bandedjen

I highly doubt you have stretched it. The liquid goes through pretty quickly and most of us here have had that sick full feeling !

I liked Jay Robb the best. Used choc powder, light hersheys and peanut butter for shake. Used unflavored in soups, applesauce, apple juice etc.

Congrats! I used a lot of protein powder. I like Jay Robb the best. The chocolate and un-flavored. Ate a lot of jello, drank a lot of apple juice with unflavored protein powder during liquid phase. Ate applesauce and lots of soup. Tried the protein drinks/shots they are freaking DISGUSTING. Wasted a ton of money on stuff i ended up throwing out. Soup at hands were my best friend. Could eat for dinner and at work.

the low carbs are going to drop you quick!

Just wanted to see if anyone else has uploaded vids about their band to youtube! I think it is so therapeutic! My name is JenBandtastic please tell me yours i love watching other peoples vids! http://www.youtube.com/user/JenBandtastic?feature=mhum

Hello! I also had hiatal hernia repair along with lapband! (and gallbladder removal 20 days earlier...whew) No problems with me! I had to stay overnight anyways due to sleep apnea but it rocked because I got that morphine pump :-)

NO SPRITE OR GINGER ALE!!!! Oh and those whey protein shots....effing the most disgusting thing. I bought two boxes and only took like 2 shots! Don't buy a lot at one time! Got chicken broth, isopure (still kind of gross), jello, protein powder, apple juice. (the apple juice with unflavored protein powder got me through it!

Oh...and it is one of the safest surgery's you can have!

I think that there are a lot of people out there that see obesity as laziness and lack of will power. I think that plays into their opinions of WLS and they see it as the easy way out. My brother who can eat ANYTHING and still be great weight wise was against me having the surgery and I just had to do what I knew was right for me. Screw all those neysayers!

My doctor was really a pain about the cpap...wouldnt let me get surgery until I had actually picked the machine up from the DME company. They also made me stay overnight to monitor breathing (actually a GOOD thing, got the good meds!) Now I haven't been using it since surgery, I know I should but I wake up all through the night.

Ugh I feel the itching at times! Very strange, not sure what causes it but it typically goes away.

Wow i'm jealous you got 4.5cc! I had 2cc put in on surgery day and 1st fill added 2cc. Total of 4cc in 10cc band, and need more! Able to eat everything!!

I was eating eggs the first time I got stuck and of course it was in front of a ton of ppl! I felt like i was dying!

This happens to me as well. At first able to eat easily, then tight then easily, all within like ten minutes!

oh honey do i know what you mean! Even the smell of chicken broth makes me nauseous now! I had the EXACT same pain. I was freaking miserable and then the 3rd day I walked around a lot and took gas-x. I ended up feeling better by the 4/5th day. I promise it will get better! I was so so upset and in pain I cried too!