Chapau01

Welll here is my two cents...... 1. Its Monday....enough said! 2. Did I mention it's Monday? 3. I have to go to work today after being off for a week after surgery...:thumbup: 4. I am still hungry all the time even though I have been banded for a full week now! 5. For the past 3 or 4 days I wake up in the middle of the night in pain because my pouch is empty and I have to quicky, but slowly eat a yougart to make the pain go away:sneaky: 6. My girlfriend at work said that she can tell that I have lost weight in my face:rolleyes2: 7 I had soup for the what seems like 100th time for lunch today:crying: 8. My belly is only sore at the port site now 9. I put on some pants this morning and they fit a little looser than normal! 10. I am so tired of hearing about Michael Jackson...I mean it's a shame he died but please let the poor man rest in PEACE 11. I love this Website!

I am still new to this banding thing and have not had a fill yet, but from what I hear yes that is normal, sometimes it takes a couple of fills before you actually feel any restriction, I guess is just depends on the person. Have faith be patient, and hopefully on your next fill you will have the restriction you are looking for! Good Luck!

Overwhelmed huh!! Don't worry it will all work out and you will be fine!!! Good Luck! Let me know how it goes!

So it's Saturday, and I have to say that as each day passes I feel a little better...I am very happy to say today that there is NO MORE GAS PAINS!!!! All the air that they pumped into me belllt is offically GONE THANK U GOD! The only minor discomfort I have now is soreness where my port is located, and I am guessing becaue it has been attatched to my muscle. I have loss another 3 lbs which is AMAZING so I am down a total of 17 pounds now who hoo!! I am really ready to start working out to speed up the weight loss, but I know that I am still a little to weak for that. I am still tired and find it necessary to take a nap everyday, I am wondering how I am g oing ot get through work on Monday....but we will see I am sure I will be fine. My children are so funny my daughter who is 7 asked if it was ok to hug me because she didn't want to hurt my stomach how sweet is she, and then my eldest son keeps rubbing my saying he just wanted to make sure I felt ok. They are so sweet. We went out to meet the teachers yesterday becasue they start school on Monday, and my belly was swollen I just knew that someone was gonna ask me when my baby was due lol....I can tell a little difference in the way my clothes fit wich is AWESOME...I can't wait to see what the people at work say becasue only 2 of my co-workers new I was having this done!

So it's Saturday, and I have to say that as each day passes I feel a little better...I am very happy to say today that there is NO MORE GAS PAINS!!!! All the air that they pumped into me belllt is offically GONE THANK U GOD! The only minor discomfort I have now is soreness where my port is located, and I am guessing becaue it has been attatched to my muscle. I have loss another 3 lbs which is AMAZING so I am down a total of 17 pounds now who hoo!! I am really ready to start working out to speed up the weight loss, but I know that I am still a little to weak for that. I am still tired and find it necessary to take a nap everyday, I am wondering how I am g oing ot get through work on Monday....but we will see I am sure I will be fine. My children are so funny my daughter who is 7 asked if it was ok to hug me because she didn't want to hurt my stomach how sweet is she, and then my eldest son keeps rubbing my saying he just wanted to make sure I felt ok. They are so sweet. We went out to meet the teachers yesterday becasue they start school on Monday, and my belly was swollen I just knew that someone was gonna ask me when my baby was due lol....I can tell a little difference in the way my clothes fit wich is AWESOME...I can't wait to see what the people at work say becasue only 2 of my co-workers new I was having this done!

LMAO that is the funniest thing I have read up here so far (scale whore) *love it* I am looking forward to the day that I also weigh zero pounds it will be so amazing, and I too will wonder "how am I still alive if I weigh nothing..........you are halarious! Keep up the good work!!! lol

I am having the same problems.....it is soooo painful, walking and Gas X strips seem to be the only things that work for me!!! Believe me I feel your pain!!!

Hi! I was banded on Monday!

I was banded Monday and I am sure you will be fine!! I will be praying for you good luck!! And God speed!

You just stay positive and keep motivted, just kno that you can do all things through Christ who gives you strength....you have to power, the strength, and the determination to do this so just keep up the good work!! I will be looking forward to that orgasmic scream and CBS special within the next few weeks!!

