valwat1

I learned that i have more willpower than i ever thought. I never thought i could go 3 weeks on only liquids. I never thought i could count calories and exercise almost everyday. I just never thought i could do those things which over the past year had worked along with the band to bring me closer to my goal. I was banded november 12th last year my weight was 309lbs my current weight is 221 and i still have weight to lose but i am proud of myself for having lost 88lbs. The one wish i have for myself is that i reach my goal weight and feel the self confidence that i have never been able to feel because the weight held me back from doing many of the things i wanted to do.

I'm 6 days post op I have to do 10 days on liquid diet until I can again. oh goodness, I'm hungry all the time now. Eggs with cheese sounds like heaven. Its killing me. My nutritionist says 3 shakes a day plus Clear Liquids. I'm starving that's only about 500-600 calories. I'm back at work and need more. **sigh** I gotta hang in there.

Congrats and welcome to the other side. I was the same way. Didn't want to do anything but lay there and sleep. But if you aren't already doing it, get up and move around it will help with the gas (mine is getting better finally) I also drank warm liquids like tea and broth which finally seemed to help the gas move. the pain meds cut your appetite that's why u have no desire to drink anything. So you have to force yourself to drink a little bit at a time(an ounce here and there). My second day post op it took me over 2 hours to finish an 11 ounce Protein drink. Now its getting better. So just take it day by day and know that any little bit you do is to help nourish your body. In a few days u will be taking in more and more. Good luck!

I'm glad you called your doctor. Well good luck and let us know how things go. I have an appointment on Nov 22, but if my pain doent get better by tomorrow I may call my dr. too.

I really hope you feel better soon. I never knew that gas could be so painful. I never had a problem with it before LOL. Now its all I think about every minute of the day. I'm sure as soon as we get thru thus hurdle we can focus on the big picture, the reason we did this in the first place. Were all in it together But now, back to thinking about gas

I am new to this site but I have been following it for a while. I was banded on November 12th so I am 4 days post op and I have had some ups and downs since the surgery. One main one being the fact that I went back to work on Monday 5 hours (day 3 post op) and I really wish I hadn't because I haven't been able to rest properly since. Even though I worked at my desk, I was miserable from gas pain all day. Anyway going back to my surgery day,I arrived at the hosp at 540am for my 730a surgery. All went well and I was back in my hosp room by 1100a. The nurses gave me morphine and toradol for pain and pepcid for my stomach. They also gave me blood thinners as a shot in my arm (that burned pretty bad but I survived) I really didn't have much pain in my incisions (I have 5) except the port site. That was the one with the most pain. I stayed over night. The next morning they did an xray (I swallowed the white chalky stuff, not as bad as I thought) LOL its like mylanta without the flavor. Anyway all was ok I was given liquids for lunch broth (it was horrid, I really think it was dish water) apple juice, 2 popsicles, and tea. I was so happy to see lunch I dove in but didn't realize that I had just had surgery and that my stomach was still sore. OMG it hurt so bad to swallow (as the liquid went down my esophagus). I immediately called the nurse for pain meds. So make sure you take it sloooow when u have that first liquid meal post op. Anyway I have not had any nausea since right after surgery, which Is great I hadn't had any shoulder pain since right after surgery either, BUT it came back yesterday and has been with me since. As well as the gas pains from HELL. Nothing helps, walking, moving, gas-x, nothing. I feel like I am going to float away. It also keeps me from taking in all the liquids that I need to cuz I'm so bloated. I did take liquid tylenol and It did help slightly with the pain today. But only briefly. I'm only working half days so I sit an watch the clock. I wish I had taken a week off work but as my luck always has it, I took a vacation at the end of october and I found out DURING my vacation that my surgery date was NOV 12th. What luck. I had no idea I would be approved so fast. I was thinking it would be after the holidays. So I really couldn't take several more days off. Oh well I'm surving. I love this forum, you guys seem so warm and friendly and we all have something in common! Thanks for listening to my rant and good luck to you all. Just take it one day at a time! Val