MiniMi

Are you a doctor? Or a nurse maybe?

You will have to try it and let us know!

You'll do great!

Omg! Felt the pain of eating too fast and not chewing tonight! Waited too long to eat. Sat at the table and was eating chicken while listening to my kids when all if the sudden.... THE PAIN. I remembered what I read here about not drinking but just walking around . I took deep breaths, was able to burp up some air and it passed within 5-10 min but omg. Never again!!

I added ff cottage cheese 1tbs and it was yum-o!

Oh the hunger yes here it begins! I was banded October 5 and I am very familiar with hunger. Stick to your nutrition plan and the phase that you're supposed to be in as much as possible so you can heal properly. Just keep intaking little by little throughout the day and it will get better I promise.

I was wondering.... IF you send message and not just an update then no one else can see that. And when you make a comment on someone else's post just make sure it's not in regards to your lb because your friends will get notified that you made a comment and they could click to go see what you said. I don't know if there is a way to turn off this type of notification though.

Our doctors/nut all have different plans. I'm following mine. It wasn't the type of food, I'll have to learn sooner or later to respect the band. Fault was all mine!

Every day gets easier. Glad to know you are good!

We don't. I guess I should have just been graphic.

I'll start a game with you

1) you are feeling normal feelings 2) I can't have my cake and eat it too! Or I don't get to be skinny confident and healthy AND eat like usually do. 3) banded 10/5 down 27 lbs. 4) I was thrown a lifeline out of misery. How can I possibly not embrace it? What I did when I was preop and feeling crappy like you is I ATE THE COOKIE! One cookie not a whole batch. I didn't feel guilt I didn't beat myself up. I simply got on with it. Someone posted once that the band works if you get out of its way and let it do its job. That struck a cord with me. I just took a deep breath and relaxed. Distracted myself and worked with the band. I don't say I CAN'T HAVE I say I can't have NOW. you will do great! Believe in yourself and don't cut yourself short.

I was at a seminar right after I started soft foods and they gave us only 3 food choices, Pasta, green salad or hamburger. So I got the burger and with my fork ate about 1/4 th of the patty. Good god it was almost immediate pain then dumped it all. chicken doesn't bother me but beef does.

Hello there! I was banded 10/5. Wasn't until my post op appt that I found out that left shoulder pain is actually caused by the tube running from port to band was causing irritation. It was so painful when I bent forward that I would see stars! Lots of horror stories about people having to remove band because of it, and for a minute I thought I'd be one of them. The pain lasted for a good two weeks. Occasionally I can still feel a tingle of discomfort . Putting heating pads on it helped a lot, ask your dr abut liquid or gel ibuprofen. I started a thread about this very subject a while ago. The input I received may help you too. " shoulder pain- revealed" .

Ouch! Turned 43 today.

How is everyone holing up?

Sneezing didn't hurt but you may want to hold a pillow to your belly, if you can. Same as when you cough. Actually I think coughing was scarier.

I went to Monterey and Carmel today and went walking on the beach. Got home and found out that I walked 7.63 miles today thanks to my fitbit. Micheleost is my user