Debbie3sons

You might be comfortable if you are sitting up , and even when you get home as it is kind of hard to get out of a lying flat position most of us slept sitting in our comfy chairs or recliners , so if you don't have to lift or move a lot or even stand a lot then I just my opinion think you will be o k , I know someone very close I worked with and she did the same as you , so I told her to ask for help if she needed it that I didn't mind , she did fine , of course she also took her pain medication and kept a medicine cup near and her water bottle so she could sip every fifteen min, and she did fine , as we have to lift at least 50 lbs. at work and have to stand for 8 hrs. total , we both worked in the Deli so just my opinion I feel you should be o k , now I couldn't as I am a big baby and don't like pain , but that is just me .

Krps I just want to make a suggestion what you do with it is your choice , but before you go if you do I would ask my Doc. if you can do the plication after being banded , or if it would be better to do it when he/she does the band , also I for one don't have gerd or hearburn or acid reflux anymore since my Doc. also did my hiatal hernia , so these are just suggestions , like I said if I would have known about the plication I would have looked into that more but I am happy just being banded, and you can click on our pics and see the diffrences , it also took a long while for e to notice that I was looking smaller, I just didn't see what everybody else was commenting on or seeing, so again good luck on your decision, weather you do or do not go through with .

Really needed this positive thinking , this day, and week very stressful for me , but I will continue to remember I am no good for my self if I don't continue on my journey , and since being banded I will take care of y self first so I can be around a lot longer for more mile stones in my childrens , lives and mine also.

I think I had let you know , and if I did or didn't well it does get better and so will you, welcome to the band side. and do you and what is right for you , don't copare your self to any one else as we are all different body and mind types.

If I could put my face on here it would be me lol , as people are noticing them and have commented wich I don't ind I just say that I am planning a vacation and with them it will be cheaper for me to fly .

Wow didn't think about some of these as I love cucumbers , and pickles and carrots but I stopped eating these and some other thing because it was not a good feeling and I would get stuck , so now maybe with your suggestion I will be able to eat some of these , fruits and veggies again , thankyou for bringing this to us at the band wagon.

I got up took y son to school , came back and just started walking up one side of the street then back down the other side put laundry in folded clothes , and walked around my coffee table for 10 min , now it's off to work to stand for four hrs,. then my 30 min walk , then stand and move for the next four hrs, then to the store after work to get some things , then maybe I will be able to sleep at least 4 hrs, guess I a getting my exercise in and not even thinking about it lol I will take it .

It's a small one but I will take it , let me start by saying I am afraid of heights , k here it goes I was at work and had to put the deli load away , well I used to always ask some one for help because I couldn't reach for one and at work they have these flimsy little steppers , well when I was heavier , there was no way I was stepping on it just to have it break on me, last night tho I stepped on the highest step and there's only 2 and held on for my dear life , well I accomplished it and now I am no longer afraid to get on the flimsy plastic stepper as I know it will hold my weight and as long as I don't look down then I will be fine.

Very interesting as I sometimes look up and get dizzy thank you for bringing this to my attn. as I never thought about it till you posted so keep us informed and let's hope they find out why this is happening to you , hope every thing comes out ok.

So great , that's right hold your high and smile I bet you had to stare at the side by side for a few min , and you saw what every body else see's.

I a just adding to this , remember o always ask your Doc./Surgeon if you have any questions and ask if it is possible to get a hold of the at any time to ask any questions that you are not sure about , and one more thing don't compare your self to any one else if you et the band , because we are all different , but if you would like to look at some of the before , during and after pics of people that have made suggestions or trying to help and being supportive , then click and take a look , you will see it does work if you also put in the work , like someone said it is not a quick fix but our tool(band) just reminds us and helps us in our journeys, good luck on your decision.

