blondechcky

That is so awesome! I'm so happy for you! I can't believe how well you're doing, I can't wait to be at that point in my journey!

Yea the first week is really hard but the second is s breeze. I was working out a lot so I lost 18lbs on the pre op diet. Enjoy it while you can the week after surgery is rough and you need to be prepared for that. I think the pre op diet really gets you conditioned to listening to your body and your hunger. It will all be worth it in the end!

I'm at the end of day 3 and I've stopped taking y pain meds because they made me feel nauseas and I can handle the incision pain fine. The gas is what's killing me now. It kicked in full force today. I've been up walking a lot but nothing seems to be helping. I feel like its suffocating me when I sit down. I really hope it starts to go away soon.

I keep hearing kt will come back. That also scares me because I'm already a little paranoid about eating with this band. I worry about eating the wrong things and getting stuck.

Ok I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was the same way towards the end of the pre op diet. I was having to force down my shakes.

Is anybody else not able to eat after surgery? I'm on day 3 and jut the thought of anything but water makes me ill. The night after surgery I had a tiny bit of broth. And yesterday I forced down one shake. Today all I've ha so far is water. I know I need some protein but I'm just totally not hungry at all.

Thank you! I'm so excited for this journey. I refuse for this to fail like all the other diets. If I'm going through all this pain it will all be worth it!

So I was banded yesterday 5/13. I keep feeling like I have stuff in my lungs but it hurts too bad to cough to get it cleared up. Does anyone have any tips in how to do this without feeling like I'm being stabbed?

I'm in houston too. Had mine done at memorial Herman southeast.

Yea I have the breathing thing and I've been using it. It was getting to the point where I couldn't breathe unless I coughed and got it up. It was extremely painful but I feel better now. No more wheezing.

They actually told me not to do anything really cold because of the band it can make it a little tight. Every time i sip mine I hold it in my mouth a little to warm it up before I swallow. And room temp water.

Yea I tried the pillow and I've been doing all the other stuff too. Every time I barely cough I feel like my incisions are gonna bust open.

I'm a hairdresser. I was banded yesterday and plan to return to work next Tuesday so 7 days off. I'm really hoping to feel good enough to work because I have such a physical job.

Good luck! You'll do great!

I have 5 incisions and they are all up high. Like right under my breasts. Not sure how ill be able to wear a bra for a while. Does every surgeon differ on the placement of the incisions? Everyone I hear seems to have them lower and around the belly button.

I just had surgery today too. Not really in pain just soreness. Only pain I have is in my back and it's a muscle pain that I already had. I don't feel any of the gas pains really. Glad to hear you're doing so well.

I'm sitting in pre op right now. Just a few minutes away from surgery!

Thank you! Glad to hear you're doing we'll!

Omg! My surgery is tomorrow at noon! I'm just not starting to get a little nervous. Anyone else going in tomorrow?

I'm getting banded Monday the 13th too! Good luck!

Good luck! You have done so well so far with the pre op, you will do great!

I haven't had a reaction like that hit I'm doing the whey too and it upsets my stomach a lot. Some of the whey has lactose, so if you're lactose intolerant that would be causing a reaction. If you use the whey isolate it doesn't contain lactose. Even if you never had a reaction to lactose maybe now that you're having so much of it you're noticing the reaction.

I had the same thing found out I needed it during my pre op testing. I know this is bad but I tried using it and I had a terrible time with it. I would either wake up constantly because if it, or if end up just ripping the mask off half way through the night because it was driving me crazy. I've kept it because they said I have to take it with me for surgery but I honestly can't use it at home. Hopefully it works out well for you.

Ok so I was doing great on day 1 and 2 and now im only on day 3 of the pre op diet And its getting rough. I know it's all going to be worth it jn the end. At my job we have a lot of down time and in the back room everybody pretty much eats non stop! It's tough being around everyone eating when I'm sitting there starving! I just had to come outside and sit alone for minute so I wouldn't go crazy! I'm so glad I have somewhere I can share my feelings and know you all understand