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texasnewf    104

texasnewf
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I am getting banded tomorrow ! It should be an interesting journey - one that I'm both nervous and excited about. Anyone have any suggestions for me on the day of surgery ? what to expect, pain wise, etc..

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texasnewf    104

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Well, I had my surgery yesterday. I only had 3 hrs sleep the night before because I worked afternoons so needless to say I was really tired. Dr. Benavides pre-op team made me really comfortable and then the anesthesiologist gave me some "happy medicine" to help me relax and the next thing I remember I was waking up. I thought I had dosed off and I said "I guess we are ready to have surgery now ? " and the nurses all laughed and said "no , you are all done".. Was I ever surprised.

I had a little pain mostly where the port was so they have me a shot of demoral and 15 mins later a shot of morphine. They said I was supposed to force myself to walk for 5 mins every hour but it was hard to do that because I needed sleep... but I would walk around as much as possible.

I got up this morning (2nd day) and I'm still a little sore but I don't want to take any of the strond presciption meds he gave me because it will just make me sleep for 4 hrs each time. So I think I will use some of that liquid tylonol I bought. I just had my first chocolate shake (6oz) and could barely finish it. This seems weird.

Well, that's all for now... I hope things get better in the next few days... I hate being this immobile.

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texasnewf    104

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Well, it's been 4 weeks as of yesterday since surgery and I've lost 26 lbs since surgery and 10 lbs pre-op diet for a total of 36 lbs in 6 weeks.. I slowed down to a good rate last week with a loss of 3 lbs and I started swimming last night and plan to swim at least 4-5 times a week for 30-40 mins. So far so good ! I havn't had a fill yet but I'm due to see them this Friday to see if I need one. What do you guys think ? How do you know if u need a fill ? I'm still feeling full after eating a small amount so I think that's ok..

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2KpUpwithAvery    0

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Excellent start to your goal!

Always happy to see a positive start...

As for "how do you know" you need a fill, I went with the "if I'm losing comfortably" i won't get another fill program.

I was only filled TWO times and I have the largest band they can possibly install, why you ask??? Because I'm losing weight at a good rate while ALSO maintaining my ability to eat stuff without being tightened to the point I PB...

You do whats best for you, in the end you'll adjust your fills by the rate your losing.

Your dr. will push you in a healthy direction!

Good Luck!

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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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

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