clorox123

:think lol :think .. You sound like me.. I'm ALWAYS glass full ev'g will work out. And i'm totally obsessing and fretting and nervous... All i can say is hang tuff.. It's not easy. I'm actually jealous of my sister who got banded on 7/30 and is almost up to mushy food.. It's a LOT of psychological work all of this. I've NEVER done som'g so hard in my life. I figured I'd get through it with the same survival technique i've used with my 11 (failed) IVF cycles I take one second/day/moment at a time. Every time I start panciking I talk to myslef and say "Pemy, right now you are (ex.) driving.. think of that.. you cannot control what will come next.... and the next time my mind starts going bonkers.. i do it again.. Pemy right now ur at work... concentrate on that.. Right now I'm hungry..and SICK of the taste of the shakes. PANICKING about the rest of this week and the post op.. and then i stop and say .. OKKKKKK right now drinking it and enjoying it. it's giving me energy.. NOT thinking ab. tomm. It's a TREMENDOUS amount of brain energy. It's exhausting at times. I know it is. But it is the only way I've stayed sane through many rough spots in life. ok i think i've lectured enuff for now.. i'll :bounce:bounce right on now so as not to go on and on.. lol g'luck Judi and let me know how ur doing. Pemy

the more i think about it I realize it's definite sugar withdrawal. I had it whenever i tried low carbing. .and therefore never stuck to it.. hence i'm HERE!!:eyebrows:

:cry Probably a little of both. I'm also getting headaches and I think it's from such a change in eating that my body is in shock :confused:. HANG in there! I know it's not easy. I'm in it now and I"m miserable. But one day .. rather one MOMENT at a time.. and slowly but surely we'll be past it. Good Luck.

are you allowed any Protein shakes??? How about crystal light drinks?? Good LUCK

:p...."Obese woman with a deep tan and a sun burned nose causes major backup on Route 64. Video and interview with the tanned but not toned runner at 11...." :bounce::bounce: roflol!!!!! you are too funny!! I hate to say it, I can picture it cuz I feel the same. I feel like yelling and screaming and ranting. My foster son chose this weekend to come home from sleepaway camp They get one a summer out of the 8 weeks there. So i of course was busy making his favorites, for Breakfast lunch and supper.. and sitting around talking, w/ a lot more food around than I anticipated. And then my husband.. (super supportive ) wants to know if I can cook for my foster son why not for him... so .. But thank goodness the first week/ weekend is over. NOW, i get to look forward to a WHOLE week of :whoo:SHAKES!!! woo hoooo :clap2::clap2: rather boo hoo.. lol.. But good for you!! you made it through a vacation I'm impressed.

THANKS trish for the encouragement. The preop is probably one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life. (and life hasn't been easy.. lol) Any positive words give me another boost of strength to move forward. one week down one to go.. yikes!

sorry. Didn't mean not to tell them your on antibiotics. That forsure! Just meant not to go to them initially with the problem. In other words come to them with the solution in hand already. .if possible.. sorry ab. that misunderstanding. You're 100% right ab. that

clorox123 8/13 :clap2:

:think:cry:cry sniff sniff.. i know i'm late but can i be put on the list? I don't think it's possible... oh well...

Hi Ya'll Crazy Aters... WOAH! so some of u have been banded and some like me are on the pre-op torture phase. I NEVER thought it would be this hard. Had I known.. I don't know if I would've started. I can relate to all of u who have anxiety about this. I've had a # of full blown anxiety attacks since this past Mon. when I started the pre-op torture. Trust me this scares the hell out of me. I know so many issues will come up that are "buried down there".. With all the therapy I've gone through I was never able to dig deeper... Now they will surface as I go through this. and it scares me to death. However , I am sooo excited to be in this chapter of my life. Yet nervous and anxious. My emotions are flying all over the place.. sigh...:phanvan Good Luck to u all.. and let's hope are journey "down" the road (pardon the pun.. lol) is a smooth one.

Maybe I'm wrong for saying this. But how about going to your pcp and getting antibiotics if u need it and not tell the folks at PAT any'g?? IF it's an infection it'll clear up by surgery.. if not.. then won'g it happen again next time u go through with this??? Maybe i'm wrong but if ur using NYU PAT.. they were NOT very friendly nor helpful in any which way. I was quite disappointed .... Just a thought. GOOD LUCK!! And yes, I know it's hard thinking of having to do this pre-op again.. I don't know if I would be able to go through it again either.. let us know

:eek:Shew! OK got that done.. ow! that color hurts my eyes. but i love color. Anyhow, i just had a chopped cucumber and tomatoe salad w/ garlic salt. I'm at work or I would've added some lemon juice. WOAH!! I felt like i was eating the delicacy of the century. It certainly helped cuz it was crunchy. I see i'm going to have to be original w/ my veggies. I'm only s'posed to have 2 cups a day. BUT! I think I'm gonna allow myself to go over.. I can't imagine it will be the make it or break it w/ "the shrinking liver saga" .... That and Protein shakes and Water and some diet coke and I'll treat myself to a diet popsicle later on at nite. and i HOPE it will work. If not. I don't know what I'm going to do next. Other than permanently put myself on sleeping pills for the next 11 days. Goshh I"m going nuts!! lol

roflol Here it goes again.. forgot to preview last time.. lol

testing my new ticker too

OK! I TOTALLLYYY feel for you! I'm also getting banded August 13th. I am FALLING apart and ready to throw in the tile from this liquid diet. I think i'm dehydrated. I'm on an all liquid diet and in my opinion it's barbaric!! There has GOT to be a better way to shrink the liver. I can eat some veggies, but I'm not enjoying it... I also lost 5 lbs. in 3 days. but i'm feeling like -----.:cry:cry:cry:cry this morning i literally feel like (fainting):faint: It doesn't help that I got a period from hell... I had to bring it on as I didn't have my period for almost a year. I took medication and should've gotten it over 2 weeks ago. Instead I got blessed with it this Monday the first day of the barbaric diet. There has GOT to be a better way to shrink the liver... lol.. any ideas? ways around it?? Good luck! Laurel lap band 8/13