Success in lapband

You got banded on 3/5; your just more than a week out; hmmmmm not a real BIG concern.... when is your post op? If you are only swelling in the after noon it could be gas getting trapped. I don't think I would be concerned at all. I would drink more water and don't forget to mention it to your post op appt with your dr. Sorry don't have the magic crystal ball on this one.

Travelgirl Going from a snug 24 down to a comfy 22 is HUGE! That jump is a MAJOR NSV! And you were banded on 2/5/7 I love it! So are you planning on wearing shorts this summer? Of course you are! I am smiling so big right now and everybody at work thinks I am chatting on a porn site. (my silly co workers have filthy minds) I am sure they can not understand how much I love lapbandtalk and how uplifting it is to talk to other people about how well they are doing and how happy everybody is.

So travelgirl~~~ your in Kansas? What about this~what are you doing tonight??? What about you ON YOUR WAY HOME just stop by the Curves and only go on for 15 minutes; don't stay the whole 30 minutes, go only for 15. You know.... when I go for my eliptical I always say I will go for 15 (which gets me there and it is a time committment that I can keep to myself and 15 is really always doable but 30 seems like sometimes is just not doable) so then 90% op the time I start losening up and like the conversation with the lady next to me and stay for the whole 30 minutes. What I am saying is though~ by the end of the week by committing and going for 15 minutes 3x a week is better than going -0- minutes and I am healthier for it. If you were standing in front of me right now you would be able to see my body language and you could see what I mean! So..... after all that are you going tonight for 15 minutes?

Sherilynn; OMG! This is what life should be all about, feel good about yourself and proud of how you look and woohoo. Doesn't being healthy give a whole new aspect of being happy? Isn't it wierd? I am at the weight I was (for about one week) 5 years ago, and inside I am jumping up and down and being incredibly gitty! On the outside I am non chalantly saying no big deal. I can't wait until I can lose another 20 pounds and then BAM in your face to someone who doubted my ability.

BINGO! But can I add please without disrespect to anyone; I have the band which is a tool, no matter if it is the reason I NOW go to the gym 3 days per week, or the reason that I eat smaller meals or don't eat the entire pizza by myself. This is why my Dr. looks at the whole picture and asks us to use fitday.com for his review of our progress.

Tammy!!!! Tomarrow it is all about you Babe!!!! Woohooo! You you have been reading these posts long enough and have posted long enough you think you are ready right? During surgery somehow the dr. has the ability to erase everything you think you have learned and you will be full of questions and concerns. Let me reassure you that we are hear for you and will help in anyway we can. It is amazing at how when you personally are on the hot seat it is a little different than just saying "it will be okay"! But truly you will love the surgery and love the control the band gives to us. Please post ASAP after surgery because the inquiring minds need to know....

Sue my staples in the first week were bad bad bad, they were what a thrid week post op person should be eating. If you really want to know I will PM them to you but don't want anybody to follow me lead. They weren't really bad they just were in the wrong week of eating them....

Synical I would consider offering you money to post more often, I do love to laugh! Dannon Yogurt? Yeah I have heard of dannon but they don't offer the prune thing here. No biggie anymore it seems that my "bathroom" issues are becoming more regular since I am eating more of a variety of food, which last night was a couple real prunes! So I will have the calories with the yogurt and just pop a couple prunes. Just to make you REALLY jealous, I am going to Sea World today, and I will be walking, walking, walking and more walking. I pray I do not gain weight! I have resisted to go on vacations because even though I am a BBW; I have kept to the lower end of the BBW sizes by trying to be healthy etc. work out, personal trainer, eat healthy, but my main problem was always volume eating and binging (when my DH was not a darling husband but a d**k husband)~ yeah it is all his fault! LOL! So back to the issue.... I would not go on vacations or out to dinner with friends or etc. because I would overeat (be out of control per se') so I am sooooo very excited to see how I handle this little 5 day escape from the comfortable surroundings of my house. Whatever food issues I encounter I will post and just for synical I am going to do the eliptical in the hotel gym for 30 minutes each day for cardio, because she is walking on her lunch hour, that is the only way I can personally praise her for doing an incredible thing for her health and for being such a great sport about sharing all her trials and tribulations!! What do you think synical, are you walking today?????hmmmmm???

OH! Walmart has Activa! I will check today. To answer a previous post... I love prunes and another nice bandster said she was eating prune yogurt and she told me to go buy it at a store we don't have on the east coast. Best tidbit of adivice I got lately is to go to fitday.com and log your calories and the foods you eat. I tried it last night and I love it! I (IMHO) will be able to predict my weight loss based on what I have eaten and my activity level for the day. I will keep you posted!

