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Hi all.. i got my band Nov 28th and am doing great! On clear liquid diet for 14 days which hubby has been a great help with cooking up some great tasting broths! I just wanted to know how many Nov 28th ppl are out there and say hey! how are ya!!?? I do not have pain..just a lil soreness near port site but nothing what i thought it would be. Yes i do get hungry ... clear broth..come on....lol however when i do have my 4 lil medicine cups i get suprisingly full... or satisfied which makes me happy... back to work tomorrow and full liquids hopefully in a few days... tc and gl to all !!! we can do this... we will do this!! :)

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Hey, I also got my band on the 28th. I'm doing pretty good, I'm kind of weak because I haven't really had much to eat or drink. I was to be on a clear liquid diet for the first 4 days, but I could barely get any Water down. It has been getting better and today I was able to eat a pudding cup. I'm going to try and drink a Protein Shake this evening to try and get my energy up. I'm seeing all of the food commercials on tv and they're killing me...haha...it's not that I'm hungry, I just want one.

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glad someone finally answered ...i've been able to drink since the first day...but i have 4 lil medicine cups to fill and i can handle that then ...stuffed.... oh i'm like you..... any food on tv... I WANT ONE! i'm glad ur able to drink more....drink drink drink...i'm on Clear Liquids for 2 weeks...how i'd long for a pudding cup..ha ha..anyway..keep me posted..... you are doing awsome so far!!!!

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Hey guys, I got banded on the 28th also. Just had my 1st post-op appt today and lost 10 lbs!!! :clap2: Not hungry, but just in the last couple of days my stomach is growling. I've been eating egg drop Soup on this liquid diet and it seems to be just right. I have another 7 days on the liquid stage -- how boring!! I went to the store tonight and bought some more cream Soups and some K2O Water, it's not too bad, 5 grams Protein but 50 cal. for 16 oz. Tastes like lemonade. Keep up the good work and let's keep in touch with each other -- motivation.

BTW, Twiggy, i love the name!!:eek: Very creative!!

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thanks thanks... i too am still doing well... 9 days...still on clear liquids...i with i could have creamy soups..they want me to wait the 14 days..appt is dec 11th for post op check up... my nurse called this am to check on me and said if i'm hungry i can progress to scrambled eggs ..potatoes ..grits..so forth....i think i can stick it out till the 11th...i too am loving the egg drop soup!!!...yes lets keep in touch.... i'd like to keep tabs one someone who's starting out the same day as me... tc

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Hello all, Nov. 28th bander myself. I also am on clear liquids for the 1st 2 weeks. Can't wait till Wed. When I can progress to mushies. I've already bought my mushie food waiting for me.

Went to my 1st support group meeting a few days ago. Alot of people there said they didn't wait the 2 weeks before moving on. I am going to, if something happens I'll blame myself if I didn't follow what the Dr. suggested.

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i feel like that too terry...i've come this far i can make it till wednesday...of coures i'm still loving the egg drop soup...lil bits of egg in there fill you up!!! i think i can drink too much of it though..a whole cup full.... ? i cant wait to eat something good! eggs sound good to me... crackers...i miss crackers... i have found that the popsicle brand makes the sf cream pop sicles ...not too bad... anyway...gl to all and keep me posted on ur progress!!!

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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.

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