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Holy macaroni! It has been a looong time. I have been getting some posts to my phone and always read them and glad to hear everyone is doing well. Ms. Lady, I love ya and had to crack up at the 'puke' on the counter. I would have been mortified as well, but you did give him fair warning to hurry I get that awful painful feeling with the gross thick spit pretty often. I went in for my 3rd fill on Dec 27th, and since then I've lost about 11 lbs...which is fantastic! But I have found that I cant really eat anything until late afternoon or it gets stuck and hurts soooo bad. I havent tried the trick of drinking something warm first thing when I wake up, maybe tomorrow. I normally just drink a slimfast and hear my stomach rumbling at me until I finally get the courage to try to eat something. I'm down to 169 lbs (23 lbs gone!), havent changed much in clothing size, but after months and MONTHS of saying I need to exercise, tonight was my first night. So lets hope I can get a routine going and STICK WITH IT! I normally would love to do my exercise in the morning, but with a 10 yr old and 2 small babies and lack of energy due to lack of food, I think I may have to do it after all the babies are in bed :-/ Oh well better than nothing.

post op gas?! Ugh! Just thinking about it makes me grab my chest and want to cry! I didn't have gas, but did have weird pressure in my chest, it was gone by the next day. Hope you get to feeling better soon. Did you call your doc?

So a little frustrated and severly disappointed. Banded on 8/17 and have lost about 10 lbs, 2 lbs being pre-op. I know I have only myself to blame. I started solids earlier than i should have...Like by week 2. I can pretty much eat like I did before surgery. I can eat regular bites, with regular chewing...and I am pretty much a "chew 3-4 times and swallow kinda girl." Some days I am famished! Other days, I'm ok with eating a few small meals. I noticed the SECOND I started eating something other than protien drinks, I stopped losing weight and even GAINED 4 lbs back. When I weighed in today, I was back at 182...but when I was strictly protein drinks, I was down to 181.6 I have my good days and bad and trying to stick with drinking at least 16 oz of protein drinks in addition to whatever I eat. I am supposed to go for my very first fill on Sept 8th and I am almost embarressed to see my doctor. His advice was if I wanted to see maximum weight loss, I could stick to a protein drink ONLY diet and lose a pound a day, for the next 90 days. 90 DAYS?!?!? Really? Who wants to do that!?!? Well of course, my boyfriend heard that and since it came straight from the doctors mouth, that is what I should be doing. UGGGH!!! I have been reading that now is not the time to focus on weight loss, but on healing. Well I am a mother of 3, 2 of which are under the age of 2 years, so healing had to come pretty quick for me. And because I saw such a quick weight loss in the first week and now NOTHING, Im hating life right now. I have learned more on this site than from my actual doctor, who neglected to tell me that I may have no restriction until I get a (few) fills. But I feel like I am doing something wrong. Advice and/or encouragement would be greatly appreciated.

So I am scheduled for lap band surgery, the first ever in MY LIFE, on Aug 17th....in just 8 days. I'm not too sure what to expect. While my doctor was VERY nice, he wasn't very informative (in my opinion). He asked if I had any questions, and at the time I didn't. But I was so freaked out to even be sitting in his office, that the only thing that came to mind was "can I still nurse my 9 mo old son." I feel like I have gotten more info from researching topics on this website than I did from him. I guess I just want to know how much pain will I be in? How difficult will it be for me to change my eating habits (worried about this PB or vomiting thing, food getting stuck issue). Also, I have to make a short road trip (about 3+ hrs drive) on the 20th, 3 days after surgery. Doc said I should be fine, he wouldn't advise me driving while still taking pain meds, or if I can't make a quick reaction like slamming on the breaks if needed. But will I NEED pain meds after a few days? Ive heard its a fairly quick recovery time, but 3 days?? I also do alot of bending down for my job, its very light work (personal assistant aka "gopher for the lazy"). Anyone able to resume duties that require bending shortly after? Also, because I feel like I have tried everything out there, short of wiring my jaw shut, my fear is, what if it doesn't work? :(Just thinking about it makes me want to cry. Any advice would be so greatly appreciated.