AussieTrace

G'day Sherri,

how ya doin? I seem to be getting my hunger back..... worried this is not good. i don't seem to have lost much weight this week maybe 2.2lbs or 1kg) Hmmm i wonder if they will give me my first fill in another two weeks. This is why i didn't want to tell many people in case i don't loose much. (except my mum seems to have told lots of people for me in her excitment) I wonder if this is normal to not loose much... i'm going to look thru the threads or start one and see.

let me know how you are doing

Trace.xx

Hi Meri,

it has been two weeks since my surgery and i'm feeling great!! I have been on mushies since day 9 as everything was going through me, so the dietician thought if i ate it would help and it did. The only thing that worries me now is i seem to be getting my hunger back. This is the menu they told me to follow...I eat 2 weet-bix (or oats) for brekky, 1/4 cup of purree fruit and a 1/4 cup of low fat yogurt for morning tea. Half a cup of blended meat and veg for lunch and again at dinner, 1/4 cup puree fruit and a diet dairy dessert for afternoon tea and same as morning tea for supper. Plus coffee and water through the day. Not to bad. Except this week i think if i'm lucky i will only have lost 1kg (2.2lbs) So as much as i love the fact i can eat... i would like to be loosing a bit more weight. Maybe they will give me a fill by week 4... I think they told me they like us to be able to eat normally be for they start doing fills. i see the dietician in another week.

Trace.xx

hey Kylie,

i went on chat earlier and no one was there... checked back a min ago and saw u had been and gone, lol. I have been put onto mushies already cause the dietician thinks it muight help in stopping everything going straight thru me... yum it has been nice. But i feel like i'm doing something bad after have liquids for so long, lol.

catch u on chat soon

Trace.xx

G'day Terry,

I totally understand the not being able to sleep well. I'm only just starting to be able to roll in bed with out moaning (lol) and it's day 10. Thankfully the pain has finally gone down to just a small bit. i have started puree food as the dietician thought it might help the fact every thing is going through me so fast.

After having a weet-bix for brekky, some very thick blended chicken and veg soup for lunch and yogurt with some puree apple today, i am still finding things moving through very fast. but i'm hoping it slows down over the next few days. I can't believe i ate all that, it was really nice, buti almost felt guilty after not having much for so long. I did the shake diet for two weeks leading up to the band. Oh and i am having coffee again which i didn't have on the pre op diet. How long till you get to try food?

I think you are amazing getting it done as a young Granny.... you Go girl!!!!

G'day, turns out i can start puree food now. The dietitian calls today day 9 (day of surgery day1) and as everything has been going straight through me she said starting puree might help that. So i had some oatmeal for brekky and after about four teaspoons i am feeling full and wondering when it will go through the band. Hope it dosen't make band slip. (yes i know i am very paranoid about that happening) I can also have puree fruit and even meat and veg blended to a thick soup consistancy.

Let me know how ur first thicker foods go.

Trace.

P.s today is the first day i have felt i have really turned a corner with the pain although i still feel it, it's not as bad... YAY

G'day, turns out i can start puree food now. The dietitian calls today day 9 (day of surgery day1) and as everything has been going straight through me she said starting puree might help that. So i had some oatmeal for brekky and after about four teaspoons i am feeling full and wondering when it will go through the band. Hope it dosen't make band slip. (yes i know i am very paranoid about that happening) I can also have puree fruit and even meat and veg blended to a thick soup consistancy.

Let me know how ur first thicker foods go.

Trace.

today is day 9 for me, (counting the day of surgery as day 1) Finally i feel like i have turned a corner and am feeling a lot better. I saw my nutritionist yesterday and she said i can start on puree food such as porridge (oatmeal) She wanted me to start now as everything was going through me and so she thought somthing thicker might help. So very nervously i tried my oatmeal for brekky and i think i got 4 teaspoons down and now i am feeling very full... waiting for it to go down properly. She then said i could have quarter of a cup of puree fruit for morning tea and half a cup of blended lean chicken or meat or seafood with vegis for lunch as long as it is soup consistancey. Hmmm bit nervous might give lunch a go a dinner.

surely u can have puree fruit now?

let me know

Trace

Hi Kam,

Just thought i would write you and see how you are doing after your op? I haven't coped well with the pain but i think i am glad i had it done lol. Actually i am glad cause i am loosing weight, i'm just very scared that my band will slip as i don't think i could go through another op again.

Today is day 6 for me and i am so glad that the first week is almost out of the way. 2morrow i will update my ticker as it will be 7 days post op, nice to see the scales showing gradually nicer numbers, lol.

let me know how you r doing

Trace.

G'day Jade,

How have you been since the surgery? I didn't cope with the pain very well, but as it is now day 6 for me I am very glad i have got this far. I went home from hopital the day after surgery and was in a lot of pain, after a sleepless night and crying to my hubby i want it out, i was readmitted to hospital and given pain meds. (what a relief) Since then it has only got better thankgoodness, lol. Now that the weight is strting to come off... I'm feelin it might just be worth it lol.

Trace

Hi Kylie,

I'm doing o.k and very glad the first week is almost over. i found it tough and the pain in the first few days almost unbearable. But now it is day 6 and i'm doing a lot better.

How are you going? Are you nervous about starting the mushie stage? Stepping on the scales hasn't been quite so scary, lol and i'm loving that

Trace.

G'day Michelle,

I'm doing o.k Today is day 6 post op and all i can say is i hope i never have to do that again. I think i would freak out if my band slipped as i really struggled with the pain post op. (see thread Banded yesterday it hurts) However now that the weight is starting to come off and the pain is getting less i feel so much better. How are you doing? Although i'm not hungry i still crave biting into some meat and potatos.... although the thought also scares me. I'm guessing i still have a week to go before i have to face mushies. I go to my dietictian 2morrow and then i will update my ticker.

chat soon Trace.

Hi Sherry, i have been reading your progress on the thread "banded today it hurts" lol. I decided to add to that one cause i finally felt like someone was saying how i felt. It's late here and i am writing while i am waiting for my pain meds to kick in so i can fall asleep. Each day is getting easier and i'm sure just when it seems to be o.k we will be told we can try mushy food, lol. As much as i want to i'm in no rush to see what it is like. Although i did chew on a bit of steak my hubby had cooked for his dinner and got the flavour and spat it out today. (very scary cause imagine if i had swallowed, lol.) hope ur going well, Trace.xx

Hi Malissa, i hope ur feeling better then me, lol. I really feel like it was quite painful and the wind pain really hurts. Today is day 3 for me and it is getting a little better. It is also the first day i have managed to drink more then 200ml in a day. I think i managed to drink 550ml which included some sustagen (nutritional milk drink), a little watery pumpkin soup and some pineapple juice. How are you doing? and how much are you able to drink?

hey Sherry, good luck!!! praying all goes smoothly! I just asked all the girls who get banded tomorrow to start a new thread "Just banded the Journey" basically whoever gets on first out of all us girls getting banded 2morrow can start it or add to it, then we can see how we are all doing. I'm sure it will be under March 09 thread. I'm not sure what our time zone diff is, but as of now i have less then 24hr's to go and it is 11am on tuesday here.

Good luck, can't wait to hear from u.

love Trace.xx

hello Merri,

How u doing? We r almost there!!! Good Luck!!!!!!!!!! How r ur nerves? Did u do the shake diet? If so have u lost any weight? It's hard to tell for me cause i am constantly filled with liquid, lol. But i think i have lost almost 4kg (which is around 8lb) I will update my ticker the morning of my surgery or the day before surgery (which is tomorrow) Loosing a bit just helps me to feel like i am on my way especially as i have so far to go.

can't wait to hear hopw u r going

Trace.xx

G'day Kam,

How u doing today? Can u believe we r almost there!!! I seem to have a lot of butterflies, lol and just can't wait till op is over. (i really hate staying in hospital and have told my hubby he has to stay with me till i can't stay awake at night and be back first thing in the morning)

Not sure if ur band date is on ur signature, but if it's not can u add it as i tend to forget everyones, lol.

love to hear from

love Trace

G'day Mae,

just thought i would check in and say hi.... Only two days to go!!!! I can't believe we r finally here My nerves r going crazy... but i know being slimmer for the rest of our lives makes it all worth it.

Let me know how ur going

Trace.xx

P.S could you add ur band date to ur signature as i'm hopelss at remembering everyones days