I am going to add ,it will get easier after your banded as long as you follow your doctors meal plan and post op directions of what foods you can have and how much they want you o eat it will take a bit of time getting used to , ad let me tell you I could not stand change , how ever this is one of the best changes I chose to have done for my self and I am not a very patient person and on that note let me say I a not at goal or even close and in Sept. I will be 2 years banded , so it takes time , I think most of us have had this feeling even till they roll us ino the operating room , so it is normal , well what ever (YOU) choose good luck and make the decision for you as I did for me , also if you got through the pre op diet then you will get through the next phase it is hard and you will feel like your starving , but you will get through it in what ever you choose to do, good luck again.

If you go and type in just what you typed in here at google , I think it might take you to the lapband friendly foods I forgot the names of some of the sites but they had ome good recipes , oh one of them is sparks something , and their is a recipes for cauliflower pizza sticks some where , taste like pizza sticks but is cauliflower,so try this you may find some good recipes on there also if you want chips there is a recipes for baked sweet potato chips also yogurt dips , well good luck oh and really band friendly a big pot of chili beans, just some suggestions.

OMG look at you , that's right you be proud of your self and show it girl , you are doing it and keep on doing it .

I thought I would stop and read this as my Mother has medical problems and when we had the scare not to long ago like Nov, or the beginning of Dec. well I could not find her list of meds that she carries and it took me a hr. to find them , also I went to my substitute PCP for a pain in my lower back buttock region , and the substitute asked me after she took the and read the X RAYS what was the tube around my stomach , and I had to tell her it was my band so I guess it would be helpful and I a also allergic to eromyathacin , so if I am out of it they can find out the info , with the bracelet , so I am going to really look into this , thank you for bringing this up.

I have read a lot of things from people and have noticed my self , that when I did go to therapy I would not be judged , but then again I knew why and what I was doing , and of course my or our (banders) dysfunctional families that have had issues so yes I certanally know why food was a comfort for me , some things changed and there are still things I have no control over , but I refuse to let it affect e any more or at least I will give it my hardest to try and not let it get to me.

All I can say is yes our health is important but I hope it is not connected to your band and that you at least feel better , it is your decision always , stay in touch though and you will lose you had a tool helping you , by now though you know what you have to do for you , the tool helps us , but maybe you don't need it as you have gotten used to what you can eat and what we are suppose to stay away from so that we don't gain , good luck and please satay in touch.

Way to go girl , see you must have done something right for you for someone else to see the ne improved healthy life style change , that made them say mmm and thought and watched to see how things went , that is great.

Since they gave it to you at the Docs. office maybe you should call them and ask , however also tried last Sept 2012 and got no response , so maybe they did go out of business , well I hope someone gets on the ball and updates the information they are handing out, hope you get answers , also this used to be and still is a lapband site , Alex and his staff have just updated the site for all wls, so if you are a bander or another kind ofweight loss patient , then you go to what type of surgery you had and can communicate in that site , hope this might have helped a bit , good luck.

LMAO!!!! all I can say is I wandered when someone would put this out there , glad it was you and not e but I have noticed a few things no stretch marks though I guess it get it's exercise lol.

Ok here is another one MY son asked today lmao still , I had shorts on and was going for my walk , he asked hey Mom I said what, he said where did all the fat on your legs go they don't look fat or jiggle any more.

I posted and now it's up to you I was just saying as I usually do if it was e I would be getting help right away before it got any worse and had more complications , but you are doing what you think is good for you , so good luck as I will do what is best for me.

WTH! sorry but if they told you , you could call the Doc/Surgeon on call this weekend , then I would , because it needs to be taken care of , and what is conclusive , did you even ask I would have got very angry till I could have at least asked for the Doc. to call me back asap. , because I needed to discuss what was going on and what they had found conclusive and that I was really worried as they should have been also, well at least you called your Doc's office but I would have asked to speak with the Doc. because , the office people don't understand about banded people, as I had to listen one time to my Surgeon , yell and get on the nurses and front office because they did not take vitals or Weigh and log us in , He yelled and asked , the What do I do for a living what do you think these people are here for , and so one of them answered you do wls, he then proceeded to tell them then why aren't you weighing them, so ya just for me I would call the Doc. on call and let them know what is happening , well keep us posted , good luck.