cheryl2586

You are doing awesome. Keep up the good work.

I think this says it all

NSV are the best

Everyone has a different tolerance for pain. Its not that you were underestimating it depends on what your pain thresh hold is. I would hope that by another week you would be feeling better.

Well I have used sweeteners my whole life so anything taste better now then sweet and low lol. I guess when you are used to them they dont really taste bad. I dont cook with them either. Cake taste much better with real sugar lol (naw I make cake for my hubby because it doesnt like my band)

My doctor said no pink and blue and splenda is made with sucralose not aspartame. I use truvia or stevia because I like it better. At work I use splenda because that is what they have. I believe you about the ground beef though even if you get 97 percent lean it will still have lots of fat but by baking them you are gettting rid of the extra fat. I love meatballs lol

While soda can not reach your band outside it makes the pouch expand and can cause the band to erode because anything that expands the pouch forces the band into the stomach which over time can cause erosion.

I was not on a preop diet either. You are not supposed to throw up with the band. I did have a stomach virus and did have violent throwing up but went to my doctor the next morning to check out my band. Normally no you should not throw up it can cause the band to slip.

Happy belated. I thought it was funny too when my husband said do you know your legs dont rub together anymore and I can see right through them lol. Made me happy.

Its not about the amounts of caffiene its about caffiene being a stomach irritant and an appetite increaser. That is why we are not supposed to drink caffiene it has nothing to do with the amounts.

I never got a fill for a year. Some people will lose right after surgery and some don't. Everyone is different and your results will vary from mine or someone else's. You can't worry what people expect you too lose because that is why others get discouraged because they are going by what people expect of them.

Panera stuff is high in calories I think he meant chicken soup from a can not stuff from panera. If he said you can go to soft foods I think he meant like campbells chicken and rice soup.

No I make myself stop before I get to that point. I never order appetizers with dinner and pack up most of it before I start that way I can assure I wont over eat.

You all will be fine. Congrats on your upcoming surgeries and we will see you in onederland.

About three or so months ago Jacksonville held the biggest adoption event ever for cats and dogs. Over 850 cats and dogs were adopted in a single weekend. As some of you know I am a big advocate for abused animals and rescue overly abused iguanas. Every year over 8 million dogs and cats are euthanized because people refuse to spay or neuter their pets. That is 8 million too many. I vowed this year I was going to put some kind of happenings in to action regarding euthanasia and abuse to animals and began writing my senators and congress men and women. Of course they nix things like this off because after all it is just an animal. An animal that has no voice. We can house rapist and murderers, feed them, clothe them, provide shelter but can't save a helpless animal from being put to death because an owner just didn't want them anymore, refused to feed them, or like with pit bulls chose to fight them until they died. The first congressional hearing is going to happen. I am taking my voice to be their voice to Washington D.C. in April to stand before our law makers and make them accountable to make harsher punishments for people who abuse animals, to provide aide to shelters so that these animals can live until they are adopted, to make owners who surrender pets just because they don't want them anymore to have to pay fines besides just a surrender fee. With the help of three attorneys here in Jacksonville, our Mayor, and several SPCA members from this area along with law enforcement, we are all going to make our voices heard. Every cities shelters need help. If you can donate some of your time please do, if you have old blankets, can donate some food please do. These animals do not deserve to die because people throw them away like garbage. I am also urging any of you to write your senators and congressmen and women to provide the funds needed so that shelters won't have to euthanize animals. I know I am only one person but by God I am doing something to try to help save these babies. When you adopt an animal it is part of your family. I don't think any good parent would surrender a child because they didn't want them anymore. A pet is for life. Also if you want to adopt an animal go to a shelter. Most of the time you pay only 20 bucks and the animals are already fixed and if you already have an animal please get them spayed or neutered. We owe it to animals and children to make sure they get the best care they deserve.

You may be having discomfort from only having liquids and finally reintroducing real food. It should subside but if it doesn't ask your doctor or nutritionist about it.

I would definitely call him but there is a stomach virus going around. Call him and ask him what he wants you to do.

yes I eat it at least once a week

Doesnt it feel great.

Great job you look great

yep my surgeon charged 1,000 for his program fee. But the nutritionist was seperate. It was to keep his monthly meetings going to pay rent for the building ect. But to me a little out of pocket is worth a new life.

Well I was always told by my surgeon that lapband patients should never throw up and this question has come up many times on the forums what happens if you get a stomach virus. Well I haven't had one in about 2 decades so I was kind of hoping I wouldn't ever get one again. Well last night after dinner my stomach felt like crap. I only ate a small amount of pork but I took some prilosec and went to bed. Holy crap at 2 a.m. I woke up heaving up what I thought was all my internal organs and had massive amounts of diarrhea I know TMI. The good thing was the only thing that was coming up was gas so it was just horrible dry heaving. I was home alone because my husband was away and I knew I could not drive to the hospital with a bucket heaving as hard as I was. I figured I would take some compazine I had from my gallbladder surgery and I called my surgeon. He said drink water even if it comes back up because it will make the throwing up less violent and meet him at his office at 6.a.m. Well so much for the compazine because that wouldnt even stay down. My doctor met me at his office at 6a.m gave me a shot for the nausea because he is nice like that and sent me for a stat ct scan. By now I was only throwing up about every hour. My little band was fine thank God. He said at three years post op that it is probably well adhered to the stomach so it would take more than this to move it. Of course I have major swelling so he told me clear liquids for the rest of the week and through the weekend and not to try to put any food in there even if I am hungry. He gave me a shot for the nausea which thank God has gone away and told me to drink plenty of gator aid for now. He didn't think there was a need to remove the fluid, just resting the stomach would do fine he said. Well the one good thing about all this is I hate more then anything to throw up and I was thankful that nothing came up. So now ya know if you have a stomach virus the first thing to do is call your doctor to guide you. He is there for me no matter what. I dont feel embarrassed to call him and this time I needed him. I don't like going to the ER's for things like this because there are worse off people then me in there. So now if the other end stops I will be fine. Trying to eat some italian water ice slowly just to get some fluids in. So my hope is to not have a stomach virus for another 4 decades now lol.

Once my papers were submitted I think it was about two weeks.

Honey you look fabulous. Such a transformation. Congrats on your success.