January 2013 Bandsters Unite

[Jun021068 87]

I was banded 7 days ago and I have been eating cottage cheese and cream of wheat along side full liquid since day 3 post op. Can't wait to move on to the next phase, pureed. One more weeks of full liquids.< /p>

[brannewmee 103]

Omg. Can't believe this month has gone by so fast and I have been banded for almost a month. Congrats to all of us n good luck to all the bandsters this week!!!

[Tiggernev 5]

Coming up to my 3rd week post op. I must say I was worried the first two days after cause I had lots of gas pain, but now 3 weeks out, I'm so glad I did this. Started eating real foods today and I went slow and chewed real well. I can pretty much eat anything but very small portions and I get full quickly. So far down 24.4 lbs since pro op diet and feeling great. Love reading all your post and find them so helpful. Had my post op appt and dr said I have 2cc in from surgery and won't do a fill till I see him in 4 weeks to see how I'm losing. If still losing well he will hold off on fill. I think I'm ok with that. I don't want to have too much restriction. I finding it hard to eat 1200 calories a day. Averaging around 900-1000 cal a day.

[Betsy16049 10]

Coming up to my 3rd week post op. I must say I was worried the first two days after cause I had lots of gas pain' date=' but now 3 weeks out, I'm so glad I did this. Started eating real foods today and I went slow and chewed real well. I can pretty much eat anything but very small portions and I get full quickly. So far down 24.4 lbs since pro op diet and feeling great. Love reading all your post and find them so helpful. Had my post op appt and dr said I have 2cc in from surgery and won't do a fill till I see him in 4 weeks to see how I'm losing. If still losing well he will hold off on fill. I think I'm ok with that. I don't want to have too much restriction. I finding it hard to eat 1200 calories a day. Averaging around 900-1000 cal a day.[/quote']

Congratulations!!!!!! I am one week post op and on full liquid. I had 3.4 cc of Fluid from surgery, had to have it removed completely on day 4 because of horrid reflux and nausea. I have cheated quite a bit since the next day but am on track now. Everyone is different. My thought is "the slower to lose, the slower sag". Lol so don't worry too much if the decide not to fill at your next appt! Good luck and congrats on the loss so far, that is amazing !

[cmills 2]

I'm new here. My surgery was Jan. 31. I'm havin a lot of pulling on incisions when I stand and gas on left shoulder and neck.

[hoobiedew 1]

I was banded on Jan 31St too and I am not feeling so good. I have tightness in chest. I put frozen peas and broccoli on my incisions and that helped a lot.

[cmills 2]

I will try that on my incisions. I sleep with heating pad on my chest and that seems to help but now neck and shoulder are stiff. I was just thinking I must be a lot different from everyone b/c some people go back to work in a couple of days and I couldn't imagine that right now.

[babykins529 189]

I'm new here. My surgery was Jan. 31. I'm havin a lot of pulling on incisions when I stand and gas on left shoulder and neck.

Welcome! I had surgery on 1/30 so I feel your pain. As far as the pulling, its gonna happen. Just get up slowly and make sure to strech carefully. They are healing and will be stiff. Moving around helps even though it hurts. Stay ontop of your pain meds. For the gas pains, moving, gas ex strips and a heating pad were and some times still are my best friends. The gas pain for me isn't constant and I barely feel the tug of the incisions anymore. I've been doing house work though and I probably shouldn't be but I'm not one to sit around. The only pain I really have anymore is at my port site and occasionally my shoulder from gas. Hang in there!

[cmills 2]

Thanks. My husband had the sleeve done 2 weeks ago and is doing great. So I thought I would be getting around better than he did with less pain. I haven't used gas x yet. But the stretching is worse part for me.

[GmasDolly 10]

I'm new here. My surgery was Jan. 31. I'm havin a lot of pulling on incisions when I stand and gas on left shoulder and neck.

Gas x is your best friend along with a heating pad for your shoulder. Try to walk as much as your body can tolerate. As for the pulling, try an ice pack. It may be swollen still. If that doesn't help, call the doctor. I hope this helps.

[bday2@ymail 10]

Ok I am just wondering if anyone got a picture of their band on their stomach and in my picture is my liver, my Dr shared with my family and they day he was extreamly excited because there was no fat on my liver

[asr2468 25]

I'm so jealous!!! I would love to see a pic of my tummy w the band on I guess i would ask for the after X-ray:)

[tigerlillie 43]

That would be cool to see. I will have to ask to see if my doctor has one so I could look at.

[TxMamaof3 7]

Bday, I too got he pic of the band on me. My doctor was super excited about my liver too b/c it looked perfect! That helped ease the pain during recovery

[Soon2Bsmall03 13]

hello everyone! i was banded on january 25th and have lost 21lbs so far since the pre-op diet recovery is going well.. gas pain all gone thank goodness and just began the mushies stage..... tonight for some reason i am in great pain on my left side....not where my port is but further back.. when i breathe in its a killer i am getting worked up on googling stuff to see what this could possibly be... so i decided to come on here and ask ya'll for your help before rushing to the emergency(my anxiety takes toll of me so im just trying to calm myself ) .... has anyone ever had this???