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Shesha

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Shesha    1

Shesha
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Oh, not too far away then! I used to drive through the Dells a lot. I am originally from the Eau Claire area and used to live in Chicago. We'd drive I-94 home and back all the time!

Yeah, I read the January Bandsters thread and we're all going through the same thing... "how can you eat so little calories and not lose weight??" People are getting depressed and everything! I guess that's why they call this period "bandster hell!" I know the weight will come off, just have to heal up sufficiently first and be patient!

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MrsCooper    1

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Hello everyone,

I am fairly new to to the site and just found the Wisconsin thread.

I'm scheduled for banding on March 2nd - I can't wait!!

If anyone has any advice or suggestions to offer I would love to hear it!!

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Hello everyone,

I am fairly new to to the site and just found the Wisconsin thread.

I'm scheduled for banding on March 2nd - I can't wait!!

If anyone has any advice or suggestions to offer I would love to hear it!!

Welcome! I've had my band almost 3 weeks now. So far, so good! Where are you getting banded? Who is your surgeon?

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Welcome! I've had my band almost 3 weeks now. So far, so good! Where are you getting banded? Who is your surgeon?

I'm just over 2 weeks out and I'm a little scared.

I'm flying into Monterrey, Mexico and getting my surgery with Dr. Arturo Rodruguez. I've heard many good things about him and his staff - I'm also meeting up there with two other girls that are getting their surgery at the same time - 1 the day before and 1 the day after.

I'm very excited!!

How long did the pain last after your surgery?

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I'm just over 2 weeks out and I'm a little scared.I'm flying into Monterrey, Mexico and getting my surgery with Dr. Arturo Rodruguez. I've heard many good things about him and his staff - I'm also meeting up there with two other girls that are getting their surgery at the same time - 1 the day before and 1 the day after.

I'm very excited!! How long did the pain last after your surgery?

Those two weeks will fly by. I, too was a little scared and aprehensive. I just kept thinking of all the positve changes in my life this band could make and that kept me going!

I really had a great banding experience. Everyone is different, but I had very little pain, if any. It was more of a discomfort in your abs, kind of like doing a bunch of crunches. I only really felt it when I rolled around in bed, or tried to stand up. That only lasted a day or two. Otherwise, it was pretty much business as usual. I was also just very aware of my incisions for a few days, 'cause the bandages kind of rubbed against your clothes. :D

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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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        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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