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agatha    0

agatha
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I am 26 years old, from New Jersey and I just had the lap band done on August 26, 2008. It has only been three days for me but I am getting nervous because I can't drink as much as the doctor told me I should. I am going to call him tomorrow but I'd like to know if anyone could help me out and tell me how much you were able to drink after surgery.

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RestlessMonkey    7

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I'm sure an experienced bandster or two will post but until then I can tell you my Doc and his staff told us it will be VERY VERY hard initially to get the 64 oz of Water in. We're told to just sip sip sip constantly; keep the water at hand all the time. So unless you're REALLY underhydrated I think your experience is common. Just hang in there and keep sipping!

Congrats on your band, by the way!

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agatha    0

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Did you have to drink protien shakes after surgery? Did you find it difficult because I'm having the most trouble with them. Did you use one in particular?

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I was banded on July 2nd and still can't drink as much as I'm supposed to(64 oz). Just recently I started making Crystal Lite lemonade in the 16.9oz bottle and freezing it just until it becomes slushy. I drink about 2 of these a day now. I goes down easier than plain Water or even Crystal Lite that hasn't been frozen. I'm gonna try the Raspberry Ice flavor tomorrow. Hope this will be helpful to you too.

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Carramia    0

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Hi, I was just banded on Monday and I have been just basically sipping some form of liquid all day long. Lots of Water. I have been drinking Yogurt smoothie's and broth etc. I am going to add some protien shakes tomorrow. I am having some bubbles in my stomach since which is making it a bit hard to know when I am full. I am hoping that goes away soon. Good luck and keep sipping!

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BSWhip08    23

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Hi There - I am also in NJ.....

The Protein Shakes didn't work for me - they upset my stomach. I don't remember how much Water I drank in a day, but I do know that I did takes sips of water and crystal light all throughout the day. It does add up.

If you are worried just call your doctor - they are pretty supportive.

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RestlessMonkey    7

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Agatha I'm supposed to add Protein Shakes during week 2...1st week, just Water, broth and Jello (and that's IT!) Although for our preop diet our surgeon recommended a very specific Protein Shake, for post op (again, starting week 2) he told us just to pick one low in carbs and fat and high in Protein. I'm using EAS Carb Control AdvantEDGE (I think that's the name) that have 17 g of protein each. Isopure (from GNC) is another name I remember that's on our postop list but I haven't had them.

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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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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