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So nervous but so ready to get this done b/c it gets me that much closer to surgery. Wish me luck! Hope everyone is having a great night!

Any January 2015 banders out there? How is your process going?

I do that as well and I have read where a lot of banders have as well. Mine usually happens as the food is passing through my band. My stomach makes the loudest weirdest sounds at all the wrong times but it is what it is:)

Yes ma'am. That's it!

I would just Like to have the vitamin chews and calcium chews. Someone else can have the bottles of vitamin pills and protein powder:)

I am interested. Mostly for the vitamin and calcium chews.

The pillow definitely helped with the pulling feeling. I carried mine around with me for the first week. Try putting a pillow behind your back and then one kind of under your side and against your stomach. It will support your stomach so it doesn't pull. I'm all healed and ready to start back exercising but instead I'm bringing in the New year with the flu:/ Hope you get some rest hun!

It took me about a week post op to actually get a good nights sleep. I'm a stomach sleeper so it's been rough. I am 2½ weeks post op and sleep on my side with a pillow against my stomach. I can't wait to get back to sleeping on my stomach. My stomach doesn't really hurt anymore except for a little tenderness around my port. I want all the tenderness to be gone before I try sleeping on my stomach again. Good luck to you hun and Congrats on being banded!

I give myself one the night before surgery and the hospital give me one the night after my surgery and I gave myself shots for 9 more days. I took my last one last night. Mine was called Lovanox.

My band was super tight right after and for the first 5 days or so. I was just banded on the 12th myself but I am noticing that I am getting hungry more often now. Be careful what you choose to eat. I've had my first real stuck experience last night. It was awful and it scared me. I just didn't chew it enough and it would not go down. I had to make it come back up to get relief. So chew chew chew and try not to eat too much at once. Mine has been about 2 ounces of chunky foods and a little more of softer foods. It's definitely a new learning experience. This forum is loaded with just that...experience and very helpful people. Happy learning lol:)

If you feel up to it I say go for it but I wouldn't lift on anything. I'm a stay at home Mom but I know after a few days I could get back into Mommy mode lol. Take it slow. Congrats on being banded hun:)

Absolutely beautiful girl!

I was banded yesterday. I am still in the hospital but I am going home today. My stomach is sore. Mostly around my port. Pain in my back and shoulder from the gas they filled me with. I ate a Popsicle and just a little bit of broth. I don't know why but it made me so full. I don't know yet how many cc's my band has in it yet. But I was told my liver was normal size so he had no issues getting to my stomach. So happy to be able to post an update in post-op. Y'all have a blessed day:)

Hi Solagirl:) YaY on your upcoming surgery:D I was in the hospital just one day. When I woke up I was very groggy, in and out and SO thirsty lol. They made sure I didn't hurt by giving me Morphine so pain was mild. They want you to walk as much as you can as soon as you feel up to it. I did that night. You will notice the restriction of your band as soon as you drink something. I know I did and my band is empty still. That night off of my dinner tray I ate a Popsicle. I was full lol. It's odd because it's a liquid once it melts but that tells you what kind swelling there is after surgery. I'm 6 days out and liquids do move through quicker now. But I still only can eat about 2-3oz of food. I reuse jello cups to eat out of bc of the size. I can comfortable eat a half of a jello cup of food and be full. It's amazing:) I wasn't going to weigh yet but I couldn't resist. I've lost 6 more lbs since my surgery. So that's your proof it works:) I haven't even started exercising again yet either. Gonna heal completely first. My stomach healed pretty quickly. I am still pretty tender around my port site but its healing great to. Keep me informed on how it goes hun. You will be so proud you made the decision to be banded!!

Any January 2015 Banders out there? How is your process going?

Wow! Lucky you:) I can understand wanting to have a little of this or that before surgery just because you won't or shouldn't have it afterwards but be careful because if you take in to much sugar,carbs and fat, it will enlarge your liver and that will then make it difficult for your surgeon to safely get to your stomach to do the surgery. That is why most have the pre-op diet. Heck, I did a pre pre-op diet to prepare for the actual pre-op lol. I am so glad I did. It helped so much. I say if you have something you want one last time, go for it. But only a bite or two and make it that one time. It's good discipline now to teach yourself to eat different so that you succeed after surgery. Good luck hun and Congrats on your upcoming surgery:)

The day before my surgery I was so excited. Just pure bouncy! Everyone said that they had never seen anyone so excited about surgery lol. Congrats hun! Keep us all updated!

I am so sorry for your loss hun❤

Hi there hun:) Yes i am very short lol and Yes I did a pre-op diet. It was a 10 day all liquid diet. I won't lie...it definitely wasn't a breeze BUT for about 2 weeks leading up to my pre-op diet, I starting drinking 2 protein shakes and at supper I would eat only about a half of a cup to a cup of lean meat. I highly recommend doing this to prepare for such a strict diet. The diet is so very important to shrink your liver so that the doctor can perform the surgery. There were some days I felt like I couldn't do it but I did and lost almost 7 lbs in that 10 days. From November 20th to surgery day Dec 12th...I lost 16lbs. I was so proud of myself:) I am still healing. I am a stay at home Mom with a wonderful hubby that won't let me lift a finger right now but if I did work, I feel I could as long as I didn't lift anything because my port site is still very tender. I really wish you all the best hun and please keep me updated. If you ever have any questions, just shoot me a message!

Hi everyone, hope you all are having a blessed day. I am 5 days post-op. Healing great. Still sore around my port site but that is expected. I have ALOT of restriction which is AMAZING! I already love my band so much. So happy I chose to have surgery and reclaim my life. Congrats to all of you as well who has made the decision. You will not regret it!

Reply 1-From what I understand, the caffeine can cause ulcers. But If you are just having maybe a cup a day, you should be fine. Even the nurse at my bariatric doc office said she drinks a cup every morning and she had the Lapband done herself. Reply 2- Girl, I know you are excited and nervous all at once. I understand that. My surgery was moved up and I had it Dec 12th. I am still healing but healing great and have a lot of restriction. It's amazing! I love my band! Good luck to you both!

I haven't took anymore pain meds since yesterday. Most of the soreness I feel is in my port site. I've been really light headed today though. Almost like a shaky feeling on the inside. I don't know but I did lay down and it seemed to help. I don't ever really feel as though I am starving but I do get hungry. It takes so little to fill me up. As far as I know, my band is empty. The restriction I feel IS probably from swelling. I don't want to weigh until I go back to the Doc on the 23rd. Hope all is well with everyone. Y'all have a good night!

Thank you so much hun:)

Thank you Pink! Wish you all the best as well hun:)

Walking definitely helps with the pain. I'm just so happy to be on this side of my journey. Glad you are doing good Gilmour. Thanks everyone for the support:)