Jess55

I never kept much from when I was thinner. I did save some jeans that I just got back into. Though out of the like 5 I had 3 of them are already to big on me. Looks like I will be going to Old Navy or maybe Marshalls soon. Don't want to buy jeans that are to expensive since hopefully I won't be wearing them long. My sweatshirts are to big on me too, need to find somewhere to buy some more. As for wearing different sizes at different weights. A couple years ago I got down to 237 lbs, and by the time I got to maybe 245 or 250 I was able to wear scrubs that were 2XL. I gained weight back and it seemed to all go to my hips, so this time when I was that weight I wasn't able to wear the 2XL due to not going over my hips. I am just now at 230 lbs finally able to get back into 2XL scrubs. Stupid hips...LOL

I too have been stalled since one week after surgery, actually up a few pound once I started protein shakes. I have been on the elliptical 4 times the past week. I started eating ground/chopped food today and have started again tracking with my livestrong iPhone app. Personally I think my stalling is due to to few calories. I had this stalling in the past when I ate to few calories, then I upped it and started losing again. I think I will start losing again soon

My skin always gets super dry in the winter. It does not help that I constantly washing my hands at work either. O learned last year that Vaseline works really well. I put it on at night and put gloves on my hands and socks on my feet works really well

I am just starting my journey, though I am already 80lbs lighter than my highest weight. I have a feeling my skin is not going to be good, my thigh area seems a bit loose already. I am not sure weather I'd do a Tummy tuck or not, but my boobs have pointed down for as long as I can remember and I have always said when I lose weight I'd have them done.

I agree with Iowaguy. And frankly I am getting annoyed with your (fluffytofabulous) know it all attitude. So maybe you've been banded a year, the rest of is are still learning the ways. And I am sure people asking questions did not drive older members away. People come here to ask questions on their journey to being a thinner person. Yes searching for answers instead of posting sometimes can be useful, but it is ok to post. You posted up your "bible". If people are interested they can read that. But it is ok to ask questions as well.

Personally I think the low calories is my problem too. Since I started on Purees I've been trying to up my caloric intake, but there is only so much I can do that. I hate to wait, but I may be stuck until I can start regular food in another 1.5 weeks.

At my one week, we had the big snow storm and I decided to go back to work (when I knew my supervisor would have been ok with me calling out that day due to the snow because she knew I had surgery) and so I shoveled my car out. Yeah, stupid me, I know. I felt fine and hopefully did not damage, I have been staying lifting under 20 lbs actually because I work as a vet, so I have to lift the animals, but I've just kept it under 20, well as close to it as I can. I have to go for a barium swallow, before I get my first fill in 2.5 weeks, and I guess then I will see if I've done any damage to the band placement.

I wish I had your SLOW weight loss, I have been plateaued for 1.5 weeks (not getting on scale 'til Monday). I really don't see how you consider that slow.

Ok, I am so glad that I am not the only one with this problem. I am only on purees right now and I eat and I know I feel full (not painfully so) but I want to eat more. I have to really stop myself from doing so. I know that this is probably what made me fat in the first place

I'm sorry if I plateau for 6 months I dont know what I would do! I know it can be slow, but I expect the scale to move a little

Can anyone else tell me how long it usually lasts?

I work in the veterinary field as a liscenced veterinary technician, I see animals go in surgery all the time, at my job they keep animals on Fentanyl CRI's post op. This was my first surgery, I was actually surprised on how short the pain lasted. Yes I was in pain when I woke up and the rest of the day (the hydrocodone APAP (which I looked up seems to be vicodin with acetominophen) worked wonders. The second day I was still uncomfortable but it wasn't bad and by the third day I had stopped taking the pain meds. I had taken a week off from work to recuperate, because I have a physical job, but I was getting antsy at home at like day 5. I don't know why, but I never realized being intubated is so painful/uncomfortable. My throat was really hurting me when I woke up. But it has taught me something, always go a little smaller when intubating a dog/cat. I never thought about what trying to place a larger tube does to their throats. I am with you though, fluffytofabulous, seeing threads made about being painful after surgery, did you not think having your skin, muscle, and facia cut open was not going to hurt.

The betadine (yellow stuff). Will come off after a couple showers, at least it did for me because I was not about to scrub at my abdomen right away. I was really uncomfortable the day of surgery, but felt a lot better the second day and even better the third. I only took the pain meds the first 3 days. It will get better. As for if the incisions are infected, if the are warm, red and inflamed or if you see any green discharge I would be concerned. But if you had a little discharge now, it may be slightly concerning.

I have been sleeping on my stomach since the day after surgery and my abdomen is a little sore in the morning, but nothing crazy and it usually goes away when I get up.

Yeah, I was going to the gym presurgery. I was doing 30-40 min cardio 3-5 times per week and like 30 min on the weight machines a few times per week. Though I did not go the week prior to surgery

I am 15 days post op now. I lost like 9.8 lbs or my 1 week pre op diet, and 9.4 lbs the week after surgery. Since then I have got up .6 lbs. I have heard people can plateau after surgey. My question is, Is this going to last 'til my first fill? Or maybe only another week? I am only getting in like 600-700 calories a day, I just moved onto mushies yesterday. I did not know that people can plateua after surgery, before I had surgery, so I guess I was under the impression, that post op I would lose a lot quickly and then it would slow, and I guess thinking about it, I did since I lost 19 lbs in 2 weeks (includes pre op). I guess I am just getting frusterated that the scale has not moved except in a little upward fashion. I have started going back to the gym, no weights until next week though, so just the elliptical. Also, Sunday, I burned like 450 calories on the elliptical (I have a polar HR monitor watch with chest strap that tells you exactly how much you burn), but only had like 550 calories that day, is that ok to use that much of your intake, so that in essence I only had 100 calories that day?

First off let me say, I am a LVT (basically a nurse for animals, not with humans) so take my advice as you will. To me that makes no sense. Fluid that they give you through an IV should only be in your blood stream, not under your skin. And even if your catheter infiltrates and you get fluid in your sub Q space it should absorb within a couple hours at the most. If it is right by your breast bone, did they put your port by there, or any incision there? If so it could be a seroma, basically a build up of fluid, maybe due to a suture reaction or something. Sometimes they need to be drained, but a lot of times they may fill up again, or I think you could also warm compress them too.

To be honest, I have had a few slip ups, and have eating a little real food, which includes some pretzels at work. I only today was supposed to start mushie/puree portion. (I hope you won't send me to lapband hell for that) So I hope I did not screw up to bad, and I was good today. I am going to try to be good for the next 2 weeks and not eat stuff I am not supposed to yet. It is just so hard, more so at work. I mean only 3 people know what I had done, so it is had to answer when I had a shake for lunch, why aren't I eating.

Yeah, I am very clutzy sometimes. I was trying to take it out with one hand (only ever got one pot holder, guess I need to get a second one). I agree with Amber, I think I still will be clutzy at 150 too...LOL. Though Mattie, it would be great if accidents decreased with my weight.

Well I am 2 weeks out today too. And I had the same thing for dinner. You probably got it from www.theworldaccordingtoeggface.com. That's where I got it. Unfortunately when taking it out of my oven I spilled half of it all over my oven. Looks like I am going to learn how to clean my oven tomorrow....lol. Today was my first day of mushies. It felt good to actually eat something. I lost like 9 lbs the first week and the second I went up .5 lbs it is bumming me. I am hoping this week the scale will move again

I will, though if you hear anything too, let me know. I am going to ask a girl at work tomorrow that has a lap band. And possibly call the surgeons office

For the past 3 days at least once a day I have been getting bad heartburn. I am 13 days post op and I also had a hiatal hernia repair. I had gotten heartburn in the past, now I assume due to the hiatal hernia, but never every day like this. Has anyone suffered post op heartburn like this, or should I contact my surgeon? I do have to go for a barium swallow prior toy next visit in a like 3 weeks. I wonder if I should do it now to make sure it hasn't slipped or anything.

Yeah, I have done Jenny Craig. The food is expensive, it took me 3 years to lose 70 lbs, then I went off and gained most of it back. I joined Weight Watchers before I could gain it all back. I lost like 30 lbs, then started gaining and losing the same few lbs, and I decided to finally do something for good and went to a seminar for WLS

When I was admitted to the hospital and they were getting my IV in and everything they put a scopalamne patch behind my ear. Anti nausea patch, also they had me take an antacid, not sure what kind it was but it tasted horrible. I did not get nauseas at all after surgery. I left the patch on for like 3 days I think. Though I found out that it messes with your eyesight. I am with you, I hate to throw up, and I have not yet, I am only 12 days out though. Hopefully I will try to remember always to chew chew chew my food, because I think I will be totally miserable if I ever get stuck. I only took the pain meds for 3 days post op, and I only took them the third day because I got TOM and I got wicked cramps. Though at work yesterday I got really bad heart burn, not sure why. I had a hiatal hernia fixed during my surgery so I thought I would not get heart burn anymore, will have to remember to ask my surgeon when I go back. But as for pain post op, it was not bad, it was only bad the first day and basically when I woke up, but the nurse was right there when I woke up and gave me Fentanyl (I beleive it was) right away and I fell right back asleep.

Yeah I started back at the gym yesterday. I only was able to do 15 min on the elliptical, but I plan to work my way back up slowly