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Just got banded on 7/16/08

Donna113

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Donna113    2

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Hello everyone. I just got banded on Wednesday by Dr. Spivak in Houston, Texas. I am surprised at how hungry I am. I didn't have a great deal of pain and today I feel almost normal except for the gas bloating.

Has anyone else in here felt hungry right after the banding?

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emily111    3

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I was banded on the 16th also :thumbdown: In lafayette la. Anyways I was soooo surprised when I woke up so hungry. My tummy will not stop growling. I didnt even have this on my 2 week pre op liquid diet. I do feel alot of port pain. Like when I cough I feel like it will rip open :rolleyes: We should keep in touch since we have the same band date :eek:

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WishUponABand    0

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Hello,

My name is Stephanie and I am in the process of getting banded. I see you had your preop and then surgery a week or so later. Were you self pay or did you go through insurance? I am hoping to get this done as soon as possible.

Thanks.

Stephanie

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Donna113    2

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Unfortunately, my insurance specifically excludes weight loss surgeries so I had to self-finance. But that's OK as I've been told with most insurance companies it's such a long process it would take a minimum of 6 months and most often 1 year before the insurance companies will finally approve.

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Donna113    2

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how do you get the weight tracker?

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WishUponABand    0

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click on her tracker and it will take you to a website otherwise go to tickerfactory.com

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penturn    0

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Hello everyone. I just got banded on Wednesday by Dr. Spivak in Houston, Texas. I am surprised at how hungry I am. I didn't have a great deal of pain and today I feel almost normal except for the gas bloating.

Has anyone else in here felt hungry right after the banding?

I was banded on the 15th, and I was hungry the following day and have been ever since. I did not have to do a pre-op diet, so this is all brand new to me. All I can think about is food.

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Unfortunately, my insurance specifically excludes weight loss surgeries so I had to self-finance. But that's OK as I've been told with most insurance companies it's such a long process it would take a minimum of 6 months and most often 1 year before the insurance companies will finally approve.

some insurance companies are pretty fast i started my process mid April and was banded June 26th Im 3 weeks out! i have Blue cross 100% coverage :thumbup:

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Donna113    2

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How are you doing now that you are 3 weeks along? Have you had your fill yet? Were you also hungry?

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WishUponABand    0

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That's awesome my insurance covers 90% UHC.

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Hi Donna. I was also banded on Wednesday July 16 and my stomach is growling and I'm having horrible hunger pangs. Some of it is probably the gas. I was on a month long liver shrinking diet and then a 3 day liquid diet right before surgery and I never felt this hungry. I cant wait to start on blended foods starting this Sunday! But for right now my Isopure Protein Drinks and Unjury chicken broth are helping somewhat. Good luck to you and let's keep in touch.

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emily111    3

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no I was insurance... what you dont see is that I had 7months of heck and jumping through hoops before I got that approval lol... Also yes I am sooo hungry tummy keeps growling

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emily111    3

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ok I have a question... are yall getting nausus? I started to last night. I have a pain in my back like I swollowed a golf ball and it didnt go down. Now if I ate something I would understand but all Ive had is liquids. Mainly just Water. Very odd I will be so happy to have food again I hate Soup and I am sooo tired of protien :ohmy: Im very happy to finally have my band so I dont want to complain :biggrin: Just I feel so sick to my tummy :blushing:

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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
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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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