vickiruss

I HAD MY BAND DONE ON MARCH 2 2009 AND WAS WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY OF MY CO BANDERS OUT THERE AND HOW THEY ARE DOING?

first fill april 24

Girl I hear you!!! I am a nurse and the girls i work with had a hissy when i told them where i was going, it was wonderful, would do it again in an instant. In fact i leave this friday for my first fill. the people were awesome, i didn't worry one bit about safety once i got there. DO IT! IT IS SO WORTH IT!

Awesome!!!!!! Congrats

around, here there and every where but soon will be in less places at one time HA!!!! glad i could help

Hi, I am kind of new at this was banded on 3/2/09 so haven't been eating reg food long. some suggestions i have is, i like fat free or low fat cottage cheese with a little pesto on it, if the family has speggetti I put the sause on cottage cheese (got that from mother in law had bypass 20+ yrs ago), for lunch i have found flavored tuna (high protein) my fav so far is sweet/tangy with little mayo onion and garlic and instead of using bread i use a lettus leaf or cuccumber. usually use sllim fast or drinkable yogurt, another dish my m.i.l has made which is good is zuccini pizza, cut in half length wise, cut out seeds and saute with meat and tomatoe sauce put back in zuccini cover with fat free cheese and bake! it is good! hope this helps!

AWESOME =D>

when i was on the full liquid diet i wasn't getting what i thought was enough protein, the yogurt was only about 5g and the shakes only 10, and the soups sometimes 0, when i went a week or longer with no loss a few friends of mine asked about my protein intake and i realized the post op papers said 30g so i looked for something to get me through the last 4 days of my clears not that i am on reg food i haven't had any more of the shots, and by shot i mean little drinks not needles! sorry for any concern or questions

That is awesome, i have always wondered what it would be like to be a runner. But have never been healthy enough but now with the band and time I plan to start soon!

Yipee am happy for you. I had my band 3 weeks ago and got stuck at 10# off since surgery was upset then added protein and i think it has helped, will weigh in the am at work. Congrats!!!! =D>

Not sure how long it took me to feel gas pain free. Try Gas-X strips, and heat to the bothering shoulder. I also took liquid ibuprofen. Another thing i noticed was that the ibuprofen helped so I am not sure if it was gas as much as it was pain, mine was in the left shoulder which is the side of the port, they probably had that arm way up over my head to be able to get to that area in the OR so it may be some muscle pain as well as gas. hope this helps! :-?

okay, now that it isn't 1230am I will fill you all in on what the container says. FIrst i found it in the protein section, where the shakes and powders are. like I said it looks like a large chemisty vial. It says Super Whey, Protein Shot, Ultimate recovery Fuel. The brand is Body Fortress. It has 26g of protein, 110 cal. 0 fat, 1g carbs. The only flavor i have found is fruit punch, like I said it is a little tart, okay a lot tart but it is only 2.9oz. so it is doable. Hope you can find it.

Just wanted to let people know that walmart carries a protein shot! well try drink it is 3.5 oz has 110 cal. 2 or 3 carbs and 26grams of protein, flavor is fruit punch, a litte tart but not bad. comes in what looks like a giant test tube is about $2 each. hope this helps someone.

Awesome job!!!! =D>

> Hi my name is Vicki, I am a nurse in florida, and had my surgery done by dr Ortiz and it was wonderful. The staff was great and so was the Dr. all of my co-workers were concerned about going to mexico but it was great, as clean if not cleaner than here. best of luck it is a huge decision to make.

I am sure your mom is concerned and she has every right to be, I was there last week with my husband and there were at least 2 if not 3 people that did it alone, while in the surgery center you can use the internet and the phone to call whom ever you would like where ever they may be, I wish you the best!

happy birthday girl!!!!!!!! happy for you