So today is a better day for me...I woke up a lot les gassy THANK GOD, and a little less sore, I am actually healing alot faster than I thought possible. This morning was my first day of solid food. I ate about 1/4 cup of oatmeal and I am still sipping on my morning cup of joe. In about an hour I will make a protein shake and sip on that until it is all gone. I have to say that I have not really been hungry it's just the mental thinkg of wanting to chew and taste something. I have to keep reminding myself...okay your not hungry.... and it's a lot harder to get allthe water you need that you think it is....just continously sip on water or you will get dehydrated, I think I was a little close yesterday, but I have it under control now. Oh and by the way the liquid pain killer they gave me is disgusting OMG, it's so hard to get it down because you want to chug it but you can't and the slower you drink it the more disgusting it taste....so I have kinda decided I will deal with the pain instead of the nasty taste...the pain is not that bad anyhow. I had already lost 14 pounds the day of surgery which was amazing I was so happy I have no idea how much I weigh now because I have to get a new scale. I promised myself I would only weigh my self on the 17th of each month so I don't over do it and get discouraged. I have been taking advantage of these past few days off I actually took a nap yesterday and I am seriously contemplating taking another today :thumbup:. Hey my body needs rest to heal properly...:ohmy: I still think that this is the best descision that I have made and I am looking forward to see all the progress that I make.

So today is a better day for me...I woke up a lot les gassy THANK GOD, and a little less sore, I am actually healing alot faster than I thought possible. This morning was my first day of solid food. I ate about 1/4 cup of oatmeal and I am still sipping on my morning cup of joe. In about an hour I will make a protein shake and sip on that until it is all gone. I have to say that I have not really been hungry it's just the mental thinkg of wanting to chew and taste something. I have to keep reminding myself...okay your not hungry.... and it's a lot harder to get allthe water you need that you think it is....just continously sip on water or you will get dehydrated, I think I was a little close yesterday, but I have it under control now. Oh and by the way the liquid pain killer they gave me is disgusting OMG, it's so hard to get it down because you want to chug it but you can't and the slower you drink it the more disgusting it taste....so I have kinda decided I will deal with the pain instead of the nasty taste...the pain is not that bad anyhow. I had already lost 14 pounds the day of surgery which was amazing I was so happy I have no idea how much I weigh now because I have to get a new scale. I promised myself I would only weigh my self on the 17th of each month so I don't over do it and get discouraged. I have been taking advantage of these past few days off I actually took a nap yesterday and I am seriously contemplating taking another today . Hey my body needs rest to heal properly...:wub: I still think that this is the best descision that I have made and I am looking forward to see all the progress that I make.

So today is a better day for me...I woke up a lot les gassy THANK GOD, and a little less sore, I am actually healing alot faster than I thought possible. This morning was my first day of solid food. I ate about 1/4 cup of oatmeal and I am still sipping on my morning cup of joe. In about an hour I will make a protein shake and sip on that until it is all gone. I have to say that I have not really been hungry it's just the mental thinkg of wanting to chew and taste something. I have to keep reminding myself...okay your not hungry.... and it's a lot harder to get allthe water you need that you think it is....just continously sip on water or you will get dehydrated, I think I was a little close yesterday, but I have it under control now. Oh and by the way the liquid pain killer they gave me is disgusting OMG, it's so hard to get it down because you want to chug it but you can't and the slower you drink it the more disgusting it taste....so I have kinda decided I will deal with the pain instead of the nasty taste...the pain is not that bad anyhow. I had already lost 14 pounds the day of surgery which was amazing I was so happy I have no idea how much I weigh now because I have to get a new scale. I promised myself I would only weigh my self on the 17th of each month so I don't over do it and get discouraged. I have been taking advantage of these past few days off I actually took a nap yesterday and I am seriously contemplating taking another today :thumbup:. Hey my body needs rest to heal properly...:ohmy: I still think that this is the best descision that I have made and I am looking forward to see all the progress that I make.

So today is a better day for me...I woke up a lot les gassy THANK GOD, and a little less sore, I am actually healing alot faster than I thought possible. This morning was my first day of solid food. I ate about 1/4 cup of oatmeal and I am still sipping on my morning cup of joe. In about an hour I will make a protein shake and sip on that until it is all gone. I have to say that I have not really been hungry it's just the mental thinkg of wanting to chew and taste something. I have to keep reminding myself...okay your not hungry.... and it's a lot harder to get allthe water you need that you think it is....just continously sip on water or you will get dehydrated, I think I was a little close yesterday, but I have it under control now. Oh and by the way the liquid pain killer they gave me is disgusting OMG, it's so hard to get it down because you want to chug it but you can't and the slower you drink it the more disgusting it taste....so I have kinda decided I will deal with the pain instead of the nasty taste...the pain is not that bad anyhow. I had already lost 14 pounds the day of surgery which was amazing I was so happy I have no idea how much I weigh now because I have to get a new scale. I promised myself I would only weigh my self on the 17th of each month so I don't over do it and get discouraged. I have been taking advantage of these past few days off I actually took a nap yesterday and I am seriously contemplating taking another today . Hey my body needs rest to heal properly...:wub: I still think that this is the best descision that I have made and I am looking forward to see all the progress that I make.

I had surgery on the 17th I am doing good as well, not in as much pain as I was in yesterday, although the gas is killing me!! I had no complications durring or after surgery thank GOD, and I don't think I have been hungry either....my stomach keeps making noises and I don't really know what they mean....it use to mean I was hungry, but who knows what it means now! lol

Thanks!

Thanks so much!! I am on my way!!

I live in Wylie

I just got back from the hospital about an hour ago!...Ok lets just start from the top. I woke up yesterday morning stressed and a little overwhelemed I was a big ball of nervous energy not knowing what to expect. I was fine as I said goodby to the kids, and then me and my husband were on our way to take our youngest to preschool, and he looked over at me and asked if Iwas ok and I just fell apart, crying....I guess it was all that nervous energy finally letting it's self out, and me a person who tries to be strong foeveryone else, jsut had to let it go. So after he calmed me down and reassured me as only he can we were on our way. Let me just say Plano Presbetyrian Hospital is awesome, I was all checked and IV's in less that an hour, and I was given some medicine to make me a little drowsy, they wheeled me into the operating room, and the next thing I knew I was waking up in the recovery room! It was so hard to try and wake up I thought something was wrong, that is the worst feeling ever wanting to be awake but not able to wake up I was so FRUSTRATED, for the whole rest of the day I kept trying to wake up and couldn't my husband came to my room and I was talking to him and just nodded off in mid sentence, on about the 3rd time of doing it I just told him to go home because there was no use to him being there to watch me sleep. ... it was awful. I finally sorta got it together around 7pm to where I could stay awake for longer than 15 min with out nodding off so I called home and checked on the kids, and went for a walk around the bariatric unit. I made myslef walk around there once every hour this helps prevent blood clots from happenig along with the very stylish stockings they make you wear. Once I got back into my room, that is when the recovery regret set in I was groggy, my stomache was sore and I couldn't get comfortable, oh and did I mention I was full of gas...I was just so miserable I started asking my self what the hell was I thinking why did I do this...I made a mistake...Then reality set in and I just realized that less than 10 hours ago I had surgery, and I needed to give it a while. Now sitting here a day later still full of gas but really happy I had it done. :thumbup:! I guess on a scale of 1-10 10 being the worse my pain level is about a 4 right now, but it is totally manageable. I am on my way to the new me and I can't wait to finally get to the end of the road!

I just got back from the hospital about an hour ago!...Ok lets just start from the top. I woke up yesterday morning stressed and a little overwhelemed I was a big ball of nervous energy not knowing what to expect. I was fine as I said goodby to the kids, and then me and my husband were on our way to take our youngest to preschool, and he looked over at me and asked if Iwas ok and I just fell apart, crying....I guess it was all that nervous energy finally letting it's self out, and me a person who tries to be strong foeveryone else, jsut had to let it go. So after he calmed me down and reassured me as only he can we were on our way. Let me just say Plano Presbetyrian Hospital is awesome, I was all checked and IV's in less that an hour, and I was given some medicine to make me a little drowsy, they wheeled me into the operating room, and the next thing I knew I was waking up in the recovery room! It was so hard to try and wake up I thought something was wrong, that is the worst feeling ever wanting to be awake but not able to wake up I was so FRUSTRATED, for the whole rest of the day I kept trying to wake up and couldn't my husband came to my room and I was talking to him and just nodded off in mid sentence, on about the 3rd time of doing it I just told him to go home because there was no use to him being there to watch me sleep. ... it was awful. I finally sorta got it together around 7pm to where I could stay awake for longer than 15 min with out nodding off so I called home and checked on the kids, and went for a walk around the bariatric unit. I made myslef walk around there once every hour this helps prevent blood clots from happenig along with the very stylish stockings they make you wear. Once I got back into my room, that is when the recovery regret set in I was groggy, my stomache was sore and I couldn't get comfortable, oh and did I mention I was full of gas...I was just so miserable I started asking my self what the hell was I thinking why did I do this...I made a mistake...Then reality set in and I just realized that less than 10 hours ago I had surgery, and I needed to give it a while. Now sitting here a day later still full of gas but really happy I had it done. ! I guess on a scale of 1-10 10 being the worse my pain level is about a 4 right now, but it is totally manageable. I am on my way to the new me and I can't wait to finally get to the end of the road!

