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how are you all losing so much weight so quickly? i'm 16 days out from surgery and only down 8lbs. then i come here and see people talking about losing 13, 17...pounds. it's awesome for you all, but i can't help but feel discouraged reading that.

Introducing Catnip_Addict :clap2: Many of you already know me on a first name basis, but for those of you who don't, I'm Jena. I'm 25, and hail from Boston, MA (south shore mass, actually). I work as an administrative assistant at an Oncology practice. I live with my SO, Dan, and our two babies...Kramer and Ollie (the cats). I've struggled with my weight for most of my life, but things took a turn for the worst when I tried to make the transition into my college years. Feeling isolated and alone, depression paved a road where I eventually sought solace in the form of food. I actually managed to gain 100lbs between the time I left high school and the year I finished college. I'm finally at a place in my life where most of the pieces have fallen into place. The only reminder of lousy times is the extra weight I'm still carrying around. I love who I am, but I dislike how I look. So I am finally taking the extra steps to ditch the extra baggage and reveal my best self! :cool: Dan and I...

Day 11. I should be on liquids until I see my Nutritionist on 10/17. But I couldn't take it anymore. :help: Today for lunch I had beef barley veggie Soup. :embarassed: It was delicious. I had no problem getting it down. I feel guilty about my cheat, but I feel like I could have eaten much worse than a cup of soup. I mean, I'm allowed Soups...but they're supposed to be cream. The veggies were soft. The barley was probably not a good idea, although it will certainly help clean me out. I feel very full. It was certainly filling. Too filling even. Do I need to confess my sins to some higher power...or is this cheat excusable? :Banane30:

i am tired, too. today was my first day back at work too, after a week off. and i have to say that i have little to no energy. even though i have a desk job, i'm extremely tired and fighting to stay awake. also, i put a surgical pad over my port incision, but it's still KILLING me, because the underwire of my bra lays directly on top of it. i tried a sports bra, but it was equally, if not more painful. it seems like such a silly place to put the port. i don't have the option of going braless to work, so i am trying to move around as little as possible to prevent rubbing the incision. i really cant wait to go home. i need a nap. big time.

Today is one week post-op for me! I can't believe I already made it through one week of a liquid diet! I am feeling fine, except for some lingering soreness around my port incision. It's right under my left breast and all my bras lay directly on top of the incision...ouch! I am sleeping through the night...although every so often I well roll over too quickly, or stretch in a way that reminds me I'm STILL healing! It's been tough for me to drink enough. I have never been very thirsty during the day...and although I try my best, I know I'm not getting in my 64oz. Saturday morning when I woke up, I was really dehydrated. I felt so dizzy, I actually fell down while walking to the bathroom. Lesson to be learned: DRINK, DRINK, DRINK SOME MORE! The scale says I am down 5lbs from the day of surgery! Now that is good news!

thank you stacy and tracy! very helpful. i must have the smaller band, b/c after the operation i remember my surgeon saying "we used band B, band A would have been swimming on you." of course i was barely awake and withit, so i didnt remember what she called the actual bands. thanks ladies!

My surgery was done 10/1 in boston, but at Tufts New England Medical Center. I had a cervical discetomy there in the past, and felt very comfortable there again this time. Very competent and wonderful staff and physicians. I don't know much about Faulkner though, so this is probably not of much help to you. Did you go through a program at Faulkner?

I wasn't aware that there were different types of bands until after my surgery when my surgeon told me she use one type of band and not another. I keep googling, but I am not having much luck. Can anyone point me in a helpful direction? :help: TIA bandsters!

you're right! if i hadn't just gotten the band, i am sure i would have eaten the muffins, too! so that is an accomplishment. i forget to congratulate myself for the little things! i go back to work on 10/9...luckily i get monday off for the holiday which gives me an extra day to recoop. when do you go back? how are you feeling? today i woke up with the dreaded left shoulder gas, so i've been trying to move around as much as possible to help it dissapate.

The first few days I think I was too sore to even think about food. I coasted easily on crystal light, carnation instant Breakfast and popsicles. But today, it's day 4, and I can't get solid food off of my mind. I just had 1/2 cup of cream of broccoli Soup, but it was less than satisfying. Everytime I enter the kitchen to fill up my Water cup, I can't help but eye the muffins on the counter and salivate a bit. I know I can do this, but it worries me that I'm only 4 days in and already feeling moments of weakness. I hate the food consumes so many of my thoughts. I keep flip flopping, wondering it I made the right choice and I can actually commit to the band diet. I am hoping once I get back to work, and I'm not home all day, that I won't spend as much time dwelling on food that I cannot have...

i was banded the day before you, and i also found/find sleeping to be difficult. i don't have a recliner either. i actually feel less pain when sitting upright, as opposed to laying down. the worst pain for me is trying to sit up from a sleeping position...ugh! fortunately for me, i have not experienced any nausea. i am drinking just fine. i do however have gas! it was up behind my left breast last night and today...and quite excruciating. but i'm feeling better at the moment...so relief does come! hang in there. hope you get past the sleepless nights soon!

I was banded just this past Monday (10/1/07). I found this site while searching the web at 3 a.m. last night, trying to find info on post-op pain, because I was having a lot. I feel much better today...as I have passed much of the gas that was ailing me . This seems like a great place to find support, sympathy and motivation, from others who truly understand.