2012

Where is your port located? Left or right side? If it's the left, it's probably the port area, they are attaching the port to muscle and it's going to be tender for some time. If it gets really bad, head to the ER though, better to be safe than sorry. I did not experience much pain in my port area, but I did experience soreness on my left side, opposite of the port placement, and they told me I pulled a muscle, It lasted for about 2 weeks and I'm happy to say it's gone, so I guess it was a pulled muscle.

Lauracat, can you please elaborate on the types of calcium? Do you mean that one can contribute more to getting Kidney stones than the other? My nutritionist told me to take calcium citrate, and I'm curious.

I could not burp for some time after I had surgery and I thought it was because I had hiatal hernia repair in addition to the lap band, but now that it's been about 2 months since surgery, I can burp just fine. I know that does not help you much, but you may not be able to burp due to swelling since you just had surgery. I know the gas is horrible and if you don't have the shoulder pain, consider yourself very lucky, because this is usually where most people feel the gas pain. All you can really do is walk around and kind of deal with it for now, sorry, but it does get better, I think most of mine was gone about 5-6 days out. Also a lot of people on here suggest the gas-x strips, which I did use, and I suppose they helped, but since I have nothing to compare this gas they pump into you for the surgery, which is what you are dealing with, I can't really say if they did help.

When my step mom was blasting through sizes (she had lap band quite a few years ago), she went to Goodwill. When I get out of the plus range, I may just try the same thing until I get down or past my goal, and then go on a shopping trip!

I have the Weight Watchers scale and it's only 1 pound difference than my doctor's and the best part is that the 1lb is more, so when I get weighed at the doctor's office, it's always a pleasant surprise

No restrictions for pre-op, but no caffeine for 2 weeks post op. It's weird I drank coffee religiously every morning and now I barely have it.

You may not want to drink tea right now if it's a dehydration issue, most teas dehydrate you. Maybe try some gatorade? That is what I drank the week after my surgery and helped me as I was not getting enough fluids in.

Don't feel bad, I'm still having problems eating too fast too, I wasn't paying attention yesterday at work while I was eating 2 hard boiled eggs for Breakfast and had a slight stuck episode. Fortunately no one was in the bathroom and I was able to keep burping small burps and moving around to get it through, but it wasn't fun. I definitely paid attention to what I was doing after that and I've only had 1 fill. There was a post I just saw last night and someone was talking about an interval timer that may help train us to eat slower, I'm going to look into it, hopefully I can find something that vibrates (can't have noise going off every minute at work ), but this may help. I eat fast and get it done and have always been that way, so it will definitely be an adjustment.

I get it now , thank you! I'll have to give this a try. I was just thinking I'll never get through lunch with 2 minutes devoted to each bite, lol

So you give yourself 1 minute to chew and let it go through your band? Or 1 minute to chew, then 1 more minute before the next bite? I need to work on this eating slower too and am interested. What is this app, where did you get it?

Personally I would get it looked at just in case and before it turned into anything. See if you have a Little Clinic at Krogers or whatever the one is called at Walgreens and you could get it checked out that way over the weekend.

Hi, so I bought a vitamix as I want to get my veggies and fruits in better and I'm a bandster for life, so I see it as a good investment (helps I got it with monthly payments ), but I was wondering if any fellow bandsters could offer some recipe ideas? Nutritional information would be appreciated with these recipes as well. Or even a suggestion on a smoothie recipe book.

I was told 60 a day also, but I usually get more than that. I journal to keep track.

Yay! I hope I do as well as you!

I wish I had your problem , I have a hard time getting my daily fluids in.

E-cigs are awesome, been smoke free since February. You'll love it when you can actually smell how good you smell minus the smoke smell. You will want a cig, but just push through and you'll get through it. I like my ego-c with cartos. I still have to wean off of this eventually, but not till I'm done with my Kona Milkshake and Black Cherry Marshmallow e-juice .

I've noticed more in the shower and on my shirt (mid length hair that I expect to break off here and there, but there's been more lately). Why does this happen?

Good luck, you will do just fine!

Thanks Donna! My favorite way to have them is over easy, so maybe I'll just do that

Thanks for the info and video.

Normally I eat pretty quickly and I have been watching the size of my bites when eating food and trying to slow down, but what is the reason for watching if you are eating too fast? Why do i need to watch the speed when I'm eating? Maybe this will be more understandable to me in the future as I get more fills, but I don't know if I need to be watching for something or what this is about? Can eating too fast stretch your pouch or something?

Thanks, good to hear!

Thanks, I'll have to try this!

Why does everyone get stuck with eggs? I would think this is a moist food and would go down easy. I'm only about a month and 1/2 in, so lots of questions.

Thanks, that sounds kind of scary, but I'll have to learn to live with it.