Banded March 19 2007. Been lurking on the forum for the past couple weeks. THank you all for the good advice. Think I am doing OK. Had a real hard time staying on the optifast diet prior to the surgery and now cant come close to drinking 5 optifast shakes. Every day a little better. Am looking forward to the gas leaving me. Also wonder if I will ever be hungry again.

You'll be hungry again, trust me :girl_hug:

Welcome and good luck!

Hi:

I had a difficult time with the gas after surgery for about a week and a half. Sometimes, if you are eating, "or drinking", too many sugar free food or drinks, they tend to have a higher sugar alcohol content and that can cause gas, if you check the nutritional information or the ingredients, sugar alcohol will usually end in "ol". Hopefully you will feel much better very soon. Also, GasX is a chewable anyi gas that is very well tolerated and it helped me a lot. Good luck on this new healthy journey we have embarked on!!!

Lisa:)

PS I had mine done on March 9, so just a week or so before you:)

Welcome and Best wishes John...

becky

Welcome to LBT! Enjoy it while you can, you will get hungry believe me!:heh: