Southern Leo

I want to make sure I don't turn to flab!! I have been researching some gyms nearby and like some of them. Does anyone go to curves? I guess it depends on what you want to accomplish but I hope to keep active somehow! I'm in Jacksonville, Florida. Is there something specific I should check on any?

Hi All, I'm afraid I have ran into the bad end of the deal. I wrote that I passed out day after my band was placed.... apparently I injured my spleen at that time. A couple of weeks later I had high fever and could not get rid of it. So went to er, they took tests and sent me home with an antibiotic, figuring I had an infection. I called my Dr(that placed band) tuesday when I woke up with pain in left side of chest. He had me get a chest x-ray. Later called and said to return to er- I had Fluid in my lung. They drained it and found It was old blood....3 cups. This was from my spleen. Then they did some ct scans and found I had a tear of some kind by band. Apparently a stitch came out too. They did surgery to repair the tear and had to take out the band. They didn't have to remove the spleen, it will absorb the hematoma on it with time. I'm home now but have a tube draining my stomach. I'm so weak and sore from laying in hospital bed for a week! I didn't eat or drink for days, just had the iv saline. But, I'm beginning to lose the extra fluid build up since I'm moving around more. They say I can have the band replaced in a couple of months. Please be careful when you have surgery and drink enough Water so you don''t get dehydrated-we think that's why I passed out.

Is the 3 meal a day way gone now? How often do you eat now for one day, How many mini meals?

I had veery good results doing a low carb diet we had to do. I started early and ended up being on it 3 weeks...lost 24 lbs

I came down with a fever of 101.7 yesterday. My eyes were stinging and running, nose runny.....It seems to be going down but I feel awlful. I might have to head to er today. I've been able to eat but some things just don't taste right. I'm drinking water all day. It may be the flu, I hope it's not an infection somewhere.

Yeah, we should have a dictionary for some of the abbreviations! PBing is productive burp, the sliming is pretty much what it sounds like!

I am another who has the glue, I love hot showers and know it can help with healing. I only went over my stomach with my hands lightly with soap. I was wondering when It would come off!!

That's one of the things I'm famous for so I take coumadin to prevent clots. I've had 3 blood clots in my legs at different times. So now I will have to always take it. I'll give them a call to make sure

I have been banded over 2 weeks, since 12/28. About the first 4 days I had such muscle aches on my sidees. That felt better but I could feel twinges afterwards. This morning I woke up with a muscle cramp on the same side my port is on. I don't know if that's why or it's coincidence. Everytime I moved it hurt. I yelled out so much my daughter came in to see why. I came to sit in recliner wondering if sitting up would help. I also took some pain medicine since I had over half left. I had been trying to stretch out my sides everyday. I even have an appt to get a massage this afternoon. I want to help make exercise pain free as soon as I can. Anyone else have this problem? Has anyone gone for a massage after surgery and did it help? I go to a massage school nearby at a reduced cost. Of course I'll let them know I had surgery and see if that presents any problem for them. I may put pillows under head of my mattress to see if it hellps to lift it.

I use fitday.com-it will tell you how many calories and how much Protein. You can usee their list of foods and you can enter food information to get the precise amount if you can't find it in what they have. I put all my Protein shakes and bars in plus other food that has too much of a different food value than they have on their list. Once you enter it you can save it so it can be used over. good luck!

I love the lemon lime propel and peach tea crystal light . In time you will find which ones you want to buy more than others. I also tried different protein bars for that time I could eat them. Then I would have some protein just in case I couldn't eat my meal I would have something. Those depend on what you like as in peanuts or s'mores. The baby bel cheese was good for the all liquid when I got there......check to see when you could add this.

I would think if you will just have a salad you should load up on protein earlier in day to make sure you will get enough that day...and be ready to lhave some later if need be. I love salad too but I can't eat it like I used to and just have that for lunch or dinner. Our days will have to be planned more than before to make sure we eat what we need. Are you keeping track of how much protein you get everyday?

I too dont want to fill up on bread anything. One day I got a plain cheeseburger for lunch....I took half of bun off. Then I ate some but mostely ate "off of" the other half. So I had beef and cheese. A friend of mine knows a couple of people with the band and said having a small bite of bread can help if you feel stuck. I had to try that later and it did work! I won't look to eat bread regularly but will once in a while.

Congratulations!!!!! Thanks for sharing how great it will feel for us!!

Today I decided I would buy a nice steak and have it for dinner. First since the surgery. I saved half to put in lunch tomorrow. After the first bite I had to stop! I just could not swallow it!! I chewed it up good but I almost seemed to gag! Guess I'll have to wait awhile before I try that again!! I can eat ground beef fine..... On a happier note, I got out some of my old jeans that I could not wear....I can put them on!! The ones I had been wearing were starting to really sag down. I kept pulling them up! Time to start separating clothes! I have some dresses I will try soon too.

I know it's weird isn't it? Maybe the meat wasn't so tasty and I just couldn't swallow it! It's happened before if it just doesn't taste right.

Thanks for all the input! I will check around

One I've used and loved a long time is 11/4 cups orange juice, 11/4 cups frozen strawberries(I got fresh and froze them) 1 banana, 1/2 cup low fat yougurt, plain or vanilla, it's called Morning eye opener and I found it on the eating well site. Any berry can be used. I would get strawberries and blueberries and put them in baggies and have them ready in the freezer. Sometimes I used half or each berry. It was so good! The recipe called for a spoon of sugar but I never bothered with it....it's good without it.

Find out if you might need to use it after you have fills.......

I wonder if the pill doesn't stay in your system long enough to get the full benefit? The chewable will be broken down before it gets swallowed and can disperse easily. ....but if that's the case why aren't all of our pills chewable?? ...hmmm...

In my adult life I was never small. I have been smaller than I am now. I have saved a few pair of nice jeans hoping that I can fit into them again! I tried one pair on a few days ago that I needed 1 inch to close the button.....it fits now! It's almost snug but I could wear it if I wanted to for the day. This weekend I plan to get all of them out and see if I really want to save any.

If I was in that situation I don't think I would wait. Once I decide on something it's hard for me to think about anything else!!

LOL, I got rid of that 2 year old!! Is that the part of me that went back for dessert seconds?? Now I think about dessert in a new way. I even made a cheesecake for my daughter's bd yesterday. Haven't had any. But I might have to get a box of girl scout cookies....it'll just last l-o-n-g-e-r this time! And then only get one box, not 2-3.

Just what causes a port to turn over? I thought they were anchored in good??

Good luck to all of you!! I hope you all have good news and hear something asap! It seems to take forever to have everything done that they want. Then when we wait to hear it just seems to be forever and will be here soon!! Take care and try to be patient! Sounds easy but we'll get thru the hard parts.