One week post op and doing really well. I think I would be almost 100% but gas struck on Tuesday . I think I could walk to the moon and it woudn't help. Gas-x I'm not so sure about. But it will pass. I get to start soft foods tomorrow and regular food on 8/4/12. Had my first post op appointment yesterday and I am 7 lbs down. Lost 18 lbs pre op. Let me know how you are doing!! Have a fantastic weekend!!

Stephanie

I'm not a July 20th Bandster but I am a July 19th Bandster I am STARVING! I called my dr. yesterday and spoke with the nurse. She said I can't move on to soft food until he sees me... which isn't until next week So I'm still just doing the creamy liquid diet. I've made LOTS of smoothies and I've been eating babyfood (fruits and stuff... the pouch things).

So far I have lost 14 lbs since the pre-surgery diet.

I am a 19th banded too and I'm doing pretty well. I'm still on my full liquids stage too and am drinking a lot of smoothies. I'm enjoying trying different soups too though. My biggest complaint is that I have thrush and it makes some things taste awful, like water. It doesn't matter what I mix with it, it's still awful! Apple juice tastes wonderful for some reason so I'm drinking a lot of that. I'm definitely not getting the 64 ounces of fluid my doctor recommends.

I am a 19th banded too and I'm doing pretty well. I'm still on my full liquids stage too and am drinking a lot of smoothies. I'm enjoying trying different soups too though. My biggest complaint is that I have thrush and it makes some things taste awful, like Water. It doesn't matter what I mix with it, it's still awful! Apple juice tastes wonderful for some reason so I'm drinking a lot of that. I'm definitely not getting the 64 ounces of Fluid my doctor recommends.

Which soups are you finding that you like? I can't stand a lot of them... I'm just having a hard time with the "cream of" soups. They seem to rich to me!

Which soups are you finding that you like? I can't stand a lot of them... I'm just having a hard time with the "cream of" soups. They seem to rich to me!

My dad makes a milk base Soup that has seafood seasonings and it's so good. We made it the other night with some grilled catfish. He made the soup and then took out the catfish for my part... It still had the flavor and it was sooo good. I lived off of the broth soup they serve at Japanese habachi restaurants. I also love potato soup. I haven't found that any of it is too rich for me... You might want to try thinning it with some chicken broth or something.