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I've been rejected for surgery twice now (once on the day of surgery) due to health concerns that I won't bore you with. I'm trying one more time. I found a doctor about an hour away who might be willing to work with me, provided he gets letters of clearance and the 2 week liquid diet I'm on improves my lab scores. The 2 weeks were technically up yesterday, but because of the long weekend I have to wait until Tuesday to get my blood drawn. The surgeon also wants me to get a fibroscan of my liver, to see if it's shrunk. I've been trying to schedule this fibroscan for 2 weeks, and so far nada. I spoke to someone at the hospital Friday who said that even after the test is ordered, I'll have to wait a week to have it for insurance reasons. I'm really hoping the surgeon doesn't make me stay on this liquid diet all the way until whenever I can get the fibroscan! Ingesting nothing but diet drinks and protein shakes is making me nuts. Yesterday was my birthday, and it was a pretty big bummer not to be able to have anything but liquid. I'm trying very hard to be positive, and view this as training for when I eventually get the surgery. I'm sure I'll be frustrated by how little I can eat then, too. I'm just trying to deal with the hunger a little bit at a time . . . I'll tell myself that I can cope with it for 15 more minutes, and then at the end of that time I'll focus on 15 more. I'm also trying to point out to myself when I'm just head hungry--which happens a lot. Even on the scale of liquid diets, mine is fairly strict, and I'm sick of everything on it. I crave stuff, but that's head hunger. I do not actually need pizza or Chinese food to survive. I watch a lot of DVD's and take naps to suck up time. Even still, the end of this liquid diet can't come too soon for me!
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I need help, I just had another fill and im up to 6ml in a 10ml band. Previously at 5ml, I could eat small amounts, I would get the full feeling and my portion sizes dropped and I was loosing good weight. I could comfortably eat when I chewed etc. Now with 1 extra mil in my band I have problems eating soft fruit, yoghurt, even drinking some things, I only have to take 1 bite of food, chew and most of the time it gets stuck and I end up vomiting, then sometimes I can eat, but it feels like im swallowing a golf ball and I get pains in my chest but the food does go down. When I can eat without problems (only sometimes) I still get an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach. Is this to tight? Or is this the right restriction, it hasnt been the most pleasant experience and I'm almost waiting 15 minutes inbetween bites.
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Realize that this is the time which you are still healing, so weight loss is not going to be the highest priority. As others have mentioned, it's your portion control and changing your relationship with food which will make the difference. You cannot rely solely on fills for weight loss, for even with restriction your band will not stop you from eating the wrong things. I had to wait 14 weeks post op for my first fill, and still managed to lose weight. Weight loss with the band is healthy eating along with portion control and exercise...but it is also about your mindset. There is a psychology behind obesity that plays a role as well. The more you know about it, the better coping tools you will have to help. Best wishes for success...
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is it that some foods seem to go right through? I was adjusted yesterday for the second time after an unfill. this morning I had some scrambled eggs wich sat in the pouch like they should have. I was elated, as it's the first time the band has worked in months. then for dinner tonight I had a grilled chicken salad. I kept waiting for the full signal, wich never came. I ate the entire salad! so now I'm thinking something has happened to the band. so as a test I had a slice of bread. bad move. the band is definitely still working. it took several minutes of vomiting to get the bread out. so I don't understand why the salad went through so easily?
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frothing it happens 2 the best of us
Momto3redheads replied to Pezo's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I hear ya - just when I think maybe I am able to eat too much food...then I have another day where I don't want to eat hardly anything....so as long as I am still loosing the doc said not to worry about coming back for a fill. (which is fine by me as it costs me a co pay every time I walk thru his doors) I hate the sliming, tho...it happens to me once in awhile, too. -
My suggestions till you see your doc next week: Don't eat anything after dinner...it makes you tighter in the mornings if you go to bed with food in your pouch (just in case you are a late-night snacker). Drink 4-6 ounces of Water before bed, then follow it with 2-3 ounces of Aloe Vera juice. It heals anything from top to bottom. Good stuff. Take a Prilosec or other acid-reducer at least daily, if not twice daily. Stay on liquids until you go at least a day without PBing, then keep your diet soft mushies at the most until you are seen. It's possible you are too tight if the reflux causes swelling and the swelling causes PBs, round and round you go. If you do the above things and get any swelling down that WILL go down, you may be able to start fresh. My concern for you is that if it takes 1 PB to get you on this downward spiral, unable to recover, you are too tight. With the erosions and slippages going on here lately, I'd be very concerned about being too tight. You have 50 pounds to your next goal...keep that band healthy so it will be there for you. Learn not to rely on tight restriction to limit your food. Use your head to eat properly and use your band to help you follow through on a well-balanced diet, because you know it's easier to do it banded, and virtually impossible unbanded. Re-think? Maybe? You tell me if this is an area of needed improvement for you. If not, get unfilled and go back at it!
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I was told to do liquid for the rest of the day the day of my fill and the next day but after that to go back to regular food. I had problems with my fill being too tight. I just went for my second unfill and I'm fine now. I would call your doctor and tell him/her what's going on and they will probably get you to come back to take some out.
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I went in this afternoon my 2 week post-op appointment. My recovery has went smoothly up until yesterday when I noticed redness around my largest incision. Today it was even more red and started oozing this afternoon. So now I'm on a 5 day round of antibiotics. Hope it clears up soon! Good news is my doc was happy with my weight loss and moved me to pureed foods! Refried Beans never tasted so good!
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At the moment, you are too tight. Whether or not that is because you have too much fill, or are irritated/swollen from the recent fill, I could not say. Do you do liquids for a day or two after your fill? That's usually recommended. If you stay on liquids for five days, and are still too tight after that, then I would recommend a slight unfill. If after 5 days of liquids you can handle well-chewed food then you're fine, and you're just irritated at the moment. However, if you cannot tolerate any liquids for more than a day or two, you MUST get an unfill regardless of the reason for being too tight. Either that, or be put on an IV to stay hydrated.
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8 Days Post Op..
Jack Fabulous replied to time4menow's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was THRILLED to be moving to mushy foods! And the weight still came off. I was losing about 2 lbs a day on liquids; 1 lbs a day on pureed foods; and 1/2 lbs a day on solids. You will continue to lose. Just make good food choices. -
14 DAYS POST OP ....WHAT TO DO ON THURSDAY
twoboysandagirl replied to YOLANDA240's topic in Food and Nutrition
I say go and eat what you are suppose to! I think it is really sad that people think Thanksgiving is about the food! It is really about being thankful for all the blessings we have. Go! spend time with your family. Explain to your aunt that the food looks and smells delicious and you are so grateful to have her and then tell her that you won't be able to eat but you wanted to be with her and the rest of the family onThanksgiving. That is just my two cents...what ever you decide Happy Thanksgiving! You have a new sleeve to be thankful for! -
Sugar Free problems?
James Marusek replied to kell778's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
After surgery everything is in transition. There is the transition from full liquids to pureed foods to solids; the transition in allowed meal volume; and the transition to allowed food categories. Each transition opens up new opportunities. So experiment. In Indiana they have a saying. If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes. It is sort of like that with food after surgery. I documented the approach I used after surgery in the following article. I hope it is of help. http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery.pdf -
YAY! Started onto mushies...help please?!?
alm73 replied to BeachBish's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I am just now starting mushies as well and am having a hard time eating an entire 1/2 cup because I'm so scared that ill overeat. I've always "cleaned my plate", which is part of what got me here to begin with, & now I still really want to finish my food, but can't tell if I'm full. So I just stop eating. A little after I stop eating, either I'm overfull or bloated. I don't know which. Sent from my iPhone using LapBandTalk -
Hello... I am going to be banded on March 12th and I have been meaning to stock up on the gas-x. My surgeon's office told me to also buy sugar-free Citracel for regularity. They also said it makes you feel full (fiber). Interesting thing: I'm currently on the liquid diet phase... it's not been easy...but getting easier. My cravings have changed from pizza, cheeseburgers, french fries to foods such as chicken breast, tuna, baked fish, baked potatos, green Beans and corn. I have no idea what this all means except to say at first I was grieving the high calorie foods that made me fat... but then I started thinking how delicious normal, healthier food sounded. I'm also pretty lucky, although I have researched the band for years, I just made the decision to have it in mid-January and I'm scheduled for surgery in mid-March. That went very quickly. I'm thankful for that and so very excited about getting the band. Cheers and best wishes to us! :laugh:
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Anyone else work from or stay at home??
Jachut replied to cristina's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I would seriously say being a stay at home mother/student is 3/4 of the cause of my weight problem. I never gained much till I became a stay at home mother. At the moment, I'm on teaching rounds, meaning I'm working full time. 3 small meals per day is easy as anything to stick to. Spend a day at home and I eat 3 times as much. I cannot wait to return to full time work next year. I swear I'll finish this weight loss and get right down to my ultimate goal once I'm not at home and able to eat whenever the urge strikes. Teaching is a great job for that because in our schools, there's no vending machines, or junk food or ability to buy food, you have to take lunch from home and what you take is all there is. Kids can get lunch orders, but its nothing too tempting. Those are teriffic suggestions above, I'm going to try them too. -
Hi Shiny - I think you are making two excellent steps; good luck with them. For me, I'm a volume eater, so my challenge is to keep the snack to an appropriate size...the food is ok, but just the volume. I REALLY need to work on that. part of me says if I just give up the snack, I won't have the problem, but that's avoidance, not dealing with the issue. I have to retrain my brain - and it is a very stubborn thing!!!
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Your doctor has you on pureed food until your first fill? Wow! I didn't get my first fill for 8 weeks! That would have been agony, that is for sure. I got to eat regular food after 2-3 weeks.
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I just had a slight unfill. My band was much tighter while I am going through a lupus flare up. Inflammation...... I also wonder though if people who have a too tight band feel like they can eat alot if they've stretched or overloaded their pouches so more food goes in (not necessarily through). No one has said that to me...just a thought. Anyway, I like to be really tight, but I was tight enough that I was starting to reflux and slime. So I'm minus .3 today...my one year anniversary!
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Hi everyone. I was banded on November 6 and everything went off without a hitch. I went home that night, took the weekend to recuperate, and was back at work on Monday. I haven't had any gas or any real pain or nausea or vomiting, although I have been a little constipated. However, I don't feel any real restriction when I eat or drink. Is that normal? I ate a whole can of fat free refried beans last night, which I know can't be good, but I was hungry and it didn't hurt so I kept going (which of course I regretted after). I'm eating all pureed and mushy food right now after 10 days of liquids and thin soups (which I stuck to for the most part, although not perfectly). I lost 12 pounds via my preop diet and I've lost only 2 pounds since then. Is this normal? Is it possible I've stretched the pouch by accident? Or do I just need to wait until my first band fill to really get what this whole experience will be like? My starting weight was 212, I'm at 198 now, and I'd like to be 135. I'm a female, 38 years old, 5'6. Just curious if anyone has an opinion about why I'm feeling so little restriction? I'm feeling like I'm going to have to really 'diet' still to get where I want to go and feel a little disappointed so far.
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I have a question about food
hopeandfaith replied to hopeandfaith's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
So that is why about 5 minutes after I eat or should I say drink certain foods I have to go to the bathroom ASAP? THANK YOU! -
You're in Twoterville! Congrats!!! I pulled muscles in my abdomen a week or two ago, so I know how painful that can be. I didn't even think of it when you posted about the pain earlier. Are you already doing ab work or did you pull it from the strain of getting up without using your tummy muscles? Great post-op visit and I'm glad he moved you up to stage 4. Is that soft foods for you?
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I had the sleeve 07/08/2011. I have lost 100% of my excess body fat. I have a cousin who had the sleeve and he deals with bowel obstructions from having his intestines re-routed. I don't have to. He also has the issues with malnoutrition and foods he can't eat. I can eat anything I want and I have no malnoutrition issues. I lost 100% of my excess bodyfat and he has lost about 75%. My sleeve cannot stretch back to the size of my old stomach. His pouch can, which can allow him to re-gain all of his weight back if he doesn't be careful. Yes, I can eat around my sleeve, but I am going to have to make a conscience effort to sabotage myself. If you are committed to make a change, either surgery will get your weight down, for sure. I just didn't want the complications bypass brings to the table. Yes, there are risks with the sleeve as there are with all surgeries. But for me, the sleeve was the right choice.
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I ate meat during the puree stage. My fav thing was baked ricotta from the world according to eggface website. I still eat it now!
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Hello my name is Malika I go by the name complulsive09. My bestfriend gave me that name. She gave me that name because I worry about everything. (lol) I always worried about my weight but didnt really know what to do. I did all the things everyone did to lose weight but didn't really know how to eat and what to eat. My highest weight was 303 lbs. I currently weigh 250 lbs. I was banded 6/16/09.(280 lbs. day of sugery) I lost 40 lbs. with the band. But currently just gaind 10 lbs. I been doing this for the past 2 months of ganing and losing. This band is a tool not a cure me. I love this band it was the best thing I could have done for myself. I love the results. Everyday is a challenge. Some days I wish the band would do all the work. I come to realize that I am not one of the ones who can just cut back and the weight will come off. I HAVE TO WORKOUT!!! But thats okay I love to workout. (when I go lol). Okay let me tell you how it is living with the band. The surgery was not a walk in the park but I would do it all over again. I CAN STILL EAT EVERYTHING. THERE IS NOTHING I CAN'T EAT. Food gets stuck if I eat to fast. But I can't eat as much as I was able to before I was banded. And that is why I got the band. I laugh at the amount of food I eat now. (and my friends laugh also) The one thing I don't like about this band the 5/30 rule drinking 5 mins before you eat and 30 mins after you eat. I sometimes think oh I waited long enough after eating and think oh I can drink now and OUCH. Today I decided I was going to continue my journey on this site. I use this site to keep me going. I needed to do something different. I tried to write in a journal. That was not working for me. I need feed back!!
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Stuck And Feeling So Crappy
DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! replied to jeani81's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
It's definitely a learning experience. One of the two times I was really stuck and eventually PB'd, I bent at the waist over the toilet with straight legs and bounced gently. That made me burp big enough that the food came back up. (which by that time was a relief, I was miserable) Sometimes some hot tea can wash the offending food through, too. I have found walking around helps as well. Good luck!
