islandangel

oh and another thing, the night i came out of surgery, i secretly ate 2 pieces of crackers:sneaky: actually, i had to "listen" to by body. i was so drugged on medication that i told my sister she NEEDS to bring me crackers. i promise you, soon after i ate that crackers, i felt GREAT!! dont take this as an advice, i dont want you to get hurt..but im just saying.."listen" to your body.

i wish someone told me about gas x. honestly i didnt know about the gas until the doc explained it to me 3 days later. i told him i felt very sore and "bloated". and he's like "well of course, we filled you with gas"...hmmmmm..okay. btw, i was constipated for SIX days post surgery!!! NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT CONSTIPATION..lol. i finally went to the doctor and he gave me what i call "my friend". HAHAHAHA.. i hope you both dont ever go thru what i did, and if you do, my advice, is..take stool softeners NOW.

i too have kept this a secret from everyone. i believe this is my secret and mine only. like you, i dont need no one "monitoring me" or judging me. My husband and kids, along with my sister and best friend is the only people who knows i got banded. I didnt even tell my parents (they have big mouths...lol). i talked to my doctor, asked him if it was "healthy" keeping this a secret and he feels as long as my immediate familyn knows, then its no one business. im almost a month out and i only lost 12 lbs. after i "healed", i began to eat a bit more and gained five lbs i then lost it again my 1st fill is on the 2nd of next month and im hoping to lose a lot more. at this point post surgery, if i wanted to, i can eat as much as i want i dont wanna get discouraged, so i'll just wait til after the 1st fill. so bottom line, as long as ur comfortable with keeping the secret to urself, den by all mean, do so good luck in ur journey