Hello Everyone,

I'm really excited that I found this website. As mentioned in the subject line, I just had my surgery last Thursday, May 10th and I would love to talk to others about their experiences with the lap band and also just to make some new friends I can relate to and vise versa. I'm 23 years old and I've struggled with my weight for my entire life. I've done the yoyo dieting and tried just about every single diet under the sun. There were some small successes but I could never keep it off. I want to be healthy and feel healthy! Please feel free to say hello or message me at any time and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Also, I'm technologically challenged so if anyone knows of any really great forums or tools on the site, please let me know! Can't wait to talk to some of you!

R

Patty, I am totally excited to hear about your recipes! I'm struggling with the whole Protein thing right now a little bit...but I'm still on full liquids (Jello is included woot!).

Christine, I felt the exact scared/nervous/excited feeling too (kinda overwhelming right!?)! But the surgery really isn't bad at all and you'll do great as long as you make sure you stay hydrated, rest a lot, and also walk around a little to get the air out. sugar free popsicles were my favorite thing to have right after surgery. Feel free to ask me any questions at all. I'm still learning too!

Hi everyone. I am pretty new to this as well and am getting banded tomorrow morning. I am super excited and nervous lol.

TX mom27 - Congrats on your surgery! how are you feeling? I hope you're doing well! Let me know if you need to talk about anything.

Sooo... i had the surgery on the 18th of may and yesterday was prolly the worst... it wasnt all that bad but it def wasnt good. I barely ate anything until the evening... i ate tomato soup and tried to drink water but i am so scared to drink or eat too much. Thats the same as today. The only pain is the port site but the gas is bugging me and once again, im afraid to eat more than 3 babyspoons of soup, protein drink or pudding. Am i being paranoid or am i doing the correct thing?

Not to mention the walking around im doing and breathing exercises that i constantly have to do when all i wanna do is actually rest. Lol

It's good that you're keeping up with the walking and breathing even though it is annoying, i'll hand it to you! lol I'm glad you're not in too much pain. Ummm, I drank all Clear Liquids for the first three days and I felt like I could drink pretty freely, just small sips.

You should be able to eat 1/2 cup of food or drink that much liquid without a problem. Your band isn't filled yet so that's strange. Maybe you just need to slowly ease yourself into a little more food.

Hope you feel better soon!

It's good that you're keeping up with the walking and breathing even though it is annoying' date=' i'll hand it to you! lol I'm glad you're not in too much pain. Ummm, I drank all Clear liquids for the first three days and I felt like I could drink pretty freely, just small sips.

You should be able to eat 1/2 cup of food or drink that much liquid without a problem. Your band isn't filled yet so that's strange. Maybe you just need to slowly ease yourself into a little more food.

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Hi there! I was banded on the 4th and I just had broth and Jello for 4-5 days and I was fine. My dr said no Protein or pudding until day 5. The first week is definitely the hardest, hand in there though! Good luck!

I wanna blend up some watermelon... yall think its gonna be too much sugar?

I haven't been walking as much as i should... cuz im still sore. Should i suck it up and walk anyways? How are yall handling it all? (Banded on may 18th)