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Banded on October 3, 2011

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Lutie    0

Lutie
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:rolleyes:Just wanted to see how we are all doing. I still have some gas bubbles in my chest area and still get a little tired in the afternoon. What about you guys?

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HeavyDutyQ-tee    2

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Hello... Idk yet... Being banded tomorrow morning 10/14 @ 7:30am... Can't wait to join you!!! What have you been eating? Good luck on you n blessings on a great recovery... biggrin.gif

:rolleyes:Just wanted to see how we are all doing. I still have some gas bubbles in my chest area and still get a little tired in the afternoon. What about you guys?

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Lorianne-in-VA    3

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I was banded on Tuesday, October 11th

My Band update - right side swelling down/suture area pain free, top suture area swelling is down and pain free, left area and port area (navel area) still tight/tender/sore. Can tell it's muscular pain where port was sutured in place. Still have some gas bubbles but heating pad and hot shower has helped. Still managing pain with X-strength Tylenol liquid since the loritab made me feel too loopy!

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Cynsayshun    10

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Hi, I was "Banded" on Oct 4, 2011. I admit it took a lot out of me energy wise & that gas pain was absolutely awful for approx 4 days. I started feeling stronger and back to my normal self by Sun Oct 9. Had my follow up with the surgeon this past Tues. I have this pain that comes and goes in my left shoulder. My surgeon says it will id how the body defers pain from one section to another.. He said its due to the repair of the "hiatal hernia" I had. The DR advised me to move on the next food intake I was happy about that.!!! Even though my scale weight is not accurate, today I put on a

a pair of "scrubs" I use for just wearing around the home and they were so big & loose I laughed out lout !!

I then proceeded to create a Video to sendt o my children to show them how weight I had lost. :rolleyes:

I hope this helps and remember i"Never accept 100% of others postings in this Forum, about pain, exercising..etc as each of our bodies will respond differently while healing

Hoping your journey is a "successful one..

Cynthia

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Hello... Idk yet... Being banded tomorrow morning 10/14 @ 7:30am... Can't wait to join you!!! What have you been eating? Good luck on you n blessings on a great recovery... biggrin.gif

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Lutie    0

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I have been eating Beans and lentils that I made as well as scrambled egg beaters, cottage cheese and yoghurt. Its not bad. I feel satisfied. Just still battling with this gas. But getting better every day. Just wish I did not crash around noon every day for about an hour or so then bounce back.

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Hello... Idk yet... Being banded tomorrow morning 10/14 @ 7:30am... Can't wait to join you!!! What have you been eating? Good luck on you n blessings on a great recovery... biggrin.gif

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Lutie    0

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How does everyone get that weight counter on their posts.

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How is it going?

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DebHart71    3

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How does everyone get that weight counter on their posts.

http://www.tickerfactory.com

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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