mari02

Wow....my surgery was totally different, well I had mine in NJ but I was in such pain after the surgery. The moment I was waking up from anthesia, I was hurting and the gas was sitting there right in my left side. I was scheduled to go home that day but that didnt happen. I asked to stay in the hospital and they did take good care of me....A couple of hours later I was able to walk a little up and down the hall, and I only did that because the nurses promised me that was the only way to get rid of the gas......I did check out the next day and by Monday (day 3) I felt like a million dollars.....everyone recovers different, but I was looking like 5 months pregnant and hurting.......lol....Im 3 weeks out, my tummy swelling has subsided much and I'm soooooooooooooooooooooo happy that I got through it and i would have not changed a thing....3days of misery in exchange for lifetime of being thin??? Yeah, I'll take it!!

OMG!! I bought the same dancing CD!!! I cant beleive I forgot it!! I got my crystal light here and I'm going to introduce more water. Im just so worried that I went through all of this and have it not work. I'm hungry all the time, but that's because i havent had my first fill. Im just so excited that I fianlly get to be skinny again and I just cant wait any longer!!!!!!!!!! Todays jeans are feeling loose, (just washed) so that makes me feel great..........

Im consuming about 1300 calories today and I gained 2 pounds??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

so proud of you!! I weigh a little less than when you started and I'm looking to reach my goal within 6 months....did you go through a tough time between the surgery and first fill?? That's where I'm at right now...scales havent moved and I'm hunry all the time!!

Well, I'm in offical bandster hell........I'm hungry ALL the time...im in stage 3 mushy foods, ground beef and so on and I feel so hungry all the time, however my mornings I'm not hungry at least 2 hours after I wake up. My first fill is not until Oct 14th...the scales havent moved but oddly, these new pair of pants that I have fit like a glove, last week they didnt. I'm offically out of the XL and comfortable moved to the large category. Has anyone experienced this during this time period???

wow, what a story...I was just complaining to my friend that I have not lost anything since last week...Im only 13 days out, and I'm feeling so hungry with no restriction what so ever. I get my first fill on 10/14. So I gotta be good until then

ooooooooo, where can I get that??

I'm curious to know how much is the surgery at OCC??? I was covered here under my insurance in NJ, so I have no idea how much it cost.

Today I went into the bathroom here at work and I couldnt beleive that it was me in that mirror. I've always hated this mirror because it doesnt lie...........my pants are falling off and I'm wearing a sweater that was just there and now it's ill-fitting. I cant beleive that it's finally happening. I want to scream out of happiness out the window!!!!!!

I'm mega mega mega worried that I streched out my pouch because I'm hungry all the time!!!!!!!! I was doing so well right up until Sat, which was day 8........I feel like Im starving all the time..............please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yay!!!!!!!!!! this is my day 7 as well!! Ok so now I feel better about moving myself to full liquids....Im going to buy slimfast today as soon as I get home....as for the gas bubble I too am suffering bad on my left side. I had my first BM on tuesday. Any suggestions on what I can consume while on the full liquids????

scratch that.....lol.....as I was drinking my lovely tomato soup, I got so full and now I got a gas buble stuck in my shoulder blade!!!!!!!!!! man this is a bad one....you should see me sitting at my desk all lop-sided....lol. I was pounding my fist on my desk and my co-worker came over to see if I was ok.....lol........how embarrasing!!

I'm soooooo worried that I may have band slippage....today, Ive been doing my liquids as usual and im sooooooooooooo hungry, Im at work and no access to ice pops!! Today is one week exactly that I had my surgery. I wonder if I can go to full liquids now instead of clear liquids.....a nice tomato soup sounds good about now!!! Am I being paranoid about band slippage because today I'm starving??

Okay, how much did everyone loose before their first visit? I have my first visit on Monday coming up. I'm attending a class and then I will meet with him so he can look at my stiches. I've only lost 10 pounds since it was done on 8/29. Should he expect more? or am i just about right???

im hungry

My tummy area is still swollen.....is this mornmal becuase it's still healing from the inscisions...ive lost a total of 10 pounds and the pants are not feeling any loose??? lol.....how long would it be for my tummy start to go down???

