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My doctor wanted me to stop smoking, but it was just so hard. I smoked right up until the day of my surgery, and I had my first cigarette about 6 days after surgery. I tried quitting, but without having any food, it was way too hard. i'm going to try again, because I don't want to get cancer after I lose weight, and then die. It just doesn't make any sense to have this surgery for my health, but continue to put my health in jeopardy by smoking.

Me and my DH had sex about a week and a half after I was banded. No problems here. Just good times,lol.

OMG you poor thing. What a horrifying experience you had. Oooh it looks so painful. Thank God you are alive, and that you still have your legs. You are 1 lucky gal to be here to share your story. I'm sorry you had to go through that.

All these stories are so sad. It's a shame we had to suffer with the emotional pain being overweight causes.When I was in fifth grade a boy named Kevin sat in front of me who was on the heavy side himself, and a boy named gregory sat to the left of me, and every single day, Kevin would turn around, look at me, and call me fat and ugly repeatedly throughout the day, and gregory would lean near me and call me fat and ugly also. I couldn't escape it. The teacher knew what was going on as did the rest of the class as everyone could hear it. Shame on that teacher for allowing that to happen. It totally stripped me from any self confidence or self worth that I might have had. I would come home from school everyday upset and angry, and say hoe fat I was as I headed to my room. My poor mother, she used to say, you are beautiful and I would tell her that I really wasn't. I never told her what was going on because I was ashamed and embarrassed for her to know. I didn't want to let her know just how wrong she was. My brother, who is six years older than me, used to bring his friends over, and they would make fun of me when my mom wasn't around. but, the worst was about a year ago when we were at my moms for my childrens birthday party, their birthdays are 2 days apart.a year apart, so we celebrate them the same day. So, we were outside at the picnic table eating and my dh was just coming back from walking to the convenience store to buy his lottery numbers and suddenly we all heard this crackling sound like the trees behind us were about to fall, when all of the sudden I went down.The bench at the picnic table gav3e out. It cracked right off. My dh saw this and came running to me and my mom and all my kids and stepdad were in shock. I was so embarrassed that I wouldn't let dh help me up, I brushed myself off and got up and I started to laugh to hide the embarrassment and everyone except dh started laughing, my mom said it was like the mivie shallow hal and my stepdad just happened to be taking my picture when it happened and got it all on film. He actually took them and posted them on the computer. I couldn't believe it. But the last straw was when a friend of mine who is also heavy, and I, went to a restaurant, and while we were sitting here waiting for our food. I glanced over and saw the waitress talking to the cook through the little window that they pass the food through, and she extended her arms way out to her side like a fat person and started laughing. I knew she was talking about us, because there wasn't anyone else in the place. I was so hurt, I didn't even tell my friend cuz I didn't want to hurt her too.

I hope my ticker works thistime. sorry to get off the subject.

I #@##$# up my ticker thingy. Help what did I do wrong?

I go through the same thing all the time. I try to do something else like going on the pc and reading posts for encouragement.

That is too funny.

I just read a news article, and they linked hair loss to an iron deficiencey.

It took me 8 months. I started the pre-op tests in november and was banded july 17th. i had to see a pulmonary doctor, a psychiatrist, a cardiologist. Had to have breathing tests done. Ekg's, echocardiograms(I have a heart condition anyways) sleep apnea test,. 2 nutrition consultations, bloodwork,and then wait for my insurance approval. I was approved at the end of june, but my surgeons soonest date for me was july17th. The appointments are what took so long because some of them couldn't get me in until a month or so,but it was worth waiting for, and it did go by pretty fast for me.

Hi, gastric bypass was never an option for me. I'm way to much of a hypochondriac for that type of surgery. I'd probrably end up in the hospital for not eating or drinking from fear of leakage. I'm not saying that it shouldn't be an option, I'm just saying it wasn't an option for me. I was in the waiting room in the dr.s office the other day and I was talking to a woman who had the bypass and she was saying how thankful she was, because it gave her a new life, and she don't know if she would have lived for 5 more years without it. she chose the bypass over the band, and thats what she felt comfortable with. She made the right decision in her journey on her weight loss, and I feel comfortable in knowing that I made the right decision in whats right for me in my journey through weight loss.We can't let someone elses fears, or lack of fears play a role in what we choose to do for ourselves. That said, I hope everyone, whether they've had any type of wls or not, have a success in their journey down the road to weight loss, and I wish everyone the best of luck.

My doc said no caffiene pre-op and post-op, but I'm caffiene free anyways.

I'm with vinesqueen.

I could never cheat on my DH.I love him too much. My ex husband cheated on me and the pain caused me to cheat on him several times. Our relationship suffered because I was never happy and had the continuous feeling of wanting to cheat on him for revenge. Not to mention the loss of trust we had for eachother. It was a mess. I love my bunny and I'm not even attracted to any one else. As for the ex husband, he's remarried and happy. As far as I know he hasn't cheated on his new wife. I think he learned his lesson the first time around. He saw how evil we women can get when we're scorned.lol.

Hi, I was instructed to drink protien drinks and get 50-60 grams of protien a day for 2 weeks right after surgery. Isopure is the one I chose. I liked the 40 grams of protien powder shakes opposed to the 40 grams of protien ready to drink juice ones

Congratulations! Soon you'll be joining us on the losing side.

Well. i'm half french and half greek. All european, and I must say that I do shave my armpits, as does every other woman in my family. My mother is full blooded french and she finds it disgusting to not shave under the arms and my father was born in greece, and my grandmother and aunts all shaved, so I think it is untrue that all europeans do not shave their armpits.

Hi, I was just banded 7-17-06 and I started my period 2 days later. I was a week and a half early. When I was in the hospital, a woman in my room had the by-pass and she started her period too. she said she wasn't due for another 2 weeks. The doc said that this can sometimes start a womans period early. go figure.

My doctor only required 1 week pre-op liquid diet and 2 week post op liquid diet, so I really do feel for you. But, look on the bright side, just think of the weight you will lose doing this liquid diet phase.

Oh my gosh! I was just baded 7/17 and in recovery I felt the pain. my incisions were fine but when I sat up I got a bad pain on the left side of my chest up into my left shoulder and low portion of my neck. Its a sharp pulling pain. It comes and it goes. It is so uncomfortable. I thought I was the only one with this problem. It goes away right when I lay down.I just want it to end b/c I cant sit up for very long. And I hope everyone else who has this finds relief soon also

Hi, I was just banded on the 17th also and I don't have any pain where the six incisions are, but my left shoulder and chest feel like its pulling down. It's quite uncomfortable. I hope everythings alright, I'm letting my imagination run away with me here, thinking of all kind of scarey things it could be. It feels like my shoulder, neck, and chest muscles are being stretched. I hope it passes soon. I just hope it isn't permanat nerve damage.

Hi, everyone, I was finally banded on july 17th. i must say that i didn't expect to be in as much pain as I am. When I sip on liquids, I start to get sharp pains in my chest and shoulder. I have no idea why, but its making me worried. I hope it goes away. Has anyone else had this problem right after banding?

Dianne, I am so sorry to hear that you are going through all of that. I will keep you in my prayers. I'm pretty new here, so I don't think we've met yet, but I can't help but have a heavy heart after reading all that you are dealing with.

Sherri, I'm so happy for you! I'm being banded here in the states on monday, and I hope it goes as well as yours did. You are so lucky! You're already there! I can't wait to join you all in band land.

mdg, my surgery is monday also.