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I am now a bandster!!!

willow5880

By willow5880, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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willow5880    1

willow5880
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As of 10:00am this morning by Dr. Wagner in St. Louis, MO!! I have had very little discomfort so far and I was able to leave the surgery center 2 hours after my procedure.

I also found out that I lost a total of 17 POUNDS during my 7 day clear liquid diet!!! WOOO HOOO!!

Anyway I am thrilled that the waiting is over, and that I have moved on to the next step.

Anyone with some sound advice will be greatly apprecciated(as in someting that you went through that maybe nobody told you, or something that you didn't expect.).

Thanks ~ Lisa

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carmillejoanita    0

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congrats on being banned today!!!!hope all is well keep us updated, I will be going to my 1st seminar on 10/16/06 so I just started. Iam really excited to read everyones post and see how yall are doing.

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dancing    0

dancing
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WOW Lisa, Great job.. I need to pay attention to your success to keep me motivated. I was banded 10/4/06 and had to stay the night then went home and I have lost about 8 # in a week. Sure hope to drop weight to feel better inside.

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kellieatkins30    0

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Congratulations I also became a bandster this week and am at day 5 feeling good went for a walk with hubby and feeling satisfied on the liquids just fighting head hunger all the time today. I didnt leave the hospital until day three but it seems abit different here in OZ than in th USA

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*susan*    1,709

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Lisa, congratulations on becoming a bandster, I am glad you are feeling well. The most important thing for you right now is to just follow your doctors orders, he knows what is best for you.

You had a terrific weight loss on your pre-op diet, and that is wonderful. Please remember, now that you have your band, the weight loss will change. The first couple of weeks you are likely to see more loss, though not at the rate you did with pre-op. However, once your swelling goes down, it is very possible that you will see very slow weight loss, no weight loss or even a small gain. Do not get discouraged if that happens. Remember that our bands are meant to work with fills. The time right after your surgery is for healing. Once you start getting your fills and reach true restriction, then the weight will start coming off.

I wish someone had stressed this more to me when I was newly banded. I gained prior to reaching proper restriction. I did not start losing until I reached good restriction around the end of June. I am losing about 1-2 pounds a week, which is where we should be with our bands.

Good luck to you, I hope the healing process continues to go well for you.

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    • Alisa_S

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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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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