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Well, I went on Tuesday for my one week check up and everything is look great! The surgeon took all of the bandages off which hurt at first, but truly was a relief! I am really really surprised at how tiny the port incision is. The doc. stitched me up real good I guess! So everything is going well, I am feeling pretty good, I just cant wait to be over with this liquid diet!!! Even though I'll probably start gaining some weight back as soon as I begin eating food again, especially since I am not working out...which I really really need to start doing...:nervous My parents are actually going to give me their treadmill that they do not use anymore and so I will have that to work out on!!! I just need to make the room for it!

Hello Everyone!!! So we are supposed to get a big snow storm out here in Chicago today!!! Yikes, about 10 inches of snow or so...at least that is what the weather people are claiming! I need to bust a move out of work today! Well, only a few days left of the liquid diet and then onto mushies yay!!! I think I may start one day early and have eggs for breakfast on Sunday! Have a great day!

Angela--I am very sorry to hear that your MS symptoms are resurfacing b/c of the surgery. Was this something that you were prepared for to happen? Sorry to hear that you are feeling blue, this will all be worth it though! Chris--Thank you for your entry, it was very inspirational and oh so true! I think that we all really needed to hear it! It is so difficult when you have gone through so much and still do not see any changes, but you are so right about the healing phase! Everyone-- Chin up! This will all be worth it! We havent put so much work into this darn thing for nothing, it is medically proven that we WILL lose weight! We can do it despite the slip up here and there! I hope that you all have a great day! :high5: :cheer2:

Dani--My doctor did prescribe me Darvocet and Compazine. The Darvocet is a "heavy-duty" pill form pain killer, and the Compazine is another "heavy-duty" nausea preventor. The doc. also prescribed a "sea sickness" patch ( I forgot the name of it!) that I wore before I went to bed the night before the surgery. Thankfully, I did have little to no nausea, but I could feel it "bubbling" up so I am very happy that I had those meds. However, the heavy duty meds. really affected me, and I am very used to pain meds. being a chronic pain sufferer, but they left me feeling very very out of it. I also purchased liquid tyenol, but have not even cracked the seal yet. The dissolvable Gas X strip helped at times too! Good luck on your trip, figuratively and literally! I hope all goes very smoothly for you!

Thank you for setting this all up Heather! I am really excited!

I love fairies, especially Nene Thomas and Amy Brown fairy art, and all things sparkly I am really into nailpolish (reds, pinks, purples, especially OPI), and pampering myself once in a while, such as in bath and body products. I love vanilla and floral scents (especially gardenia, rose, sweet pea)! I am a teacher and I love my dachshund, I am also starting out in my first home! Colors of house: My bedroom is purple and gold, my main living area and kitchen is green and yellow, I have a whimsical/garden type theme going I wouldnt mind personal or christmas type items, but I am really not into Santa Claus... Christmas Items: I love snowflakes, angels, penguins, berries, snowmen, and remember I love glitter!!! I am really excited about this!

Hello Everyone! I hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving!!! I am trying to relax this evening before I return to work tomorrow as my first day back at work after being banded! I am feeling pretty good, but am just nervous as to how an entire day of teaching will go! Wish me luck! Have a great night!

Misty--You sound really creative! I love the sound of what you did with your dip bowls, you should post a picture of them! What are you going to college for, if I may ask?

Good Luck to Everyone that is being banded soon! I know that the wait is difficult but that will seem like a distant memory soon as you move onto BandLand!!! My thoughts are with you! :gluck: :bolt: :eek:

Betty--Your Halloween party sounds awesome!!! Are there any special activities that you do at your party? I love Halloween! :bolt: Cindy--Happy Belated Birthday!!! :happybday: I hope that everyone has a good week after our crazy holiday weekend and such! Tomorrow is the first day back at work for me, wish me luck!!! Have a great night!

La Madam--How do I participate in the secret Santa??? I would love to sign up!

My BF and I bought our first tree together! We put it up on Friday night and it is so pretty!!! We even bought a beautiful angel to put on top of the tree who is wearing a glamorous sparkly red dress! I am so excited to have my first Christmas in my own house! I cant wait to decorate the outside! I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

NJCHICK---Wow! Six weeks off! That would be so wonderful! What type of work do you do? Actually, it is interesting b/c three other women at my work have been banded. We all have been supporting eachother at work and so that is wonderful. Other than that no one really knows. However, I assume that the other teachers I work with think something is going on since I havent been eating anything for quite sometime and I am a reknowned chocaholic around the office! Oh well...rumors are going to go around either way, I am more worried about myself than what they are thinking.

Randi--Thank you for the links, I really appreciate it! I never got a chance to look at the Inamed Patient Handbook, it was great to see that my doctor is right on target with it! So....what OTC pain meds. are safe to take as a bandster? I saw the list of what is not good, but what meds. are ok...? Thank you!

Hello All! I am feeling quite odd right now. For the past few days I have felt in a hazey hazey daze, which makes me feel like I am walking in a fog, and also like my vision is blurry. This is really irritating to me! Luckily it hasnt kept me down in spirits or otherwise! Today my mom and I went Black Friday shopping for a few hours and I was able to hold up for that long, I was happy and proud. I even got to go to Starbucks with her and they made me a special drink (well I suppose not special for me, but to me!) that was low in sugar, cals, carbs and fat. I was so excited to be able to actually "eat" something out, I havent in weeks!!! So even though I am in this hindering fog, I am now hyped up on caffeine (which I normally dont have) it is a very odd combo. I have officially lost 20lbs and I feel very proud of that. I dont think the weightloss is too obvious, but you can tell it a bit in my face and upper stomach. Well, I also measured myself today and I have lost three inches around my waist and 1/2 an inch around my upper arm, yay!!! Its working, I am finally not failing....not that I really can that much, but it is still so amazing to see! I am planning on going back to work on Monday. I have to admit that I am rather nervous about this. I am a teacher so my job is pretty active with bending over, sitting, standing, walking, reaching, even lifting...I hope that all goes well with this and if for some reason I am starting to feel pretty terrible I live an hour away from my work....I am determined to go in on Monday but if it does not go successfully Ill have no regrets about taking off Tuesday just to rest a bit. Well now after X-mas shopping with my mom (it is a tradition for her and I to go shopping on Black Friday and I am SOO happy that I didnt have to miss it this year) I am totally in the holiday mood! My BF and I are going to go look for our first Christmas tree together!!! Take Care!!!

Hello All! I am feeling quite odd right now. For the past few days I have felt in a hazey hazey daze, which makes me feel like I am walking in a fog, and also like my vision is blurry. This is really irritating to me! Luckily it hasnt kept me down in spirits or otherwise! Today my mom and I went Black Friday shopping for a few hours and I was able to hold up for that long, I was happy and proud. I even got to go to Starbucks with her and they made me a special drink (well I suppose not special for me, but to me!) that was low in sugar, cals, carbs and fat. I was so excited to be able to actually "eat" something out, I havent in weeks!!! So even though I am in this hindering fog, I am now hyped up on caffeine (which I normally dont have) it is a very odd combo. I have officially lost 20lbs and I feel very proud of that. I dont think the weightloss is too obvious, but you can tell it a bit in my face and upper stomach. Well, I also measured myself today and I have lost three inches around my waist and 1/2 an inch around my upper arm, yay!!! Its working, I am finally not failing....not that I really can that much, but it is still so amazing to see! I am planning on going back to work on Monday. I have to admit that I am rather nervous about this. I am a teacher so my job is pretty active with bending over, sitting, standing, walking, reaching, even lifting...I hope that all goes well with this and if for some reason I am starting to feel pretty terrible I live an hour away from my work....I am determined to go in on Monday but if it does not go successfully Ill have no regrets about taking off Tuesday just to rest a bit. Well now after X-mas shopping with my mom (it is a tradition for her and I to go shopping on Black Friday and I am SOO happy that I didnt have to miss it this year) I am totally in the holiday mood! My BF and I are going to go look for our first Christmas tree together!!! Take Care!!!

Melissa--Thank you! I am doing pretty good. It is still hard to believe that I am actually here, I am in "band land." It does feel good though, I have worked so hard to get here! Truly, I am feeling quite well except for the feeling of being in a foggy haze which i have attributed to pain meds. and just my body going through some big changes! Thank you for asking, I hope that all is well with you that you had a great Thanksgiving!

oooops!!! post-op...reall wouldnt have to face this all again!

That would be wonderful! Actually I just went to Starbucks today and asked for them to make me a drink that ws low in sugar, calories, carbs and moderate in fat, and they had no problem whipping me up some type of latte which was delicious! It was like a low sugar vanilla breve latte...any other suggestions on what to have from there as a bander? I would love to meet up now that I am finally pre-op and I am oh so excited!

Pat---Sorry to hear about your missing Christmas tree. I can relate in a way, I used to work at one of those upscale gardening/holiday centers for eight years. Yeah, so ladies if you have any gardening questions I can probably try and help, it is one of my hidden talents. I loved working there, we were like a small family and I have so many great...and a few not so great memories from there. NJChick---The cobwebs are still really bothering me. I havent taken any pain meds for about a day and a half now. I feel like I am in a daze, a hazey daze were my vision feels blurry but in actuallity it really isnt, I feel like I am in a fog, but it is not too bad were I cant functoin, feel happy, etc, it is more so nagging. I am planning on going to work on Monday and I just really hopes it passes by then. I am pretty sure that I am getting enough sleep about eight hours. I thought that maybe I wasnt getting enough water and I have been so good about keeping hydrated today and I still feel that way. Overall, I feel pretty good though, besides that terrible nagging fog...:tired ReneBean--Are you joking about being "thin" enough for the lapband? Since I came in a bit later on this board on am not sure what your journey is...I am curious and hope all well goes for you! My incisions are feeling much better recently and are no longer bleeding. My port incision is still quite a pain which I know I should not be surprised by. It feels so dry and feels like it is stretching when I get up from a sitting position. I hope that'll change when I go in for my first post-op appt. on Tues and maybe he'll take the bandage off! Well Ladies, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Take care!

TropicalJill--What a selfess, wonderful, lovely thing to do for others and helps you out too! How did that experience go for you? Bless you!

Hello Everyone Randi--I am freaked out, but thankful by the info. that you shared with me about the pain meds. I am totally sure that my surgeon (who seems to be very knowledgable and trustworthy) said that it was ok for me to take ibuprofen. He even had me taking an aspirin a day for a few days to help prevent blood clots. I usually have to take about two exedrins a day for unrelated pain (TMJ) is that projected to be a problem too? And what is the problem again...the meds stay in the pouch and could cause erosion? (which is something I am totally worried about in the first place...please provide more info. on this if possible, even an article or possible..?) Thank you! Otherwise---I have been doing ok. Surprisingly I have not had any trouble with gas pains, I suppose I should consider myself lucky there. I have had gas, but no pain from it. What has been a real pain...ha ha...has been my port incision that just kills me! It has been very very painful, but getting better day by day. My new issue is feeling very "out of it" disorientated, almost like in a haze...:rolleyes can anyone relate to this? It is starting to freak me out, like it is not going to go away. Maybe I can attribute this to the pain meds (which I have not taken since yesterday morning) and maybe just my body being in shock from all of this? Thanks for any advice!

Well today is Thanksgving, and it will be a very different thanksgiving for me since I wont be able to eat anything.

Well today is Thanksgving, and it will be a very different thanksgiving for me since I wont be able to eat anything.

Hello Everyone! I hope that you all have a wonderful thanksgiving. Mine will be interesting since I will be forced to focus on other aspects of the holiday other than food, especially since I am on liquids for quit a bit. But that is ok, I am looking forward to the challenge. I am looking forward to the Grey's Anatomy special tonight, oh and of coarse spending time with my family! I am feeling better, I did wind up going to the doctor about my pain and the odd looking incision. He was very kind to meet with me and explain that everything looks normal and seems to be going quite well. He suggested for me to take Ibuprofen with the pain meds. for a better impact and that has helped a lot. I am still feeling rather out of it, like I have cobwebs in my head, everything seems a bit fuzzy...and I am having quit a bit of trouble from getting up from a laying down position, but besides that I am doing pretty well! I hope that you all have a fabulous day! I am thankful for you all!!