Banding 27th Jan

GrannyL · January 23, 2009

My op is next Wednesday (28th) but so far I have only lost 2 lousy kilos on the Optiyuk. :thumbup: I havent even cheated once so dont seem to be doing as well as most do on that stuff! I am having the shakes 3 times a day and only ONCE a day I am having a few lettuce leaves, Tomato etc....or a couple of veggies...must admit i do have slightly more than the "one cupful" I was told...but only once a day? :biggrin: I have no idea how anyone could possibly manage that Optifast as a full time diet, its the most repulsive thing i have ever swallowed!! :smile:

longingtobelean · January 25, 2009

Hey all,

Don't worry Granny about only losing 2kg.....you have probably stripped all the weight off your liver, which is what it is aimed at doing. Sounds like you have been good and done all the right things so it should get results even if you see them on the scale. :lol:

Is everyone getting a little nervous now? I had my pre-surgery clinic on Tuesday and Surgeons visit Friday so am good to go! :thumbup: Hospital rang Friday and said I can have light brekky at 6am (might shout myself a piece of toast and vegimite as a good bye present) as I am not getting done till after lunch.........probably around 1.30. Packed my hospital bag today but they are aiming to have me out by 10am the next day so I wont need much.

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.......have a great Australia Day. :party:

I will check in again on Monday night to wish everyone well.

:w00t:

Cheers :cheers2: Tracy

megsy101 · January 26, 2009

good luck for tomorrow!!

GrannyL · January 30, 2009

well the 28th came and now I am banded too! :thumbup: I ended up losing 3 kilos on the Optiyuk but havent been on the scales since getting home yesterday. I am having more pain than I was expecting, but am thinking it is probably because of my age (60)...everything hurts anyway! While in hospital I had no pain and no painkillers, but now at home its a different story. I must admit I am a bit slack when it come to taking pills though, so my own fault. I have only taken 3 nurofen all day.....must go take some more. No sign of nausea so thats a good thing anyway! I thik the pain is a little less this afternoon than it was this morning, so should be better again by tomorrow! Just wanting to get fit enough now to start throwing away clothes!:scared:

shaggs · January 30, 2009

Congrats Granny! Glad everything went well for you and you're home and safe. You must keep us posted on the recovery process, every gory detail please!

GrannyL · January 31, 2009

another day almost over (31st) and am feeling a lot better today. I would say in another two days I should almost be back to normal...well not quite but I can certainly feel the improvement. The shoulder and chest pain has almost gone, just a few niggles here and there....the stomach area feels very badly bruised...which I suppose it is.....only had pain killers twice in 24 hours. Drinking fruit juices, herbal and green tea and strained chicken noodle Soup plus as much Water as I can take. Half a cup of chicken noodle soup did three meals!! Hubbys birthday today so he missed out big time...he has just gone to buy fish and chips for his dinner....BUT will eat it at the shops before he comes home......LOL...I am not at all hungry but the smell of fish and chips could be deadly! I weighed myself last night and was shocked to find I had PUT ON A KILO since the operation......hope its just all the fluids they "dripped" into me in hospital.....

Tas31 · February 1, 2009

Hi all

i was banded on the tues had a few ups and downs, but doing good now.

last night was my first time i had eaten instead of ice blocks, hubby made me roasted garlic and spud Soup sooooooo yum although it was only 1/4 of a ladle haha.

How is everyone going?

tas

longingtobelean · February 3, 2009

Hi all, :eek:

7 days post op now with my brand new 'midband' installed.

Going fairly well but missing the comfort of eating :w00t:.

The whole hospital experience was fine. Op only took 50 minutes and I had minimal pain. The worst part was getting out of bed every 2 hours to go to the loo because of the drip. Made it hard to get a good nights sleep. Out the next day and just had a bit of discomfort whilst band was settling in for the first few days. Soon discovered that I cannot start the day off with juice as it is a bit too acidic for first thing in the morning so I kick off with a cup of tea and drink the juices later in the day. Wounds are getting itchy now so they must be healing well.:thumbup: I am a tummy sleeper and I have been able to sleep comfortably on my tummy for the last 2 nights.:tt2:

I see my dietician on Friday and I can't wait to start on mushy foods so that I can eat 'real' food blended. It has been very hard to cook meals for my family and watch them eat them whilst I drink soup! :tongue:.

Doctor told me not to Drive for a week but I was fine on the fourth day and drove to Hospital to see my mum who had just had major surgery. It was easy to get into 4WD and I put the seat right up so that I was sitting up straight and had no trouble with 45 minute drive.

Is everyone else looking foward to tasty foods again? :lol:

So Glad to hear you are going OK Granny and Tas.

Cheers, Tracy :drool:

GrannyL · February 4, 2009

I am looking forward to going grocery shopping in 2 days time...that will be Day 10 for me. I havent had a problem with any of my drinks or Soups so figure some well blended veggies or stewed fruits should be ok by now.

I am also a tummy sleeper and have been fairly comfortable for the last two nights, so everything is getting back to normal quite quickly! I just moan and groan a bit when I want to go from side to side......

Gettting bored with so much tea, fruit juice and thin soups now...after all its been a long time since we have eaten "real" food! I had a small glass of milo a couple if days ago....boy did that taste good!

Hubby is doing a good job of feeding himself....we are lucky we dont have kids at home to worry about only the dog....and Im not quite desperate enough to fight him for his food!!

longingtobelean · March 28, 2009

Hey 27 Januaries,

How is everyone going?

Anyone had fills yet? I have had 2 so far (total 3ml) but not feeling a great deal of difference just yet. Need to be very careful when I start eating to chew reeeaally well for the first few bites until everything gets working. Then I can eat way too much. No problem to get about 3 cups of food down, so hoping the next fill will be the one that will put a stop to that! Have lost about 8 Kg so far but weight loss is very slow with the amount that I can eat.

Missing fresh white bread a bit but I even struggle now with soy and linseed toast so I have no desire to attemp it. chips also hurt, so they are gone!

Only PB'd twice but both times did not chew well when I started to eat.........own stupid fault.

Hope you are all doing well. keep me posted on how you are all going. Any major problems?

Cheers, Tracy

fulham · March 31, 2009

Hi new to this thread, finding it hard to navigate my way round. I was banded on Jan 27 in Sydney too! Have lost total of 16 kilos so far, but VERY slow, most was pre op. Had first fill 3 weeks ago, struggling to adjust to it. Have got lots of things stuck!! Hurts like hell at times and still quite hungry!!

GrannyL · April 8, 2009

I had my first fill a month after the op......Doc said there was already 2 mls in the band, so he added another 3 mls. I had no trouble with any type of food, but avoided things like bread "just in case". Unfortunately I only lost about 2 kilos that month....very unsatisfactory! :blink: I really didnt eat anything "bad"...obviously just too much of everything (even if it was only about a third of what I "used" to eat!) Second fill Doc added just over another 1ml...think he said 1.1.....amazing how much difference that has made!! Now I cant eat ANYTHING.......:tt2: can hardly get Water down.......but I am going to put up with it for the rest of the month. In a week I have lost almost 3 kilos......living on fluids again for a month wont kill me.