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Date set: July 11th - any other July banders?

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CotonDeTulear    4

CotonDeTulear
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Oh dear lord. I had my first BM today (5 days post op). I sooo regret not taking a stool softener from the jump. It was the most pain I've experienced yet as part of this. I will try to spare the worst parts but will say it took about 35 min and it was bloody. Everything was compacted it was like expelling dry' date=' hard rocks.

I can't promise stool softeners will help because I didn't use them but I'm damn sure buying some today.[/quote']

Thanks for the tip.... My surgery is tomorrow ( tue July 16)

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aviva1979    375

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Thanks for the tip.... My surgery is tomorrow ( tue July 16)

Good luck tomorrow!!

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maddoxam13    13

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Thanks for the tip.... My surgery is tomorrow ( tue July 16)

My surgery is tomorrow too!!! Good luck band buddy!!

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mommyofk    10

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My surgery is the 19th of July and I am highly anxious. I hated the texture of the Protein Shakes but have been doing fair on pre op diet. I am ready to get surgery over with and would love to have support of people who are on same path I am...

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CotonDeTulear    4

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Thanks for the support. ; ). packing for Houston, surgery is at 9 am

----fingers crossed

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CotonDeTulear    4

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FYI: "The BIG Book on Lap-Bands" really helped and has greatly reduced my stress... it is very comprehensive.

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rbmk14    59

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Thanks for the support. ; ). packing for Houston, surgery is at 9 am

----fingers crossed

Who's your surgeon? I just had surgery last week with Dr. Reilly.

And good luck to everyone having surgery tomorrow, see y'all on the other side!

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CAishaGA    15

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Chest pains on right side...not sure if its just the gas but I can't take really deep breathes....don't want it to be a blood clot!!!

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aviva1979    375

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Chest pains on right side...not sure if its just the gas but I can't take really deep breathes....don't want it to be a blood clot!!!

I'd walk - even slowly - to see if that helps, and call your doctor.

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aviva1979    375

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Day 5 post op and attempted to work a half day f home office. 90 min at desk did me in. I'm pooped.

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Karen WS    78

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Day 6 post op and I lasted 6 hours at work. I was so tired and my back was killing me! Trying for 6 hours again tomorrow.

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rbmk14    59

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I hope I'm not too tired tomorrow! I have 4 hours of school tomorrow and 2 of them are standing up during a lab, plus driving 3 hours tomorrow morning back to school!

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kng39212    33

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My surgery is tomorrow at 7:30 am :) I'm a big ball of nerves at this point excited and ready to get started....lost 16pds in my pre op diet!!

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aviva1979    375

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I hope I'm not too tired tomorrow! I have 4 hours of school tomorrow and 2 of them are standing up during a lab' date=' plus driving 3 hours tomorrow morning back to school![/quote']

U might want to leave early so u have time during it drive to pull over and stretch if u need to. And listen to your body. If u need to take a break, do!

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aviva1979    375

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My surgery is tomorrow at 7:30 am :) I'm a big ball of nerves at this point excited and ready to get started....lost 16pds in my pre op diet!!

Good luck girl! Congrats on loss so far. Let us know how u r doing!

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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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      1. summerseeker

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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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