Getting banded next month. Looking for other newbies.

How is everyone doing that got their surgery earlier this month?!

Congrats! I'm glad you finally have a date. I was banded a week and half ago and am feeling great. The first seven days were hard (the gas pains in my shoulder were wicked) but it does get easier and I'm sooo happy I've done it.

No pressure but how is everyone doing weight wise?

Thanks for all your support. I have to be at the hospital at 7am and obviously I'm not falling asleep.

Don't worry about getting lots of sleep tonight, you will gets lots of sleep tomorrow after the surgery with the anaesthetic and pain meds! Everything will be ok

No pressure but how is everyone doing weight wise?

I haven't been on the scales the last couple of days, but my total was 33lb. 23 pre-op, 10 post-op. How about you??

I am feeling better today. I was able to start regular food thank ya Jesus! And I notice I'm staying fuller longer. But after I seen my doctor Tuesday and talked to him I felt alot better. He said if you're hungry between meals eat we don't want you starving yourself..and once my band starts to get filled then I won't be hungry he said its all normal right now. I don't go for my first fill until sept 10 and my surgery was July 30. Tonight we went out for dinner and I got a beef and cheese chimichanga and I only ate half so now I have another meal I will get use to this

Yay! regular food!! I am still a week and half away from that, but my doctor has booked my first fill for the 29th which is two weeks from now. So I'll be back on mushies for couple of days. aghh. I have actually found I am keeping hunger at bay by eating 4 times a day. My doc said to only eat 3 times a day but I was getting toooo hungry! I definitely cant eat as much as before.

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Wow that is awesome! I'm down 11 and feeling really good about my progress. I see my doc tomorrow and hope I can go to mushy foods. My port is less sore each day and I feel like doing more each day. Is your energy getting better slowly? I think after I'm healed and with the weight loss I will be a ball of fire! Will be good to feel 36 instead of 66.

Day 8 of a two week protein shake diet and I went to go get an EGD. My throat hurts so bad that I can't even think about swallowing any type of shake. Thank goodness I have a hernia so insurance will pay for some of this. Next move is lap band on the 22nd. I am down 8 lbs. yay!!

I'm scheduled to be banded on August 22. It's so great to have a group of people who are all going through the same thing! I've been reading all your posts and I feel like I know you guys already!

Okay, question for those of you that have already been banded. I am progressively feeling better each day, but this morning I started getting sharp pains near my port area. Anyone else experience this?

I'm scheduled to be banded on August 22. It's so great to have a group of people who are all going through the same thing! I've been reading all your posts and I feel like I know you guys already!

Welcome Angela! Glad to have you here. It's great emotional support.

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I have had that too. I notice it gets tight and then relaxes. Where the port is attached to the muscle I figured it was muscle spasm. I think the muscle is like 'what the check is this'. At times it is worse than others. If it is severe and doesn't let up call your doc!

Wow that is awesome! I'm down 11 and feeling really good about my progress. I see my doc tomorrow and hope I can go to mushy foods. My port is less sore each day and I feel like doing more each day. Is your energy getting better slowly? I think after I'm healed and with the weight loss I will be a ball of fire! Will be good to feel 36 instead of 66.

Thank you! And well done to you I m feeling really good this week. I'm sleeping more comfortably and have been able to do most things without my port annoying me. I am already feeling more energetic! I have been working out on the treadmill every day and actually enjoying it!!!

I'm scheduled to be banded on August 22. It's so great to have a group of people who are all going through the same thing! I've been reading all your posts and I feel like I know you guys already!

Hi Angela. We share the same name lol! Have you started your pre-op diet?

Okay' date=' question for those of you that have already been banded. I am progressively feeling better each day, but this morning I started getting sharp pains near my port area. Anyone else experience this?[/quote']

My port still gives me some grief too. If I stretch the wrong way or lay on my left side it kind of feels like its pulling. I have had some shooting pains as well near my band and my port but they are only brief. I think it's probably just part of the healing process and my body getting used to the band. Are the pains really painful or lasting for a long time?

I called the office this morning and they said it was due to the port being attached to the muscle. It comes and goes, but it is real sharp, sometimes burning. Dr. Said if it worsens to call. I was curious if it was a common symptom. I just hope it doesn't last a long time.