cup and start the IV and all that stuff...LOL. Then Dr Zarif and the anesthesiologist come see you to say hi and then when they are ready they wheel you back to the OR. They tell you to scoot over to the operating table and put your arms out like a big T and strap them down. Then they give you the drugs to knock you out...LOL. I dont wake up very easily from anesthesia and I dont remember waking up at all. I dont even remember going up to my room (stayed over night). I barely remember much of anything from that first day at all. prob due to a comibination of the anesthesia and the pain meds. I do remember they tried to get me up and moving and I almost fell down I was so woozy. So they did a STAT hemoglobin to see if I had lost a lot of blood, but I had not was just from the meds. I dont remember being in very much pain except when I tried to sit up too fast. That is not to say that I was not uncomfortable for a while, I was. Partly due to some pain (not too bad but there was some) and partly due to the gas pressure. But by about the 4-5 day mark I was feeling almost completely fine. I hope this helps. it seems kinda blunt but that is all I can really remember. I still have no regrets to this day and I am very happy with my decision to have surgery. If you have any other questions feel free to ask. Also I dont know if you come to the support group meetings, but the next one is Tues Dec 8th from 6-8 at AGH conference room 2.

There is a vitamin called One A Day Essentials. It is a very small vitamin about the size of an aspirin. But it does not have everything that the regular vitamins have in them. One thing it lacks in iron. The vitamin is hard to find. Last time I got them I ordered them from amazon. My iron dropped low though so I did switch back to chewables instead of getting a seperate iron pill. Hope this helps.