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Good job Topazz!

I went back to work Monday and was a little tired at first. I have been so busy at work that I have a hard time getting Snacks in. I also feel better since I am off of sugar and diet coke. I can't stand the texture of pureed meat so I have been eating some egg salad pureed and a lot of protien smoothies. I go for my first appt tomorrow but don't have a fill until 12-20. I am down 16 pounds total. Yay! schis- i really questioned my decision for about 3 days and then started to feel human again! Since the swelling has gone down, it is harder to remember to eat slowly.

I was banded on 11-22 and my first fill is 12-20.

i went back today.....it was so busy that i didn't get to eat as often as i was at home. when i got home, i was starved! i am tired tonight, my stamina isn't back to normal yet. Good news for me as well....down 15# and people noticed at work that i had lost weight! yay!

I went black friday shopping today... i was so scared that someone would bump my abdomen that I held on to my belly for dear life! I had one episode where I felt like my blood sugar dropped. Fortunately, I had baby food applesauce in my purse which I consumed with my baby spoon! I was so hungry about an hour later so I got a small smoothie at the mall with protien powder added in.... could only sip about 1/4 cup of that but that held me for about 3 hours and I felt a lot better. My navel incision was a little achy when I got home but today is the best day of the week so far. JaGo....i think we are going to have some ups and downs.....i was really questioning my decision a couple of days ago and i am still not sure how this is all going to work.....i have decided to take it one day at a time. I hope that things are looking up for you now.

i usually have thanksgiving at my house, so we decided to go out instead so i didn't have to clean and cook. since i didn't want to take a blender with me, i ate about a tbsp of mashed potatoes and gravy and a small bite of cranberry sauce. I was satisfied but had a hard time not drinking with my meal. We had so many left overs that about 5 hours later i ground up turkey with a little fat free gravy....it tasted pretty good, but i could only eat about 2 tbsp and i ate it so slow. i really really wanted bread! today i feel more like my old self, still worried about all this getting stuck and having an episode in public thing.....

lily- thanks for the encouragement....right now i am questioning everything and i really thought i was prepared for this........boy was i wrong! i am glad to hear that things will get better. eyes- i am glad we have others to share this crazy time with!

eyes....you must be reading my mind! i wonder if i will ever eat regular food again.....i just want this phase to pass quickly.

dizzy- when i spoke to the dietician today she told me that the pressure in the chest is your pouch getting full. i found that i had sharp pains when i drank too fast.....i thought she said that if you are having that pain to wait 30 minutes and try sipping on clears again.....i don't know if that helps, but she said that both of the dieticians were on call this weekend, if you need to call.

I am feeling much better today. I also had a moment of "what the heck have I done to myself"! I spoke to the dietician at my doctor's office today about what full feels like at this point. I get very heavy feeling in my chest and sharp pains in my left shoulder and neck. She said that was still the gas and that I was probably eating or drinking too fast. I am so thirsty and it is so hard to take small sips! I think I have had some spasms today as well....feels like a burp that won't come up. I went out with my daughter shopping for a bit today....I am tired after about 3 hours out with her so I am taking a nap! So glad to come out here and see that most of what I'm experiencing is normal.....hang in there....we can do this! The dietician told me that we are in the worst part right now....hope she is right!

I am feeling much better today. I also had a moment of "what the heck have I done to myself"! I spoke to the dietician at my doctor's office today about what full feels like at this point. I get very heavy feeling in my chest and sharp pains in my left shoulder and neck. She said that was still the gas and that I was probably eating or drinking too fast. I am so thirsty and it is so hard to take small sips! I think I have had some spasms today as well....feels like a burp that won't come up. I went out with my daughter shopping for a bit today....I am tired after about 3 hours out with her so I am taking a nap! So glad to come out here and see that most of what I'm experiencing is normal.....hang in there....we can do this! The dietician told me that we are in the worst part right now....hope she is right!

my left shoulder and neck hurt like a pinched nerve. is the tightness in my chest when i've drank too fast? i guess i thought i would magically know how to drink and eat slower. good luck to all!

i was banded yesterday 11-22. i am sipping fluids and today i started pureed food.....no real appetite, but have been trying to eat 1/4 to 1/2 cup. so far applesauce, cream of wheat and pudding. i'm going to try a protien shake for dinner. does anyone else have left shoulder and neck pain? it is worse than the incision pain! trying to walk every hour for at leat 5-10 minutes.

i was banded yesterday also.....felt pretty good except the gas and the navel incision. today i feel like a mack truck might have ran over me! every muscle in my body is sore. I am still having trouble with left shoulder pain and i can't take a deep breath. i hope this phase passes quickly.

You are so lucky not to have to deal with the liquid diet! I am in Ohio.....and I am nervous as well, but I am thinking that in a month or so we will be posting some positive results and encouraging others! Best of Luck!

Hey all, my surgery is 11-22 and i have been having the same fears. i was a recovery room nurse for several years and of course, i think of all the complications that could happen. it's good to know that there are others with the same concerns.

I am having surgery on 11-22 also! I am on day 7 of my diet and still feel as if I could chew my arm off. I am allowed to have 6 medifast meals a day but they taste so bad that I rarely eat all of them. I am eating SF popsicles and jello to help with hunger. I have lost 8 lbs so far....yay!

I'm on day 7 of my medifast diet....i am still hungry but it isn't as bad as the first 3 days. I had body aches and a headache....I think my body was detoxing from sugar and fat. I don't always eat all 6 packets because they taste so bad. I have been eating alot of sf popsicles and jello they seem to help. I am actually looking forward to pureed food with some flavor!

I am getting banded on 11-22 and I have had moments of doubt as well. This medifast diet is killing me but I know that I have to do it to help make the surgery safer. I am expecting that it will be a few weeks until I can eat normal foods again. Hang in there!

I am having my band placed on 11-22 and I have worried that this will just be another one of my diets.....however this time I have a lot of money invested. I am self pay as well. From what I can tell, we all have doubts because most of us have failed at weight loss many times. I am trying to look at this as a day by day journey. I can only deal with what is in front of me right now and that I am going to gain so much more than I am giving up. Good luck with making your decision, it will be the right one for you!

I am scheduled to have my band on 11-22. I was told that I will not have my first fill until 4 weeks post-op. Do you feel any restriction with the band placement alone?

I am having my surgery on 11-22 as well! I have my pre-op appt and nutrition class tomorrow. I pick up my pre-op diet stuff too.....I am more afraid of how I will get through the diet than the surgery! I am excited and ready to lose this excess weight.

I chose thanksgiving week so that it would be the least disruptive to our office's schedule. I am hoping 1 week of being home doing little will be enough....i am not looking forward to cooking thanksgiving dinner :wink2:....but i know that i am doing this to have more thanksgivings with my family!:laugh: We can do this!!

Oh yes I have had much anxiety! I have my appt for pre-op testing and my nutrition class on 11-4. I will have to start my medi-fast diet then. I have felt like I have to eat those things I might crave for those 2 weeks and the first few weeks after surgery....is that crazy or what! I too am worried about those 2 weeks pre-op and how I am going to "hide" it from my coworkers. I know that I have to do it and I don't want complications during surgery, so I think that will keep me going. Good luck....you can do it!