Hi all,

I am a 42 year old single mom to an amazing autistic nine year old boy. I love my life and the only area I want to improve is my weight and health. I considered gastric bypass and decided the risks were too great. I need to lose 80-100 pounds and was happily banded on July 7th, 2009. My surgery and subsequent recovery have been so uneventful that I won't bore you with the details. I'm tolerating all liquids well and have virtually no pain at this point. I am excited but realistic with my expectations. I'm a rule follower so I've stayed on the all liquid or soupy no sugar diet of three meals a day and no Snacks and am doing pretty well with only minor cravings.

I just wanted to pop in and say hello and wish you all the best of luck. What an amazing journey we have all begun!!!

Tracy:thumbup:

Congratulations on giving yourself a healthier life to look after that boy of yours.

Good luck with your journey!

Thank you Jen!!! I feel exactly that way about it. A healthier mom has got to be a better mom in so many ways. By the way, how do you get all the cute things at the bottom of your post like your little weight loss meter? Very cute!!!

I was banded on the 6th and have had an amazing recovery as well. The all liquids was more difficult than the actual recovery but I have muddled through and was allowed to start puree today!! Scrambled eggs tasted like heaven!

The cute sparkly things you can get by clicking on someone elses and it will take you to the website to make them. Once they are created you want to copy them to your signature which you can find under user cp at the top of the page. Hope that helps!

michelle

Thanks Michelle,

I haven't recorded any weight loss yet but when I do...I will click and get my "sparklies". Congratulations on your surgery and subsequent loss...YOU ARE DOING GREAT!!!

Tracy

Congrats Tracy! I had my surgery on 7/7 also and I'm finally feeling SO much better! days 1-3 were not fun...but once day 4 hit (saturday) what a difference! Very little pain now where the port is...but still some gas pain in the shoulder and moving slowly.

I've stayed on all liquids too..i'm not supposed to stat pureed food until I see him for my follow-up on 7/22! :thumbdown: I've been fine so far...the past 2 days I've DEFINATELY had cravings...i'm dreaming of hummus and tomatoes...also scrambled eggs and babybel (light) cheese...lol

Here's to a speedy recovery!

Barbie,

I was a little glad to go on 7/7...then my room was 377. I figured all the sevens couldn't hurt...lol. I'm glad to hear that you are doing so well. I've been eating Soup, pudding, cream of wheat, Jello, and juice. No real cravings yet but my son's pizza looked good to me last night. I wasn't hungry though just wanted to eat out of habit, normal I suppose for people with a weight problem. Let's keep in touch and compare notes.

Tracy:rolleyes2:

Hi Tracy,

Good luck with your band. I had mine on the 9th July and I am feeling much better now on day 5. I paid for mine myself and had it done in Hong Kong, were I live. My surgeon told me I could eat whatever I wanted except bread, alchohol, fizzy drinks and pizza.He just recommended that I eat smaller meals and chew well. I cannot drink when I eat for a few hours as well. I am trying to eat sensibly soup, mashed bananas and custard and scrambled eggs.I am seeing the surgeon on Thursday and can't wait as I feel a bit lost at the moment! I am so happy I have this website and other people to talk to-thanks!

What did your doctor say at your appointment? When is he doing your first fill? I am very nervous for some reason about that part of it all. I hosted a dinner party for my parents 40th Anniversay and ate some tomato soup and didn't even really feel deprived at all the amazing food I had ordered for everyone else. I couldn't have survived that dinner if I had just been on a "diet". I have had a suture pop open which looks yucky but all my other tiny wounds are almost completely healed. I go again to the doc this Thursday and I hope to have a better understanding of it all at that time. Good luck and take care!

Hi Tracy, welcome! You have such a great attitude about the liquid sugar free diet. Im a total whiner. I cant stand this stuff and come on here to vent frequently about it! lol Congrats on your band!

I would probably complain more if I were having cravings. I must admit that I am getting VERY bored with my current diet and since my doc requires 4 weeks of soupy liquids and another 2 weeks of soft solids...I am probably going to lose my mind. Oh well, I knew all of this going into it and I'm still glad to be banded and feeling great!!!

Tracy :smile:

What did your doctor say at your appointment? When is he doing your first fill? I am very nervous for some reason about that part of it all. I hosted a dinner party for my parents 40th Anniversay and ate some tomato Soup and didn't even really feel deprived at all the amazing food I had ordered for everyone else. I couldn't have survived that dinner if I had just been on a "diet". I have had a suture pop open which looks yucky but all my other tiny wounds are almost completely healed. I go again to the doc this Thursday and I hope to have a better understanding of it all at that time. Good luck and take care!

Tracy---i responded to the question on another thread about challenges--you had a big one - mine is this weekend (parents 60th bd).....i'll be bringing my own soup to a dinner cruise! I was banded 7/7 too. I'm down 25 lbs. since pre op so I'm happy there....I wont get a fill until 6 weeks from surgery date...so many doctors are different on fills, food etc.

But, its all good - and we're healthier already!

..i'm dreaming of hummus and tomatoes...also scrambled eggs and babybel (light) cheese...lol

Hey at least you're dreaming of good stuff and not the crap that taunts me in my dreams

And I have no shame in admitting that I totally wanna go on the NKOTB cruise with you