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Had surgery wednesday evening 7pm was back on ward 10pm, home 15 hours later..

Doing good, a little uncomfortable (not pain) & just a slight bit of gas in shoulder & an uncomfortable feeling when the gas starts to come up & then stays at where the band is..Im so lucking forward to doing a burp..lol..

Thought i would be in agony, so i built myself up worrying over just about nothing really..doing the walking about like they told me to, Had a good night sleep last night too :thumbdown:

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Try some Gas X stips they really do help with the gas pains and all :w00t: Congrats!!!!!

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Had surgery wednesday evening 7pm was back on ward 10pm, home 15 hours later..

Doing good, a little uncomfortable (not pain) & just a slight bit of gas in shoulder & an uncomfortable feeling when the gas starts to come up & then stays at where the band is..Im so lucking forward to doing a burp..lol..

Thought i would be in agony, so i built myself up worrying over just about nothing really..doing the walking about like they told me to, Had a good night sleep last night too :w00t:

Hey Debbie, I too got banded Wed, lol. And home on Thurs @ noon. Yeah, these gas bubbles are a killer. I feel them mainly in the front of my chest. I'm walking also & doing what I'm supposed to. I just hope these gas pains disipate! lol Glad you had a good night sleep:) ~Lori

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Just banded on Tuesday, June 9th. Surgery time was 4pm and I was home and in my bed before 9pm. Sore from gas and port site. I have to say I felt better yesterday, Wednesday, June 10th. then I do today Thursday, June 11th. Gas pains are now across the shoulder blades but also feel something in the front top of my neck. Could the gas bubble have moved again??

I am a bit hungry today. Had some broth, Jello and Water but have just about had enough of that!!

Tomorrow starts my full liquids! I am half tempted to strat them now!! I was thinking about having one of my EAS Protein Drinks but am afraid that doing this a day early may cause me a problem!!

Any suggestions please feel free to e mail me!!

Thanks

Dot

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Hi there! I was banded May 29, 2009. My Dr let me begin my EAS shakes on Day 2. I had no problems with them at all. I know some people have problems with milk based Protein shakes afterwards. They said if I did to try Isopure which is juice based I think. (from GNC)

Good Luck!!!!!!!!!

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Have you tried any gas-x strips for the gas? I used them and had no problem with gas or gas pains...

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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.

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

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