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I was banned on Tuesday 22nd and I feel the worst bloated feeling. I feel like its a major hunger pain and it hurts until u feel a growl then it's better until the next pain... Normal? Also there is no way I'm getting all my liquids down. I can't drink them fast enough before running into the next time slot. Help!

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This all sounds pretty normal to me. The first few days my stomach felt so gassy and bloated, I thought I'd explode. It will get better in a day or two. Also, make sure you are sipping on the liquids slowly. I find that warm liquids go down better than cold. Peppermint tea helped some of the gas to expel.

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Just keep trying to get it all in you need your nutrition up while you bdy is healing. I haven't be banded yet but I had my gall bladder removed by lap and the pain is tough and the gas moves around becuase it is trying to find a way out of you. I know you might not feel up to it but the more you walk the easier it will find it's way. If you dont feel like walk try to stand or sit up as much as you can it really helps move it down eventually.. that's my experience at least I hope that it is helpful

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so true frst 3 days were awful walking helps once you let out gas you will fell much better

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I was banded yestuerday and I feel the same exact way. lol I feel your pain I was hoping that by tomarrow I would be feelng alittle better.. And i can get barely anything down today I think i got down 1/2 of a Protein shack and some gaterad and water.. Im going to try again tomarrow. Hope you feel better :)

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The good news is that you are normal and the better news is that this too will pass. Hang in there!

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get a heating pad and put it on your shoulder blades for the gas pain also gas x helps emensely but get the disolvable strips. Walk when you can and take your pain medicine. Rest you are only afew days out you are allowed to feel like doo doo.

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All true. I was banded last Friday and I was miserable for 3 days.... Sometime on Monday/Tuesday I turned the corner. Do your best with Water and just like everyone says get up and walk around your house. It really does help! Welcome to the banded side!!!!

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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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        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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        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.

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