So I've survived ONE entire week banded!!! After 7 long days of GAS and recovery, I'm feeling GREAT!!! Thank the stars above!!! I'm still adapting to the shakes/broths/fluid thing. Didn't know that a Multivitamin right away! Duh! I read a bit ago that someone was taking calcium! Am I supposed to be taking that too? With the gas gone, I am able to feel a. Lil hungry here and there. I've added bananas to my shakes and have been eating some soup. (so far so good, when eaten at a moderate pace!) I've failed to pay attention recently to the lifting of my child and I'm paying for it! OUCH!! (the largest of the incisions s feeling kinda achy) I have to admit I've purchased my first SCALE!!! lol and amazingly I'm down 15 lbs from my surgery date!!! This is picking up and becoming so much more positive!! Maybe even fun!! Lol thank you to all of the support and shared information!!

Congratulations! Welcome to the loser's bench. The port site will get better by the day, mine only hurts when I bump it or twist my tummy too quicky. Happy healing :-)

Thank you MiaMia! Can I ask you if a multivitamin and calcium should be taken? I was given brochures but never explained in depth! I started a multivitamin, but what else should I be taking? I don't go back to my dr tlll the 22nd! Thanks

Good to know bc I had surgery yesterday and feel like crud!!! I also hate that i can't drink my protein shake cold today......ugh.....

Take 3 calcium citrate per day....chewable of course...calcium accurate wont absorb make sure its citrate...congrats on ur success...

Accurate is supposed to say acitate..sry

I forgot to mention....space vitamins and each calcium a few hours apart so your body can absorb them....

HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One week too girl! I feel normal for once! I'm ready to shop for clothes, but how long does the swelling go down???

Down 21lbs and see it in my face, but I dunno about my body. I'm not hungry yet. However I can tell my appetite is picking up a little. I've drinking my shakes, eating soup and had a little chili yesterday. I've been on Multivitamins before the surgery. I feel so good! *dances*.

Sry I'm new to this..I made a mistake.

A mistake???? What's going on?

That's why we r here

So I've survived ONE entire week banded!!! After 7 long days of GAS and recovery, I'm feeling GREAT!!! Thank the stars above!!! I'm still adapting to the shakes/broths/fluid thing. Didn't know that a Multivitamin right away! Duh! I read a bit ago that someone was taking calcium! Am I supposed to be taking that too? With the gas gone, I am able to feel a. Lil hungry here and there. I've added bananas to my shakes and have been eating some soup. (so far so good, when eaten at a moderate pace!) I've failed to pay attention recently to the lifting of my child and I'm paying for it! OUCH!! (the largest of the incisions s feeling kinda achy) I have to admit I've purchased my first SCALE!!! lol and amazingly I'm down 15 lbs from my surgery date!!! This is picking up and becoming so much more positive!! Maybe even fun!! Lol thank you to all of the support and shared information!!

Me too! I am one week, one day post op. I don't miss last weeks pains AT ALL!! It was tolerable, but at times very painful. I take Tylenol (liquid) as needed if I feel uncomfortable and aching. I've noticed that this week that I still do have lots of pain, but it is not an excurciating like last week. I'm still trying do the following: WALK,BREATHE and SIP. That was an absoulute must last week, this week I've focused more on pushing liquids, due to the fact I can feel when I haven't had enough, my body lets me know instantly..I feel BAD!! So today, that has been it, DRINK, DRINK, more drink!!

I'm reading others post, I am assuming everybody has to follow what their MD has suggested that they do...especailly when it comes to stages in food. Mine seems totally different, in a good way of coarse. It is laid out in weeks and very detailed to what you can have. I'm still on liquids only, soft food doesn't start until next Friday, September 16th, and boy oh boy, I am looking forward to eating!! That will be the first time since my two week pre-op liquid diet! Thank GOD thats over!!

Well look forward to chatting with everyone on this forum, have a goodnite!!

That is so awesome. I cannot wait for the gas to go away!! I am 4 days out. So the gas doesnt reapply after you eat??

That is so awesome. I cannot wait for the gas to go away!! I am 4 days out. So the gas doesnt reapply after you eat??

I haven't ate anything yet, BUT GasX has been a great friend of mine. My MD said I could take it...so give it a try..ONLY if it is ok by your MD to take it.

Girlfriend..make sure to walk, breahte (use the incentive spirometer), and sip...walking will make a HUGE difference, I promise!!!

The reason I said "Sry I made a mistake"....I just got started, very very new here, and didn't know how to reply to a message. This is kinda confusing, but getting used to it slowly!!

Thats great!! Keep up the good work!!!