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Steffy' date=' I was banded yesterday..yes it hurts to get up and down..still cant bend..and lots of gas discomfort/pain..I looked into the belly band and some use them but I also read that binding can cause infection..so im just using a pillow and that helps..hang in there!!!

PB2 is powdered peanuts..[/quote']

Ya'lls incisions should still be covered in glue or strips or something, right? I wouldn't worry about that. I used a binder then tried to stop using it in the first week and I was miserable without it. It definitely helps.

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I might require an intervention sometime soon. Lmao. I'm addicted to Pinning on Pinterest! We're moving in less than a month and I've got tons of projects planned to start the second we're unpacked. I've already started cooking all kinds of stuff that I've pinned! Good thing about it though' date=' is that I'm not really interested in eating it... Just making it for the boyfriend and daughter (Who could eat lard for a week and not gain an ounce. Definitely didn't get that from me!) satisfies me greatly. =)

Anyone in Houston? I need a garage saling buddy... I need some "junk" drawers and side tables for a project. Lol. (I've always loved turning trash to treasure!)

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Lol Fallon I am addicted to Pinterest to

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Yep' date=' Fellow Pinterest Addict here.

4 Days until Surgery!!! :) So Happy.[/quote']

Good luck on your surgery

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Lol, I can't wait to do a ton of Pinterest projects when we move! Ahhh!

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Preop diet complete. 12 lbs in two weeks. sitting here dressed and ready to go for a 7:00am operation. Slept great last night. I must be ready.

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Preop diet complete. 12 lbs in two weeks. sitting here dressed and ready to go for a 7:00am operation. Slept great last night. I must be ready.

Good luck....see you on the other side.

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Preop diet complete. 12 lbs in two weeks. sitting here dressed and ready to go for a 7:00am operation. Slept great last night. I must be ready.

Good Luck today!

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Has anyone experienced a gain when they went to mushy?? I went up 1.5 in a day! And was too afraid to weigh myself this morning cause I didn't want to see if that happened more - I'm only day 2 mushy- not eating much at all.. 11 days post - down a total of 20 -or I was - til that freakin 1.5 lbs

Hi Diamanté. The same thing happened to me. But my body quickly adjusted and the extra weight came off within the week.

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Thanks Fallon! I didn't get a breathing thing.. but the deep breaths I'll do that! didn't you get a hiatal hernia repair also? Didn't even know I had one but it makes sense because i'd have heartburn all the time and chest pains and was like ...geez what the hell is this!

Hi destynee1. Believe or not yawning does the same thing as the Incentive Spirometer (breathing thing). It applies positive pressure to the lung so your alveoli pop open to increase your oxygenation. But instead of telling you to yawn we'll usually tell you to cough and deep breath which also accomplishes similar results.

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Lol, I can't wait to do a ton of Pinterest projects when we move! Ahhh!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using LapBandTalk

LOL I just moved into my house too. I was starting to get on everybodies nerves at work talking about what pinterest project was going to be my first hehe

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Patrick!! It's time!! I wish you the best of luck! You will do amazingly :) See ya on the other side! we will be here waiting for an update from you!! Taking deep breaths helps a lot! You've Got this Sir!! :)

Thanks journeygirl!

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Preop diet complete. 12 lbs in two weeks. sitting here dressed and ready to go for a 7:00am operation. Slept great last night. I must be ready.

Best wishes Patrick

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What is PB2?

ITS LIKE POWDERED Peanut Butter

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Ok so I'm a week and a day post op and I'm guessing my swelling has gone down because today I'm hungry ... Just trying to drink more Water and not eat more im still on liquids so hopefully the hunger won't stay too long .. Post op dr appt tomorrow.

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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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      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.

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