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Honestly, I didnt have to do any presurgery diet except for nothing to eat or drink after midnight the night before but every doc is different. Good luck with that one. The day after surgery all I drank was water...then it was sugar free koolaid with protein mix added and anything else that could classify as a liquid.....I did a lot of yogurt shakes and added flavor free protein mix to EVERYTHING!! YOU CAN MAKE IT THRU!!!!!!!!! When its over you'll be thankful that you followed your docs instructions.

About 5 days before I seem to gain a couple of pounds and then the next day I am tight tight tight...I hate it!!! But the good thing is last tom I lost like 5lbs when it was over

I was banded 1-31-08 pretty close to you guys...Has it been slow go for anyone besides me?? I have a 14cc band and have 6.8cc in and its PERFECT FINALLY!! I tell ya it took a minute to get good restriction. But the last 3 weeks or so the weight just seems to be falling off.

How much restriction do you have? CONGRATULATE yourself first off for losing the weight.....I think a lot of ppl forget that the band is just a tool and we have to incorporate mental changes as well....I hate exercising as well so what I did was buy ankle weights and I wear them mond-frid everywhere I go. That increases the calories burned. Find a walking buddy....or even the new Wii Fit I hear it is AWESOME....everyone slips and falls every now and then its time to pick yourself back up and just start over....it may even help to talk to someone.... YOU CAN DO IT!!

How do you go about getting a diet card...my doc never even offered me one.....

I know you let out a big sigh when you saw all those negs! So now the next thing is has anybody around you been sick with a stomach bug?? You live in Cali and I live in Alabama but I know a lot of ppl around me have been sick throwing up etc THANKFULLY so far I have been well....good luck to ya I know throwing up sucks so I hope you get better quickly...drink lots!!!

Hope youre feeling better. Glad to see the immodium somewhat helped! I drink propel or gatoraid ALL the time. I think theyre alot better for you than just plain H20- right now sugar shouldnt be an issue but when you get to feeling better the Propel Zero has no cals and no sugar!! But still has the electrolytes. If youre used to drinking a lot of sodas and stuff you can easily get dehydrated with this band. DRINK DRINK DRINK!!! Hope youre feeling better!!

Ever had any reflux probs in the past? I've heard a lot of ppl with the band describe that and they started taking something for reflux and it went away...anyhow talk to your doc. and CHEW CHEW CHEW :smile:

I agree with the above it youre having trouble with remembering to take the pill the NUVARING IS AWESOME!!! I hate taking pills and would forget alllll the time so the ring is perfect for me!!!

We used to go to my fav japanese rest. alllll the time and would order and app, get salad, our entree that comes with meet, veggies and fried rice....and I could eat it ALL...now I eat like a small salad and 4 pieces of sushi or so.... Generally for bfast I eat maybe a 1/4 cup for lunch about a cup and dinner usually the same sometimes for dinner I see that I can eat more but I get tired of chewing so much so generally dont overeat.

Fat is stored energy. Energy is stored as . . . triglycerides. You're burning off that fat and so the triglycerides are rising Ppl that lose a lot of weight can have a temporary rise in their triglycerides. It can take a few months for your levels to return to normal and they can stay elevated until your weight stabilizes....get retested and then see what your doc wants you to do.. do you have a family history and how have your levels been in the past??? Good luck!!

My hiccups are violent...theyre awful. If I take too big a bite or if I eat bread and it hurts to go down then the hiccups come...I hate the hiccups worse than throwing up bc these hiccups wont go away....never in my life have I hiccuped so much!

I recommend taking 2 doses of immodium with your first episode of diarrhea and then if you have another episode take another dose you can take up to 6 or 8 doses in a 24 hr period dont just take 1 dose and think thats gonna get rid of it sometimes it takes a lot (this is what I tell my chemotherapy pts) As for fluids the make PROPEL ZERO that is sugar free it may not have all the electrolytes in it that Gatorade does but it has some and fluids are def what you need. I hope you get better. Keep us posted just remember that you need to drink double the fluids if youre having a lot of diarrhea bc you can get dehydrated very quickly. I seem to have those episodes after fills..I think your stomach gets irritated and ticked off....anyhow go to the ER if it doesnt get better!!