I've been quiet lately. It's been sort of sucky to be me. But, since what's happening with me could happen to any of us, I'll just go ahead and type.

I was banded on 6/16. Lost 7 pounds post op. Nothing more.

First fill was 7/28. I was in the parking lot of the restriction stadium, but not actually in the ball park.

Started keeping a food diary online. Was working out. Put on two pounds. It wasn't muscle. Not a reason on the planet I should do that. e-mailed Dr. Miranda, she said I should go to an endocrinologist.

Got 2nd fill on 8/20. Have varying restriction. Still keeping food diary, still eating correctly.

8/25 went to a new GP. I took along the food diary (I wrote a post about it). She sent me for blood work and referred me to an endocrinologist with whom I have an appt on the 16th. She told me that my thyroid is "full" about 2x the size it's supposed to be. In other words, not normal.

Results back yesterday. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone at the very peak of normal levels. Ordered ultrasound to see why the thyroid is abnormally large...Blood sugars and OSH normal. I hope it is the thyroid, actually. It would be nice to have a faster metabolism.

So, for you in the peanut gallery, this is what you should take away from all of this.

A) the band should work, and if your body isn't working correctly, then it will help you stay in the same place while you figure out what else is going wrong.

Keep a food diary. It helps to keep you honest, it will help your Dr if something else is wrong.

C) It's a journey. Even though you jump for joy at OICU812's 50+ pounds gone and you're only down 5 in almost 3 months, getting to the goal weight is still the goal. It might take a little longer than you wanted it to, but it's not a race.

I was also told pre-that I have a tyroid problem as well....shou;d I get treated for this????

I cheated I had to eat something........I started getting sores in my mouth and I just couldnt take it anymore....I had some chicken nuggets from perdue but I made sure I chewed chewed chewed...I hope I didnt do something wrong but I just couldnt take it...tomorrow I'm going to go back to liquids only...but I only had 3 peices and whoa did I feel sooooooooooooooo full!!!!! Has anyone here cheated on the liquid diet??? I havent even seen my surgeon yet!!

thanks guys for all your tips!!! I also feel like mini- heartburns...is this normal?? right now my stomach is empty because I just did wake up....I hope this is not something I'm going to feel for the rest of my life. oh but the positive part is that I just lost 5 pounds and it's only been 4 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im sure it has to do with this liquid diet but I'm loving it!!!!! Im waiting for these inscisions to heal so then I can get back to my normal routine. I have one more day off of work but I think I'm going to take off one more day.....I work in the city and I'm not up to speed walking just yet

Hi everyone!! I was banded on friday, and boy this gas pain is killing me?? I dont understand why my doctor would not give me gas-x or something to releive the pain...any suggestions?? Im already walking like crazy and it doesnt help me much.plus I have sores in my mouh because all i do is drink liquids which is driving me crazt...im starving!!!!!!!!!

I know I keep asking the same question again over and over again, but am I going to feel this band inside of me?? Am i going to feel completley different from how I feel now. Am I going to feel tighting inside???

I feel so confident that I'm making the right choice......I'm being banded this friday and I'm getting more and more anxious....I want to have my big "last supper" on thursday night, but i dont want to over do it..lol.

I need to loose about 100lbs, just wondering if anyone has met this goal...

Thanks!!

Why is it that Gastric bypass patients loose the weight tremendously after surgery...arent we on the same diet. How can these people loose 20 pounds in 12 days...and we have to wait 2 months even 3 for just 12 lbs??

I need to know if you guys feel the lapband inside of you, when you say you feel "restriction" does that mean that there is a tightness in your abdomen? I'm just trying to imagine if there is a big difference in feeling normal and having this device implanted inside of me for the rest of my life...

You guys are all a big inspiration to me!!!