Cathy40

I get the lump every time I eat. It feels like the top of a milk jug is stuck in the back of my throat. It doesnt hurt but it is uncomfortable. I think it is because I've eaten too much. I still dont have the 'mental button' that tells me I've had enough and should stop eating about 8 bites before I do. I also wake up with the lump sometimes. What I did find (2 weeks after surgery) was that I thought it was gas trapped so I would take a Phayzme. Sometimes that does help, the other times, I grin and bear it and kick myself for eating too much.

Hope this helps.

yay! good for you~!

GOOD FOR YOU!

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You go girl!

walk and sip. walk and sip.

gas x strips or phayzme soft gels (open them and put them in something dont swallow them). the softgels contain 3 x the medication for gas do NOT take the big red bus tour. walk, dont ride in the jumbly streets.

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GOOD FOR YOU!!!!!!!

Fibercon tablets. They are chewable. I only take 1/2 when I am hungry. Give it 2 min and it blows up in your belly and you are no longer hungry.

FANTASTIC and CONGRATS! woohoo! niceeee =D>

I teach the autistic. I understand. If a hug was a flower and I could send it, you'd have a garden. If people stare at you, so what. You do what you need to do. Those people do not matter. Your son matters. Your new life when you lose the weight will matter. Other people's opinion do not matter.

we love you

c.

good for you! keep up the good work!

banded 8/7 and jello set well for me on day 3. didnt try it until then. now i'm on day 11 and i still do the clear liquids and i have tried a couple creamy soups. never have been much of a cream soup person and lets face it, you just dont get better than 98 cents for cambpells veg beef (tossed out the vegs). I can even do pudding when i take small bites and SAVOR it so that its almost liquid.

cathy

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Getting in and out of bed was painful for me. Anyting really that involved bending and that was for about 6 days for me. Each day is a little less. the pain is the gas on days 2-4 for most i think. I still have uncomfortable gas that is driving me nuts. Take 2 or 3 different kinds of gas medication Walk.

I has something similar, but it was followed by a "frat boy at a kegger" type belch.

Do you not burp afterwards?

No, I haven't belched but maybe 5 tiny ones all week. I didnt belch or pass gas for two whole days after surgery. GasX and maalox are my diet right now.

Hi All,

Banded a week ago in TJ and have followed the clear liquids going on day 7 now. I've not been hungry and read enough advice on this forum to know I must sip sip sip constantly throughout the day etc. Tried a drinkable yougart with no problems today and clear soup is fine. I don't cheat because I look at everything (like even a peanut) and ask myself, is that an $8000 peanut? Even sex with Kevin Costner isn't worth $8 grand and I'd leave my mate for him.

My question is:

I want to you to imagine a shampoo bottle that you turn over. See the slow moving bubble going up the bottle? Ok keep that in mind. I feel like I have swallowed the red milk jug cap and it is stuck forever in the back of my throat. I have a pressure/almost a small annoying dull pain right in my sternum between my breasts which stays with me constantly. I have a re-occuring gas bubble (???) that starts out as a little hiccup and moves to a yawn then begins the slow (shampoo bottle) ascent from my belly straight up the middle to the sternum and for a brief second it is very painful. So much so for that moment, I cant even walk or speak. Now yesterday, this happened over 40 times. I kept track. As far as I can tell and record, there is not a trigger for this bubble, if indeed it is one. I know that stomach pain is sometimes located in the back but I don't really have that.

Is like there is a 3 inch piece of pvc pipe in my windtunnel from throat to breastbone.

I've had GERD and acid reflux before so I know what those are, but this is different and uncomfortable.

Any ideas?

Thanks in Advance from Florida!

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woohoo! you are doing awesome!

That's amazing...I am so thrilled for you!!

I am 2 lbs way from 40 lbs too!! It's an amazing feeling isn't it!

Good for you, and keep up the great work!

Welcome to all the newbies. We've only joined a week ago but love the support on the forum. Thank you all so much!! Logging in to check on everyone's progress is such a booster for us all. It can be done. I'm amazed that after three weeks on the post surgery diet, the weight is starting to come down and if I exercised MORE it would be that much faster! Duh! But we fly out Sunday am and surgery is Monday. We're getting so excited! Those who are having surgery the week of the 4th, hope we get to say hi at least!

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I'm sitting here thinking of you guys and saying a lil prayer that all is well. Will see you later this week.

Cathy

Obiedience has never been my strong point and i have spent most of the day crying because I don't think I can do this but I will make myself do it if it kills me! So someone please help me out and make sure I am reading everything correctly, I am on day 5 so I have 2 more days of clear liquid

Day 8 and 9 are clear liquids and 1- 1/2 cup of drinkable yougurt

day 10 to 21 are soups, optifast and yogurt so if I did 1/2 cup yogurt for breakfast, optifast for lunch and creamy soup for dinner would I be reading and doing the right thing? My question is how much soup do I eat, 1/2 cup? and of course my water and gatorade

Hopefully I will stop freaking out I did buy some specialK protein water hopefully that will help for my hunger

fibercon chewable tablets helps immensely cure the food craving. that, and get busy doign something instead of thinking o you are hungry, that seems to help me.

yay!!!!! good for you =D>

woohoooooooooooooooo

you go girl!

Hi Cathy40!

We're being banded on 8/4 and will be at the hotel thru Sat 8/9 for some R & R! Look us up when you get to the hotel - Terry and John Blankenship - hope to meet you and best of luck!

Will do..Cathy Tapley we will arrive 8/6 and staying checking out 8/10

Another Cathy! Welcome!

Have you been banded? When? And how are you doing?

Thank you so much. I will be banded by Dr. Ortiz on 8/7 Next week. I have one week to lose 12 lbs so I am really pushing it. I have saved forever for this surgery and I'm really hoping it all comes to fruition. I've found this board a wealth of information.

Thank you.

I use the whey powder from walmart and diet splash tropical or berry. in 8oz's, it gives it flavor and taste w/o adding the calories that milk does.

c.

How much does he charge?

I am in Satellite Beach, FL. I will have surgery 8/7. Would you please be so kind as to email me his location and phone number so I dont have to go 3 hours to tampa? THANKS!