Hi all. Today makes 3 weeks since my surgery. I count myself lucky not to have experienced big hurdles in my recovery as some bandsters have reported here on LBT. Still not feeling that I am in bandster hell (yet). I am getting a little bored with my limited food choices (still on mushies), but have thus far not experienced any insatiable hunger.

I have one incision that is being a bit annoying. It has not closed up like the other 4 incisions have. Went to the doctor yesterday and found out it is not infected, so that's good. I just have to pack the wound with ribbon gauze and keep a dressing on it for a couple of weeks so that it heals on the inside before it heals on the outside. Luckily it is one of the smaller incisions and not my larger port incision.

The only other issue for me is that some days it feels like my bowels will never function properly again! It seems I either have diarrhea or am constipated and there is no middle ground. I imagine once I can eat regular food and get more Fiber in my diet again that situation will improve.

I'm down 14lbs since surgery, and am absolutely ecstatic about that. Some of my clothes are already getting very loose on me.:frown:

So that is my little status update. How is everyone else doing?

Hey TSB!

I'm about 3-1/2 weeks post-op, and I am also feeling great!

Two of my incisions actually got red bumps at the ends of the incision.... and then stitches popped out of them. I called the doctor's office, and they said it can happen, and to trim the stitches or pull them if I wanted to. Yeah.... I'm just going to leave those suckers ALONE!

I've also experienced a "lump in my throat" feeling, except it's about 4" down from my throat, and about 4" to the right of my sternum. Doctor said it could be food that's just sitting there, and it's not going to PB.... just have to wait it out. I woke up this morning, and that feeling is all but gone. It wasn't painful... I was just *aware* of the feeling. How the hell a mushy gets stuck, I'll NEVER know! The most textured food I've eaten is cottage cheese!!

I'm on day 12 post op I believe and doing well. Down 14 since the surgery but I'm still so swollen that my pants are loose yet.

food wise I can tell when I've overdone it because I just feel like something is pushing on my chest. Now that I'm getting more Protein I'm not starving all the time like I had been.

I have to say this past weekend was hard. I didn't eat as good as I should have but unlike most times I've tried to diet I hoped right back on the 'wagon'. I didn't do horrible or anything I just know I could have done better.

We BBQ'd on Sunday and I made myself a turkey burger for the first time. I could only eat half of it with no bun but it was good. It was hard not to have a beer or wine with all the others though... sigh...

Incisions look great and the NP said I could take the strips off but I'm too chicken. I can't find adhesive remover to get the stupid bandage strips off either and scrubbing in the shower is not doing jack crap. :frown: