☠carolinagirl☠

i am having surgery june 6th. i wish you all wonderful success.

hi mea, i am being banded on the 6th also and looking for support also

Alergan Lapband is the one my dr will be using on my surgery.

i statrted my pre op diet friday............i am on day 3....keep in touch and let me know how are you are doing..........

how did you liquids diet go?? i just started mine....any advice

i am right there with you. my tummy growling and my head hurts and the shakes alittle...how are you holdng up?

mine is june 6, are you on your pre diet?

hi ashley i am on day 2 of my pre -op diet. for the next 4 days i can have 2 shakes and lean cuisine dinner. then i am on liquids only. my hub found a whey protein powder made w flavor of cookies and cream............DELISH........i also have fusion in chocolate mousse...i nearly free the water (to a slush) and it tastes pretty good. i am around your size and want to get to the goal weight that you have set. i am more worried about 2 wks with no food and that is scary to me. def will use the jello, pop isciles, broth, drained chicken soup (low sodium),,,,,,,,,,,,,and WATER............hub also got me margarita crystal light, that is the bomb diggity to me. hang in there. i am in your shoes (or flip flops in my preference)

can you eat (anything) after banding and fills? i see on here that you cant have soda or junk food or beer and then i see some people drink soda and use straws i am just kinda confused alittle bit. i want to make sure i do this the right way.

thanks for all responses. i am reading/learning from each one. jean, your book has so many high lighted parts, i think it can glow in the DARK.

i would like to walk more and be able to, but my knees hurt badly. unlike some on this forum, i cannot walk 1 mile or jog. when i start losing weight, will this help me walk better (or start too?)

before surgery or just mix water with the protein drinks?

please tell me this will get easier

for one week, its 2 shakes and a meal and then from the 23rd to the 6th, all liquid and after surgery, clear liquid......who come you didnt have to do the liquid?

hi mylynn, your story could have been easily written by me as i am your height and just a smidge under your weight at the moment. That being said, i also had my gallbladder removed about 8 yrs ago...i decided on the lap band in feb (after a couple years of pondering it but being too lazy to do anything about it (or diet or anything else). once i got over the 300 mark, i knew i was in trouble. and hence here i am...just hang in there. you can do this. i just started my liquid diet that we do before surgery and its gonna be tough but you know what, being my size is tough too and for me to get healthy, i have to do what i have to do..

i was also introduced to my dr's assistant. he said he would be meeting me for all my follow ups and giving me the fills and he said he'd be in the OR with my surgeon.

could be as i havent had my coffee or a diet soda since afternoon yesterday.....thank god i got my tylenol here..

if you get (the runs) on your liquid diet, can you take imodium ad to help with that. **i just dont want to mess myself at work as the bathroom is a distance from my office..(not sure if i'd make it) sorry to ask this ask this tmi question

i was thinking the same thing, my dr told me today 4-6 weeks until my first fill..but hope for the best for you.

best of luck to you

it will happen soon eye.......i promise i am with you every step of the way