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bigbaby thanks so much, I don't know what I would do without you all right now

I want to come to, April/May would be OK. I just will need a fair bit of notice to organize it ( I'm sure everyone does)

FarmerE I thought the port was fixed to the muscle? My Doc told me mine has claws(OOWW) that they activate during surgery to make it grip the muscle. Call your Doc and check if it's OK?? Everyone else HI I'm having a bad day. My autistic 11 yr old and his 6 yr old twin sisters NEVER stop fighting. They are at that age where they have figured out he gets alot of allowences made for him and they need to compensate for that by seeing if they can antagonize him into a wild fury before I catch them. I want to jump off a cliff:eek:, but since they need me I can't do that so I would settle for ALOT of chocolate but I don't want to do that either BECAUSE I"M SICK OF BEING A FATSO:faint:. Now I will get off my pity pot and get on with my day. It's not this bad every day but sometimes I need a weep. I want to be like those before and after pics, I want that to be me. I will repeat THIS IS NOT A RACE alot today. I think it's so important to remember those habits/compulsions are not going to go away because we had surgery and it will take time to figure this new way of eating out. When I dieted I would go offf the deit with one thing and then go crazy. I want that "all or nothing" stuff to change. We all eat the wrong things occasionally but we just need to put it behind us and keep going (like thin people do) and not let it change the way we eat for the next day or week or whatever. Thanks for letting me blab, like you have a choice!!!:heh:

Hey insub, you're an Aussie right? We will go to Vegas together!! Can't wait to get to that "all you can eat buffet" JUST KIDDING Actually right now I'm so hungry that I'm sure I would do it justice. I am sleeping differently too, I'm also more "antsy" in the evening and don't seem to be able to blob out after the kids go to bed. Maybe it's just because I am trying not to eat on the couch in front of the TV. Can't wait for my fill although it sounds like it is rare for the first one to do the trick????

Toni do you feel anthing??? I am so desparate for my fill, hope this one does it for you!!!

Holli, so great, let us know if you feel any restriction when you start to eat I wanna come to a get together. I was planning a trip to the states next year anyway. Somewhere warm, it's about 45 F today and raining (that's pretty cold even for Melbourne)

Dianne, don't worry lots of folk talk about those rumbles, I have them all day (hard to ignore though!) Pippz lucky you put that part about not killing you, lucky dog Well ,you all got me out to walk with that exercise talk, Thanks!!! :whoo:

Toni, let me know if your second fill does the trick, fingers crossed for you

Ya know I thought I had no band effects at all but had a half a piece of white bread today and was in a world of pain for an hour or so. I chewed it till it was mush but the band insisted it was poison. Well there's one thing to strike off the list, I am not sticking to the diet but I am not binging and that is a good thing. I see the dietician tomorrow, hope she does't weigh me:eek:

Make sure you take the pain meds if you hurt, don't be brave take them until you feel better, Good luck

I am so glad to come home tonight and read this after being at a friends for dinner and having to FORCE myself to stop eating feeling NO restriction and getting super depressed. I hope I feel something after my first fill, I want to feel this magical restriction thing where I actually will not be able to eat a bucket of food in one sitting. I am mostly hanging in there not binging but I can here it knocking a the door:eek: Good luck hungry Junies, I'm feelin it with you!!!!:hungry:

OMG we all want this to happen so fast. First we wait for the surgery (agony) then we want to get better FAST , then desparate to be off liquids, can't WAIT to be off mushies, WISH I had some restriction, counting the MINUTES till my first fill, PLEASE let me loose some weight. I am a nutcase. Thank goodness you all post similar stuff or I would turn myself in:faint:

Hey finallythin if you are a failure so are the rest of us struggling at the same spotyou are I am 16 days post op and feel EXACTLY the same way but like they all say WE HAVE'NT HAD A FILL YET Hang in there are please let us know how you feel after the fill

Stuff tastes different to me too... weird huh. cbm I don't think the band stretches I think the stomach pouch above the band stretches hence feeling of too full,pain and nausea, vomiting etc That stretching of the pouch puts you at risk for slipping the band down as it gets pushed by the too full stomach above it. Correct me if I'm wrong someone but that's what I understood from my surgeon. I am going to stick to 3 meals today, if I don't I am going to tell you all the extra things I ate and I really don't want to do that:o

Suzzzie that's so funny, I got this mental pic of you agonizing on the couch all evening (like I do) Oh tell me this food thing will be better. I'm 2 weeks post op and now that all the pain is almost gone I feel like nothing happened. I know the fill will change everything but what will I do till then. I am SOOOO pathetic. Why can't I just stick to the rules without the band's help for three weeks. I will be so embarassed if I go for the fill appointment and I've put on weight. Do you all do the three meals no snacks thing? I'm starving but trying not to eat very much at a time because of stretching etc so then I am hungry an hour later. I have been fighting with my weight since I was 7, will this time be any different? SORRY to be such a cold shower, I am full of fear and doubt today.

