HoneyBrown

I just got banded yesterday and I'm not hurting, but i have some discomfort around my stomach, how long is that discomfort going to be there for?

Congrats on your weightloss!! I was banded yesterday. Just getting a tad used to it

I am not in pain, but I feel uncomfortable like someone punch me in my stomach. I did take my pain pill just in case so I wouldn't be in pain the next morning. Im up now because I was drowsy earlier and went to sleep early so i'm up now. My incision by my navel was bleeding last night on my pillow and I had to wash my decor pillow really good, so I have extra bandages and I place it ontop so it wouldn't leak through my shirt again. My doctor told me to wait till late tomorrow evening to remove bandages and put peroxide on them. I been drinking EAS advantage chocolate protein shake it is delicious and I don't have a problem with it, I also have the Vanilla flavor haven't taste that yet though. I had sugar free jello and pudding, and Campbells chicken noodle soup without the chicken and noodles, i just drained it with the strainer and threw it away. My doc told me to make sure I walk, so I did walk for 15 min yesterday. Well thats my update.

I feel the same way I always been heavy since 5th grade...weird..I wonder what I would look like

I completed my 3 hour class about the surgery. It was very informative and the instructor was amazing. Our instructor had the Gastro surgery so she knew first hand about this journey we all are taking. I am glad I made the decision to do the lap band. A lot of what she said made sense. She gave us names of different protein shakes that didn't taste too awful, so I will be getting that shortly. I had my one on one with Dr. Clark and he answered all of my questions. Now in the class it says no BREAD , no PASTA and NO RICE. I love those three things, but I will not eat it because you may eat just a tiny piece of those things or have a tiny bit that you think is a small amount but once it's in your stomach it becomes bigger, so if you think a spoonful of rice is nothing, it could actually become bigger once it's digested. Also I learned that you can chew gum but don't swallow it, if you swallow it, it may become stock and block food from digesting properly in your stomach. Also I like the analogy the instructor used, she said if you eat too much you could vomit it all up, sort of like if you continue to fill a sink up it will soon overflow. If you guys are in Hampton Roads, I recommend the Weight Loss Surgery on Jefferson Blvd, newportnews, Va to you, because they are very informative and supportive. No question is a dumb question. I'm excited because I have a supportive team near me! Also I learned if you have any negative people near you, you must dismiss them, you need all the support you can get!

That's my date too! Let's be banding buddies!!!

Thats GREAT! WOW 100 lbs is a major accomplishment, you give me HOPE!

yayyyyyyyyyy whooop whoooop

lol thank youuu

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yayyy the day right after me, im going to add you so we can follow up with each other

Exactly I been overweight for a long time. Its time for a change.

Thank you :thumbup:

I'm glad I have made this decision to get banded. My date is July 12th. I let someone hinder me from doing this two years ago, an ex friend of mine, she told me only lazy people got the surgery and If i got it she would be so mad at me for not trying. Truth is I have tried and tried. One time in my life I lost 20lbs. and then I don't know what the hell happened. But I been big all my life I was in plus sizes in middle school. I can't remember when I was small, I was always a chunky munky. I seen some pictures when I was like 7 and I was mad skinny but from there I have no idea what happen...Good virginia cooking I guess. But back to the point, I remember being so upset with her and I didn't share my pain with her because she wouldn't have understood. One day we went into a Charlotte Rousse and she was all like help pick out an outfit and find you something...NOW SHE KNOW DAMN WELL NO PLUS SIZES ARE IN THAT DAMN STORE...but she was all like plus sizes are here...ummm no boo boo 12 isn't me im a size 24/26..I was upset I didn't want to go to another store with her ass from that day forward. Keep in mind my two best friends that I have they are small and I have no problems going to the store with them because they don't make me feel like shit lol. But it was the way she did things that really blew smoke out of my ears. we're no longer friends because she now has a boyfriend and no one is relevant to her but him...she TEXTED me five days later after my birthday...then she was too busy to talk to me when I called..I only called because I was crying about the death of my Grandma which she died a month before my birthday...yeah so this year started off with fuckery...but next year...things will turn around... :thumbup::tongue::scared2:

all of my friends supports me right now. but i had befriended someone (she doesn't know that im getting surgery) but i remember like two years ago i was talking about surgery and she was all like YOU CAN WORK THAT OFF, PEOPLE THAT GET IT IS JUST LAZY ASSES and then she was like I would be so madd if you got that surgery and blah blah blah....and now that I look at it i wonder why I let that heffa hold me back from doing me. And not to mention she's super skinny, and when I was trying to lose weight she was complaining about some damn love handles THAT I DIDN'T SEE and she got mad when I was like..nope don't see them

Hmmmm you have one of those friends too...like when they didn't have a man they would always hang around you, now that they have a man now, it's forget you.

Thanks! I am going to do this its all about me and my health

Okay this guy I used to mess with (4yrs known) , he's all like he think I should wait and try to lose weight on my own first before I make rational decisions. First of all 2 yrs ago he claimed if he hadn't just gotten out of a relationship he would be with me. He played this lil games of saying I love you's;then when I caught feelings he had the NERVE to say..I don't like you like THAT I thought we were friends. now in 2010 he has this girlfriend he been with for 2 yrs that he previously lied about. He hits me up on IM all the time telling me i'm beautiful and blah blah.all I have to say is.I'm getting fit and fab, and will he have a chance? NO. He want to be FRIENDS, sure I can be FRIENDS because my feelings for him has been caught in the wind somewhere. I bet he is going to SO wish he never let a good woman like me go. ALSO my friend that I talk to occasionally said what I was doing was dumb. Dumb for ME or YOU is what I wanted to ask, i just told him its my damn body and he has no say so over it and i hung up. He can go kick rocks with no damn shoes on because he has YET to take me on a date, we been talking since Feb now are you serious, please get out my face, he keep texting me now that I been stop paying him attention since two months ago, now he think he can make negative comments about my surgery...HA not And I SO can't wait to turn some heads. I want to be fierceeee by my birthday Jan 3rd!!!

Random blogs are good lol, question what type of protein shakes you drink on and is it good

Okay this guy I used to mess with (4yrs known) , he's all like he think I should wait and try to lose weight on my own first before I make rational decisions. First of all 2 yrs ago he claimed if he hadn't just gotten out of a relationship he would be with me. He played this lil games of saying I love you's;then when I caught feelings he had the NERVE to say..I don't like you like THAT I thought we were friends. now in 2010 he has this girlfriend he been with for 2 yrs that he previously lied about. He hits me up on IM all the time telling me i'm beautiful and blah blah.all I have to say is.I'm getting fit and fab, and will he have a chance? NO. He want to be FRIENDS, sure I can be FRIENDS because my feelings for him has been caught in the wind somewhere. I bet he is going to SO wish he never let a good woman like me go. And I SO can't wait to turn some heads. I want to be fierceeee by my birthday Jan 3rd!!!

SOUNDS GOOD, im scared lol my date is July 12th. But you make me feel more comfortable to go. Did you have any other attachments to you while you woke up? or was that it

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