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I was banded monday 7/6. I have not had any real pain at all. Tuesday was a bit of discomfort from the anethesia where I lungs ached. I am on full liquids until Monday and I am starving!!! Yesterday was the first day I really felt that way. I have doing Protein shakes like crazy but I still keep thinking about wanting to eat something!! Part of it for me is that I have never been a big sweets eater and on liquids sugar free sweets is most of your options, Jello, yogurt, Protein Shakes. I have already been planning what my entire menu will be on monday!! Today I am making my family chicken tortilla soup so I can eat the broth from it. Yum! Michelle

I am two days post op and feeling great. I have had very little pain. The most pain is not from the incision but from the anesthesia. My lungs still ache and I am using the darn spirometer every hour. I have not had any cravings or urges to snack at all. Today I started on Protein shakes. After two days of broth and Jello it tasted like heaven!! I haven't really had much appetite at all so far but I could tell when I was drinking the shake too quickly. My stomach felt tight. I couldn't resist so I weighed myself this morning!! 242.5 !! Michelle

I think the doubts and worries are normal. At least I am hoping. My biggest fear is that this will be yet another failed attempt to lose this weight. I am so glad I found this place because it is hard to talk to other people who haven't gone through this.

Is anyone else totally preoccupied as it gets closer to the date? It is constantly on my mind!! Will it be painful? Will I be able to really lose weight? What if it doesn't work for me? I am driving myself crazy thinking about it constantly!! I just want to hurry up and get it over with! My surgery is in 8 days on July 6.

My story is very similar to others. I was actually extremely thin as a child. I think I learned a lot of bad eating habits then because everyone kept telling me how skinny I was. I hit puberty, we moved to a rural community where I did not feel like I fit in and the weight began to go up. I graduated high school weighing 160 and 5'6". I went away to college where I was way less physically active and ordered in too many pizzas. By the end of my freshman year I was over 200 lbs and have been pretty much since then. I have done weight watchers numerous times only to regain the weight as soon as I wasn't super vigilant. I got married in 2000 and my husband and I started seeing a nutritionist. I was down to 199 lbs. Then I got pregnant with a set of twin boys. After pregnancy my weight was about 220. When they were a year old I joined weight watchers again and was back down to 200 lbs. Then another unplanned pregnancy with twins again!! I actually lost the weight right away after this pregnancy. It was the year at home with 4 kids under the age of 4 while my husband was deployed that put on the 55 lbs. I also developed high blood pressure during my last pregnancy that has not gone away. I am so ready to be healthy and not taking medication anymore. I finally started seeing a therapist, being treated for depression, have a great job, and want the outside to match the way I feel inside for good. I told my husband I don't even know what style of clothing I would choose if I could pick from anything in the store. I have been in plus sizes so long I can't remember what it is like to shop in regular sizes. So my surgery is scheduled for July 6. I am nervous not about the surgery itself but about screwing up and not losing weight after putting myself and family through major surgery!! Michelle July 6

July 6 for me. 1st consult with doctor Dec 27, 2008 Psych eval February, 2009 Submitted to insurance June 4 Insurance approval June 8 Pre-op appt June 10 Surgery scheduled July 6

I am scheduled for July 6!!! I want to be a July Jewel Michelle