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I've found that Splenda is just as bad as sugar when it comes to being a trigger. I also like stevia. Try having some high protien snacks instead of sweets. I'm not the one to give advice as I also have a sugar addiction.

Could you leave the shake or the bar to have a snack in the middle of the aft? Both at once would make me sick too.

Another RN here. Also EMT. Semi retired.

Green, I've got about a pint of liq. oxicoton that I can't stand to take. (It makes my Alzheimers worse) Do you want to dispose of that for me? And bitter, I had that done last year. Nothing to it. I ended up having a fusion in May and that wasn't bad compare to my knee surgery. Sometimes fear is the worst part of procedures.

I think I'm the oldest one on the board. I turned 67 in Aug. Got banded in Oct and haven't had a fill yet. 've lost 12# but none in past week and don't expect I will next week with the holiday coming up. Sharon:cry

I find sugar andartifical sweetners triger my hunger. The less sweet things I eat, the better I do. I have been mixinh unjury in soup and find that satisfying.

My Dear, Please please call your local crisis line or go to your family Dr and tell them how you feel. My son committed suicide a couple years ago and you can't begin to imagine the pain it causes the people who love you. Please get help right away. Sharon

I was banded 10/26. The first 8 or 9 days were wonderful...no hunger but then around the 10th day my hunger returned with a vengence. I can't have a fill for 4 weeks. My Christmas present will be my fill. Meanwhile, I am going to enjoy Thanksgiving.

I didn't have one but was cathed in the recovery room because I couldn't pee.

Have you thought about joining a weight watchers group and going to all the meeting for support and accountability? Or if you ndon't like to cook, how about nutasystem? They have a diabetic program. Of course you can start over but you must need to do something differently. Sharon

my dr starts out on mushies while still in the hosp. Go figure!

as others have explained, the amout in the band doesn't coralate to how much your pouch holds, but to answer your question about how much a cc is...there are 5 cc in a teaspoon and 30 in an ounce. Does that help you visulize it?

I think you will get your answers at the seminars. My clinic is a "center of excellence" They have never lost a patient and very few complications. I think you should find out just what the statistics are where you are going. I'm sure that since you asked about complications here you will hear from everyone who had them. There are a lot more who never had anything go wrong. Keep reading and learning. Sharon

Just having surgery can make you tired for awhile. I slept for 48 hours after mine. Just got up every few hours to eat,walk and potty and then fell back into bed. Be sure you are getting enough calories. I kept track of mine the first 2 weeks and at first I was only getting about 700 a day. Now I could probly get 7000. I don't seem to have any restriction (surgery was 10/26) Also be sure you get enough protien....60-80 gr. a day. And of course enough sleep! Sharon

Protien bullets have about 45 gr of protien and can be added to water and drank. I won't lie and say they are delicious but they do give you lots of protien. Our clinic encourages us to get liq. protien. They are all so different. I was started on mushies before I left the hosp. Now 2 weeks post op I can eat soft foods with no problem and it sounds like many of you are still on liq. It makes me wonder if it really matters what we eat as long as we can tolerate it. Bandster, I'm so glad you are feeling better. Reminded me of when I was young and broke all the time. Hang in there. Sharon

OOOPs.....I didn't think my first post "took" I got banded on the 28th. Still gassy. I updated my ticker because now I've lost 10#. Long way to go. I should add that when doing ww it would be a good idea to concentrate on getting in 60mg protien before you let youself use up points on junk food.sharon

Yes, by all means....ww is very healthy. sharon

I think that's an excellent idea. WW is such a healthy way of living. When I get to the stage where I can eat regular food. I plan to do ww. Sharon

Here's another nurse. I'm independent which means I bill medicade directly for the work I do with private in home patients. Actually I only have 1 now. I'm trying to retire. I only work 1-2 days a week because they need me there as the case manager at least once a week. Before this I worked 20 years in med surg ans ER, then 10 in psych and now 10 as pdn. It's been interesting. Sharon

I now see that that question said medicare/medicaid....I think Medicaid on the other is a freebie for people who aren't working. I have very mixed feelings about that paying. I guess if a person is disabled by thier weight, it would be cheaper in the long run to get them slimmed down enough to become prductive tax paying citizens. Sharon

I'm glad they do. That's how I got it. Another good point is that the rest of the insurance usually eventually follow suit when medicare does something . Sharon

I love unflavored unjury. It didolves quickly in fruit juice or soup (my main uses) and doesn't have any taste. I grt mine on the internet. Sharon

Yes,indeed they do. I just had mine and they paid....No problem, no letters. Oh, it has to be done at a center of excellence. UW hospital is one and thats where I went. (thats in Madison, Wis)Good luck to you. Sharon

Read Dozys reply again and pretend I wrote it. She's right on.

My Dr lets us start muchies right aftr surgery. Everything pureed to applesause consistency. They are all so different. I will be banded Fri