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    1 week after..

    By someuser,

    I can't believe I'm 1 week out from my surgery. The first 3 days I was so nauseated that the thought of liquids other than water touching my lips made me gag.
     
    By day 4 I was actually willing to have some sort of soup but definitely NOT chicken broth. My mom is Thai so she made a Thai soup which she always made me when I was sick, called Khao Tom (Rice soup). It's basically as it sounds, but the rice is cooked so long and it turns into yummy rice flavored liquid. I was still forcing myself to eat because I just didn't have the hungry feeling. It was so weird I could feel my stomach growling, it was like, "what's going on down there!"
     
    Around day 6 and 7 I could start feel my hunger coming back. Not to the point where I was starving but when my tummy grumbled I knew I was a bit hungry. I've been reading the forums and found that Egg drop soup is good protein and since I love Egg drop soup, that's all I've been eating. I'm still only consuming about 400 calories a day and trying to get in my protein shakes.
     
    And the port and gas pain is so annoying. For the first few days it was hard to even go to the restroom, at times I'd sit there for about 30 mins trying to figure out a way to maneuver getting up so that it didn't hurt. I thought I had a pretty high tolerance for pain but I thought wrong. I was and am still worried about moving around weird that I'll mess something up. Right now I can walk and move around and bend down without feeling much pain but I still worry. My incisions seem to be healing well but I don't know whats going on inside there.. I'd hate to have something go wrong. And my stomach itches like crazy!
     
    I can't believe I actually had the surgery, it still doesn't feel like I really did it. Probably not until I get some restriction and I can start working out again will I notice. Not so much about the weight but more so the change in my life.
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    I am having my surgery tomorrow morning and for some reason I am less worried now than I was the last few days. It's nice to have people around to support me.
     
    I just hope I've done all the right things to help the surgery go by smoothly. I haven't cheated on my pre-op diet and I've been taking all my vitamins, drinking LOTS of water and just trying to keep myself stress free.
     
    There are moments I think about the pain and recovery but I know it will all be worth it.
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    I'm on the 7th day of the liquid pre-op diet. I have 3 more days to go! I am feeling a little more hungrier today than other days, and I spoke with my dietitian and she said I could have maximum of 80g of carbs and 20g of fat, total. I was limiting myself to 20g carbs and 10g fat. No wonder I don't have any energy.
     
    I would increase the intake but I only have 3 days left so I might not, and I'm worried it'll make my liver too large. But I'm also worried I may be ruining it for myself by only consuming 500 calories... like my body will get used to the lesser calories and refuse to lose weight when I get the band.
     
    I've also been reading up on horror stories regarding the band, and I'm getting worried and almost doubtful that the band will actually work for me. I really cannot imagine myself being thin, it feels like I'm just fooling myself, wishful thinking..
     
    Well only 3 days left until my surgery, only time will tell!
  4. someuser
    My surgery is Monday June 28th, 2010. I'm currently on Day 6 of the liquid Pre Op diet.
     
    3 months prior, I met with Dr. Sunil Bhoyrul for the first time. He said he was going to do everything in his power to help me and get me ready for my new life. He wanted me to first lose 40lbs. I pushed really hard, working out 3 days a week, eating healthy-ish meals, smaller portions. May 21st I received the call that I was Approved for the Lap Band. I then had to start the 2 week liquid Pre Op diet.
     
    I knew I could do it, since I already conditioned myself the last 3 months, but I also knew that I would have those hard times. Surprisingly enough, it hasn't been that bad. I'm rarely hungry and I pretty much only drinking chicken broth, protein shakes, and LOTS of water.
     
    My surgery is in 5 days, I'm getting nervous but also excited. I hope everything goes well and I'm not in too much pain.

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