Calling all October bandsters...

I just wanted to start a thread where everyone can post their surgery dates and we can compare notes.

I am scheduled for 10/18. I have ALL my pre-op stuff done as of last week. I start Protein shake diet on 10/4.

How is everyone else doing getting their pre-op stuff scheduled?

Bckeye01, i understand, the food looks great and i do want to take a bite, but i keep reminding myself that this liquid phase is not permanent. In a couple of weeks you will be able to take that bite and who knows you might not like pizza anymore, it might not settle with your stomach. Don't cry!! Change is hard, but we must be strong. The benefits out way the food.

I agree... I remided myself of that.. it is just a small step to the big picture.. I made it through...

how do you make the ticker tapes? I have gone to the website and created one..and have the url address but I can not get it in my signature.. it tells me invalid file or url...there are 3 addresses which one do I use.. and do I use the entire address??

bckeye

I understand, I was banded on the 12th, and i have no children except for my husband who has been great in bringing me jello, but it whining about food for him. He is a so so cook, just not used to doing it all the time,

and at 150 lbs i have watched him eat the ENTIRE time i havebeen banded. When i say it smells good he immediatly runs out of the room to take the temptation which is funny bc i know i cant eat it so i have no want to but a week ago i would have "crushed it!"

THis is emtional, and personal. No one can understand YOUR journey with food. We all empathize bc we have similar but we ALL have different stuff going on. Hang in there. Be asssertive about your needs right now. And cry if it makes you feel better.

Good luck!

Does anyone recently banded have pain where the port is? My other incisions feel fine.. but just one..when I stand I have to hold my port site and I am fine.. the nurses told me that I be sensitive at the port site..I am off pain meds now.. just tylonal..if needed.... but I am happy to be here.. it has been a long jurney... I went for surgery April 24th..and during the surgery the dr pulled too hard on my stomach that my spleen tore and they had to remove my spleen and did not continue with the surgery... so I waited 6 mos..and just got banded last week...finally...

yes, my port incision is more tender then the rest, and it is also the largest. I am still having the most pain at the port site. Hopefully it will get better, i am only 4days out of surgery and every day i am feeling better.

bckeye i really don't know which code i used to make my ticker appear, i got that error a few times, i just played with it untill i got it right. sorry i couldn't help.

How funny,

I just asked the same question to the ABC bandsters....... when I bend over, to like brush my teeth or pick something up... the area where my port is hurts.... they said, it takes anywhere from a month to a month in a half for the soreness to go away, now they have to poke around to find it...... I also called my Dr. they said it's because it's still healing

Hope this helps

Joanne

I just wanted to say '' Gratz everyone on your new Bands!"

I cant wait to join everyone! Just a few more days for me. Just curious, what kind of pain meds did you get? In a pill form? and where you able to swallow it? I am getting banded in Mexico from Dr. Ortiz. Do you think i can bring medicine home with me? hehe Border Patrols and stuff. Just wondering. Ok, Thanks, and again *cheers* to everyone who was banded this month ..... my prayers are with you all.

~Raynie!

Hi lynn, My puter is being dumb, so I have to post to you from here... hehe ok... Yays! I found me a band Buddy! Maybe I will see you there. I will be flying down to TJ on Wed 25th, sometime around 4 ish pm. I will be traveling with my mom. And staying at the Lucerna Hotel. I was told I could relax and rest for the day. Then on thursday I will get my pre-op and surgery done. then back to the hotel on Fri, and Sat. We will be checking out on Sunday and flying back home to Cali - near Sacramento - in the afternoon. I hope to get lots of pain meds! I was thinking of bringing the Doc a gift, a little bribe might go a long way! heha I hope everything goes well for you, and hope we bump into each other at least once! Yays! Gratz on your loss so far! Thats awesome, but cut it out cause your making me look bad! lol I had gotten my *auntie flow* and she brought on 3 lbs. but I only lost a little bit- like 4 pounds now. They better not reschedule me!!!! I paid too much for this! hehehe ~Raynie!

Sounds like the soreness at the port is ok.. I hope it goes away soon.. my other pains have gone away..it is just that one spot... I was on liquid meds for pain.. I have found liquid tylenol that I take if it really bothers me.

HI

Once you make your ticker copy the bbcode, then go to USER CP under EDIT MY SIGNATURE and paste it there. Good luck

I figured it out on another site..I could not get tickerfactory to work.. now I have a visual so things are in site..

Has anyone ever been to a site that you can put in your vitals and there is an image of what you will look like.. I just want to meet the new me 100 less..

Mine was 10/5.

Way to go Derbygirl!!!! good job

Hi everyone!

For the first 7 days after surgery I could care less about eating. I wasn't hungry, and when I did eat I would maybe have 1/2 a pudding cup or a few sips of broth. Then one day, my hunger came back - just like that. Those next 5 or so days were really tough. It has gotten a bit easier now that I am on my third week out on liquids, but I am looking forward to moving to mushies/soft food. I find I'm ok when I've had something to eat, but if I'm hungry I dream of cooking all these elaborate meals. lol. But I agree that we will all have to face our own demons with food and that our journeys will be similar, but different at the same time. That is what is so great about having a site like this for support!

Yes, I still have some port discomfort, especially when I bend over. Just a few days ago I was able for the first time to sleep on my port side and this morning I was able to be on my stomach for a little bit. Port discomfort in the beginning is totally normal so I'm told.

For ticker factory, you need to copy the first code "bbc" and copy and paste the entire URL address. Every time you need to update your weight you have to re-copy and paste into your LBT signature.

I lost 12 pounds in the first week, and then nothing in the second week. I have lost another 2 pounds since Sunday, so it looks like the scale is moving again. I know once I start mushies/soft food next Monday my weight loss will likely stall. But that is when I want to start kicking up the excercise, so hopefully that will help.

Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Good luck to those who are getting banded soon!