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Melissa O- We must be twins! I got the gas back two nights ago. Shoulder pain really bad. It is better now. My hubby was laughing at me while I was assuming the baby position on our bed trying to get the gas to move (the honeymoon is def. over). I am also at a plateau, stuck at 247.5 every morning..........I am 5'5, how tall are you? We have the same goal weight. I started hitting the gym last week, the scale only moved a pound. UGH!

I love reading your posts! I am just starting my band journey, but mommatrammel you hit the nail on the head. Those are all things I look forward to. Thanks again! You are all an inspiration to me.

My doctor told me to get back in the gym on Wednesday and said that I had no restrictions on me (banded on the 17th). I think just like the food, all of the doctors have their own guidelines. I also will not get my first fill until after 2 months.

I am rubbing it on the scars, they look really good so far. My doc was great!

I use vitamin E oil. It has worked pretty good so far. I am about 17 days out. I have also heard the vitamin silica works well and omega 3 oils and fish oil vitamins. We will see!

I had surgery on the 17th and my port felt fine the last week, untill I started lifting weights at the gym.................a little pain today. My doc said on wednesday that I have no restrictions on me physically. I will hold off on the ab machine at the gym for a few more weeks. Not a good idea. The scale did move today, I was down to 246.5. Yea!

Vitamin E oil works great to get the steri strips off!

My doctor said that the carbonation is believed to erode the band over a period of time, and you do not have the ability to burp to get rid of the gas as well as you did before. That is why he says no sodas. I am day 15 today and I feel AWESOME! I was at the doctor yesterday and am down 26.3 lbs., and I can feel it. Everyone says they can see a big difference in my face. No soreness, lots of energy. This was the best thing I have ever done. The scale has stopped moving, but I know it will start again. I am hardly eating any calories, my body just has to work it out.

I have heard of Isopure. They have it in fruit flavors at GNC. I think it is like $13.00 here.

This may be stupid, but what are NSAIDS?

Hello All! I have had a rough day...............very hungry! Here are some of my thoughts on some of the posts after I caught up: Smell-I noticed my husband smelling different to me. I thought I was going nuts, but I did notice it. Not bad, but just different? I could have picked him out of a room with my eyes closed before. Loved the smell! My deoderant smells different to me also. Gym- I went to the gym for the first time since surgery (17th) today. Did 30 min on the treadmill & 30 on the bike. Much easier minus the extra 25lbs lost. I burned more calories than I consumed all day though.... Plateau- The scale has not moved in a few days for me. I go to the doc tomorrow (for some reason that makes the weight lost official to me). My thought is maybe I am in starvation mode. Not sure, but I should be losing weight!

I have pain in my port area when I try to sit at the table and lean over to eat. My port is about 4 in. up and 2 in. over from my belly button (right under my rib cage) on myleft side. That area seems hard (I can feel the port) and maybe a little swollen. That is the only area I still have steri strips on. I am 10 days out.

It wouldn't let me edit for some reason. But that was 6 16oz bottles of Lortab

<p>Fellow Banders- I had a funny story for you. After we got home from the hospital, my Hubby went to get my pain meds filled. He came home with 6-16oz bottle of liquid Lortab!!!!! Not sure what the doc that released me was thinking??? I took about 4 doses out of one of those bottles and the rest will go down the drain. He walked in with all of that and I thought that I must be in for a whole lot of pain! Thought it was funny. We called the pharmacy to verify that it was right, and it was.</p>

How much is everyone eating (drinking) in a typical day? Yesterday I had: 7oz. protein drink 1 can velvety potato Cambell's soup at hand (blended) 1 FF choc. pudding cup 4oz naked fruit protein drink 15oz water I am so sick of protein drinks.........not hungry often. I do love the soup, though. I think that was about 500 calories. I am out of ideas!

Wenjea- You are one lucky girl! Did it taste good? I almost ate a handful of baby goldfish yesterday, while giving my kids their snack. I think I will actually be scared to put something in my mouth and chew it and swallow it. We go on vacation 3 days after I get to go on solids. Scary!

Mal- I prayed for you this morning! I hope all goes well over the next week. No matter what we will be here to support you.

Amen! It is wild all the time I have now that I am not in the kitchen all the time.

Anjul19- What brand are those hawaiian pineapple popsicles? I need something new in my daily diet (like food LOL)! I weighed this morning, down 23.6 lbs. so far!

Wenjea- I am 5ft 5. You are way taller! I am just so happy to see my BMI going down. I have about about half of my steri strips. The incisions look interesting. The only other incisions I have had I could not see (c-sections) for obvious reasons. I will do vitamin E soon. I totally know what you guys are talking about with the food. I liked the serving spoon from baked beans when I made my family dinner tonight. Yummy! I did buy the soup at hand- velvety potato and blended it today. YUMMY! It was a treat. I was contemplating sherbert. It is fat free?????????? High in sugar though.

anjul19- The tightness in the chest may be from drinking to fast. My doc says 1oz. every 15 minutes. Stay on the pain meds as directed even if you don't feel you need them. I stopped taking mine on day 5, I think. Now if I have residual pain I take adult liquid tylenol.

My heparin shots were in my stomach. Nice! Between my 5 incisions and my three shots, it looks like a war went on there.

Okay I did the barium swallow and was still stopped up for 7 days. UGHHHHH!! I did finally go today! I just hope I can stay regular from now on. I did some research.............The book is called "Fighting Weight" by Khaliah Ali , it comes out 6-1-07. You can preorder on Amazon for about $20. It is about how lap band changed her life. She was 330 at her high and 270 when she got the band. Now she is 170 I think. She has had it for 3 years. I am buying it! It will probably be really encouraging.

I totally hear you about the clothes. I have tons of them in all sizes down to a 16. That should last a while. My town also has a plus size resale shop. They hardly give you anything for your clothes, but they have some good buys. I tried on my 24's and apparantly they were way tighter than I remember because they still fit and I have lost 20lbs. since the beginning of the month. How long do you guys think the stomach will be swollen after surgery? Or should that be gone by now?

Okay, if I have to drink another protein shake or broth, I will vomit! Someone brought over fresh grilled hamburgers for my family to eat. Yummy, I seriously thought about throwing one of those bad boys in the blender. Today is day 7 post op, get a little angry about food. I went and bought some light grape juice to have with crushed ice as my treat. My how times have changed! I feel good-recovery wise. Just getting a bit "crabcake" like!