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:) Hi everyone. My name is Jacole from AZ. I am 24 yrs old, and am currently in the process of getting approved for my band surgery. i had to do a 6 month medical weight loss attempt, and im almost done with that. any advice or knowledge i should know at this point would be great. thank you!

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I was banded 10 days ago and I feel great. I've already lost 10 pounds... granted it's probably mostly water... but that's really good. A lot of my problems were from swelling and all the swelling is gone already.

Meanwhile, I am happy with my decision.

Advice: have your Phase 1 foods ready at home for when your op is over. Don't expect to shopping after the fact... or be happy with someone else's choices.

Purchase a blender or a Magic Bullet (I love the bullet).

After that, just concentrate on your lifestyle change. It gets easier every day. I'm so excited at just losing 10 pounds... I just think of it as a sack of potatoes. I went shopping the other day and decided to pick one up; 10 pounds feels heavy when you hold it. I've just lifted that heaviness from my knees and my knees are grateful.

All the best, Good Luck, and be prepared,

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I was banded 10 days ago and I feel great. I've already lost 10 pounds... granted it's probably mostly water... but that's really good. A lot of my problems were from swelling and all the swelling is gone already.

Meanwhile, I am happy with my decision.

Advice: have your Phase 1 foods ready at home for when your op is over. Don't expect to shopping after the fact... or be happy with someone else's choices.

Purchase a blender or a Magic Bullet (I love the bullet).

After that, just concentrate on your lifestyle change. It gets easier every day. I'm so excited at just losing 10 pounds... I just think of it as a sack of potatoes. I went shopping the other day and decided to pick one up; 10 pounds feels heavy when you hold it. I've just lifted that heaviness from my knees and my knees are grateful.

All the best, Good Luck, and be prepared,

Congratulations, I'm so interested in getting this done, I'm ready now.

How much did this cost and did you get your in US.

or Mexico.

Is is easy to recover?

I've got so many questions, let me know how you are doing?

Thanks!

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USA, Pennsylvania, $17,500, self-pay

Recovery for me: fantastic! I had absolutely no pain, just some hunger pangs in the beginning (probably because I got my period 3 days after surgery so I had some munchies and cramps). Some gas pains, lasted about a day and a half.

Today I feel great, I'm back in the world and have to have a timer remind me to eat. I was just working on my food diary, making sure that I don't go below 700 calories a day (cuz I feel woozy if I do.) I try to maintain 800-900 calories a day and pay critical attention to my Protein, Calcium and hydration.

I currently eat 4 oz of something every hour.

I have an appt. with my nutritionist next week who hopefully will end my totally liquid phase and move me on to mush.

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