Hi guys (and gals)! I am 9 days post op and doing well. Still on liquids til the 2 week mark when I start mushies. I'm down 19lbs since the beginning of my pre op diet! Yippee! I do have a couple questions, bcuz for the life of me I can't remember my surgeon's instructions.

1. When can I work out again?

2. How long of not lifting over 15 lbs?

3. Is the "Bandster Hell" everyone is referring to the time I start mushies until I get my first fill?

4. Can I expect to gain weight in those 2 weeks?

Thanks everybody!

Is it normal to have blood in my BM if I'm not straining?

Hi guys (and gals)! I am 9 days post op and doing well. Still on liquids til the 2 week mark when I start mushies. I'm down 19lbs since the beginning of my pre op diet! Yippee! I do have a couple questions, bcuz for the life of me I can't remember my surgeon's instructions.

1. When can I work out again?

2. How long of not lifting over 15 lbs?

3. Is the "Bandster Hell" everyone is referring to the time I start mushies until I get my first fill?

4. Can I expect to gain weight in those 2 weeks?

Thanks everybody!

You can walk right away. Lifting is really individual to your surgeon, give the office a call on Monday. Also check your discharge papers, it might be in there. My surgeon gave us all a notebook with specifics for workouts and lifting. I can't remember what my instructions were.

Bandster Hell is the time between surgery and the green zone. When you have your band, but it isn't helping you at all. Like having a beautiful sports car in the driveway with no gas in the tank.

Is it normal to have blood in my BM if I'm not straining?

Bright red usually means you have a little tear near the anus or a hemorrhoid that tore. Dark red means bleeding further up. A call to your surgeon would not be out of line. That is what we pay them for.

Ok. I just kind of freaked out! I have an appntmnt this afternoon anyway

Ok. I just kind of freaked out! I have an appntmnt this afternoon anyway

It often looks like we are bleeding to death! Just a little bit of blood in the toilet goes a LONG way! The first time I tore a little hemorrhoid, I thought I had opened up an artery. I was ready to call 911!

DO mention it to your doc today though. Just to be on the safe side.

Thx cocoa bean! U have settled my trams! I was dark red but hopefully it is nothing. I will let the doc know