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JULY 2013 BAND BUDDIES

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aviva1979    375

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Has anyone had problems with there incisions itching?

Itching has always equaled healing in my book when it comes to cuts, etc.

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aviva1979    375

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Tomorrow' date=' I can start "thinned" out oatmeal. What the hell does that mean?[/quote']

Watery. Make it with 50% more liquid than what it calls for.

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kbush    176

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I just went grocery shopping and I must say my bill was a lot less expensive. No Cookies, chips, snack cakes,soda!!! I spent $7 on my groceries for the week. Baby food is cheap!!!!

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aviva1979    375

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I just went grocery shopping and I must say my bill was a lot less expensive. No cookies' date='chips,snack cakes,soda!!! I spent 7 on my groceries for the week. Baby food is cheap!!!![/quote']

Was gonna say the opposite. Tho I bought food for longer than a week. Just can't bring myself to buy baby food tho. I'm not a very good cook but I did buy stuff to make a cpl diff Soups, guac, tuna salad, smoothies.< /p>

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Ricksgal_96    24

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So, is anyone else freaked out by some of the comments on the other pages? I didn't look at those before my band (7/18/13) and I'm glad. But dealing with some anxiety when I see ports flipping and bands slipping.... thoughts? I am terrified and feel like I'm second guessing everything happening.

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redpumpkin    6

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Thank you, fashionstylist! I'm feeling a bit "heavy" and swollen around the abdomen right now, but I'm thinking it's just post-op stuff.

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redpumpkin    6

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I agree with George! I'm working on my full liquids now, but may stretch this out a little before tie mushies.

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sprinkle715    87

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Yes I did ricks gal... They scared me too... A lot. Im just trying to stay positive. Everyone is different we don't know if they have other health complications or maybe didn't take care if their body. My boyfriends mother was telling me about a friend that ate and ate and would puke like 3 times at dinner then come back to eat .... She's okay as of now but some people don't use it as a life change they use it way wrong

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Ricksgal_96    24

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Man that's crazy! There is NO way I want to go through all this and then do that! Thanks so much for responding... so good to know it's not only me. I guess I am just worried because I thought I would feel better by now lol. The gas issues are killing me lol

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sprinkle715    87

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I think we are all afraid of something going wrong. I mean it's a foreign object but take care of yourself and make good choices and we should be okay. I was banded July 11 I still have gas and swollen abdomen. Takes about 2 weeks for fluids to go down and gas to be gone. Hang in there and just keep thinking about all the positives this surgery will do for you. I know others on here have gone through a lot of other thread and read just about everyone. Trust me everything you're feeling and thinking ... All of us are!

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Ricksgal_96    24

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@sprinkle :-) thankful for you already! Your a great encourager! I knew that but, I guess I just needed to hear it! I'm so ready for this life change...

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GeorgeSeifert    49

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Hi maybe very runny I also have weet bix I heat it up and have a lot of milk. Hope that helped

Ummm, what is weet bix?

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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.

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        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.

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