Right on Glogirl!!!! You know..... everytime I look in my closet or everytime I "fit" better into a pair of jeans, "I" in the back of my mind think ...."hmmmmmmm" how long are these going to fit until I gain my weight back". What a horrible conscious but true all my life I have always bounced from being fat to fatter back to fat again then fatter. I have clothes in my closet from size 16 to 26, and have never thrown them away until a couple days ago I donated some of them. I always kept them because I am logical about my weight, and this time I am logical too, if they are too big for me now I will never be able to wear them again. (I just need to repeat this to myself at least 1000x)

Sue: Read my last post about how my Dr. got grumpy with me eating the way I have....but to answer your question about the chicken (deep fried General chicken) that got stuck..... Uhhhhhhhh I was maybe 2-3 days post op, but in my defense I don't have any pain to speak of to remind me that I was banded and it was totally out of bad bad bad bad behavior I stuck that in my mouth. I have eaten chicken in a controlled environment since and I have had no problem.

Hmmmmm I don't know ANYTHING about fills.... I would email your Dr. and ask him if he has any insight (and then share it with us)

What about a delicious French Asparagus Soup, or french onion soup. But!!! The sodium in your broth soups is what could be causing your swelling!just a thought. I know I swell when I eat too much salt Your creative soups sound delicious, please post them on the cookbook lapband recipes thread.

When you get that golf ball feeling you need to say to yourself that you either did not chew as well as you should have or you ate too much. Not only go no further!~IMHO I think you need to back it up just a touch.

Sophie; Where is your swelling, how do you know you are swollen? How much water are you drinking each day? What is your salt intake?

Gas in your intestines or gas in your upper left chest? The intestinal gas~use Gas X The upper left chest~need a heating pad

Glogirl; Did you do mushies BEFORE you were suppose to? Is that why you paniced? Well I DID do the mushies before my one week post op check up and the Dr. was a little grumpy over it.But obviously my band did its' job and I did not do damage. He says that the pain caused by the mushies after surgery and prior to the swelling going down stops "normal fat people" from being tempted to try mushies and I chimed right in and assured him I feel no pain, but IF I had I would have not eaten that chicken.(you should have seen the hair on the back of his neck stand up when I told him I ate chicken)~ then when I told him I ate a scrambled egg before the 10 days post op appointment he started telling me I don't follow the rules. But seriously I did not think I was doing that bad and explained to him my mouth (teeth) do a better job than a blender. He made me sweat a little (got me nervous) and made me promise to stick to the rules and read the rules I need to stick to. My main problem is that I have a unique memory (I learn by trial and error) and I have an unusually high pain tolerance (at least I am told this all the time) people can't understand why I am not in pain when I should be; but in reality I am so frightened by that particular experience that my endorphines are taking over and my game face is on, so pain is not the issue. I am not being a troubled child, I just need to understand why my mouth can't chew chew chew chew just like the blender does, and why sip sip sip when you can drink.

You friggin Easterners! I have never even heard of these small hick stores that carry your PRUNE yogurt!!!!!LOL!!!!! I love prunes, but apparently we on the West coast don't have the same issues that the East has, that would be why you need prune yogurt. But I have to admit I am jealous! I hope you know I am playing with you and appreciate your input! Thanks anyhow

Buy protein powder! Just because you are going to be able to go to full liquids, does not mean you will be getting enough protein, and you need protein (lots of it) to be satiated and to heal quicker. Bariatrix Essentials is great stuff but I also went to GNC and they have fantastic premixed stuff too.. Good luck, are you getting excited???

Woooooohooooo! God has blessed this day for you to enter the land of food control and a healthier lifestyle!! You are going to love it!!!! Congrats and keep us posted on your progress. Get a ticker so we can see how you are doing!!

I was at the Dr. office today and he explained to me I would not be eligible until I was "hungry" and my weight loss plateau'd, and I did not feel restriction.

Hlayne: I want to remind you that the ONLY thing that I EVER got stuck on was chicken that was fried. A tiny little morsel ~just one mouthful size and there was not even any skin on it. And I was stuck and scared and in more pain than child birth~so.... how much of fried chicken do you want? Head hunger is powerful isn't it?

Not being winded when you walk is even better than losing scale weight, in my opinion. We don't have a kroger! LOL! Great for you for walking I wish I was that motivated.

Synical You Rock! But will you pleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaase tell me where to get the prune yogurt? I am glad your yinfec is under control. You have the right attitude with doing more activites outdoors, when I am heavier I resist going outdoors but I really want to do more outdoors just like you. Right ON! Don't forget the prune yogurt source

Char; Your story brought tears to my eyes. Thank goodness you had the sense to get to ER! I am 10 days post op and had "some" issues; nothing compared to yours, thank goodness they are behind you and they were overcome. Even with those complications in 1 week from now you will still say it is worth it. I eat so little and am sooooo satisfied, everyday I wake up thinking: am I really going to have restriction today or am I going to have to eat like I use to prior to banding and everyday so far I am sooooo happy to say the band it still working!!!! Yahoooo! Go read some of my posts.... I tell it like it really is, and as of today I still say the band is one of the best things in my life.