AshtynClaire

Hello everyone today I'm 3 days post-op. I'm still just a little sore, but I'm feeling much better! I've been sipping liquids every day & I haven't had any hunger at all. V8 is something I've been drinking a lot of. If any of you have never had V8 you should try it! I have veggie & fruit kinds. The Original Veggie kind really keeps you full because it's as thick as soup. Anyways, 3 of my incisions aren't hurting at all & haven't since surgery.. it's the big incision for the actual Band and the incision where the port is located that are hurting a little. But the pain isn't anything I can't handle & it will all be well worth it. I'm having a little trouble with my lungs, because I know they are full of junk from the anesthesia, but I can't exactly cough yet because of the pain. I've been doing my best to get it all up because I do NOT want to get any sicker! But I have been using my breathing tool a lot and that seems to help. I'm using one of those foam wedges to sleep on at night to keep me elevated because of the discomfort of laying flat on my back. That helps a lot. I'm thinking some time this week I will be out & about as usual .. also, a little off subject but today is exactly 1 month from my college move-in date at my apartment! I have 1 month to get in the groove of my LapBand & to get everything packed up & headed out of town! I'm so excited about all these changes and I hope you will all keep up with me along my journey! anyways, I'm going to walk around a little more. Talk to you all soon. xoxo

Well, Thursday is my big day! I'm thinking a lot tonight, probably way too much. The good thing is, I had to lose at least 10 lbs on my Pre-Op diet & I've lost 15 so I'm pretty excited about that. Although, I'm feeling a little discouraged reading everyone else's Pre-Op posts about "3 days" or "7 days".. because mine has been 10. I was given a few puddings and things like that from my doctor. Since LAST Monday the 2nd, I've been eating jello, popsicles, pudding and water. I'm extremely hungry and it's getting very hard coming up on this last day. I hope this is normal & I wasn't instructed to do something bad. This Monday-Thursday I'm on all-water. I hope this is right. :/ Anyways. Any advice anyone has I'd love to hear, because I've never had surgery & I'm pretty much very scared! I don't handle pain well & that's scaring me. Anyways it's way past bedtime. goodnight.

Thank you ladies! Surgery went fine & other than being just a little sore I'm doing great!