steveelea

Hiya 123crod, thanx for the warm welcome to the forum and my new life as a bandit Weel I have less than a week now and can't wait. I will try not to be nervous but I prob will be on the day, just the whole going into surgery is a little scary. I should be used to it becuase I have 3 gorgeous children all born by c-section. Congrats on your band and going so well....can I ask it says that your band was done in July and you said you were 3.5 weeks post op....did you have it redone?? Thanks again for the warm wishes and I will definately keep in touch

Thanks so much Kiz....Its a huge relief and I know I will be able to get there :thumbdown: As for after the op, I am able to have any form of liquids including things like "up and go" its like a long life milk and broths etc. They don't have to be powdered drinks YAY :thumbup: Anything that is liquid consistency is fine for us to have, and they say as long as it fits easily through a MacDonald's straw, then its a liquid and we can have it. I have planned on having chicken broth (home made) and any soups like tomato that I can dilute with water that are smooth and runny liquid consistency. I will also have a few up and go's for the protein, so I know I will be able to do the post op liquid stage. As I said before a liquid diet or any diet is a pain, but its ok as long as you can tolerate what you are drinking. In my case the powdered shakes I just can't tolerate unfortunately.

Thanks so much guys for the support. I rang my dietitian thisarvo, and she said if i am really having trouble tolerating it then they have a food diet equivalent that I can go on that will do the same thing. Its only very small meals but I dont care as my hunger isnt the problem. My problem is that I just cant stand the powder mixes and every time i try to swallow them i dry retch. The only thing I can stand is the berry crunch bars but I cant even manage 4 of them a day as I am supposed to have. I am prepared to go without for the sake of the band and the end result, believe me I have thought about this for the last 7 years, I just wish that I could have had the atkins diet instead of the powdered drink and bars. In all the time leading up to my surgery, my biggest fear was the diet shakes as I know I have never been able to tollerate them before when I have tried. We all know that no diets are nice, but I have always had trouble with the shakes and powdered foods unfortunately :thumbdown: Anyhow,, I will be able to do the food equivilant and I am sure that I will cope a lot better with that. Thanks for your positive wishes, it means a lot. You can feel so isolated at this time and its nice to have some encouraging words :thumbup:

I am day 4 of my 14 day pre-op diet and I am really having trouble. I am on the optifast meal replacement and i cant take another drink! I am having the bars and I am not hungry, but just that powdered taste is so vial and its making me feel physically sick at the thought of eating. I rang my dietitian and asked her if the high protein diets shrunk the liver too, and she said yes but its not good long term. I said what about just pre surgery and she said its not got enough nutrition in it. Well at the moment i am supposed to be having 4 meal replacements a day because i have a high BMI, and i am having 2 because i just cant stomach it. I am thinking i should just replace one meal with protein and have the drinks/bars the other times but i am scared that my liver wont shrink enough and i will have to have open surgery. My surgeon and dietitian are so strict on the optifast being the only thing we can have but I have 11 more days of this! Would love some opinions/advice

Hi all Im going to be banded on the 9th of November and I am very very excited!!!!!! I have been waiting a long long time for this and thinking about it for years. Looking into all the pro's and con's but I think for me the hardest part will be this pre-op shake diet BLAAHHHHHHH.....I hate it.....but I have the big picture in mind and It's only 2 weeks out of my life. Funny the pre-diet has been my dread from the begining. There is something about powdered milk shakes that is just not nice at all Great Idea!:scared2: I have just started a blog site at: My Lap Band Journey - Home Not much info on there as yet as I have only just started it, bhave found it helps to keep me motivated to talk about whats happening. I really need t try to keep motivated during this awful pre-op stage as I am finding it really hard. Look forward to the new group of November lap banders

Hi there, Im on the pre op drink for 2 weeks (im in australia) and i have only been doing in 2 days and its killing me :cursing: I would give anything to be able to not have powdered meals and be able to eat protein and some vegies or anyhting that isnt powdered!

Hi Everyone....just thought I would pop in and say HI! My name is Leanne and I am from Australia. I am getting my lap band in just a little less than 2 weeks now and am going through the pre-surgery meal replacers and its hard :scared2: Thought I needed some support so I thought i would join this forum and chat to other people that have been through and are going through this life changing surgery.....counting down the days and I cant wait (although I am very very nervous :cursing:) Hope to chat with you all soon Take care :cursing: