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I went swimming at the 3 week mark and have had no trouble.
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Awesome way to spend a vacation! I too am in school ( Texas State) and had my surgery in the middle of the week during school. I had it on a wed, and i had a test I couldnt get out of on Friday..I remember however that the teacher did take pity on my grading a lil bit...I had one of those pouch things that delievers pain meds to the incision site. It was the size of a fist and had an IV line straight to my tummy. Of course, I did wear it outside my shirt to get the pity... Well this is one way to make sure you wont over eat this thanksgiving
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Woo! I have most of those items at home right now. I'll have to try that this week!
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Welcome to Bandlandia....! You are still healing, the first 6 weeks are to heal not to lose weight, any weight lost at this time is great, but not to be expected. I am 11 months post op and I thought in the beginning, What have I done???? I felt uncomfortable, thought I could feel the band, thought I would always feel the band. Now I dont even know it is there and I am 100% no... make that 150% glad I had it done and would do it over again in a heartbeat. You too will feel "normal" again, just give it time, you are only a week post op. You're doing great. Some of what u may be experiencing is the Gas they put in you during surgery, that has to work its way out of your body and can be a heavy bloated feeling.
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I didn't worry too much about Vitamins during the pre & post op liquid stage because the shakes I was drinking were "meal replacement" type shakes and they had all that in them. So if you are doing Meal Replacement shakes like Optifast or Medifast, check the nutrition label. For a multi, I like the Emergen-C Multivitamin powder that you mix with a small glass of Water. Yummy, liquid, and strawberry flavored. We recently bought a bottle of Flintstones Complete for my son and they taste awful, imho. Compared to how yummy the kids' gummy vites are. Post surgery once you are eating solids, if you don't get enough Iron in your diet you can take Slow-FE which is a small pill and easy on your stomach. That way you don't have nasty tasting Multivitamins, you can have yummy ones. You're more likely to take your daily multi if it doesn't taste bad, imho. I also try to get in a bowl of Total Cereal a couple times a week for Breakfast. That has 100% of your daily iron. I thought I was low on iron intake but my recent blood draw shows my iron levels as normal. You might want to skip supplementing iron unless you know you need it. It's constipating, for one. I also use Viactiv chews for extra calcium. Yum. I only take a chew a couple times a week, since I get calcium from the dairy & veggies in my diet. Good luck on your pre-op liquids and on your surgery!!
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You're welcome. Also, when choosing your healthy TV dinner, try to get more meat and veggies and less starch. I have the Protein bar in the morning, three protein shakes during the day and then I have quite a lot of calories left over for dinner. Protein fills you up so adding lean protein to your dinner is not only good for your system it makes you feel full longer. I am finishing up day 3 of the two week diet and it is not as hard as I thought it would be. One of the hardest things is when everyone is having their lunch at work and I get to smell everything while I have my Protein shake. However, if you keep busy you can distract your mind from these things. Also, if you get hungry in between you need to drink more Water. I have had to have one diet soda each day this week because I found that going cold turkey with the caffeine caused horrific headaches, however, I feel that by the second week I should be able to cut out that last diet soda and be fine. Good luck to you!
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Just wanted to pass something by you when I had my port revised I had local and deep sedation in other words I was semi alert but I heard when my doctor was giving the fill the other doctor who was a resident said # look at that needle it must be three inches long imagine that going into to you# should I say something to my doctor or just let it go I was kind of upset by it. let me know
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Hi, I would wait and see how the band tightens on you. Just give it one week! I had the same issues and I got too filled and since then have had a lot of problems getting it right! My fills didn't usually kick in until 2 weeks after them but everyone is different! I was so anxious myself that I went back and forth,,,fill, unfill, fill, unfill, you get the picture ,,it took the coordinator telling me to let it rest to stop me as I wanted it to work so bad and I was scared! Just hang in there and give yourself and the band (saline) time to settle. Just my Humble opinion. PS: if you mushed up what you ate it wouldn't have even been a full cup of food! Didn't seem too much to me but then I eat 1 cup to 1 1/2 cups per meal and I lost really well when I wasn't messing with the fills too much! Good luck!
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I had surgery 4/9, I follow up with the doctor next week and hope to get approval for pureed stage. I have so many questions for those who have been through it already!!!! What kind of foods did people start out with? Did any foods cause problems and what kind? Did anyone have trouble with the texture of baby food verses solid food? When shopping what do you look at calories or carbs,sugars? Did anyone have issues with sugars, I didnt think you got the dumping syndrom with sleeve but it sounds like some poeple do?
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I was banded on 2/13. What I thought was restriction after the surgery was just swelling. After that went down in about one week, I could eat to the same proportions as before banding. I went to the doc at 3 weeks and they said they would give me my first fill. I could still eat a car if I wanted to!! Well, today they had me go for an upper gi then come to their office. They said that everything looked great. That first fill was 3cc's in my 10cc band. My doc is pretty agressive so she gave me another 3cc's for my second fill. I couldn't get the Water down so she took out 1cc leaving me with a total of 5cc. She said to have just liquids/mushies today and tomorrow then I can go back to solid food. Well, for dinner I had broccoli/cheese Soup to go from Applebees and was still starving (only had a yoghurt today since I couldn't eat for the upper gi) so I then had some cottage cheese, then I mashed up an avocado and ate that. To me, that STILL seems more than I should be able to eat after a fill. I keep hearing about how we're supposed to eat about 1/2 cup food per meal and I ate more than that after my fill. I'm thinking maybe 1/2 cc more. Anyway, so my first fill was at 3 weeks, and this, my second, was at 5 weeks. They said I can come back when I want for another fill if I'm not restricted. I originally had lost 13 pounds afer surgery and now that loss is only at 5 pounds so I seem to be gaining! Yikes! If I could have done this w/out the band I would have, but I need restriction. And no, it's not head hunger. I'm certain of that. I really tune in and see where I'm at. Should I get another fill? Marie
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Don't be discourage because I am stupid! :bored: This is the first time this has happened to me and it was because I wasn't taking small enough bites. I am three months out today. I have lost 60 lbs exactly from my pre-op weight. This is the best thing I have ever done for myself! I was self pay at $9950 and the first 3 months of fills are free and $15 after that. That is really unusual! My doctor fills until I feel restriction and then pulls back a little. Some doctors only put in a set amount (0.5cc each time) I've only needed 2 fills others have needed 7 or 8 to find the sweet spot. Many people don't have restriction until 2 or 3. Keep researching! This is a great thing!
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What all did you have for your Pre op diet? I'd like to do a week or two of a liver shrinking diet. I've seen some do different things, was just curious. also what kind of protein shakes did everyone do or have? thanks
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I had my first restriction on Tuesday and was back on solid foods today. I didn't follow the rules, I think I ate too fast or didn't chew enough and I was schooled by the Band! It was a fast and ugly lesson. Within 5 minutes I had pain and next thing you know it was the 50 yard dash to the bathroom. Back to liquids for next 24 hours. I don't believe I can ever eat any chicken again. I'm so mad at myself, doctor even said to me Tuesday this is where we start getting into it for real, you will not be able to eat like you could and you must slow down. Eating today was nothing like the first few weeks after post-op. All the vomiting think maybe I lost a pound????? Just kidding
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My endo isn't scheduled until Thursday, sorry! I'll keep y'all posted. The good news is that the Prevacid I got last week seems to be helping, and I'm feeling much better. I'm no longer convinced I have an ulcer or worse, just think I had a nasty bout of gastritis and/or esophagitis, plus ongoing, really bad reflux. Since I'd never had any of these things before, I pretty much thought I was dying. Thanks for thinking of me, Kathy! I'll let you know what the answer is...
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I also don't think you should wait until next week to get this resolved, or at the minimum stick to foods that you can tolerate without throwing up until next week (if you can identify them, and this isn't totally random). Hopefully, mushy foods are going down okay.
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I am having some trouble with diet. First I have no idea what my band fill is as I have had it only filled once. That time he put in 1cc. I did here talk about him asperating 6 first? Does that mean there are already six cc in their? I have not lost my apetitite at all and want to eat. I lost 35 pounds in the first 3 weeks of lap band as I was not able to eat anything then that just stopped I became ravenous. The first fill was two weeks ago. Just what is a restriction? Exactly how does it feel? I think maybe I am not chewing food well enough and I have to throw everything back up which leaves me with ice cream for food. Now this I know is not good. What is the proper amount of food to be consuming at one time or do you count calories? If anyone please can tell me any of this information Thanks Teckla
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Well I haven't been here for a while since so much has been going on. It is now 15 weeks and as of today I have reached my 2nd milestone and down officially 50 pounds! I feel absolutely great by my thighs are hurting from the weigh lifting. If I know what I know now, I would have done this years ago. The great part is that my husband got band on Tuesday and doing well. I encourage everyone to never give him and keep going. It might get hard but you can do it!
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Loridee's journey: 4 weeks from today
loridee11 replied to loridee11's topic in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Wow! Less than two weeks to go. I had my pre-op appointment with my Dr. on Tuesday and have details. I am not having any lipo, however the Dr. will "shave" the fat off my abdomen while I am open. In addition, I will be having a breast lift (he thinks I'll go from a DDD to a C just by removing the extra skin - WOW). As a result of no lipo my recovery will hopefuly be smoother. HOwever, I have to go 6 WEEKS with no working out for the breast lift. I'm not having implants and the goal is to give the breast tissue time to attach to the muscle. OKAY, I'm definately not looking forward to the pain - but I CANNOT wait for the flatlands! ~Lori -
My doctor requires a 2 week Optifast diet. Was anyone else required to do Optifast? If so, how much did it cost? Thank you!
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I am just starting my 3rd week post op and have only lost 6lbs since date of surgery? I am following the diet and only eating what my surgeon told me to eat. I am not sure why I am not losing more weight? I calculate I am consuming between 600-800 calories a day and am eating mushies. My first appointment for a potential fill is on 3/25. Any advice?
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Myself have a week of clear, a week of full liquids, a week of puréed, a week of soft, then add in a few new items over week 6&7, but what I'm noticing is that there really isn't a set structure. Some Dr.s say do this and some say do that....in fact in my practice alone two different surgeons have very different policies... So what's the deal?
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lucky losers (march 09 bandsters) - what do you eat when you go off mushies?
ndhill3 replied to KarenInOhio's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Hi, I was banded on March 9th. After mushies I pretty much ate what I wanted but was very careful to take my time and chew chew chew! I had lean hamburger with steak sauce or anything that would make it moister, chicken breast with barbeque sauce, etc. The key is to eat chicken, etc with kind of a sauce on it to help it go down. Vegetables, I've tried about all of them. Like I said I chew my food so much it's liquid substance. But I also feel it's how much restriction you have. I'm at the end of my 5th week and I'm hungry and can eat whatever I want. Which is not good because I'm maintaining a 30lb loss not losing anymore. But I go for a fill tomorrow. I would watch fibrious foods just in case. And I found out a lot of information online and from talking to other people. Hope I helped somewhat and good luck!!! :sneaky: -
Baby Food During Mushies Stage?
sleepyjean replied to ItsGottaGo!'s topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I tried some baby food. A friend of mine who has a baby told me that babyfood fruit can actually be pretty tasty. LIES! ALL LIES. It was gross. I've got three jars of Gerber stage 3 and not a clue what to do with them. -
Thanks sooo much for your reply, I was beginning to think I was the only one who experienced trouble after yoga. I think I will take your advise next week and eat a couple of hours before and just do the liquids after class. As an update, I finished the PB'ing around 10 at night and was finally able to fall asleep. The next day I stuck to Clear Liquids and everything is good now. This band thing is definitely a learning experience. Suzie Q
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Thanks! I did call today and they think I swallowed too big of a bite of mashed potatoes and it caused esophagus spasms. I was hurting until this afternoon and then ate a pudding and a few hours later I SLOWLY ate my mashed potatoes. I feel pretty good now but I really do think I am a little swollen as I feel like I am post-op week 2 instead of week 4. Thanks for the answers :biggrin:
