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Hi Hun - How did you get I. - I was banded I was banded on the 13th September - I had a double hernia - 1 hietus hernia and one along my diaphragm !! I do struggle to get a deep quality breath sometimes - but had never made the connection ;(

I can sooooo relate - I lost nearly a whole pound once lol x

Hi Scoiterbug - out of curiosity how much calories do you have in a day - the reason I ask that apparently not eating enough calories can actually hinder your loss !!!!

Hi Hun sorry for the delay in responding !! - I'm not a big lover of protein drinks either - Im from the UK. - so not sure if you have the same products - one if the things I do is to mix a bottle of Slim Fast with a spoon of a whey Proten Powder ! - This doubles the consistence and i have one half for breakfast and the other half for lunch. - That's 165 calories and 18g protein each - Then I drink a bottle of protein water which has 40g protein - That way I get 76g protein in by lunch time - Other than that I drink soups and suck sugar free ice lollies x

Mines called. Conscious !

Unfortunately I can totally relate to your hunger. i was banded on the 13th - I had a 10ml band and they put on 2ml at the time of the operation but I have no restriction whatsoever and so Im totally relying in my will power. There is another girl I know who was banded one day after me and she has already lost over a stone since bring banded because she can only eat ice lollies ! The only thing that I try to remember to stop me cheating ( I have had 2 squares of chocolateS) that the liquid stage is to help the stomach heal ! With my consultant if I do anything to hinder that and he has to operate again Id have to pay for it again and the bottom line is I can't afford to. TRY TO REMBER THAT ALTHOUGH YOUR EXTERNAL STITCHES MAY BE NEARLY HEALED YOUR INTERNAL HAVE NOT AND EATING SOLIDS CAN HAVE A DISASTROUS EFFECT ON YOUR RECOVERY XXXXXX Good Luck Hun x

That's normal Hun - I know that's not much comfort - best advice I can give is to take liquid painkillers throughout the day even if you feel you can manage without it - That way you can get a good night sleep - which I found the most difficult - CONGRATULATIONS I was banded I'm the 13 th cx

Congrats Carrie - Did you say you was moving to soft food after a week ? - what procedure did you have ?

Glad everything was ok - Good luck with everything xx

Please be careful Susie the need to be careful post op on your food choice is not weight related so it's almost irrelevant what your BMI is - its to do with allowing your stomach to heal xxx please be careful x

EXACTLY -that's what it's here for xxx

Hi guys - I was banded on the 13th September and I remember feeling the exact feelings you are now. The best advice I can give you is as soon as you are offered pain killers take them and continue taking them for the first couple of days even if you're not in pain. It's not that the pain is really bad it's just so that you can get a good couple of nights sleep as this makes a big difference to your recovery xxxx

I was banded on the 13th September - still a little sore

Hi Nicki - I was banded the 13th - but was told by my doctor not to focus in on weightloss on the first week but to focus on healing only . As long as you stick to the diet sheet you should definitely be losing by the second week. I know it's hard when it seems that everyone else is losing . I had this conversation with my doctor because I realised my post op diet was actually higher in calories than my pre op ! - but it's early days for me x

I was allowed an oxo cube in a mug of hot water - just to have something non sweet x it was a god send in the end

I was told to bring 100% cotton knickers - so I was able to wear them x

I've been having a similar thing - I was only banded on Thursday and so I'm struggling to get much down - but I find these a treat especially when the liquid meds taste so bad

High white blood count often means some kind of infection - they may want to put you on antibiotics before they proceed - hope this helps x

I was banded on Thursday after months of research - the main reason for the band for me was the fact that if it didn't suit me I could have it removed and also because I have about 50lbs to lose and I felt the bypass was too drastic an operation to try and lose 50lbs - hope this helps