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Banding on December 19

Smiles4Di

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Smiles4Di    61

Smiles4Di
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Hello all 3 days until the BIG day!!!! Any last minute guidance or suggestions.

Started all liquids today in prep- bought an assortment of Protein Drinks to last me the first week

Debating starting a laxative regimen today- thoughts?

Any other suggestions?

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lifewillbegood    68

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Good luck and congrats!!!! I'm post op 5 days. It took 3 days before I could hold even an ounce of anything but Clear Liquids. Yesterday was the first day I was able to get 2 shakes down! Everyone is different so it's hard to say what to expect. Just listen to your body. If its not ready it will let u know! As far as the lax approach. I suggest not to and there are 2 reason I say this. One is because for a week u will not be taking in enough calories / nutrients so u don't want to completely deprive your body and second most likely the liquids will move thru u once u start drinking the shakes. If u have problems with Constipation after the surgery then u can take a stool softener.

Hope that helps!

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lifewillbegood    68

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Im doing great. Starting to fight the head hunger games now until my first appointment. still have a little less than 2 weeks! Other than that im doing great! What about you?

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lifewillbegood    68

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Yeah I agree. I actually get full faster and with less but im hungrybagain in a short few hours. Or when im trying to sit and do homework thats another problem. Mindless eating is ehats killing me! Never realized i just ate all day until now!!! Ugh.

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jmd1223    40

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I was banded on the 19th also. I didn't have a pre-op diet because they move my procedure date up. I have lost 12 pounds post-op. Hangi.g in there until 1st fill on 1/17.

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Biandi    4

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I had mine on the 19th as well. All is going well, even went and watched the Cowboys vs Skins game last night and frooze my booty. But I didn't cheat :-) My only problem is pain at the port site. It hurts to tie my shoes or bend over and it still hurts to sleep on my side. Is anyone else having this?

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lifewillbegood    68

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I had mine on the 19th as well. All is going well' date=' even went and watched the Cowboys vs Skins game last night and frooze my booty. But I didn't cheat :-) My only problem is pain at the port site. It hurts to tie my shoes or bend over and it still hurts to sleep on my side. Is anyone else having this?[/quote']

Im at 2 1/2 weeks out and i still have trouble depending on how i lean over. It takes up to 6 weeks for your port site to heal.

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lifewillbegood    68

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I had mine on the 19th as well. All is going well' date=' even went and watched the Cowboys vs Skins game last night and frooze my booty. But I didn't cheat :-) My only problem is pain at the port site. It hurts to tie my shoes or bend over and it still hurts to sleep on my side. Is anyone else having this?[/quote']

Im at 2 1/2 weeks out and i still have trouble depending on how i lean over. It takes up to 6 weeks for your port site to heal.

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bandedinthesun    1

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I'm two weeks postop tomorrow. Everything is going well. I hardly feel any restriction now. I wish they wouldn't make me wait til February 1st for my first fill. I went to mushies after the first week. I'm down 10lbs. Shoulder/neck pain keeps coming back. Happy New year fellow bandsters! It's going to be our year!!

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blondegal_    1,028

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Banded on 19th also. Only complaint is swelling/bloat. Down 20 lbs but pants still fit same at waist cuz of bloat. More room in the thighs though. Doctor appt next Monday. Have no idea when I might expect to get a fill.

Wishing you all the best!

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lifewillbegood    68

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Banded on 19th also. Only complaint is swelling/bloat. Down 20 lbs but pants still fit same at waist cuz of bloat. More room in the thighs though. Doctor appt next Monday. Have no idea when I might expect to get a fill.

Wishing you all the best!

That sounds about right. My tummy is still bloated and im nearly 3 weeks out! But i do have more room in y highs too! Good luck hopeful u will find out soon! I get my first fill on the 8th!

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blondegal_    1,028

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Ok gonna whine. The bloat is driving me crazy cuz it's all above my belly button. My clothes look funny on me. Ugh. Any suggestions on getting it to diminish?

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MsRhonda    123

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One minute im bloated the next im not so nerve bothering.

IM MY OWN MOTIVATION

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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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      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.

        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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