I just found out my surgery will be in July (granted my pre-op testing goes okay) SOOOOOOOOO

Here's a thread for everyone getting banded in July 07!

Does anyone have any good ideas for a neat name we could call ourselves?

Renee Marie, I'm 12 days post op and I've been able to bend down comfortable for 2 days or so, still taking it easy though, so by the 11 you should feel fine!!

Danny, glad you're doing so well. Keep it up and those flabs will be abs in not time. BTW, how is your wife?? When is she due again?? Must be exciting to be doing this now for her and 2 little ones.

Hey Lynette, how are you doing? My wife is due Feb. 17th 2008, so excited, she has a lot of gas bubbles, nasuae, I feel so bad for her, in mexico she got plenty of rest, it's kind of funny I think I feel bettet than she does. Women in general are amazing, us guys are the week ones, thats why God chose women for childbirth, because men could not handle it.

Lynette, are you getting hungry at all? Last night, I was starving, so at 11:30 i ate two scrambled eggs, chewed them until they liquified in my mouth, that helped so much. Talk to you later Danny

Oh yea, whats the latest on the cruise???

Thanks Lynette,

I'm glad to know that and that you are doing so well. What is this stuff about being bloated after surgery? I am starting a new job on the 1st and have to wear dress clothes. I was hoping to be fitting in to some that are tight on me now. How long does the swelling last?

Danny, If I didn't know any better it sounds like your wife got banded instead of you, the nausea, gas,etc. LOL.

I haven't felt the hunger hit until about 10 minutes before I'm due to eat. I eat ever 2 1/2 to 3 hours. I eat 3 snacks and 3 small meals a day, all are 4 ozs each. In between I drink a bottle of water. I've been getting in 80 ozs of water a day. I think it helps keep me full, and I'm using the flavored packs to put in my water to keep it interesting. I have been eating scrambled eggs too, as they were on my liquid phase along with cottage cheese. These are my most filling meals right now along with the shakes with my protein powder.

Renee, I'm sure everyone is different. I'm 12 days pot op but can still tell a little in my clothes that I'm bloated, may not be helping that Aunt Flo is visiting, so I'm going to try my capris on again on Monday.

I keep waling and walking try to get the bloating out, and I'm drinking water about as fast as I can because I know it helps too.

I am back from Mexico and everything went great! Dr. Rumbaut and his staff are wonderful!! They had everything arranged so that we didn't have to do much except go where they wanted us at certain times. The surgery went great and my mom, sister, and I are all feeling very much better today. The worst was getting back home yesterday. We had to walk so much through the airports and hurry to catch our 2nd flight in Dallas so we were hurting but after a good nights sleep in our own beds we all feel great!

I do have to say that the pain was horrible when I woke up in the recovery room. My stomach and shoulders hurt so bad. They got me some pain medicine and I was in and out of sleep for an hour or 2 and then they took me to my room when I finally woke up for good.

It hasn't been too bad, mostly the getting up and down pain.

I have had really bad displaced pain in my shoulder. The doctor said that was to be expected though and it is much better today.

As you can see by my ticker I am down 14 pounds!!! I lost 5 of that during my 5 day pre-op diet and the rest since surgery on Tuesday!

Danny, forgot about the cruise in my last post. I haven't been on a lot lately, but it doesn't look like we have a definite place yet. I think we need to set up a poll on the site for everyone to put in their ideas and then vote. That's fair for all of us. I don't care at all, it's a vacation away from work so I'm game!!

Yeah Rebecca's back!!!!!!!!! Sounds like the whole family did well. I'm so happy for all of you. Glad to hear you're doing well, and welcome back!!

I'm glad your back and doing well, one of my friends us Dr. Rhumbaut(lets just say that I believe he is on his payroll) he praises him, take care, Danny

Hello fellow bandsters,

I am having a pretty rough couple of days, I started my soft/mushy diet yesterday, did great yesterday morning, ate just a couple of bites of some refried beans but by lunch I was starving, I just don't get the fullness or either I ignore it, I'm not sure which. Anyway I feel like I ate entirely too much yesterday and started off the day the same way again. I think I need to get out of my house, all I do is sit around and think about food, very depressing. I am allowed chicken salad as long as it is very soft, so I had some today and it got stuck, OUCH!!! It did not come back up but it hurt like the dickens, I have stuck to my diet but not to the quantity. It seems as if I am getting hungry about every 2 hours. I am going to try and go back to my protein shakes for tommorow. I am so scared of messing up my band.

Please pray for me~~!!!!!

Thanks for all of your support

Laurend, Where are you at? Haven't seen much from you lately!!!! Hope you are doing well and just soooooo busy that you don't have time to post!!!!

Yeah, I just didn't have time to get online for the last few days. I've been helping at my parents' veterinary clinic (desk work) for the last few days, and by the time I got home, I was too tired to get online.

About me: I'm 23 years old (24 on August 2). I am currently trying to finish up my Master's degree in biology, if I can ever get myself to work on my thesis. I spend most of my time at school in Kentucky, but I'm originally from Tennessee. I am definitely an animal lover, which is one reason that I got my Bachelor's degree in Wildife and Fisheries Science and is also why I am researching bird behavior for my Master's thesis.

nurse76, hang in there. I'm going to PM you so look for a message from me ok.

Lynette, I like your diet plan, very structured, you women are so organized.

About the vacation, I feel the same way you do, don't care when or where, I love cruises, been on at least 10, I personally like the 3-4-5 day ones, usually after that I was getting kind of bored and broke(damn casinos), and a lot of the times its hard for me to get a full week off of work, I build houses, trust me homeowners want to know where there builder is at, AT ALL TIMES!!!!

I almost forgot! Here's this week's updated spreadsheet!

Ok Lynette, Thanks.

Hey, any of you Guys NURSES out there????

I am day 3 post op and having bad diarhea!!! on all clear liquids right now.

Is it o.k. to take some Pepto bismol??? or Imodium???

Answers appreciated.