isladelmar

Hi everyone! I got banded yesterday! Yay! I'm feeling pretty good today, with the exception of my shoulders. Did anyone else get that intense pain under their collarbones after surgery? The doctor and my nurses told me it was from the gas they pump in you during surgery and to move around a lot to help it get moving. I walked around a bit yesterday and I burped a lot out, and now my tummy is making grumbles and I can feel the gas moving around. So hopefully I'll feel better soon! I guess maybe I'm just excited about finally being banded but I'm not having any trouble at all with my liquid diet. I am hungry, but for now, I'm pretty good with my Isopure and popsicles. My doctor said to start full liquids next Tuesday and to see him next Thursday. He also gave me the okay for yogurt based (homemade) smoothies when I'm on full liquids! Yes! My pain level besides the gas is moderate. I'm extremely sore, like I went to the gym for the first time in a while. Getting up out of a sitting or laying down position is a little uncomfortable but they gave me some pain medication and I'm feeling pretty good. I think tomorrow I'm going to try to eat some Jello and get down a little broth. Also, and interesting point: my doctor had made me sign a release saying that he could fix a hiatal hernia if he found one, and guess what? He found one! Apparently this was the cause of a lot of my pre-op acid reflux, and he said that now that he fixed it, my reflux should be greatly reduced or even gone altogether! Yay! All right guys, thanks for your support in my intro post! You'll be hearing a lot from me! Riss

Thank you guys! I really appreciate the support. I'm going to go to my night class on Thursday night (my mom is driving me) and maybe my internship on Friday. I think I'll be feeling good enough to go. I was so surprised when I got home yesterday and felt mostly normal.

I agree with this. It's really important for your stomach to heal before you start eating "normal" foods, and you really need to focus on your protein intake!

Hi, everyone! I'm getting banded on April 10. I'm super excited, but I'm also seriously nervous about the anesthesia. I've only been put under once before and it's giving me anxiety. I just started the pre-op liquid diet. My doc gave me Optifast and said I'm allowed to have Clear liquids along with it. Did this mess anyone else's stomach up? I've been having stomach cramps and problems going to the bathroom all day. I'm not lactose intolerant, which is one of the reasons my doctor told me I might have trouble with the Optifast. I can tell you what, though, I'm starving! My doc said I'd be miserable the first few days of the Optifast and boy he wasn't kidding. I just try to drink a lot of liquids to keep my stomach full but all I can think about is sushi haha. I think that's all for now, looking forward to getting to know everybody. :]

I guess I'm going to have to get used to the jello and popsicles for now! Thanks for the support!