Debbie3sons

I love Olive garden , and see it says garden so I can have as much salad my band will allow me , how ever if I get the zuppa tuscano soup I am in trouble because of the potato's , and I love the bread sticks but I can only have 2 quarter size bites then I will give it to someone else as even if I dunk it in the soup I know I will be in big trouble so I do try to stay away from the bread but I make my healthy choices and ask questions to make sure I also look at the calorie info as many places in California have to let us know about the nutrion and calorie count, so I am the one who chooses what I should or not should have and of course I like all kinds of food , but that;s how I got so unhealthy , so I choose to be healthy now , so I am a Adult and know what's good or bad for me lol, .

I try to stay away fro sauces as it will make the food go down and sit there for a while also it is not good for the stuck episodes I just have to wait until it passes , I do know when I am stuck tho and it is not comfortable for me so I wait between 15- 30 min before I can even take a small sip of water , if the water stays down then I know I am o k otherwise I just have to wait till it hits below it does take some tie the first tie I thought I was stuck I just had productive burping , then a fewmonths later I knew what stuck was , cause I had some graphic stuff happening , don't be worried , just do what your doc tells you and you should be o k.

I also do popcorn, but I do the 100 calorie bag I also do the special k chips , only a few at a time I found out unfortunally I can no longer do cucumbers or pickles I don't know what happened but my band says no more , also I loved celery & peanutbutter but I can no longer do celery either , so I have to put peanutbutter on apple slices only a few tho and I have to peel the apple slices , it sounds funny but I like banana slices with peanutbutter also.

I can do some rice sometimes , mostly th I am not able to do rice as it does get me stuck or makes e swell real bad so I try to stay away from rice , it's funny I can eat the zataran's jambalya mix rice , but I can not do any other, so I choose to ask at resturaunts or even at friends , family or even my own house l choose to do more bean or veggies instead.

As I posted to Alex some of us don't have the support at home fro family and Friends so we come on this site and I know just for me I read good and bad as I want to be informed as much as possible and I always check with my doc , and I have got so much encouragement from people here and I do have the support from family & friends , however I did call a Doctors office ,that does a support group at a Hospital near me , but they said I had to be one of his patients , he lost out as having me for a client , cause he wanted the whole payment out front as the one who did my band put it through my ins. so I m glad that he did it and unfortunally he does not have support groups but will answer any questions no matter what , so this helps me.

When the site comes up and all is well are we going to be able to change our profile pics. if we want and will it be able to handle the gallery pics. or blogs also can we report or block people if we want and do we have to register to sign in again?

That is so Awsome I wish I had a before pic , but I hardly ever took pics , I love that we are getting down and myself &others can see you have lost by your pic that is great.

Just try to remember why YOU started this journey and where YOU want to be later My suggestion is just a suggestion is just try to jump back on the band wagon and start with the pre op diet then gradually go back to normal maybe this will help also while u are being upset and worrying remember ur band may get a bit tight , so while your taking care of everbody , remember to take time and care for your self , we do tend to forget to take care of us , but we are no good to any one if we don't , so try repeating that silently to your self and I hope things get better for your life , like I said just a suggestion good luck.

Just me here but I might get a bit graphic and it might be gross but I have had some pretty bad stuck episodes , I try not to get them but sometimes my band says ,you did not chew well enough or you took to big of a bite and I wait 15 in then I try to take a SIP of water , if it is really upset at me then I am over the sink or toilet for about 5-10 min. and everything happens the slime and I mean slime , mucus , teary eyes and runny nose happens so this is MY experience with stuck episodes and sometimes I get signals of when to stop eating but then there are ties I don't get any most of the tie I do though so I stop , like I have said this is just me talking about me , I don't know about you and others experience unless posted .

To me I think it takes about 2 weeks to feel normal again, that's just what I felt like but the swelling does go away , just try to be patient everything has to fall in place sort of speak , I usually just talk about my experience , every BODY is different some take no time at all and others take a few weeks , good luck.

Glad you made it through and are making it through , as y brother just pointed out to me that my arm skin is hanging more now that I am losing weight I had wings before now I can almost fly with them lol I am a bit scared that I might have to have p,s, surgery later but if it is or the better than I will, and someone else told me I need a push up bra so I guess all the weight I am losing there noticing , I guess that's their way of saying I am losing lol that's how I understand it in my head, I am happy for you now take care & rest& recover.

If they are friends and I mean true friends they don't care what you weigh, they should just like and be friends with you no matter what through, yes I a going to say thick, heavy or the dreaded f word (fat) or thin , skinny , or healthy lol what ever we are are real friends don't care and stick around and keep in touch or come out to play with us lol.

I wish all the stuff we want to do would be up and running I am so frustrated and impatient as it is almost a month or so since being able to do things like look at blogs , pics or other things like uploading pics also as other people are able to and I am not I know some of us like to look at others pics and profiles just to say if they can do it so can I as we try to support or suggest things on here, I REALLY hope it gets fixed and updated SOON, I know they are trying but now they are going to get flooded with things we are not able to do right now , I have talked with Alex to let him know that it will be flooded so I hope they are prepared on this site.

This was great I loved the responses you got , some of us could go other places with this , I won't though but If you rubbed me the wrong way , you would know it , but you haven't rubbed me at all so I will let you rub other people as I will only be rubbed by people that I want to rub me lol.

I take a couple sips of water before the meal arrives and I mean only a couple of sips , then we talk and laugh while waiting for food and I try to choose well and ask how things are prepared to make sure also I don't eat bread only cause my band wont allow me to as it is a big expanding filler and if I eat a corner of bread without the crust I can not eat anything else or I will get stuck , therefor I try to choose wisely and when the meal comes what ever I can't eat I give to others and if the portion is to big then I can share part with others or take it hoe and eat the other half another day or let someone else have it.

But inquiring minds and curiosity wants to know lol , I knew your wife was seeing you , really seeing you now look out , she will be , doing things with you soon that you think she might never do lol your wife is just being supportive and happy that she has her boyfriend and hubby back(you) , great NSV , it is great when people that see you every day just confirms what we are trying to accomplish, or have far we have coe from where we were or where we are going.

It is normal , but it is up to you also to eat just small amounts it is about portion control wich is hard , however when you start it will help if you need a fill eventually , some of us do and some don't , drink lots of water to keep full and hydrated , some docs give you a fill at time of surgery and some don't , just try to hang in , it does get better and you will gain and lose , just try the lots of water and remember portion control if you can or like I have said before why would I want to mess up as I paid enough and went through a major surgery to get healthy or I could just have stayed big and just went through life not being healthy or being able to do things I wanted to do.

I do the Nyquil and Dayquil I also do claratin for my allergies , It didn't bother me , I will have to ask my doc just to make sure it is safe and won't erode the band as I have only had to take any of these just once since being banded.