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So, I tried to be as "normal" as possible this weekend even though I was just banded last monday. Saturday my husband wanted to go out for the day so we drove to Lancaster to do some shopping. I felt really good until I made a big mistake at lunch. I drank my tea through a straw and had broth from creamy Soup. My shoulder/gas pain came back with a vengance. It took about 2 hours to feel a little better.

We stopped for dinner on the way home and I had broth from vegetable soup and drank from the glass and felt grea.

Yesterday we had a wedding to go to. I knew I would not be able to eat anything at the wedding so I drank a Protein Shake before I went and I did fine. The dinner was filet mignon and crab cake with potatoes and green Beans. I did not touch a thing but my husband (the one who calls me lazy for not just dieting and losing weight and who is obese himself) ate his AND my dinners!!!!

Today I am back to work and I really feel good. I am one week out and I got a good night's sleep in my own bed last night (bye-bye recliner) and I am ready! I hope I can make it through a 13 hour workday but I feel like I can do anything right now.

I hope you all are doing well and that I have encouraged you a bit.:)

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Good for you ! I was also banded last week (Tuesday) I ventured out on my own to do some light shopping yesterday and was only a little uncomfortable while driving. I also go back to work today but feel like I will be fine. I have not had any shoulder/gas pains at all which amazes me. Good job handling that wedding ! My husband is very supportive, though, seeing me struggle for many years with my weight. He said if this will make me feel better then he is on board. Good luck to both of us today !

Mary

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Good for you ! I was also banded last week (Tuesday) I ventured out on my own to do some light shopping yesterday and was only a little uncomfortable while driving. I also go back to work today but feel like I will be fine. I have not had any shoulder/gas pains at all which amazes me. Good job handling that wedding ! My husband is very supportive, though, seeing me struggle for many years with my weight. He said if this will make me feel better then he is on board. Good luck to both of us today !

Mary

Good luck to both of you! Wow, you were are off and running less than a week after your surgeries. I was still taking it easy although I had a pretty easy time, too. I am exactly seven weeks out today. Feeling pretty good,too. Have a great day but don't forget you did have the surgery only a week ago! Take it easy,don't forget, you are still healing! :)

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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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      1. summerseeker

        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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