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kr8160311

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Ladybug28    73

Ladybug28
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Hi March buddies! I'm back home after surgery and doing good. Although a bit painful getting up and down, and thankfully no gas pains yet. Doctor repared a hiatal hernia that I didn't have a clue about. lol

Terri and Judy how are you guys this afternoon. Hope your recovery will be smooth!

Also to all the ones who've had surgery this week and last week!

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glg41    2

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Hello! I am getting banded on the 27th! So excited and yet so nervous!

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yvonne74    73

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Good Luck glg!!

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Ladybug28    73

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Hello! I am getting banded on the 27th! So excited and yet so nervous!

Gig41 no need to be nervous, you'll be out before you even realize it. I just had my surgery yesterday and it was a breeze. I'm tender and it hurts to get up and down but other than that all is good. Just think of things that make you happy and why you're going lap band....keep your eye on the prize, you'll do great! Deb

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meemee626    0

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Hi all! Ladybug28 is right, you will be out before you know it. I had surgery on the 22nd and went grocery shopping with my mom yesterday, little more than 24 hours after surgery! Got a good nap after but wasn't too sore. This is a very blunt question but for all you out there that have had the Lapband done, how long before you had a bowel movement? Thanks!

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mandagay    93

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If u do not have a BM by the third day u should take milk of magnesia according to my doc. It made me feel soo much better. I was really hurting day four because of not going

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marimari0926    4

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My surgery is this Monday the 26th. I wasn't required to do a pre-op diet, just a clears which I started today.

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Ladybug28    73

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Meemee...since I hadn't gone by Thursday morning after I got home I took a tablespoon of MOM and went this am.....I don't let it go for more than two days max. My doctor gave me a prescription also to keep things moving. Deb

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meemee626    0

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Thanks guys! Things came out...fine! My left shoulder keeps hurting but I've been pretty active. I plan on actually walking around the neighborhood today to see if that helps. For all of you experienced bansters, when does the stomach swelling go down? Thanks, Amy

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yvonne74    73

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Thanks guys! Things came out...fine! My left shoulder keeps hurting but I've been pretty active. I plan on actually walking around the neighborhood today to see if that helps. For all of you experienced bansters, when does the stomach swelling go down? Thanks, Amy

Amy, It took several days for my swelling to go down. It was pretty close to a week for me. Glad the surgery went well. Keep up on the gas-x for the pain. My gas pain was in my neck the whole time!

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glg41    2

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Gig41 no need to be nervous, you'll be out before you even realize it. I just had my surgery yesterday and it was a breeze. I'm tender and it hurts to get up and down but other than that all is good. Just think of things that make you happy and why you're going lap band....keep your eye on the prize, you'll do great! Deb

Hope you are doing well post-op. i'm glad the surgery went well. Thank you for the encouragment!!

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glg41    2

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My surgery is this Monday the 26th. I wasn't required to do a pre-op diet, just a clears which I started today.

Good luck to you!

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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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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

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