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They have to move a lot around to get in there. If you watched the video of the operation, you'd know why. It will get better!!! A heating pad feels great too! Audree

rms78645 OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still have it 7 days post op. I can only have a cup of coffee in the morning. Lunch and dinner, I get full of 1 cup of liquid and can not physcally eat anymore. I feel full up to my throat. How do you feel?

The band feels even tighter when you don't drink water. For me, I mistook thirst pangs for hunger pangs. It helped me feel full.

I went to Albertson's and found a soup mix in a bad type of thing. It was all the seasoning, chicken broth powder, powdered veggies, etc. You are really supposed to add the chicken and tortilla strips, but I just added it to the water and boiled. I added a little shredded cheese. IT WAS THE BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: It had little pieces of veggies, so I pureed it in my little food processor. I can't tell you how good it was. I am going to be on the lookout for some others, but if all I had was that, I'd be in Heaven for the next 2 weeks, it was that good!!!! Audree

Me too!!! I can't get anything more than a coffee with soymilk for Protein in the morning due to being EXTREMELY tight! If I am not home and busy, I don't even think about eating. That has never happened to me. I used to always be thinking what I was going to eat. Like tonight, we went to a birthday party, I would have been thining where we were going to go out to eat, etc. But, I didn't. I only thought about getting home to my little yogurt I eat in the evening.

Thanks for all your encouragement! I am glad you are here too!!! Yeah, I am pretty surprised my incisions are all healed completely. The liquid bandage (surgical crazy glue) is actually gone on two of them and they are totally healed up, only a little red. If you need my email to request me as a friend it is Audree_Vasallo@hotmail.com (there is an underscore between my first and last name, but you just can't see it) Talk to you soon!!!!Audree:biggrin1:

Welcome all the new January bandsters!!!! Wow, we keep rolling in!!!! The gas will get better. The first 3 days were my hardest. Don't forget to drink your water or you will feel real out of it and it made me have hunger pangs! Audree

I am feeling really good. I am very restricted. Would you compare your restriction to when you were first operated?

Shiela!!!!!!!! I have been thinking about you! I am so glad you are doing so good! I am on post op day 7 and feeling great! Keep us posted on how you are doing!!!:clap2: Audree

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He is really, really good. My scars will be very unnoticable. He sutures from the inside and uses surgical crazy glue on the outside to hold the wound closed. It has a better result of a scar. It was a perfect experience. The only thing that happened was I threw up after surgery, but I always get like that after surgery of any kind. Audree

Hey, if you have restriction without needing a fill, more power to you!!!! Audree

I haven't weighed in but I can tell I lost weight!!! http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/P1120655.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/P1120654.jpg

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I haven't weighed in, but I can tell I lost weight by my scar pics! http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/P1120655.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/P1120654.jpg

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Wow, I haven't weighed in, but I can tell I have lost weight!!! http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/P1120655.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/P1120654.jpg

Wow, I haven't weighed in, but I can tell I have lost weight!!! http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/P1120655.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/P1120654.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/PC250628.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/PC250627-1.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/PC250626-1.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/PC250628.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/PC250627-1.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/AudreeVas/PC250626-1.jpg

I felt the worse the 1st three days too, but it got sooooooooooooo much better. I have no pain now in any way. I am so happy I did it! You will feel so too, just give it about a week. Also, the anesthesia can make you feel really out of it mentally and physcially. Audree

I bought it from my chinese herbalist, but you can check the site http://www.goldvitamins.com/quickslim30.htm I used them pre band and it worked better for me than any prescription appetite control pill! Audree

I am newly banded, 1 week post op and I was just wondering if what I am feeling in restriction is comparable to the "sweet spot"? Thanks!!!!:clap2: Audree

Yeah, the Chinese Herbalist thing is worth trying. They do things a lot different then they do here. They look at your eyes, tongue, hands, blood pressure, so many different things. I had a hormonal imbalance that he addressed. Keep us posted to let us know how you are doing!!!! Audree

Thanks!! I actually like where I am at and am guessing that this is what the "sweet spot" would feel like. Audree