Debbie3sons

Yes you can have ice chips , also remember to take small sips even if you are doing the broth or soup also the shoulder pain is proabally from surgery and gas as they do pump us with air so it will go away soon.

I thought this was funny and it did catch my eye I almost thought you were talking about a doctor , well just be careful cause, I am not sure but you don't want to be banned from the site for using or abusing foul language , make sure and read the rules as Alex does check in , I am not being mean or hateful I am just trying to be helpful as I did read this and my self thought it was funny.

Iam not laughing at you but with you as we don't know what muscle is as we have had are muscles covered with skin ,isn't nice to know that you are on the right track with building muscle and losing weight , choo choo lol you know you can you know you can lol.

There is a thing on here I forgot who wrote it but it is about last meal syndrome. You may look it up to see it is kind of funny but true as most of us go through what you are feeling , remember this feeling cause it almost happened when I could finally eat solids , but then I just kept in my head why I did this.

I have to edit it every time and act like it is new but I do go by surgery date I think it also has bmi and another one to choose from but you will have to look at them , not sure right now , hope you get it also remember they are updating the site as I have had trouble with a few things my self.

Drink LOT'S of water as it will ake you full also you can have a lg green salad with lemon and distilled white vinegar mix it to your liking and just add cucumbers and tomatoes a little parmesan cheese , no crutons tho and make that your dinner but do the shakes and make sure drink LOTS of water you can add lemon or lemon juice to your water but nothing else it is hard but it will help, for when you go to surgery .

How good, does that feel and with no fills , you did awesome ,just keep it off as you have been , that's great in one yr.

I don't drink soda I stopped cause my doc. said nothing carbonated also I wanted to lose weight not gain it back even with diet soda they all have a lot of calories and sodium . but I was told I could have Ice chips for 3 days post op and to sip room temp Water every 15 min, and not to drink or try to gulp cause it would hurt after having surgery I don't know what your doc told you but I do know what mine told me so I hope this helped , I would call the doc to make sure of anything .

The flouro will help and my doc ALWAYS says a stick and burn then to numb me before a fill so ask if they are not doing it , or if they don't offer and I hope they find your port eaiser in the future for your fills.

It depends on your pre & post op diet I had the on my pre op diet until bout 2-3 days before surgery then a few months after post op to see if I could tolerate the as some can and some can't , but I love salads now I just put the same distilled white vinegar with lemon juice to my liking when I mix it together and then I eat soeties I will do just a tbsp., of ranch but I don't add things like crutons,or cucumbers any more cause my band doesn't like them lol I do it doesn't.

I can only have a few carrots if they are steamed or boiled real good ,NOT RAW ONES EVEN if they are small as I get stuck and hurt and the pains start .

Some times we don't see or think the scale is moving , try not to weigh your self every day I usually don't weigh till I am going to the doc I might do it a week before tho sometimes , I have noticed tho that my clothes & hip sizes are shrinking so I feel it there and I am glad of that also just the small steps of being able to be more physical so think of those things also remember if we were all the same we woild be boring and not unique in our own ways, don't get discouraged I thought the same at times and it took me a while but my doc and I figured out what was best for me , now you just have to find out what is right with u.

Tell him don't start nothing won't be nothing , then tell him your gonna lose your mind up in here up in here and if that doesn't work look and keep staring at him then ask him how it feels and tell him that;s how you feel when he walks in with fast food or things you can't have right now lol , I told my doc I wanted to bite him and everybody's head or whatever off at the beginning post op if I didn't get some substance in me , then sugar free popsicles and mashed potato's saved them lol.

I used to have major I.B.S not to get grapjic but I would have to leave work to go home shower and change clothes , after the band it hasn't happened yet ,close to it but , I can tell now as before the band I couldn't and it depends on what and how much I eat so I try not to eat to much at all and it does happen sometimes right after I eat then in a 1/2 hr. to a hr. it's regulated and o k, I would still ask the doc to make sure specially if it happens a lot.

It took me a while it seemed like almost a yr. and my doc would do 1 1/2 cc's I a at 11 cc's in my 14 cc band and still losing but the last time I went we we're discussing a adjustment but this time I chose not to have a fill as I am still losing inches and pounds so just be patient as you are getting used to the band and use the tips that the doc gives you or stick to the post op diet and before you know it you will say llok at me(your self) and say I have came a long way and this is helping and is working for me (you) .

All I know is when I was pregnant 30 yrs. ago with my first ,then my other 2 I would use coco butter and vitamin E. it helped to rub it on my belly and ars when they itched and I have really faint stretch marks from that and yo yo dieting , like zi said people that see my scars say oh you can barley see the scars or stretch marks so I guees it helped at least with me there is also a scar cream but I forgot what it is called but type in scar cream and there will probally be a site so all I know is what helped me in the past , well good luck on finding something, that orks for you.

Love the costumes lol and that is great you won as you are a winner anyway cause your winning your life and health and body back .

I get the same pains at times ,it either says I am working it to hard or I have eaten to much but it does go away I am a yr. out also I have had my Doc, do barium swallows and flouro ,so I am not sure what's going on with your pains but I would ask your doc, just to make sure to ake sure it is normal or not .

You should read about the gas suggestions or living with it on here , some of the stuff is so funny you will love it it does take about 2 weeks for it to subside I was banded a yr. ago and now just today I had to tell someone don't stand to close cause I a real flammable today lol , there our some people's experience on here some not good and some bad so look for the topics and post people have made about the rumbling or gas.

Ask your surgeon , unless they gave you the post op diet instructions if not look up the post op diet week one , then go from there.

Oh ya just for everbody's info., 411 and all that whatever my (M) key on my laptop get's stuck and if I am using my tablet my fingers don't work well on electronics, and if I am on my computer and don't have my glasses on as I am blind then, sometimes words don't come out the same.

Remember these are computers and they do stop sometimes in the beginning, middle and end of a sentence or maybe someone just forgets it does happen, so maybe you can try to decipher what someone is trying to say , so just keep that in mind or maybe they don't spell it correctly , but hopefully most get the jest of what someone post or reply's .

Again I posted this to Carolina girl look at your before pics in your past and the move you made forward with this pic also , don't cover up as you have lost and I understand you can't see it as we sill have the state of a (heavy) mind , I look in the mirror and don't think I am thinner , but other people see it our minds have to catch up with our bodies sometime, , but take a good look at your past and present photos you may see they say a picture is worth a thousand words , we just right a few hundred lol and you look great.

If you can get a hold of your surgeon and feel the gum then see if you can get a hold of your surgeon by text or phone ask him/her or ask if it is alright or if they want to take a look but ask asap, cause they will know for sure as our tool is silicone and the gum is sticky I have heard that we are not suppose to swallow gum not really sure why but I would ask my doc asap if the symptom was bothering me.