Hey dawneb and cbm818 I know whatcha talkin about. I hope this is the hardest part waiting for the surgery to settle down and to get a fill because I want to eat a horse and I can but my fill is 3 weeks away. I am so worried I will gain weight, my Mum said "don't be silly, how could you go through all this and not stick to the plan" hmmmm let me count the ways!!!! I don't think you should worry about going onto real food, sounds like your torture has been way long enough and eating real food you will be less hungry anyway. pureed refried Beans are a personal fav:heh: To all those exercising, I salute you.:hail: My pain can no longer excuse me and I think it starts tomorrow. I WISH I could like exercising but I just don't. Not even when I have stuck to it for months at a time. Maybe this time will be different.........

It's amazing how different all the Doc's are. I was banded on june 27 and fill is August 7. I wonder if the REALLY conservative ones get better long term results. I can't wait, I am hungry hungry and don't seem to have any probs with anything yet. I can't wait to feel "restricted". I don't post much but I read avidly every day, thanks for all you great posts. Dan you are the weight loss king, I wish I was you!!!!

Hey insub thanks for your lovely reply, I don't know what I would do without you all. I don't know about all this nausea, restriction etc you all have. I am HUNGRY and can eat plenty. I have been pretty good about sticking to liquids but I swallowed some chicken today(I'm not sure how it got in my mouth) and had no noticable effects. Maybe I didn't get a band, maybe they stole a kidney!! Time for bed I think. You are all already about to get up, weird huh. Marga

HI my June bandies, I have just taken my 6 year old twins and autistic 11 yr old to the circus (OMG what a disaster, I just keep hoping I can make family outings work like a real family:eek:) I came home and ate soup and it is ALL I can do not to suck a whole block of chocolate to soothe whatever it is all these mixed up feelings are. God I know why I overeat I just wish it wasn't so painful to change. I don't have much restriction and I am so scared I will lose it and FAIL yet again. So helpful to read some of you get down too, I feel mildly hopeless right now:cry. I want to keep the house and life in general in some sort of control but with the kids on vacation and not feeling 100% I'm not winning the battle. I know I will feel different when I get a fill. Thanks for listening it helps just to get it out.

Oh Snoopy, I feel for you!!!! Just because we got a band it doesn't take away all our compulsive overeating problems and weird head trips!!! I spent last night chewing chicken tacos I made for the kids then spitting them out instead of swallowing ( hiding in the kitchen so my family wouldn't know what a sicko I really am, as if they don't!!!!) I think the time before the first fill will be really hard because you don't feel too much from the band and are getting super hungry. My surgeon said lots of people put ON weight during this time or don't lose any but then get it together when they have good restriction. GOOD LUCK and don't be too hard on yourself, we will get better at this. Marga

Thanks goodness for you all, I had surgery on the 27th and I would like the brick removed from inside my stomach. I can't figure out pain, hunger, full, burps, ( I loved that cheese with my whine thing, I'm still laughing) My surgeon told me the port has these claws that they activate once it's on the muscle (instead of sewing it on) SO NO BLOODY WONDER IT HURTS!!!

Hey june mates, I had surgery on the 27th, I am still in quite a bit of discomfort. Port still hurts, but more than that just general epigastric area heavy sort of pain. Is this OK?? I can't figure out hunger,pain whatever but can definately feel if I have too much too fast. I hope I get better at this soon!!! Marga

:biggrin1:Hi Guys, Thanks faithmd for always answering, I so appreciate it. How soon after banding did people start exercising? I'm talking walking here not weight lifting. No gas pain yet today:whoo:

Morning june bandies, (it's not morning for you) I just dragged myself out of bed and I actually feel quite alot better. Day4 must be the magic number. I have alot of port pain, can't sleep on that side but every other pain seems to have loosened it's grip. Hey question, how much restriction do you all feel immediately post op?? I can drink a whole cup of fluid, or eat half a cup of soup without feeling anything. I haven't pushed it , I guess that's the point but I'm curious. My Doc and dietition havn't said one word about counting protein grams or anything else, so interesting to read all your posts. Why so much emphasis on protein???? So glad you are all there Marga

And yet I am allowed pureed vege soup, yogurt, custard, second day after surgery. I questioned my surgeon about all the diff diets and he said they have found that as long as it is completely liquid (no lumps or bits) it dosen't make any difference to the risk of band slippage. Interesting huh???