Hey all.

So there's a bunch of us in this group, all split up into our different banding days. I was thinking that it might be a good idea to have one master thread as we move through the month, in which all of us could post as we go, from the pioneers going on March 1st to the finalists on March 31st.

I'd love to talk about our anticipation and any worries as we approach our banding date, for people to talk about exactly what happened from the moment they walked into the hospital door until the second they walked out, about how recovery is going, about weight loss and plateaus, about non-scale victories and challenges.

I was thinking that if we all contribute to one thread, it'll form a more substantial channel for information and support. At the moment, I was thinking that we might be too spread out into individual date, and that a central thread would be a really good backbone for the group, in addition to the date-specific threads.

What do you think?

Fenton

Hey, O2BTA. It sounds like you're having either gas pain or some sort of local pressure on the diaphragm muscle next to the stomach - most of us experienced gas pains in that area after our surgery.

Hi All! I have a question.

I had my second fill yesterday (banded 03/11). It was 2 cc's, for a total of 4 cc's. I noticed later on yesterday & again this morning that I have like a dull ache/pain in the little pocket between my left collar and left shoulder.

Has anyone else had this? I'm on my second day of liquids & haven't had anything else to eat otherwise. Is this common or perhaps a coincidence? :thumbup:

I experienced some shoulder pain after my adjustments.....and if I eat too fast. It's some sort of a nerve response.....mine goes away after a day or two. The pain caused by eating too fast goes away in an hour or so....good reminder for me to slow down!

I thought I had read about someone having something similar, but I wanted to be certain.

I get a little concerned whenever there's upper body pain on the left side....especially when they say that the first signs of a heart attack can feel something similar to this!

This fill is totally different because I'm having a bit of dumping too. My last fill didn't affect me at all. Maybe it's the combination of the heat outdoors & the fill.

Thanks for the quick responses! :thumbup:

Hi Everyone,

Today is the first day that I've had since my last post 2 or 3 days ago to get in and catch up on everything since I'm still here enjoying myself in Nashville.

Congrats HarleyGirl on reaching onederland, I can't wait til I reach it. Keep up the good work.

I had my first PB a couple of days ago and I thought I was going to die. We had gone out for dinner and I had a salad and steak and chicken and broccoli. I had finished my salad and small steak (probably 4 oz or less) and had 1 or 2 bites of chicken and that's when it happened. OK, I should have stopped after finishing the steak but I really wanted some chicken. Needless to say after PB'ng for 2 hours and finally able to bring up a piece of chicken (twice I might add), I finally felt better. I hope I never have to go through this again, lesson learned the hard way. :(j

Despite this, my trip is going great. For the most part, I'm making good food choices but not sure that I'm loosing anything, but hoping that I'm not gaining. Oh also, found a Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit here in Nashville, so I'm hoping to begin using it when I get home next week in addition to my treadmill workouts. Well, DH is up now and I need to get in the shower so will talk later. Keep up the good work everyone.

Oh, great! Now I'm the last person in Christendom to NOT own a Wii and Wii Fit!

O2BTA - that "heart attack" panic is something that I certainly shared! Luckily, I'd learned from this site that I could expect that. If it had worsened or spread to my jaw or down my left arm, if I'd started sweating and vomiting, THEN I'd have started to worry!

I believe it's generally a good idea for people my size (well, for ME - I'm not the doc of you) to take preventitive aspirin; I take an 81 mg baby aspirin every day, and tell me that's going to ward off the heart attacks by thinning the blood a tiny bit, but it may just be wishful thinking...

Nope, no Wii here either.

We had one, but it was my son's and he traded it for a PS3.......

No Wii here either, but my parents are buying my son one for his birthday in August. My birthday is in September so I will probably by the Fit for my birthday present. I just have to be patient!

no wii here either. I'm beginning to think I might buy it once I reach 250......

We have a Wii, but no Wii Fit... yet! My birthday is in July and when my family asks what I'd like for a present, that'll be it!:biggrin2:

I hope they ask sooner rather than later, Chica, because finding the damn things is going to be 90% of the battle!

No Wii fro me either. I figure if i really want to use one I'll go to my daughter's, right down the street and use her's..

Just got back from Dutch Wonderland, a kiddie amusement park in Lancaster, PA. My grandson had a blast.. Weather was great and he was an absolute angel!! GEE, could gramma me prejudice about her grnadson's behavior!!! :tongue2:

Now we are crashing for a bit before dinner.

Gee guys, get busy for a few days and many of you do so well with your losses!

CONGRATULATIONS HARLEY!!!! I am so happy for you. You are really working your band! Go girl!

Fenton, I must admit I am hoping for a wii fit to enter my home soon. I just learned that the boad has a weight limit of 350 pounds....so with the speed of your loss, you too could have one soon.

Not making the best choices here...lots of head stuff going on....hungry too, but have restriction...just have to get back on track...No pity party just puttin it down here, because I need to.

Christine

I thought about getting a Wii but I know that my son would take it over even though he has x box 360. Well I have restriction now . I forgot what it was like and was eating to fast and to much at once . It was like a slap in the face which is what I needed . I won't eat like that again . Too painful .

Christine, this is something you can absolutely do. You know what choices you have to make - you know the right and you know the wrong. Maybe when you're tempted by something, you should feel your stomach to feel your port, or open your blouse to see your scar, and REMIND yourself what you've been through, and why, and ask yourself if the temptation of the wrong choice is worth the surgery you gave yourself.

Also, the longer you deal with hunger, the easier it becomes to accept it. When you feel hungry, recognize that you've succeeded - you're forcing your body to burn fat, because you won't give it what it wants.

Post more often! Tell us how it's going, and what you're thinking!

Cathy, I suspect that if your son has the Xbox360, after an initial excitement with the Wii, he'll go back to playing his 360. Besides, I'm sure there'd be times when he'd be at school or at work or otherwise out of the house when you'd be able to use it! I think exercise is really the key for weight loss with the band. Or for any weight loss, really.

I get a second fill this coming Tuesday and have been at the 33 lb loss marker for about 2 weeks, gently bobbing up and then down this number in tiny increments but not making it down to the next lowest whole number on the scale. I had a good loss period right after my first fill but now I'm not feeling restriction and I get hungry so its a battle to maintain these last 2 weeks while waiting out the 6 weeks our docs require between the first and second fill. A couple folks got theirs at 5 weeks but not me.

So here is an idea I have that I'm sharing with my Central Ohio lapband friends that get together. We are each going to buy the equivalent in how many pounds we have lost in food staples (for me its 35 lbs of sugar) and we are donating it to a local food bank drive that my church is hosting as one drop off point. So by June 28th I am hoping to donate 40 lbs of sugar. I already bought 4 of the 10 lb. bags of sugar at a grocery today and the girl checking me out says, sweetly, Do you do a lot of baking?"...Ha Ha.. No, I'm donating it to a food pantry. Oh, I wondered what all this sugar was for! Now here is the real kicker that perked up my spirits, I couldn't imagine lifting 4 of those sugars all at once! We plan to take pictures of us holding the amount we have lost and see how long we can hold it before we give up and set it down. And to think we were carrying it around 24 hours a day for years... One of our girls OHJuli is trying to figure out how to buy over 100 lbs of some food for this donation fun day that won't break her food budget $$$. Just thought I'd pass this along as an idea that maybe others could try.

P.S. No Wii for me either...no Xbox 360, no Nintendo,...very deprived. Love to read, quilt, and watch TV instead of play video games.

Edited June 7, 200818 yr by SpecialK