jen36

How are all my fellow May 3rd bandsters doing? Would love to hear updates from all of you and see how you are doing. I am doing well, the weight is finally starting to come off, I am exercising everyday now so that must have been the missing link!!!!! Follow up appt. with the surgeon is June 11th I am hoping to get a fill at that time!!!!

I would do like 3 egg white for breakfast, I found the best breakfast, Yoplat key lime pie yogurt about 4 tablespoons of that some cut up bananas and I crushed up about a half of a graham cracker IT WAS SOOOOO GOOD

I actually have been going everyday and I did go yesterday and only a little bit though and nothing today. I took the MOM about 2hrs ago and still nothing, so that is prunes, coffee and MOM and still nothing. I hope that maybe by tomorrow there will be some relief for me!!!!!!

Monday will be a month for me since I was banded and this is the first episode of constipation I have had, I ate a little bit more than normal yesterday so I don't know if that caused it but I hope I don't ever have it again.

Can anyone tell me what is good when you are constipated? It is so bad I am nauseous and in so much pain, I tried an enema this morning and nothing at all happened? PLEASE HELP, my hubby is going to buy me some prunes to see if that works.

Congrats on the clothes fitting looser!!!!! YIPPPPY. I had my surgery May 3rd so I am right behind you, please let me know how your fill goes so scared of that needle. That is a great weight loss I am only down about 12lbs so I haven't lost that much but my clothes are alot looser as well so don't know if I am losing inches, I work out at least 4 or 5 times a week so I am hoping to see some pounds drop!!! GOOD LUCK AGAIN!!!

Oh I am definitely am going to keep going and like I heard some of you say our relationship was alot about food and eating!!!!!!! I have my family's support and all of your support, thanks guys!!!!

My best friend of 13yrs has been so unsupportive of me, I was banded 3 1/2 weeks ago and she did not call or text message me for the first 4 days to even see how I was feeling. Now all that comes out of her mouth is you can just watch your calories and lose it and I say yeah we see how well that was working for me. Now I feel as if I don't even want to be around her at all anymore. She is overweight as well so I think it may be a little bit of jealousy that she's I am losing some weight and working out everyday and eating healthy!!!! I feel like I am losing the best friend that I have, is there anyway to over come this?

Definitely burping is an issue for me, it is constant!!!!! And they are loud burps which is so annoying!!!!! Any ideas of how to get rid of this.

I am only 3 1/2wks post op and day of surgery was taken off my bp med's which I have been on for 8yrs almost and my prescription prilosec for acid reflux!!!!!! It is wonderful.

That is soooo scary to me, is there foods that you just don't even try b/c you heard they don't go down well? I don't think I will ever try rice, pasta or bread I am even scared to do toast!!!!

So what do you guys do when you get stuck after having a fill? I am soooo scared of that happening?

Can food get stuck even when you haven't had a fill yet? Just curious b/c the other day I ate a hard boiled egg and it almost felt like it was stuck going down and then almost like I was choking and I took a drink and it kind of came up..

Kind of scary to feel it when your not expecting it!!

Oh ok so your port is not on the side its in the middle, surprised my dr. never told me where it is located. Thanks guys I was a little taken back when I felt it.

I hate to admit this but I don't know where my port is but the large incision is right above my belly button.

Today after I got done at the gym I happened to touch my large incision in the middle of my abdomen and I felt something really hard underneath. I never noticed it before. Is this my band that I feel?

I know the first 6 weeks is only the healing period after surgery but I have lost about 9lbs since surgery and just stuck there but yesterday I had added about 200 more calories because I was starving and this morning I got on the scale and was down 2lbs!!!!!!! I had about 1050 calories for the day, I have been sticking to about 800 a day. Last night I must admit was totally out of boredom, so my question is could the 800 calories be not enough for me and I am starving myself or is this just a myth????:thumbup:

I would call the dr too. but I was getting a pain in my left side and it felt like something pinching me really hard, it kept me from sleeping so I called the dr and he said it is completely normal and it will go away, which it did. I don't know if that is anything like the pain your having. I hope you feel better and I would ask the dr.

I prob. didn't go the first two days after surgery but then I had the runs for about a week and now its been normal. It sucks not being able to go you feel like crap... Hope you feel better.

Thanks guys for making me feel better, I am back on the right track today just can't wait to get back on the treadmill!!!!!!! Hope my first fill is sometime in the beginning of June I think that may help too!!!!

I ate so much yesterday and feel so guilty about it. I had about 1000 calories and I am only 16 days post op. I joined the gym on Sunday and went twice so far but hurt my knee and was told I have tendonitis so I have to wait for the inflammation to go down before I can start exercising again!!!! I am just getting into a rut and feel like crap. I am trying to hardly eat anything today but I am starving now after eating so much yesterday. HELP!!!!

I don't have any suggestions I just wanted to say that is great that your pants are too big!!!! Do you mind me asking when you were banded and how much you have lost so far? I am 15 days post op and not losing much but my clothes feel alot looser so don't know if its inches I am losing just a little frustrated!!!!

That is horrible that she would scare you like that... Just awful, that pain did kind of scare me though never had it before and only had it for about 2 or 3 days and then haven't had it since!!!!!! Good luck and I hope you feel better!!!

I also was banded on May 3rd and doing great it was a pretty easy recovery for me as well except for gas in the shoulder... I am on fish and mashed potatoes, also today I can start ground chicken and turkey..... YEAH... I have started at the gym so that part has been great. I go back to the dr. on June 11th was hoping to get in sooner than that b/c I am hungry all the time!!!!