I guess a NSV that we really dont think about is self confidence. I was on the phone with one of my best girls the other day and she was like you know I have really seen an improvement in your self confidence and at first I was like is that bad and she was like no its awesome the old Kanina is coming back to us!!! Even though I'm not back to what I was just pulling old clothes out of the closet and being able to wear it again is an awesome feeling! I was posting before about my bathing suit...well I couldnt find any suits ANYWHERE its like everyone stopped selling them period. So we went out in the boat a few weekends ago Ive been trying to learn how to kneeboard...I couldnt do it bc everytime we'd start to go my bottoms would come off...no one could see me but it was so embarrassing but deep inside I was like heck yeah no more lanebryant bathingsuits for me!! I ended up having to tie my bathing suit with hair ties...lol :biggrin:

Pain tolerance if different from person to person. You have to remember that everything was cut and needs time to get better however if your pain doesnt improve I would contact your md I took my pain meds I think for almost 5 days. But I would take it and it would put me to sleep. I found that the more I move though the better the pain got. good luck

It started last night. I had a fill 10 days ago and have been doing fine...last night I made the mistake of taking a tiny sip of water after I ate and I got sick and threw up....then today for lunch I ate and got sick......How would I know if anything slipped during this throw up fest I seem to be having all of a sudden.

So I thought I'd update everyone--by the end of this past weekend I had had it with throwing up....I lost 7lbs but thats not the way I wanna do it...anyhow...so by sunday afternoon I had gone back to straight liquids no mushies...nothing but liquids....monday afternoon I was about to call my doc and tell him he fillled WAY too much and how sick I was of this stinkin thing and I thought I'll try 1more time b4 I do......lo and behold I am back to eating NO PROBLEMS!!!!!!! ITS AWESOME.....If chicken is dry I have a hard time but other than that its been great and the awesomer (if thats a word) thing about it is I feel like this may be my sweet spot...WOOT WOOT!!!! Back on the losing train I go

Thanks, thats what I have been doing. I guess getting sick last night just caused everything to swell up cuz I can only tolerate liquids or really soft stuff today..it feels like it did right after I got this fill. Thanks a lot...I feel better now :thumbup:

When I get the hiccups lately theyre really strong...so strong they hurt...and they usually last for a few minutes...i'm hurting by the time I get done. I'd rather burp than that crap.

Learning to chew chew chew and eat slowly has really been a learning process for me....I get really scared when I throw up I def dont want it to slip....Before the band I didnt realize how MUCH I actually did eat now its like I cannot believe I used to eat that much!!

If hes like my partner he is more worried about you leaving him than he is the money....hes prob having thoughts going thru his head that once your skinny minnie then you'll want to go look for someone better. Before I got the band-several years ago I was successful at losing 55lbs ( I did gain it back)...I felt great but my bf at the time (now hubby) started acting different and made comments about me leaving him...we did end up breaking up for awhile though..he needed to gain his self confidence...anyhow we got back together and hes made a couple of comments about leaving but we're married and I just sat down with him and told him how I felt about that and hes been fine since.....you may want to consider letting him talk to a counselor or something.....GOOD LUCK!!

I too have the 14cc band and for my first fill my doc put in 3cc...I noticed a BIG difference for the first few days and then it was like I had No restriction whatsoever..I recommend following his guidelines..my doc always says liquid that day and the next then go back to reg diet...this last fill I had to do liquids for an extra day....I think or hope that this last fill is it for me...I now have 6.8cc in and when I saw him wed I thought that he might would put .5 in bc the last few times hes been conservative...NOOO he put 1whole cc in and I hope it doesnt end up being too much..lol Just do what youre supposed to and it will take time to get to that perfect spot...you can see I was band 7months ago and have just now gotten I think good restriction!! Good luck to ya!!! Its a slow and go process but its worth it..even though I havent lost a lot of weight ppl that dont knwo that I have had the surgery are giving me complements and I already feel better...this time last year the scales kept going up and up now theyre slowly going down :thumbup:

Ive never had that pain but I have read throughout the forum of ppl having that experience...some have said its being to tight or it can happen after a fill and your stomach swells...others say its gas..have you tried taking any gasX? hope this helps and your pain goes away!!!

Actually, before the band I used to burp ALL the time it really got on my husbands nerves....Now, I rarely ever burp.

Ugh--I had my 4th fill wed. I now have 6.8 in a 14cc band. My doc put in a WHOLE cc this last time...I really didnt expect him to put in that much....wed night I could eat mashed pots no prob...he said do mushies if have problem back down to liquids. So I did the mushies wed and thursday...today I got some mashed pots and shredded bbq chicken....threw it up and the chicken was like really soft and moist....I can even feel yogurt going down....why is it worse now than yesterday? Should I go have an unfill or do liquids and see how it is next week. Is this normal? I really dont want to have to miss more work due to going to the doc (OH yeah plus hes OOT all next week)........