Super excited!! April couldn't get here any faster!!! I'm ready for this change in my life!!

Me to!!!

I am so excited. Are you ready?

I was banded on the 5th and I had my 2 week post op appt today and I am down 14lbs. I've been on soft food for a week, gained 3 lbs back and finally got those off and down a couple more.

Oh, I was also banded with gastric plication

4/26/13 right around the corner. Been on this liquid diet must admit I messed up a little last night, but am back on track. Its just count down from this point lot of emotions going on. For the most part very excited to be joining those of you who have been banded already. Just ready to stop going up and down with my weight and walk up and down stairs in my home with out breathing heavy. Ready For A Good Change. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU THOSE BANDED AND THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL BE BANDED SOON. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY.

Down 15 pounds from the pre op diet. Leaving for the hospital. Sooooooo excited!

Down 15 pounds from the pre op diet. Leaving for the hospital. Sooooooo excited!

Good luck granny!! It'll be over before you know it!!!

2nd week soft food diet total of 20 lbs lost but since being on soft food diet gained 3 back & 9 days smoke free as well

I was banded on the 5th and I had my 2 week post op appt today and I am down 14lbs. I've been on soft food for a week, gained 3 lbs back and finally got those off and down a couple more.

I was banded on the 5th too! I am having a hard time with the soft food stage. I feel like everything is so full of carbs or sodium and I feel like if I eat Im going to gain. I definitely feel like the weight came off easier during the pre-op diet when I could eat chicken and lean meats.

How do I get rid of this gas! I was banded today and I'm miserable

How do I get rid of this gas! I was banded today and I'm miserable

Try gas x chewables.. That's what I use and it works great for me... Also use a heating pad that was my best friend the first few days!

My shoulder and neck hurt so bad it just about made me pass out. I've been doing Gasx but it doesn't help. On the heating pad now

I hope you feel better! Sorry gasx isn't working!!

With the sholder pain try walking around and i use gas-x as well as a heating pad for my back and I pack for my stomach..hope u feel better

How do I get rid of this gas! I was banded today and I'm miserable

I was banded on 4/11/13 and I had the same gas pain as you describe. Mine got so bad that I called the center where my surgery was done to ask how to get rid of it. I think I cornered the market with buying gas-x and anything else that claimed to get rid of gas and bloating....lol. Finally the call to the center was what I needed. They informed me that the gas was not of the intestinal type and therefore, over the counter meds would do nothing (wish I had called before I spent almost $30 on different types of gas meds...lol), they said the only thing that would relieve it was walk, walk, walk and more walking along with some arm above my head exercises and the heating pad in between times. Well, I walked my rear end off and the pain eased a bit every day. Low and behold, it took five days, but the pain is completely gone. The walking even helped with the belly swelling I had. Hang in there.....it does get better!!!

Peppermint!!!! I drank peppermint tea and it worked wonders, also walking about swinging my arms lol not sure you need the arm swinging but it kinda made me feel better

I'm in the April club also, banded on the 8th, I'm in the uk and I know no one who has had the band, so I'm stalking all of you lol

Good luck people

Vickie xx