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Ryanband07    0

Ryanband07
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Hello everyone,

I was banded on wed 1/24/07 and today is fri 1/26. I was wondering if it was normal to feel hungry? Also I've gained 3lbs since my surgery. I guess right now i'm feeling a little bit discourged. Seeing as how so far it's had the complete oppiste effect on me. Any advice would be appericated.

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lisah25    3

lisah25
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Hello everyone,

I was banded on wed 1/24/07 and today is fri 1/26. I was wondering if it was normal to feel hungry? Also I've gained 3lbs since my surgery. I guess right now i'm feeling a little bit discourged. Seeing as how so far it's had the complete oppiste effect on me. Any advice would be appericated.

Repeat after me "The first 6 weeks are about healing. Not about losing weight". (at least according to my surgeon).

You probably had IV liquids put in you during surgery, and that is part of the weight gain.

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TracyinKS    7

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REPEAT AFTER Lisa: THE FIRST 6 WEEKS ARE FOR HEALING!

a. you have swelling

b. you just had surgery where you were hooked up to an IV

c. your band is EMPTY

Don't worry... just stick to concentrating on healing and then by the time I have my surgery you can post the SAME ADVICE TO ME! LOL

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SKYISTHELIMIT    0

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Hi Ryan,

I Know Exactly How You Feel. I Was Feeling The Same Way...i Was Recently Banded On 1/17 And Just On 1/24 I Was Starting To Feel Very Very Hungry!! And Was Feeling Discouraged Also....but I Called My Doctor And He Said The Same Thing , Healing For 6 Weeks And Wait Till The Fills Come!

Good Luck!

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kaboom 13    0

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Trust me I understand! Don't worry though, eventually the bloating from the IV will go down. I am 5 weeks post op and I can't stop eating. I eat almost as much as I was before the surgery. But I am very optimistic about whats coming next. I've only lost about 18 lbs after 5 weeks and I am getting my first fill next week. This is where the real magic should begin. The first month is all about healing and trust me I still feel like i'm healing. Let your body get use to this strange tool inside your body first then you can start working on the weight loss.:biggrin1:

Lots of Luv- Alice

Banded 12/20/06

Dr. Huacuz- Tijuana, Mexico

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lisah25    3

lisah25
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Thanks for all the replies. Makes me feel better. Looking forward to healing and loosing all the extra weight.

It's always good to hear other people went through what you are!

Once you get healed and properly adjusted, I'll bet you love the band. I'm thrilled with mine.

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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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