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Day after tomorrow!!

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deb24    0

deb24
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The first day of the rest of my life is Thursday! I am nervous and excited and at this point, just want the day to come and get the surgery over with. Any last minute words of advice? This site has been so helpful and I know that I will gain support and encouragement in the days, weeks, months to come!:clap2:

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KlopOut1    0

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Congratulations on your surgery date. :clap2:

The best advice I have for you is not to be nervous. I took that advice from other members and it was so helpful. Everything went so well and was fast. The biggest complaint I had was a dry mouth and being thirsty. Any pain was completely tolerable and the nurses addressed it quickly.

When I got home it was sore but the pain meds took care of it.

Don't worry!! You'll feel really silly if you let your nerves get the best of you!

Karen

just banded on 5/16/07

Los Angeles

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Lori Ann    0

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I too will be banded tomorrow morning (Thursday). Here it is 5am in the morning and I usually don't get up until 7am to go to work. I have been up several times in the night and just can't sleep. I am really nervous and excited at the same time. I was only required to be on liquids for two days (clear). The only thing I am not excited about is taking 3 tablespoons of Milk of Magnesia at 8am this morning as required by my doctor.........Good luck to the other lady getting banded tomorrow morning also.......This site has been a life saver as far as any questions I might have had about what happens to you before, after and during. Thank you million to all that have gone before me.

Lori Ann

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Betsyjane    2

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Best wishes and congratulations to both of you. Think past your operation. One week or less from now, you'll be back to your life, and on with your life as a bandster.

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BigJake    0

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Hello everyone..i just got my lap band yesterday..im not feeling to bad..i got up and walked around my hospital floor last night..taking a few laps every 2 to 3 hrs...i really didnt feel like laying down...im home now and starting to get tired of the chicken broth...its really not filling me up....going over my paper work it says to drink a Protein Shake, ,,but i dont know if its to soon to drink one or not..can someone let me know what they had to drink and eat the day after? thank you, Big Jake

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cyndilou29    0

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I was banded yesterday as well. Doing well, a little pain but not too bad. My shoulder is definitely bothering me and my port incision is too. Still in the hospital.

I'm struggling with getting all my Water in. Had about 1/2 a cup of Water and couldn't do any more. (not all at once, 1/2 cup since 10am). My ddoc said the band was really loose and that I probably wouldn't get restriction but I definitely feel it. Is it just wishful thinking on my part or could that be real?

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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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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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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