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Hello i just have a question about drinking alcohol after surgery? I dont drink beer so carbonation is not the problem just wondering about mied drinks and wine coolers? How long should i wait? I was banded June 12th.

ok so just to let everyone know i dont drink very much at all. Occasional parties. And i hardly ever get drunk and i know my limits, i have already planned on waiting a while before i even think about drinking again, but me and about 15 of my friends are going to this huge concert July 29th and i had already planned on being the DD but i was just wondering if i would be even able to drank by then. And i really dont like my doctor so i didnt want to ask him because i am underage and he would think im some kind of alcoholic so i thought i would get some oppioions on here!! Thanks everyone!!

I Hearby promise to all fellow bandsters that i elizabeth with stop eating foods that i am not supposed too. I promise to follow all bandster rules no matter how bad i want food because nothing taste as good as thin feels. And if i continue to eat the wrong food i will pinch myself untill i bleed!! lol ok maybe too far, but thank you all so much for the help, i really really am going to get back on track! I had a much better day today!!! Ill keep yall updated!!!!

Funny!! lets see.... 1) Not being able to ride all the rides at the amusement parks. 2) Not being able to paint my toe nails easily. 3) Not being uncomfortable when sitting in a booth. 4) Not being able to shop in the Junior department. 5) Not being able to cross my legs. 6) Not being able to wear a bathing suit with out shorts over top it. Many more to think of!!!!!!!!

I was banded June 12th and i am supposed to do two week liquids then two week pureed!! Yea ive totally screwed myself and im kicking myself in the butt because of this. I am already eating whole food, chewing like forever, its totally liquidified before i swallow, but still i have no self control. Please someone yell at me!! My mom and boyfriend get on me so much, but im so stubborn it makes me do it more. If someone would please just tell me how dangerous it is and how i could really mess my band up i might get a lil more scared and thats what i need right now!! I am able to eat anything so far! Never got stuck, dont feel very much restriction either!! Im really dissapointed. if i dont stop soon, im gonna gain all the weight i lost pre-band! Please someone help me!! i need support, and someone to be mean and scare the heck out of me!! Thanks!! lol Elizabeth

I was also banded on 6-12! Everything went great, not feeling the restriction that i was hoping for, but i guess it will come with my fills! Well good luck to ya!! Hope everything goes all well!!

I have not had any problems taking capsules so far, but i did have my medications switched to a tablet so if i had too i could crush them. But so far no problem getting them down, but i may after my first fill.

I am having the same problem!! Banded on June 12 and feel like im starving!!! I want some real food, fill like all this liquid is going straight through band!! I guess we all jjust need to hang in there and wait until we get our first fills so i can fill some restriction.

Hello, ok im 6 days out, feeling fine just sore still. Im so confused whether im hungry or what? I can eat and then fill hungry like two hours later. It might be that im not eating meats, and mostly liquids! I feel discouraged because im not feelin as full as i hoped too. Maybe i will with my first fill?? Any help?? *Elizabeth*

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I have always been pepsi, MT Dew person!! love my caffine and i really think thats one reason i gain so much weight! I knew from the start that i would not be allowed to drink cokes again. Yea it sucks, but we all have worked too hard, and payed too much to let something like what we drink ruin our sucess! I have been off the cokes for about a month now. I drink a lot of decaf tea, and gatorade and flavored water. I feel much better honestly. Plus it helps with "girl" problems if ya know what i meen. lol But i am trying really hard not to get bored with my drinks. I have not went out to eat in for ever becasue i have been on liquids, and such for so long! i dont really miss the specific foods, just the whole settings and going out fun. O well i know it will come back!!! I am only 6 days post opp, still on liquids!! Ready for some real food, MEAT!! lol but i do have a question since most restraunts use carbonated drinks, what should i order? Water? Since were not supposed to be drinking with meals anyways!! thats going to be hard!!

Hello all!! Please help me! I dont want to lose my hair or my nails!! I dont want to fail at this!! i was banded on June 12th! four days post opp!! i started my full liquids today and started added my protein supplements!! yuck!:sad: AWFUL!! i dont know what to do!! i have got to have 60 grams a day!! any suggestions?? Please help! Im in need of support!!

Thank you everyone for the great advice! I have Any Whey protein, a hige 60 servings thing, powder, and then unjury chocolate powder mix you mix with milk. they said it taste "just like chocolate milk" i wonder where they have been buying there milk. lol LUCY?? where can i buy these protein bullets?? are they like individual things?

Hello, i was banded on June 12th and today is the first day on my full liquid diet! I need help too!! Please im bored!! How about spaghetti os?? Also i need help with my protein? I dont like any of the protein supplements i bought smells like vanillia! its no good!! any advice?? please help!!

hello, i was banded thursday, june 12th. Everything is going good, i have just noticed that every now and then i get this really sharp pain in my chest and upper back>? Is this normal? It is exspecially bad when i just wake up. What could it be? Im following my liquid diet and gettin plenty of fluids, sipping slowly of course. but usually the pain is when im not drinking or anything. Any advice? Thanks Elizabeth!

Everybody says everyone has a reason for there weight. I cant figure mine out, personally i think i eat because im bored! But i would deffenintly try to get everything under control and delt with before surgery. Surgery can bring on a whole nother chain of stresses and thats just not something you should add to your already emotional rollercoaster! You will be fine, take it one day at a time and always come back here for support! But no-one can make the decision for you! that was my problem, i just wished someone could have jumped in my head and told me yes or no! but i had my surgery Thursday, and i am an emotion person. I have always dealt with depression and such, but so far so good. i have great family support and this website helps alot. but head up!!!

Hello, first off congratulations on making the decision to change your life for the better!! I myself wondered about the emotional part? Its a big decision. I just had my surgery June 14. I have been doing good, got a little depressed in the hospital, but i think thats cus i just was stuck inside for such a long time. The thing i guess im worried about is the stuff i wont be able to eat now. But someone once told me "nothing taste as good as thin feels" This is something we must stick in our heads and live and learn it! We can do this and it ill be worth it!! Just think of everything that will change for the better after we lose our extra weight!! I cant wait. You will be fine, and if you ever need anything, this website is the best for support! and you can also contact me anytime!! Goodluck and keep in touch!! Godbless!!

Hello, im officially a Bandster!! So exciting!! now just ready for evrything to get back to normal, well my new normal that is. I was lucky, everything went great, it was a breeze!! Great nurses!! All my nurses had had WLS before so they made me feel very comfortable!! Well im ready to do this, im ready to get back to the gym, and start to see the numbers fall on the scale!!! Thanks to everyone for all the words of encouragement, im sure ill need yall now more than every!! Thanks and God Bless!!

Hello all, i am getting banded Thursday, more nervous than anything. But being summer and all i was just wondering how long it will be until i can get back to laying out and swimming?? lol or when will i feel like it??

Thanks everyone so much for the great Advice!! Ill keep yall posted, im sure ill need yalls support!!

I really appreciate your updates! i am having my surgery thursday and am etremely nervous!! I like reading your post and getting a little heads up. Thanks and good luck with everything!! Please keep posting.

Well i am 19 years old and scheduled to have my surgery Thursday! Some people may think im too young including my surgeon, which scares me. My family is so so very suppoertive and behind me 100%. I have tried to lose my weight so many times and i always fail. I need something more permanent, and something as a constant reminder. I know I am mature enough, and i have done all the research and support groups. I guess im just scared of failing yet again! I want to be healthy and skinny more than anything in this world. My life would really feel perfect, if i wasnt so set back because of my weight. I just wish my surgeon didnt act like a complete jerk, he acted like i didnt have any idea of what i was getting myself into. But i do, and i do want this, but yes im still scared of failure and regret!

YEA so only 8 more days!!! YAY!!!! To all who are doing liquid diet, it gets better i promise! if i can do it, you can too!!!