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I had it done this morning, still very sore and in pain. I brought my tablet to the hospital so i'll try to check in later

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Congrats!!!!!

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Good luck to you! I am 8 days post-op. Days 3-4 were really hard for me but they passed and I am doing much better. Keep your mind occupied and you will do great!

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I'm just post-op also. 6th day today and now I can have tasty shakes instead of clear liquid!! Lordy I hate Jello!!

What an adventure this is!!!

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CONGRTS! Welcome to your journey. Remember this is not another diet its a lifestyle, you will have ups and downs but the outcome is so worth it. I've been banded since 2009 and no longer have diabetes 2, high cholesteral, sleep apnea or high blood pressure. Take measurements as sometimes you loose size and not pounds. It's not a compitition its YOUR LIFE! Wishing a speedy recovery and a great life!

Bonnie

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Thanks! The doctor wants to keep me overnight. Pain killers kicking, gotta go.

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Its been about 12hrs since my surgery. I had hiccups for a few minutes but other than that, I haven't had any other issues. (besides the general pains of surgery). Been walking around the hospital floor and I haven't had any nausea. All they are giving me is ice. So far so good.

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I was banded yesterday afternoon and let me tell you last night sucked! I couldn't sleep for more than 15 minutes, I was in pain no matter what position I was in. Luckily today I much better. Still very gassy but I'm trying to walk a lot. I hope tonight I can gets some sleep.

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I had about 3-4 hours of sleep last night. This morning, the hospital gave options instead of Water. They gave me an Adkins vanilla shake, tea, broth, diet Jello and apple juice. I was able to drink the apple juice, half the shake and one spoonful of jello. I'm stuffed. I also feel a lot of pressure, gas probably.

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Congrats to you! And Whitney, I was banded June 14 and it was excruciating for me too!!!

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Congrats & good luck! 10 days post op for me. Make sure you rest as much as your body tells you too!

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I'm on day 2, still very sore. Drinking little sips of crystal light and Protein Shakes. Still feel like crap.

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Each day gets easier. I'm on day 9. 7 th day I began to feel much better. Good luck to all. Let's keep each other posted.

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Each day gets easier. I'm on day 9. 7 th day I began to feel much better. Good luck to all. Let's keep each other posted.

I'm also on day 9. I went back to work today and am very tired tonight. I had some mashed potatoes and cream of wheat today. I didn't really feel much better until about day 6-7. I stayed overnight and had a lot of issues with nausea on day 2 and styled another night. Feeling much better now, not much "gas" pain and walking the dog. Hang in there everyone and it'll get better!!!

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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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      1. summerseeker

        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        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.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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