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Pants were not an issue for me because the incisions were much higher.. now my bra.. ouchie! There was in incision right below my bust line and I had to make sure I wore the old.... stretchy bras for a couple weeks. good luck!

Just a general question.... It seems that if I have protein shakes/any liquid calories they just do not fill me up... I could have chicken that equaled the same calorie amount and be fine.. but if I have the protein shake it lasts an hour and I'm hungry. Thoughts?

I'm nine months out so I'm good there. Just was curious if others had the same issue! :tongue2:

I had my surgery last December. I got "ill" for the first time since then with a sinus infection and a double ear infection. I feel much better, BUT have zero energy. I had pretty good energy before I got sick but can't seem to get it back. I'm tired all the time. A friend of mine said try iron maybe I'm low on iron. Are there any other suggestions?:girl_hug:

I am a teacher and did my surgery the week before our holiday break. I had 3 weeks before seeing my lovely kiddos again. I am sure glad I had that much time, but I have a fairly active job. I have a friend who is nail tech and only took one week off and was wishing she took 2 off. So there are ya! Best wishes!

I waited until surgery day to ask this question and the nurse said well don't shower until you see the surgeron so I didn't ..... come to find out I could have showered all along . My advice is to ask the doc on your appointments prior to surgery as to his/her suggestion. Good luck!

I am not supposed to drink coffee either butt cannot not have my morning fix.. the doc has settled with one a day is better than 12 and as long as its small all is well. Just need that pick me up before I deal with kids all day! Good luck!

I was banded on that day. Since that day I have only lost 35 pounds and have been around the same weight for about 6 months. I have however lost 4 pants sizes the last one in just the last 6 weeks. So I went to the doctor last week and he said well if you are losing pant sizes that is good, no fill right now lets wait a month. I am a bit frustrated. I know I can eat too much, but I refuse to starve. I am eating healthy, just more then I should. I also know that I am in a marathon not a sprint... however I feel like I should be down at least 50 pounds at this point. How does one get a doctor to be more aggressive? :cry_smile:

Hi all. I am so glad I found this place. My name is Kelly and I am schedulded to have my band on December 17th. I was terrified for about a week after I found out and in just the past week have really accepted that this is going to happen..... I am extremely anxious, nervous, happy... the whole range of emotions. My biggest anxiety is fear of the unknown.... maybe that is just because I will have had 10 weeks to think about it. I am so glad this is here for support!:clap2:

I am sure that his has been asked before. But What is the verdict on Curves? I kick my tail there (I really go to town for 30 minutes) but my nutrtionist said that I should be doing 45 minutes... has anyone done just curves and been successeful?

Bandster hell I think they call it. I went in for my two month follow up and the doc said, well you lost eight pounds lets not fill you yet. Well the past week I can eat anything in pretty large quantites...sucks...I am so frustrated and I don't go back to see the doc for another week and a half.....

Yes that's right.... Mine are shrinking...... why is it we lose weight first in the place that we don't want to?????? yikes..:frown::eek:

Alright, I give up.. what is it?

The doctor said to me that the muscles look sort of like strings on a guitar... and when they put the port in they stretch the strings out and it takes a couple of months for the strings to come back to their normal place and not to be "twingy" anymore.. my port side hurt or was "twingy" for probubly 5 weeks... Hope you are feeling better!

If it's on the port side I wouldn't worry too much about it. If it's on the other side I think it would be worth talking to a nurse about! Good luck!

Blue Bunny makes a great low cal/low sugar/low carb yogurt.. it is only 50 calories and I LOVE it.... I can only find it at Wal Mart though. :frown:

My surgery was December 17th so that makes me just over 5 weeks outs... I have had NO restriction for the past couple of weeks.... The only thing that I have really changed since my surgery is I have added exercise and am in week 3 of that..... the weird thing is I feel like I have more restriction then I did.... I'm not as hungry and things are not going down as easily... (they are still going down but I have to chew chew chew and eat super slow which I didn't have to do yet) anybody else experience this? :biggrin:

The biggest thing my surgeon keeps drilling into my head is: get enough Protein as long as you are doing that I would say you are fine. Good luck!

I had my surgery December 17th and went back to school the 7th.... I am a band/orchestra teacher so my job is very physical.... I could have gone back after two weeks had I taken it easy. I let my principal/assistant principal know I was having surgery and would be missing plenty of school in the fall semester because of pre-op stuff .. but I did not go into specifics. Good luck!

Somebody who didn't know I was having surgery at my work today says to me: "are you working out, you look great!" WHOOPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will probubly smile all day!

I have been busting my tail at Curves 5 to 6 times a week.... I have lost about 25 pounds thus far in the whole process.... my first fill is the first part of February as well.

I saw the nurse yesterday and she cut it.. said it was inside sutures and My body was spitting them... no big deal! :eek:

Ok, so... over my port incision there is coming a "string" that looks an awful lot like fishing line.... I am guessing it is whatever they used to sew my port in place... but their is a little piece sticking out... do I cut it?????

hi there I cramped for about 2 1/2 or 3 weeks.... pretty badly... I will be a month out on Monday and it is starting to go away... I still have some slight cramping from time to time.. ya know what really has started to help is exercise.. amazing eh... Good luck!

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