Hi hi

Yes yes thats right its kgs not pounds 3 months ago I would of sighed but now I know I will never see that weight again!!!

I started 3 weeks ago at 196kgs. I lost 9 during the pre banding diet now I only have 117 to go....well thats my goal of 70kgs. The doctors goal is 100kg but we will see

It seems like such a long way and I am so prepared but having some support from others with a big weight loss in front of them would be great!!!!

I was banded on the 5th of Feb now I have my friend my goal doesnt seem so daunting.

Id love to help anyone else that needs a bit of support and a chat whilee shedding their love handles!!!!

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Hi Ky,

You are doing great. I pretty much started in the same place as you did, and I have lost 37lbs so far. My surgical date was 12/28/08. So it will be fun to track our losses. This is actually the first time that I have made a post. I usually don't do online chat or anything this all very new for me. Have you had much discomfort since your surgery?

I have got alot of discomfort and its worrying me I usually have a high pain threshold and I am a bit worried as to why on day 6 i still feel i guess not so much sore but uncomfy...im impatient and I wanna get myself together so its frustrating!!

Did u have much discomfort??

It will be cool to have someone to follow through and share with!!!!

nice to meet you Taylorsmum5

at 1 month out, i still have some discomfort, especially if i bend too much--or if my cat steps on my port incision (well, that's pain, really, not discomfort).

the thing that gets me sometimes is that i'm still tired. my energy doesn't go very far. it helps to remind myself that even though the surgery was easy (short, out-patient), it was hard on my body.

are you experiencing that?

toni

Yep Yep definately Toni, I had a reaction to the morphine n threw up a bit in hosp but went homethe next day. I am taking fluids well, not too hungry but just feel uncomfy when I stretch or bend and its annoying. I have to get back to work soon!!!!

ohh im so glad to b on this forum and see others feeling like me and know its "normal" sometimes u just dont know if things are right!!

Thanks heaps toni

Ky

Sounds like we are very close in our surgical dates. I had my surg 6 weeks ago and I can feel everything. I feel the band aound my stomach and when any pressure hits the port site, oh boy is that uncomfortable. I also have cats that like to sleep on me at nite, and that wakes me up constantly. But I am hoping that with more weight loss the belly pressure will go away. Do you guys feel the band around your stomach at all?

~Heidi

my tummy is still too swallon to feel anything but a bit of pain atm but I can actually see where the docs have practiced with a needle going into my port site lol i look like a pin cushion!!!!

You will start to feel better. My incisions did heal and are still healing up nicely. My only problem is the actual feeling of the band squeezing my stomach. So far of all the folks I've talked with I am the only one that has that sensation. But still hopeful that wil go away with time.