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THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! IM 6 DAYS POST OP AND I SOMETIMES FEEL MYSELF GETTING UPSET BECAUSE I CANT EAT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE! I FEEL BUMMED OUT WHEN I SEE COMMERCIALS OF FOOD THAT LOOKS SO DELICIOUS! BUT IT MAKES ME RECALL HEARING THE NUTRITIONIST SAYING "YOURE ADDICTED TO FOOD!" THAT BUGGED ME TO HEAR, AND EVERYTIME I SEE MYSELF WANTNG TO EAT, (OR CRAVING AFTER A BURGER COMMERCIAL) I THINK TO MYSELF, "DO YOU REALLY WANT THAT? OR DO YOU ONLY WANT IT BECAUSE YOU CANT HAVE IT?" LIKE YOU SAID, I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL THING WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH! IT WAS EXPECTED TO BE A ROUGH ROAD FOR US WHEN WE GOT BANDED! WE HAVE TO BE STRONG, FOCUSED AND CONFIDENT ON THIS JOURNEY! IVE READ THAT THE FIRST 6 WEEKS ARE PRETTY ROUGH, BUT AFTER THAT, WE SHOULD BE OKAY! HANG IN THERE AND DONT EVER THINK YOU ARE ALONE!!! (YOU GOT ME STRUGGELING RIGHT HERE WITH YA! )

OMG, THANK YOU!!! FINALLY, SOMEONE THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE IM AT!!! TEXASBANDIT!!!! I HAVE TO ADMIT, LASTNIGHT, I GOT HOME FROM MY FIRST DAY BACK TO WORK (4 DAYS TO RECOVER I MIGHT ADD) AND I WAS IN MAJOR PAIN! TRIED THE HEATING PAD, TOOK THE MEDS, THEN DECIDED, SCREW IT, IM GOING FOR A WALK!!! I FOUND STRETCHING OUT (LEANING AGAINST SOMETHING LIKE YOU WERE STRETCHING YOURE CALVES AND BACK) WORKED WONDERS. AFTER STRETCHING AND AS I BEGAN TO WALK, I CAN LITERALLY FEEL AND HEAR THE GAS MOVE!!! MY AMAZING BOYFRIEND EVEN GOT UP AND WALKED WITH ME CAUSE HE WAS WORRIED ID PASS OUT! LOL HE TOO WANTED TO TAKE ME TO THE ER LASTNIGHT! LOL HES MORE CONCERNED CAUSE I HAVENT EATEN SINCE IVE HAD THE SURGERY! IM CONCERNED ABOUT IT TOO. LASTNIGHT WAS THE FIRST TIME, THE FEELING IN MY TUMMY WAS HUNGRY AND NOT GAS PAIN! I ATE A sugar free pudding AND IT WAS DELISH! IM STILL BARING WITH SOME GAS, BUT HAVE TO ADMIT, IM FEELING A LIL BETTER! TRY THE STRETCHING AND LIL BIT OF WALKING, (EVEN IF ITS JUST UP AND DOWN YOUR BLOCK). NOW IM JUST TRYING TO STAY HYDRATED AND PUT SOME Protein IN MY SYSTEM!! ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TAKE Vitamins?

THE CRAZY PART IS THAT IM NOT HAVING THE GAS IN MY SHOULDERS! ITS JUST IN MY STOMACH! IT COMES AND GOES AMD I JUST WANT IT TO GO ALREADY! SITTING IS NO FRIEND OF MINE AT THIS TIME! ITS ALONG MY LEFT SIDE AND TOTALLY SUCKS! I WOKE UP FEELING PRETTY GOOD THIS MORNING, HAD A SIP OF WATER AND IT WAS ALL OVER AFTER THAT! IM LOSING IT! I DONT KNOW IF IM FEELING AN EXTREMELY FOOL FEELING, GAS, OR AM I FREAKIN HUNGRY! UGH....THIS IS GONNA BE A ROUGH JOURNEY!

Thanks so much!!! I will make myself walk! No matter how tired I am. No matter how stowage these meds make me feel!

*you

Thank yo!!!

OMG!!! I was banded on Wed the 31st and the GAS is NO JOKE!!! I can not get comfortable at all!!!! Please tell me this goes away!!!

Wow, I was banded on Wednesday and thought the same was going to happen to me! My BP was the highest that I've ever seen it! The nurse told me to relax and she had seen worse! Anesthesiologist came in, gave me a shot f something and when they retested.....way lower!!! Best of luck to you! Don't give up!!!