Thanks for the support you guys, it's awesome that we have this website to share this journey with eachother. So Neueby you have had surgery already .....so how was it I am so anxious for Monday!!! I am on that preop diet and it is very restrictive my husband and I went out last night for dinner, and there ws really nothing for me to eat on the menu, but when I did get my food I was so proud of my self because all the things that were on my plate that I was not able to eat I pushed over to him and he gladly at it all (pig) (:sad:) I was still hungry after dinner, but I kept telling myself that it was gonna be ok, then we went to the movies and as soon as the smell of popcorn hit my nose I thought I was gonna die....I wanted that popcorn sooo baddd, but we walked by the consession stand and didn't even look back....my hubby was being very supportive. The next few days should be alot of fun!!! Kamehar, yes I do have much more faith that a mustard seed God has really blessed me alot in my life, and I look at this surgery as another way that he is gonna bless me! Neumeby you have to let me know how things are going for you, give me some tips not that you are a pro!! (:biggrin:) God Bless you both!

Well I dons't really have a set goal...I just want to be alot healthier and a lot skinnier, my doctor said that if I get down to 211 that would be a great weight for me with my body frame and everything I don't have an ideal clothing size either becasue before I was super fat, I was a size 18 and very happy with my body, now I am 22-24 and I know I am getting out of control. The funny thing about it is that I don't really have that bad of eating habbits, I know alot of heavy people say that, but its true I eat my fruits and veggies, but to God be the glory he has found a way for me to live a longer helthier life.....So in a nut shell my goal is to just be healthier and thiner!! lol

It's offically set in stone! I start my preop diet tomorrow...and my surgery is on Monday . I went and saw my doctor today and I have to say Dr. Hamn and his staff are wonderful, they treat you like family and are so warm and welcoming when you come in, and although Dr. Hamn is not the most personable man, that is really not my main concern as long as he is a master at what he does which from what I hear he is he can have the worse bedside manner in the world, just as long as he sucessfully, and competently does my surgery. Anyhow the appointment went well and any questions or butterflies that I had are gone, becasue he and his staff are so informative, and open to answering any questions that you (or n my case your spouse) have.I am just so ready to get this done. I am kinda in a mourning stage thinking about all the foods that I LOVE that I am going to have to give up, I ate all that I wanted up to today because I know after tonight it wont even be an option. The crazy thing is is that I have lost 4 lbs eating all the junk this week??:eek: Go figure, maybe I just need to go on a junk diet and skip the surgery!! :wink: Naaahhh I'm just plain!. Anyhow I am pumped and ready to go and I can't wait for the new me to break out! I am on my way to my new dimention, so I am going ot walk, talk, pray, and act like I am already there!!! :thumbup:

It's offically set in stone! I start my preop diet tomorrow...and my surgery is on Monday . I went and saw my doctor today and I have to say Dr. Hamn and his staff are wonderful, they treat you like family and are so warm and welcoming when you come in, and although Dr. Hamn is not the most personable man, that is really not my main concern as long as he is a master at what he does which from what I hear he is he can have the worse bedside manner in the world, just as long as he sucessfully, and competently does my surgery. Anyhow the appointment went well and any questions or butterflies that I had are gone, becasue he and his staff are so informative, and open to answering any questions that you (or n my case your spouse) have.I am just so ready to get this done. I am kinda in a mourning stage thinking about all the foods that I LOVE that I am going to have to give up, I ate all that I wanted up to today because I know after tonight it wont even be an option. The crazy thing is is that I have lost 4 lbs eating all the junk this week??:biggrin: Go figure, maybe I just need to go on a junk diet and skip the surgery!! :sad: Naaahhh I'm just plain!. Anyhow I am pumped and ready to go and I can't wait for the new me to break out! I am on my way to my new dimention, so I am going ot walk, talk, pray, and act like I am already there!!! :thumbup:

I am so excited for you!! I know the feelings that you having right now...when I found out I was approved for surgery everytime I thought about what I was not going to be able to eat I got really hungry...I start my preop diet tomorrow and get banded on Monday...I noticed that there are alot of people that went on the preop diet 2 weeks before surgery but my doctor only suggested 3 days for me that seems odd! Anyhow just remember there is not food that taste as good as being thin feels and hopefully that will get you through!!! GOOD LUCK!