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I was banded on Tuesday. The gas is horrible. I walked around our local kiddie park twice yesterday and believe I'm headed out there again when I get my clothes on! Funny, I was having pain in my left shoulder last night and wondered if it was gas. After reading posts, I guess it was. Later all...I've got some gas to get rid of! LOL!

Banded this past Tuesday. Doing really good except for a couple of things, the incision site for the port is killer sore and I have horrible gas. Walked around a kiddie park 2 times yesterday and will again today when my hubby gets home.

I just got the call from the hospital! I have to be there tomorrow at 7:15am! This time tomorrow I'll be banded! Yay!

I can't believe I'm getting banded on Tuesday!!! Wow!!!

Mariaband...Way to go girl!!!! Let us know how you're doing tomorrow! Sleep well!

Mea425...Excellent! I'm so excited for you!!! Mine is next Tuesday. I'm no scared at all. My doc says that I'll be staying overnight seeing as how I'm and hour and 15 min from the hospital. I'm so happy to hear that it all went well. I hope you have a restful nights sleep! Let us know how you are doing tomorrow! Big hug!!!

cfurrey...This is an exciting time! It's natural to be nervous. You made this choice for a reason. Take a deep breath and remember why you are doing this. It's going to be hard, but soooooo worth the journey. We will all be here to support each other. You can do this. I am 54 years old and not nervous at all. I'm not sure why, maybe my excitement has taken over. I have less than a week and can't wait! Hollar if you need a pick me up!!! Big hug!!!

I appreciate you sharing this with us!

I'm so excited for you bamasleever!!! Keep us posted on your recovery!

Welcome Trina! You will find many friends on here that share their stories and are a wonderful support!

I only have 6 more days! I wasn't required to lose any weight, but I'm down 8lbs today. I am getting so excited!

@indyhandmade Soooooo sorry that you were sick! Not a great way to lose that weight! I hope that you are on the mend and feeling better!

Hey all...I've been on what they called a modified liquid diet since a week ago today. My bariatric nurse said that if I'm hungry, eat. She said to make good choices like nonfat/lowfat, which I've done. I am down 7 lbs. I've eaten strawberries, watermellon, some grilled fish and chicken. As far as the liquids, it's been protein shakes, tomato basil soup (Progresso) which is wonderful along with nonfat cottage cheese, plain fat free greek yogurt with dry sugar free jello mixed in (which is pretty good) some skim milk, sugar free pudding and pudding pops. My doc didn't require me to lose weight prior. He said it was to reduce the fat around the liver. The first couple of days of the pre op diet I was sick! I had bad headaches and sick to my stomach. I am so much better since I added a little food in there. Hang in there everyone...it'll all be worth it! We've got this!!! I will be banded next Tuesday June 5th!!!

Agreed. We all gained weight because of our issues. I'm sure there are few that breeze on through without struggles. We have to look at the banding as a tool and if we aren't ready to face the issues that got us there in the first place, it's going to be fruitless. As foodies, we are so used to failure. This to me is HUGE. I told myself a long time ago that if I ever got the opportunity to be covered through insurance that I would give it my all. I'm not saying that I am going to be a success story, I just know that this is my last ditch effort...I hope that you are able to get some help. I will keep you in my prayers! Much love and hugs!