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3rd day after my surgery and still doing good. My family has been wonderful taking good care of me. I had a lot of chest pain, like I needed to burp. Took some gas x and walk walk walk. I burped a little last night while drinking some tea. Beautiful relief! Thank you all for your great post op tips. Oh yes, thanks for the payers too. So happy to be banded1

Hi friends, I got my band yesterday. Everything went fine, I feel like a thousand sit ups. I have no regrets. Let the fun begin!

Just had my pre op appointment, blood draw and chest x ray. They took blood from my hand which hurts a little. I will check in on Monday at 6 am and surgery at 7:30. I am thinking of this as a wedding day sort of. There will be a ring (lap band) and making commitments. I promise to eat slow and take small bites and chew chew chew. My portions will be no bigger than a cup. And do you lap band promise not to slip and port not flip? If so let these 2 be united in day surgery and wish you all the best of luck. No honey moon and no reception to follow.

All my Dr wanted was for me to shrink my liver to make her job easy. I am on day 12 of pre op (low carb) diet.

I gained a pound on day 10 of my pre op diet. I understand I put my body in shock with the sudden restrictions and now it's in starvation mode. My body wants to hold onto every calorie I eat. Thank goodness I only have 4 more days of this.

OH something to look forward to. I have mine done on Friday.

Me and my dog are going to be matching pumpkins. Kid are devil and ware wolf. Husband a clown

Freak out! It keeps the energy up. I am on day 8 pre op and lost 6 pounds. I doing good because my family is really supportive. It will get better, You can do this! We are here for you.

I liked it very much.

Lost 5 pounds first week of pre op diet. Yesterday was the worst, I was starving. Still on bed rest for my sprained back. My family has been so good to me and helping me with my pain and taking care of me. 7 more days of pre op diet to go.

Since Wednesday I have had lower back pain. It hurts so much I can't do every day things. went to dr, ex ray show I had a spinal injury before and sprained my back. I am on bed rest and icing my back. All this sitting around is making me hungry and grouchy. sucks big time

A so called friend said "You would be pretty if you only lost weight". Karma is a b***h becaus she is bigger than I am now.

Still doing good on the pre op diet. Although I have lower back pain and had hardly got any sleep last night. I was up walking around in the middle of the night and thought I am hungry. I almost went to go eat and remembered I am on my pre op diet. So I drank Water and took some tylonal. Does anyone have lower back pain remedies?

I am on day 3 of pro op diet.

OH good one!

happy dance!!!

Started my pre op diet yesterday and it's not as bad as I thought. It's no diffrent from all the other diets I have been on. I think I am going to be fine.

I am doing the pre op diet now and I thought I could not but I know now I can. I thought I have done worse things to my body just to get thin, this is nothing I have not tried before. eh but this time I will have a better outcome.

about 31 days after I met all the requirements of seeing a nutritionist and my dr for 6 months.

Good luck Joy.

14 days; 13 more to go

I am doing a test run for pre op diet which I will officially start Monday. Today I tried Isopure's Blue Raspberry and it was not so bad. Yesterday I tried Icy Orange, which reminded me of baby vomit by the way. I won't be drinking that one again. So I guess what I am really trying is my will power. Can I stay in this pre op diet for 14 day's? I think so. This morning I was telling my daughter that mommies perfect belly is going to be cut up slightly. Then she says and points to a spot on my belly, right here will still be perfect, hey you wanted this! I told her she is right, I do want this. So here is a toast to all of you on a pre op diet! "Let the hunger games begin and may the odd be ever in your favor".

Mine is on the 22nd. I am 90% excited and 10% nerves. I am trying to prepare mentally. I was a track runner long ago. I used to feel like this the night before a big race. I prayed and visualize. When my race was over, coach took us out to eat. No matter if I won or lost, coach was proud of me. So I'm thinking of it in the say way.

Has anyone seen the news clip about an anchor woman in WI. Someone sent her a message saying she is obese and is a bad roll model for others. Her come back was classic. Love that. Her name is Jennifer Livingston for WKBT-TV

I am taking a week off from work. So I say what you do on your time off is your business. If someone ask where are you going for vacation, you can make up anything you want. You are going crab fishing in Alaska or a retreat for dog owners. It's all up to you.