HI!!!

I was banded on the 22nd and have lost 18lbs so far!!! YAY!! I must say though, I've suffered quite a bit.. like I have mental hunger I guess, and I see my family eating and chewing and I want to cry!!!!!! But anyways.. I was wondering, I've had a difficult time burping... not too much passing gas (embarrasing...) but burping is like not very successful.. I feel the need come on, and I can feel it and I just feel like weird pain in my epigastric area, I guess where my puch is at.

I'm still on liquid diet.. I did try to eat a little bit, just chewed it reaaalllyyy well (or so I thought) and I had prety bad abdominal pain for quite a few hours. Not like before, you had abdominal pain that would last about 30 minutes and then go away... not now!!!! It really took my urge and desire to chew on anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyways, keep me posted!!!!!!!!

Good luck to everyone!

I felt much better today. Last night, I ate some Quaker weight control oatmeal made with skim milk instead of Water. VERY filling!

~~anne

For those of you banded in October there is a thread for everyone that was banded in October. You can find it at October 2008 Bandsters - Lap Band Surgery and Lap Band Discussion Forum or seach for October 2008. There are quite a few of us there. There is a forum for each month!

Good luck to everyone! Mushies ROCK .....

I've been using Gas X strips - helps a bunch!

Hello everyone I was banded 10-24. I believe my doc must be more aggresive about food. I get to start on baked fish, crackers, toast etc. today. I have 12lbs since the 23rd. I also measured everything. I think that will help get me through when I am struggling with making good decisions. I too have abused my body long enough.

I am though having trouble getting into routine packing lunch and snacks for work. I have not started exercising yet. I know that wil be important and another life style change.

Kathy in KY:rolleyes:

Hello! My name is nicole...I was banded on the 22nd of October. I have been eating everything pureed except I have been eating cheese. I dont know if this is ok. I would like to keep in touch with our progress perhaps we can encourage each other. My screen name on aol is Nicole41202 and yahoo deeplyinlove_081599. Please lets chat soon :biggrin:

wish my dr told us we could eat cheese and all that,im stillon liquids,sf jello exc till monday i was banded oct20th.id be to afarid to eat anything diff than what my dr said to do,i went thru all this to get the band and wouldnt be worth it if it got streached.nxt week i can go to mushies,not not till my 5th week can i start meats exc..my dr gave me a paper with strct rules, so far im doing great walking 2 miles a dat,feeling great gl

Just had a few bites of grilled tilipia and soft vegies. Literally a few bites. I feel stuffed, but not miserable Banded 10-24. The dr. sid it is ok on the 13th day Kathy

I don't get how we can stretch something? We don't have any kind of stoma/pouch b/c we don't have any fill. I thi nk you are to go easy on your stomach so it can heal and you dont cause the band to move around or slip? Is this not correct?

This is what I think....

We do have a pouch. It is the part above the band. If the part of our stomach above the band stretches then our pouch is stretched. The fill just gives a smaller opening from the pouch to our larger stomach below. The fill affects the opening....not making the pouch larger or smaller.

That's is how I see it.

By the way i L-O-V-E saying things like "WE have a pouch!!!!!" I want to twirl around and sing....

:wink5::smile2::tongue2::Dancing_tongue:i have a pouch...I have a pouch....I have a band! I have a band!

Sorry back the program.

My understanding is that as you lose weight the fat around your stomach decreases, making it smaller. The band will loosen up as the stomach gets smaller, thus the need for restrictions.

Julie.ann - I LOVE your Avatar!!! May I ask where you got it???

Julie.ann - I LOVE your Avatar!!! May I ask where you got it???

Thanks! I don't remember the site. I just googled free avatar and I found this one. There are others too. Just look around for it.