beanandlivsmom

Hi I was banded on March 28 , and I am now starting to see that I can get more and more mushies down. At first it was a few spoon fills of refried Beans, now it is the serving that I am allowing myself, I am trying to do mind over matter- and tell myself that I am still feeling full - But have no restriction at all first week I lost 11 lbs which is more than awesome, but now I feel my weight loss has slowed down.... Am afraid to get that total tight restricted feeling again, where I can only have liquids, but know that will have to happen to get me to where I need to be where I can have restriction. Going to Dr on May 4 - The PA told me to try to have a chicken culet or something solid 3 days before comming so I can discuss with her what happened... let me know how you others made out once you had fills... love Jen

:DHi Everyone I have been a lurker on this board for way too long -- unsure if I wanted to actually go threw with this or not well to make a long story short - have all testing done and now I am scheduled to have the procedure done on March 28 , 2011. Not sure of the time I have gotten all of the preop testing done, and just have to go to the hospital for class on March 24. My surgon is Dr Spencer Holover I am - nervous, excited, scard , thrilled, nervous ( have i said nervous 2 x ) and a happy all at the same time Here is a little bit about me - My name is Jennifer , I am from Long Island . I am 37 years old - married 10 years to a great guy . I have two beautiful daughtes 9 and 9 months I can not belive that I am living in this body - This fat body - I am a skinny girl dying inside this fat body ... I sometimes pass by mirrrors and think WOW that cant be me, but the scale dont lie --- I kept on growing out of my clothes and shoes and started to wear stretch pants and big sweaters -- I wore my maternity jeans up untill last month and my daugher is 9 months already -- Well I have been thinking about getting this done for years now - and I am finally at the point in my life where I dont want to be the fat mom, or the girl with the pretty face ......... I wanted to ask , what are some of the things that you have packed for the hospital to make the stay ( have to stay 1 night ) and what were some of the things you had in the house that can make life a little easier for when I come home. Thank you for listening to me tell my story !!! Cant wait to start the journey with people who understand love Jenna

Thanks to everyone who has replied to me ! I am getting nervous about the whole procedure - but I think that is what to be expected........... Thanks for the list of items as well . I am going to stock up ! next week I start my diet so I need to get some Protein shakes and such ! Good luck to everyone being banded this week and next ...... Please post your experience = Jenna

Good Luck to you ... Sometimes our " other " 1/2 does not understand why we want to do this --- But good luck to you ! I am being banded on 3/28 and cant wait .. Jenna