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IaLadybug

By IaLadybug, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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IaLadybug    1

IaLadybug
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My husband and I were at the hospital at 0630 on Monday, my Dr has you stay overnight so home Tuesday about 2 p.m.

I had to be one of the people who has alot of shoulder pressure from gas, scale of 1-10 right at the 10 level, almost couldn't breath! Still having a little problem with it but not bad this morning.

Otherwise everything seems to be going great!! No problem swallowing the liquid for the test to be sure my stomach wasn't swollen shut, she puts some orange koolaid in it, I think that just made it taste worse.

Right now I'm living on 1 can of boost a day, 1 popsicle a day and a little Jello container, hope that's enough for now. I can't stand the thought of broth yet!

I haven't posted alot on the boards but have enjoyed reading all the comments, thus I had a better understanding of what was going on. One of the nurses told me this is becoming the most popular surgery performed, they did 9 Monday, for a city of about 80,000 it seems like quite a few!

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Alexandra    55

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Congratulations, Ladybug! These next few days will likely be the worst you'll feel through the entire banding process. And it's not that bad, is it? :o Sounds like you came through it with flying colors!

Hope to see you around more often, and that you'll be another one of the success stories! :P

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soon2bskinny    0

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Walk, walk, and walk some more. That should help with the gas pain. It did for me anyways. Also, make sure you try to get your Protein in somewhere with what little you are taking in. I don't know how much protein Boost has but I did Protein Shakes. I use EAS Carb Control shakes but there are plenty others. The protein keeps the hunger at bay and you don't risk losing your hair. Congrats on your surgery and welcome to the other side. Keep us posted and best wishes to you.

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IaLadybug    1

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Finally this morning the gas pain is gone!! Still had problems last evening but not nearly as bad. For those of you who don't have this problem you are very very lucky

Now if the port pain would go away I'd be set:)

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roxanne    0

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Glad to hear your doing better,I also had the darn gas pain, it wasn't constant it would come and go, at times just laying down for 10-15 min. would help. I am 9 weeks post op now and down 25 lbs. so all the gas pain was worth it. Roxanne

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GingerRenayd2    0

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I have that arm gas pain too. My surgery was 10-08-03

I feel better today but the arm pain it is still hanging on.

The healthy vally chicken broth is good. It has 7gram of Protein and has a nice taste. not real salty. I had to get the kids up for school this morning and that was hard for me. My body was still in sleep mode.

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU

Here is my link about my surgery

http://hometown.aol.com/secretshopginger/myhomepage/index.html

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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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      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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