Friday, April 17th I was given a 2nd chance at life. A happier, slimmer, healthier life. I had the lap band surgery because I was getting nowhere with my weight loss on my own. I was going the other way. I was gaining 7 pounds per year. Yikes.

Currently, I am in very little pain from the incision sites. However i have this horrible pain on the left shoulder.

I am not hungry and every time I see food on the TV it makes queasy. I was a bit annoyed:scared2: when my husband brought home Carl's Jr for the kids for lunch. The condensation from the cups made me want a big gulp of soda.

I need to resign myself to the fact that I became overweight by eating too many unhealthy foods. I know what they taste like.... Therefore I am not missing anything! Right!!!!

Hello chicken broth, protein:tounge_smile::scared2: shakes, and skinny jeans!

Come join us at the April 09 Bandsters Forum HERE! Congratulations on your banding! -BG

Welcome to bandland. Glad to hear you are resisting the temptation. It's such a difficult thing to do but it gets better with time. As for the shoulder pain, more than likely it's gas. Try some Gas-X strips. It helped me tremendously when I got my band almost 2 years ago. Looking forward to hearing your progress.

Hi, I had my surgery on Thursday, April 16th...my shoulder pain is finally gone...but I just feel all around loser. No energy...no nothing. Glad the sight of food is no tempting. It doesnt tempt me either...but I started having mushy food today...my energy was so low...and the thought of another protein shake was too much to handle...1/2 an egg and I am full.

The shoulder pain should go within the next day or so...good luck.

um...that was suppose to be lousy...not loser! :scared2:

Hi maddoggy2665,

I am glad to hear you are not in much pain. I made a mistake is going back to work too quickly and I was uncomfortable all day long. Did your food stay down? I am only 3 days on the protein shakes and I'm bored. I found some other solutions like Isopure and the juice vials. The each contain around 35 grams of proteins.

Take care! Donna