WELL THE WEEK HAS ARRIVED! MY BAND DATE WILL BE WED AUGUST 31ST. IM JUST WAITING TO GET MY PHONE CALL THAT ADVISES MY SURGERY TIME FOR WED. ID LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR HELPING ME GET THIS JOURNEY IN MY LIFE OFF TO A SMOOTH START! SO MUCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBATAINED FROM THIS CITE. ALL THE SUPPORT AND VALUABLE INFORMATION IS SOOO APPRECIATED. IT IS AN AMAZING FEELING THAT IVE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN COMFORT IN DISCUSSING MY JOURNEY THANKS TO THIS FORUM! I FOUND IT HARD TO DISCUSS BUT IM NOW FIND IT EASIER TO TALK ABOUT! THERES NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED ABOUT!! THERE SHOULD BE NO SHAME THAT WE WANT HAPPY AND HEALTHIER LIVES! HERES TO A QUICK AND SMOOTH RECOVERY TO ALL OF US!! WISH ME LUCK!!!

So I was finally approved!!! Looks like a surgery date aimed for August 31st!! I'm starting to feel anxious and excited! I'm feeling a tad overwhelmed! Besides this Protein diet what else is there to do to prep for this? What's gonna happen at the "pre-op seminar"? Any advice or words of encouragement would be soooo appreciated right about now!!! Thanks and good luck to everyone!!!

HONESTLY, I WAS SHOCKED I GOT APPROVED SO FAST AND MY SURGERY DATE CAME EVEN FASTER. IM SURE IT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH MY MEDICAL CONDITION (ON MEDS FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) IT DID TAKE ABOUT 2 WEEKS FOR THE INSURANCE TO GET BACK TO MY SURGEON, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS ALL IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST! THE NURSE TOLD ME IT WAS ALL GONNA HAPPEN FAST AND BOY DID IT! HAD MY CONSULTATION, PSYCH AND MEETING WITH NUTRITIONIST ALL WITHIN TWO WEEKS AND THEN WENT BACK FOR A PRE-OP CLASS AND NOW IM HERE THE WEEK OF! I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE TRIED HARDER TO LOSE MORE WEIGHT PRIOR TO SURGERY BUT ILL TAKE THE 8 LBS I LOST IN THE TWO WEEKS. (I GUESS ITS BETTER THAN GAINING RIGHT?) SO, IVE BEEN MENTALLY PREPAIRING MYSLEF AND LOOKING AT ALL THE PHOTOS ON THIS CITE AND TRYING TO STAY FOCUSED! THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING JOURNEY AND IM GLAD WE ARE ALL IN ON THIS TOGETHER! GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU! PATIENCE IS KEY! HAPPY, HEALTHY LIVES AWAIT US!

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS! THEY ARE SO APPRECIATE!!! GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND YOUR JOURNEY! I HOPE TOMORROW IS AN AMAZING DAY FOR YOU! ILL HAVE TO ADD YOU SO WE CAN SHARE OUR DAY APART EXPERIENCE TOGETHER! I GET MY CALL FROM THE SURGEON TO GET MY SURGERY TIME! I WORK TILL 6AM ON WEDNESDAY (MY SURGERY DATE) SO I HAD TO ASK FOR A LATER SURGERY TIME TO GET OUT THERE! I TOO HAVE TO DRIVE OVER AN HOUR TO GET OUT THERE! HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE DRIVES FOR FOLLOW UPS AND FILLS? IM DREADING THAT BUT WILL DEAL WITH IT! GET YOUR REST AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU! KEEP ME POSTED!!!!

CONGRATS!! IM SO GLAD YOU WENT THROUGH WITH IT! NOW IF ONLY I CAN TAKE MY OWN ADVISE! LOL IM SCHEDULED FOR BANDING ON AUGUST 31ST, AND I CAN FEEL THE ANXIETY COMING ALONG WITH THE DATE! IM HOPING THE FEW DAYS OFF THAT I HAVE WILL BE ENOUGH. BESIDES THAT, IM PRAYING I GET THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS QUICK AND SMOOTHLY! (HAPPY AND HEALTHY THOUGHTS ONLY!!) DG

Congrats!!! I'm so praying my procedure goes as smooth as yours!! So glad to be takin this journey with such great people!!! Contests to you again!

Aug 31, will be my "band" date!!! Blood work tomorrow, and the countdown begins!!! Good luck August Bandsters!

Speaking of starving, why do I have this urge to eat? I have exactly one week till surgery and I feel like I want to eat more than these protein shakes!!! It's scarrin me! Is it my nerves? Is it me dreading the thought that I won't eat these things anymore? What the heck?

THIS IS A GREAT TOPIC TO READ, I HAVE 15 MONTH AND IM SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY AUG 31ST! THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INPUT! GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US MOMMYS GETTING BANDED!

Good luck to you awella!!!

Well, its been confirmed! I'm on the surgery list for Wed Aug 31st 2011!!!! I'm waitin on a call from the Medical facility to give me a surgery time and date and time for this week to attend pre-op class! This is crazy!! I went and shopped for items that were recommended (heating pad, broth, etc!) I'm very excited and nervous!! Im truly thankful for this cite and all of the support! I hope this works for me the way it has worked for so many others! I guess you can say I'm counting the days till my new luge begins!