CarynW

Hi Michelle and Alexis! Question about vitamins: I have delicious gummies, I can't handle pill types, i've tried ALLLLLLLL kinds and I get sick to my stomach even if I take with food/full stomach. So i've been sticking to gummies. I haven't taken any since surgery though because they are sort of solid!? I guess I should've asked my doc.

I've been afraid to do anything but walk. I'm a pretty active person normally. I think Friday the kids and I will go on a bike ride, I'm feeling pretty good today!

I am 6 days post-op and today is the first day my stomach feels almost normal, size wise. Even yesterday, it started out just slightly bloated but by the end of the day I had to take my shorts off because it was way bloated. This morning it seems fine and has stayed normal throughout the day. So don't worry, girl you are only 2 days out!

Thank you Rachel! I am having split pea Soup right now, and there's not really anything chew-y in it, but I thinned it with skim milk because it was really thick. I *think* this is ok!? My paper says strained cream Soups.

Flammingjun, my steri strips are mostly still on. I took the one off the tiny incision because it wasn't stuck to it. I took half of the ones off the big incision because it felt very painful and I wanted to look at it to see if it was infected looking. The rest are still stuck like glue. We're supposed to leave them on until they fall off and I learned with my c-section not to push them to come off or it messes up the incision.

I had some potato soup with all the goodies strained out of it, lol. It was good and filling...........for like an hour. I think it's just adjusting to not having anything solid to digest, it kind of just slides on through.

Im 6 days post-op and I hear ya. I'm starving. I had my protein/coffee/milkshake this morning around 7 and it's 923 and i'm ready to knaw my leg off. I drank the same thing for my pre-op diet and was FINE! Now i'm starving.

I'm liquid for 2 weeks. Thin liquids the first 3 days, then thicker liquids until day 14, then pureed, then diced/mushies.

There's many reasons to bleed during pregnancy and since you stated that they were light and only a week and a half apart, that could have been implantation bleeding or a few other things.

Good luck Tanisha and hello Erinn! Anyone post op get this heartburn-y, spasm, weird and painful feeling that starts in the stomach, makes it's way up like a burp but instead stops mid-neck and like, feels like it expands and hurts for a second and then go away? That was my best scientific explanation of what it is! I'm tired of it, it's all damn day every day! And it hurts!

I just stalked your profile and see that your 23. So, yah, how about that pregnancy test!? LMAO

Not sure how old you are, but ummmm, have you taken a pregnancy test!?

Thanks! Where is your port?? I thought it was going to be on the right but right now my left rib area is killing me! I can get up for awhile and do some things and then I have to lay down and stretch out so there's zero pressure on it!

Glad it's going well Dave!

Question of the day! If you are post op, share a pic of your scars! These are totally gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The tops 3 The bottom one by my belly button And a bonus picture of my kids making pillow mountains. No the little one isn't naked. She's wearing underwears, lol.

Good morning A11s! I slept in my bed last night! Woot! It wasn't the greatest but I made it work. I can't lay on my left side because the incision hurts and it feels "hard" around it. I eased some of the steri strips off of it so I could look at it and make sure it wasn't infected looking. It looks okay but that one is the most painful. The one right next to my belly button is wicked nasty and bruised looking, but doesn't hurt much. I guess it's good that i'm feeling more incision pain then gas pain although it's still there a little bit. I'm down 3lbs this morning, so into the 220s! (229!), which is awesome. Haven't been there since Jan when I started working nights. I can't WAIT to get OUT of the 220s because it's been a really long time since i've been there. I've fluctuated between 225-235 for like 4 years now. Flamingjun, looks like we have about the same amount of weight to lose! My goal is 150! Which is still overweight for my frame but the thought of 122 scares the crap outta me. I've NEVER been there because i'm very stocky and have a lot of muscle from riding horses and working in physically demanding job.

I don't think the "band" has to heal. The band is just rubber or whatever. I think if the stomach is done with it's swelling and irritable-ness then you can move on.

