Hey all, saw this great thread from before about March bandits, now hoping to make contact with April bandits, i am due for surgery on April 17th, around easter time....I am 35, live in NZ, and am a flight attendant, have been researching my op for a year now, was a big decision for me.......would love to contact people my own age and operation date to perhaps share our experiences and support, hope to hear from you..................regards Fiona:clap2:

We can name the new thread " Thr journey of the April Bandits" I don't know but that is what came to my head !

We could call the new thread April Bandits Unleashed. Just my two cents. But anything is good but you are all right this is getting too long.

Deb

NJ Girl - Congrats doesn't matter if it was preop or not - just think it's gone for good.

Hi All, Efficka and I have started 2 new threads........mine is a practice to see if this will go well or not. Use the search engine for April Bandits. they are both listed there

Bye All!!!!!!

Hi all - I just posted a new thread that I thought might be fun titled April 2006 Bandsters - Running weight loss totals check-it out, might be fun.

hi was bandit on april4 lost 17lbs but i'm worried i can it anything had a small cheese streak the other night i never had any pain went shopping right after suregy i'm realy wondering if i even have a band i go for a fill on may17, thank god

Oh dear. I have spent the past three days reading the posts in this thread in order to catch up and introduce myself. And now you've started a bunch of new threads that of course I can't find and have all gone away. I feel like I missed the wagon going West!

I am a very late April bandster, Friday the 28th, so I am just ten days out on this journey. The procedure itself went very well, but in the ensuing days I had a lot of nausea, so I stopped taking the pain meds and just suffered along with more pain than I had anticipated. I'm just now getting some energy and ventured out for the first time last evening.

As for eating, I am still totally dependent on Smart Forme protein drinks and soups. Four of these packets a day has been allaying hunger, and gives me 60 g of protein. I'm almost afraid to transition to real food, and in fact I think I'll not rush it because this is working so well for me.

It's been very helpful to read everyone's experiences in the first month, and I'm sorry I didn't find this site until you had all scattered elsewhere.

Hi Bluehill, congrats on your banding, we haven't gone anywhere, we are all still here............there are just a few more threads for us personally now, just go to your search button and type in April Bandits and they will appear..................let me know if you still can't find them after that.

And it is great that you have found us now!!!!!!

Anyone else stopped losing since going on soft food? I can basically eat anything if i chew it well enough. If i wasn't so hungry i would go back on liquids just to continue losing but my dietician wants me to eat and now i am just parked at -14. Getting a bit frustrated with myself - keep thinking i'm doing something wrong but i am eating WAAAAYYYY less than before. Ag help!!

Alison-

The same thing is happening to me. Scale hasn't moved (thank God it's not going up!) and I'm on regular everyday foods. I've scaled back my eating considerably but I can eat anything without problems. I just am being very careful because even though I can eat anything, I am fighting not to eat just anything. I'm not too worried because I think once we get our fills we should start seeing results.

Maybe i am just a little envious of the guys that have lost like 27 or 28lbs allready. I liked the scale moving down every single day....! I know it's not reality but man, i miss the thrill!!!

alisonb,

Are you exercising? If so, something I read in Oprah Winfrey's book--Making the Connection--said that when you start to exercise, you can gain up to 8 lbs. in Water weight because your body holds on to the water as you heat up during exercise (your body thinks you're trying to dehydrate).The water weight will go down as you keep the excercise program.

Also, I think our bodies just go through phases. When I was on my period, I went from 255 to 259 in one day. A week later, I was at 251.5.

Give it time--eat your Protein, watch your calories, and exercise, and it will come off.

Don't lose heart.

Thx Dana, just needed some encouragement! Well done with your weight loss - it's excellent!

Hello -

I had my band on 4/3/06. And have been having a VERY dry mouth. It seems that even though I am constantly sipping on Water, my mouth and tongue are very dry - almost to the point of burning.

Has anybody else had this problem 1 month out of surgery? Any tips on how to cope?

Alison-

The same thing is happening to me. scale hasn't moved (thank God it's not going up!) and I'm on regular everyday foods. I've scaled back my eating considerably but I can eat anything without problems. I just am being very careful because even though I can eat anything, I am fighting not to eat just anything. I'm not too worried because I think once we get our fills we should start seeing results.

Yes, that's true. My dr. told me not to even expect weight loss until the first fill, which isn't scheduled until 6/1 (he wanted to wait 8 weeks)

I lost 20-24 lbs right away but the scale has been remaining the same for me too.

I haven't started exercising because I can still fell my port -- like I have a stitch in my side, which the Dr said was also normal and will be for a while.

Do any one of you still have the stitch feeling 1 month out of surgery?

Tipper I'm only 2 weeks out but can relate to that same kind of pain. I am scheduled for a fill on June 6th. Hopefully we'll see some real weight loss after that.

Roberta