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Hello all. I'm a 34 year old male and I was just banded yesterday. My brother was banded back in November and paved the way for me to follow suit. I have type 2 diabetes and I hoping the weight loss will allow me to stop taking meds and be able to control my blood sugars by diet and exercise. My doctor was Robert McKeen. It's too early to say anything about weight loss, but I'll be back next week with a report.

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Welcome to the forum and congrats on taking a big step forward toward good health. You'll find lots of support here.

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It's been just over a week and I've been a slacker at getting back here and posting. Things have gone great. The pain was never to bad, I was back to work in 3 days and I haven't been very hungry even though all I have had for over a week now is liquids. Yesterday was my first time that I smelled some co-workers eating hamburgers and I was really craving some solid food. I am looking forward to next week and starting on the mushy foods stage. As of today I have lost 15 pounds and I feel great!

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I was banded Tues., June 10, 2008. I am a little sore, but Extra Strength Tylenol seems to be working. I have read many of the posts before and after surgery and have learned a lot. Thanks for all of the great info.

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Wow, I've been a total slacker. So here is my latest update. I just had my first fill on Tuesday. I was fairly nervous about the whole process but it only took about 20 minutes. Today I am working my way back to normal foods. So far I haven't noticed the effects of the fill quite yet, but I have been on liquids and mushy foods the last two days. I am excited for the fill because I have plateaued the lat couple of weeks. I need to get going on losing some more weight. Total weight loss has been about 20 pounds but most of that was in the first 4 weeks. Here's to hoping I can get losing again.

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I have done the same thing. I was banded June 10th and lost 25 lbs. the first 4 weeks and now am at a stand still. It's gotten very frustrating. My first fill is scheduled for July 31st. I was supposed to go tomorrow, but the surgeon's office called to day to reschedule. I'm trying to stay focused and continue with my routine.

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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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