Amy Elizabeth

Hey! Just notice you have the same doc as me!!!! I'm 6 months out from surgery and just wanted to say congrats!!! 5 days is exciting!!!

Amy

Doing good still!! How are you doing? I haven't lost much more since I'm no longer on the liquid diet and am eating. . .but that first fill is JUST around the corner!! I'm excited!

I'm doing well!! Thanks for asking!! How are you doing?

Doing good!!! Hope all is well with you!! First fill coming up!

I'm with you on the being hungry!!!! I made runny potato soup and decided that it was liquid enough to call it liquid. It helped!!!! You had your surgery just 2 days after mine!! Do you start mushies this week?

Hi MaRosie!! I was just checking in with you!!! We were banded on the same day!!! Hope you are feeling much better!!!! I'm starting my mushies today and I'm rather happy about that!!! (it's a day early. . .but I was going to snap!)

Just wanted to come say hang in there!!! I questioned whether this was worth it on Saturday and I'm not entirely sure it is yet. .. but hopefully you will get to feeling better soon! (Hope I do too!). Healing will be a good thing!

Hope you are doing well being back at work!!! I did too much on Saturday too! Paid for it that evening!!! Today has been pretty good. . .

Thanks for checking on me!! I crashed bad on the evening of my 4th day. Lots of pain and miserable, but I'm doing okay now! I've lost 23lbs so far. . Doctor says everything looks good. I'm scheduled for my first fill on April 27th. That will be the beginning of the downward spiral I imagine!

I'm supposed to be on liquids for 2 weeks but I started eating potato soup yesterday and I finally felt good. Decided my entire problem was being hungry. So now that I have my soupy potato soup I'm good!! I feel like a new person today!! It's my 4th day post-op and I feel so much better! I actually slept in my own bed for an hour or so last night!! Whoo hooo!!!!

I'm actually on regular liquids now, not clear. I feel pretty hungry but NOTHING sounds good. Or tastes good. . . it's impossible for me to eat. . I have to force myself just to drink water right now! Sigh. I'm sure it'll pass and I'll be able toe at again. . but I really don't know what I want to eat on this liquid diet business!

I'm feeling better today!!! Just exhausted!! I think I'm going to wean myself off my meds so I won't be so sleepy!!! It seems like I barely wake up before I take more pain meds and go back to sleep!! I walked outside tonight to go look at my horses and it was so nice to be up and moving!!

I've got my gas-x close that's for sure!!! And my heating pad is my best friend!!! And I sooooo can't wait to meet hot Amy!!!

I'm with you on the hunger pains!!! My doctor won't let me have any sort of real food until I believe week 3 after surgery!!! But oh how tempting some mashed potatoes are! lol. And I HATE mashed potatoes! It's funny you mentioned the hunger pain because I can't decide if I'm in general pain or if it's hunger. .. and I'm starting to think it's just hunger!!! Good luck tomorrow with your post op checkup!! Hope you get to have real soft food!!

I'm glad to hear it gets better fast!! lol! I'm only 2 days out from surgery and I feel much better. My biggest complaint is the exhaustion!! I think I might wean myself off of my pain pills so I won't be so sleepy anymore!!!

I'm hoping I have an easy time too!! So far no nausea really, can't wait until I'm six weeks out!!! I've got the gax-x going just in case!! lol. It's nice to have someone to chat with on here!!! I'm ready to have real food! lol. Or at least something a little bit more real than ensure!! Won't be long!

I'm in Texas, so far so good!!! I'm tired of being tired so I think I may try and wean myself off the pain meds, cause they are KNOCKING me out!!! Mostly the only pain I have is some mild gas and just a general feeling of pain around the incision site!!! Won't be long and we'll be on real food again. . .and loosing weight!!

Hi PrincesaJenE, I saw under Texasnol's post that you had a similar amount of weight to loose! I do too!! My starting weight is actually 358 I believe and goal is 180! I was banded yesterday, March 31st! I hope you are doing better! It's good to hear from someone just a bit further along than me that it gets easier!!!

Hi! I too saw you have the same amount of weight to loose as me (maybe a little less cause you're taller by 2 inches) and thought it'd be fun to keep up with you!!! I was just banded yesterday (the 31st of March). My starting weight was 355, goal is about 180. . . I'm glad to hear it gets better! lol. Surgery hurts!

Hi Hunzi, just checking in, hoping your surgery went well!! I'm glad mine is over, just looking forward to not being so sore!!!

Hope your surgery went well!!!! Just had mine as well!! Boy does it hurt right now!!! I'm looking forward to being healed!!

Hi Rapunzle!! Hope your surgery went well!!! I'm sore today but I'm hanging in there!!! It hurts worse than I thought it would but it's going to be okay!

How are you doing now? I just had mine done yesterday and it hurts a lot more than I thought it would, but I'm hanging in there!! I hope you are feeling better by now!

Thanks so much for the kind words Vanessa!! I'm so glad to hear it gets better!! I'm so sore right now and it's hard to lay down to sleep even!!! But it could be worse, I've heard others say they were in more pain than i am!!

I'm being banded on Tuesday too!!!! Are you getting nervous? I'm hoping this goes as easily as my gallbladder removal. .. just crossing my fingers!!! Anyways, It's nice to meet you!

Hope you are doing well!!! I'm being banded on the 31st!! So excited!

I just watched your slide show!!! It was fantastic!! Thanks so much for sharing your journey!!!! I'm having my band surgery on March 31st and I just can't wait!!! Thanks for that!!

Lol, I'm hungry. This pre-op liquid diet stuff is making me crazy!!! Thanks for asking!!!