Welcome newbies! (Cause you know, you joined today instead of the oldtimers that joined....um....yesterday) Ms. Lady, me too. Never been so happy to fart in my life! It feels sooooooo goooooooooood. Maryjo that concoction sounds gross, lol. I put nectar Protein powder in crystal light and it tastes like regular juice. Or the vanilla or choc powders in milk. CherieElise I totally read that as 80lbs, LMAO, I was like WTF!? Well I am back down to my pre-op weight so I must've peed out all the extra fluids. Yay for that. I am 4 days out though and I am HUNGRY today. It kind of sucks! I want to chew and gum isn't doing it! I get to have thicker liquids today but still liquids. So I had a coffee/protein/milk drink for Breakfast. A cup o Soup (pretty damn good!), a nectar/crystal light Protein Drink for lunch. Then a popscicle. Then a pudding. Now for dinner, a cup o soup, some V8, and I'm about to have a popscicle. Later on i'll have a milk/protein drink. And I have 10 more days of this before pureed foods! Then a week of pureed, then a week of dices/mushies. UGH! And no fill until 6 weeks. I start school thursday (orientation) and then monday full time m-thurs and I don't know how i'm going to get through the days on liquid. And I swear I look pregnant. Like for real. I hope it goes down before school on thursday, I don't want to have to unbutton my pants, lol.

I'll update the roster soon. OMG I am sitting here listening to my gut sounds with my stethoscope. TRIP OUT! It sounds like a small animal in there fighting and growling trying to get out. For real.

Theodoru, what is your name so I can add you to the roster. Way to go on the weigh loss so far! Tasha, I would call the doc! Do you feel like you have a fever? And how are the incision sites? If they are very hot or warm around the sites and you have a fever over 100, you may have an infection and need to get seen right away. Of course, this may be normal too, but it's best to call the doc and let him know what's going on. I was banded Thursday night and the only time i've been extra tired is when I take the vicoden, then it's a drugged up kind of tired. I haven't taken any today and have cleaned the house, with the help of kids and husband! Welcome Holly! Ctarantino, what's your name? I'll pass on the challenge, I never do well with those types of things and feel much better when I am on my own and not pressuring myself.

Welcome Sandra and Nicole! I'll update the roster as we get more people! I have a feeling this will be a huge group and i'm excited to go on this journey with everyone!

CherieElise, is your name Cherie? Cara, I live in southern California! I've had horrible gas pain but feel better this morning. I started farting last night, thank GOD and I think that's helped tremendously. Prior to that I was just burping, which was painful and not very effective. Trish, Wow, already down a whole size! I can't wait for that. I've been a size 20 for like 4 years now, prior to that I was a size 24. Jamie, wow, Micro surgery!? I've never heard of it. I'm jealous. I have 3 tiny incisions and one bigger one. They are all smaller then I thought they would be so i'm pleased. I have Caryn Cherie Bailey Cara Trish Jamie Nikia Tammy Mary Jo Today I'm doing ok, gas pain is better, i'm a fartin fool finally and I think that's what helped. I do heavy lifting in my job so I have 2 weeks off from work. I start school next week on thursday though so I really am only getting a week of nothing, then one days of school, 3 days off, then full time school mon-thurs of the following week, returning to work thursday night of that week. I need to NOT weigh myself. They dumped a ton of Fluid in me before and during surgery so I KNOW it's Water weight since I haven't eaten anything and i'm already frustrated that i've had a 2lb gain from pre surgery, lol. I know it's just water, I know it's just water. <~~ that's my mantra. I am going to take my scale over to my moms actually because I will torture myself. That way i'll only weigh in about once a week. She lives in a trailer in the back of our property so it's not as accessible. Anywho, taking one day at a time and feeling pretty good today. Going to try and clean some house. It's disgusting.

For everyone who is post-op now, I also started a thread in the post op section titles "Calling all A11s!".

It was supposed to come up as a thread for everyone banded in august of 2011!

I'm from the 11th also. The gas pain is horrible. Yesterday was bad, today is slightly better but I didn't rest much either. I figured the walking around running errands would be good. It was but I over did it and by 7 I was freaking DONE! We were at a friends house for a surprise bday party and I had to have hubby bring me home, I just couldn't get comfortable. Funny, I have not farted at all since thursday, only burped and it hurts like hell. Well I came home, choked down some nasty liquid vicoden, heated up a bag of water, grabbed a popscicle, took some gas x, sat down kind of leaning against the arm of the couch,, which is the only way I'm comfortable, and all of a sudden I'm a farting machine and Ive never been SO happy about it! Lmao! I'm so hoping to be rid of the gas pain by Monday when he goes back to work and ill have the kids alone again.