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Yayyyy Im not the only one!! I was banded July 20th and do not have my first fill untill August 27th. I do not eat as much as I did prior to surgery, but I am eating significantly more than I was my first two weeks. I dropped about 24 lbs and it has stopped since I started on soft foods. I no joke-lay awake at night beating myself up over it. I am eating healthy food and topping off around 800 calories a day, but I still feel bad about it. I have never had anything stuck, nor feel nautious after eating. I do not drink with my meals and Im not STARVING-but I know I eat more than 1/2 -1 cup of food at dinner. I can't wait for my fill and feel much better in that I'm not the only one feeling this way! Good luck to you all! We can do this

I also deal with this as I am young too. I just this weekend tried wine, and vodka cranberry. I found really great crandberry juice called cranergy. It only has 35 calories as apposed to 120 normal cranberry juice has. I seemed to do ok, but I was also a bit nervous to get too drunk since..I'm a barfer lol I wouldn't want to throw up because of alcohol after all of this! Good luck!

I have United Healthcare and once they had received my paperwork it took them 5 days to approve me. How long it takes for your Dr. to write the letter and send it all off depends on your doctor. I had my Dr's letters, my 5 yr weight history and all my medical records ready the day of my consult. I also had to have a phsyc evaluation (program requires it) So that had to be done with his paperwork attached before they sent to insurance. I had my consult end of April, and was banded in July so about 2 mos from the very start of all this. However it wasn't insurance that took so long. I thought UHC was very fast and easy to work with. Good luck!! :wink2:

We may have different plans but I was told by my surgeon up front my insurance company (UHC) requires you to stay overnight. I was banded July 20th,( 2 1/2 weeks ago) and my surgeon kept apologizing to me that day that I was not able to be discharged. My surgery was scheduled for an hour to an hr and 45 min. My surgery was done in 20 min because "everything was text book perfect" So I don't believe I was facing any complications. UHC is refusing to pay my surgeon on five cases because the patients were let go that day. All I am suggesting is that if you have UHC, you will want to double check all of those things, so you are not thrown with a surprise at the end of all of this. This should after all be a great experience, not a stressfull one.

My gas pains set in about 4 days later. The only thing I found to be helpful is to walk and lift your left arm up and bend your arm over your head (Heard to explain but kind of like if you were to scratch your right shoulder blade? I don't know if that makes any sense but I had the pains that would literally make me shiver and that seemed to help me alot! Good luck to you all! :juggle:

You are good girl :juggle: I also after having almost 2 yr stint with NO cycle just got my period a few days after surgery. It was odd I almost forgot what to do in that situation since I have not had to deal with it for two years! Between that and all the liquid I feel like a sow!!

I have UHC as well and the approval was wayyy faster than I had expected! They are amazing to work with! The approved 100% of mine within 5 days. They also assigned a case worked to my account who is an RN and she calls just to check up on me. Just an FYI that I was not aware of untill a week prior to surgery is that UHC requires you to stay overnight at the hospital, no matter what. My surgeon has patients who were not aware of that and were sent home hours after surgery, and now UHC is refusing to pay for the surgery as they were not held overnight. Just a little something you may want to make sure to check on, You'd hate to be thrown a massive bill after all of that. My surgery was July 20th and I love my band! Good luck to you and pack your jammie pants :juggle:

I was banded 7/20 too!!!! how exciting!! today I actually feel like myself I'm so excited! I have been sleeping for what feels like 3 days straight! How are you doing with your healing process? My surgery went super fast! I was only in surgery about 18-20 min. When they called my mom she panicked thinking something was wrong as they prepared her for an hr -45? I am so happy I did this, my incesions are still a bit sore and taking tylenol for the pain. I got staples so I imagine once those are out I will feel much better! Keep my posted on your progress :biggrin: This is so exciting!!!!!!! and Good luck to you!

I was banded yesterday (july 20) as well. I am uncomfortable and its hard to sit down and stand up again. But its not too bad and surprisingly I have NO gas pain at all. In the hospital I had left shoulder pain for mmm maybe an hour or so and it just went away on its own. The only thing i'm dealing with now is just the swelling where my port was placed and my incesions are a little tender. otherwise I have no problems swallowing or getting my liquids in. Just like normal! Good luck to you all!!

I am to be banded tomorrow (20th) as well! Im very excited however this liquid diet has made me have a few freak outs...wondering if I can do this :wink2: I also have been going through this website for days and honestly, while some of the information is helpful, it also makes me more nervous. I know everyone is different, people heal differently at their own pace but I also wonder if all of this has created more of mental hardship for me than it really is. I read all the posts of people saying "What did I do to myself?" and "I can't move!"etct, While I think it does create realistic expectations its also a bit worry-som. I think I am just going to have to suck it up...being sleep deprived and starving makes a monster out of me Good luck to you tomorrow! It will all be worth it in the end, and I keep reminding myself as to why I signed up for this in the first place!! :biggrin: