princesstracey

Hello Friends! I am Tracey, and I will be banded on December 28th. I am really excited! This is my third day on the liquid diet, and I can barely function today I have such a massive headache! Did this happen to anyone else? :help:

Went from a C to barely a B, and I have only lost 30 lbs. I hate it! When I get down to my goal and get my nips and tucks, I am buying myself a "Lucy" and an "Ethel". I deserve it, right? Ha!

I think you are fine. Its mostly Fluid. I lost 32 in 3 weeks.

I had a 400 question 'test' before I had my appointment. The questions were SO stupid, 'Do you currently see an elephant in this room....' WHAT? I had to laugh. I had a 30 minute meeting with the pysch. doctor. It went well-she just did like family history, medical history, etc. She asked me how I dealt with stress, I told her I prayed. She asked me how many times I had ever thrown up after eating...I told her once, and it really pissed me off becuase it was my favorite kind of pizza, and it was like $18 for the medium (which I ate). She laughed....we had a great time. On my way out, I told her that I thought I saw a huge elephant behind her. I was a cash patient-I think they would have just approved me for the moola. Ha! Jk.

Mine is to the left of my belly button, about 3 inches over. It is still pretty sore.

I buy X-Power Chocolate. It is AMAZING. I refused to drive any protein shakes because I think they taste HORRIBLE. MY friend introduced me to this and I absoutely love it! It was $44.88 including shipping, but it is HUGE. It is good for like 5 years. I use 1 scoop, 4 ounces of skim milk, 1/2 T. of peanut butter and milk-150 calories, 11 grams of protein=ONlY 1/2 C.

Ok, so I am 9 days post-op and constantly tired, like laying around and even sleeping 10 hours a day...which is totally abnormal for me. I realize that it is from the lack of protein. I am trying to eat it, but I simply cannot consume so much in a day. All I can eat is 4-5 times a day, and like 1-2 ounces at a time. Yesterday, I bought the Gordan's Frozen Fish Fillet's, but all I could eat was 3/4 and that is the entire day. That is 17 g. of protein. I HATE SHAKES...HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE. Any other suggestions? Thanks-Tracey

5 people, including myself. Powerpoint presentation, lots of information, both pros and cons. My surgeon is also a lap band patient, so a lot of it was his personal experience, which was super cool. I liked it-thought it was informative, and helped me decide I wanted to go through with it.

I got my band! Dr. said it only took 30 minutes. I was surprised how much pain I have in the stitches area. It was awful! Im on lots of meds, and hoping by Sunday it will subside. God is good to me-no nausea or anything else! So far so good. Anyone else 'banded' today? Tracey

YOu wont be able to drink it all. I go to Tropical Smoothie and get the Protein power shakes. They put them into 2 cups for me. Drinking it all morning, and lunch, I am only able to drink 1/2 of the small cups-that is 2-3 meals. It is SO filling. One smoothie lasts me 4 days.

I eat them. Im only 8 days post op. I can only eat about a 1/3 at a time. The much better choice is the frozen fish fillets in the yellow box (cannot remember the name). They are delicious and 17 g. of protein each. Yummy!

My dr. suggests 7 days liquid only, 8 days mushies. However, I was starving and 'ready' after day 5 and everything was great. I just ate very very soupy plain mashed potatos for 2-3 days and I have no regrets!

I eat anything I want. I had macaroni and cheese for lunch!

3-7 days. That was by far the worst part of the entire situation. Hated that! I still cannot have caffeine, even 8 days post-op (it has been 22 days without any coffee!). I walked by Starbucks today in my grocery store and almost had a fit! Ha!

Kim, you are TOO funny! I hate that dreaded mill too! Ha!

Im sorry you are bummed. I know it isn't the 'best' way to you, but after I was denied, I decided to go self-pay. I was able to go on a payment plan with very low interest. It is like purchasing a car. I know, its a lot of monthly money. I actually had to get a second job. But, its my health. Its my life, and my future! Best investment of my money in my opinion! Look into it!

I bought Wolfgang Puck's Chicken Noodle soup drained. It was very rich and yummy, with lots of flavor.

Are you sleeping on your back? My throat was so dry and really hurting, until I realized that I was sleeping on my back because my port site was so sore that I couldn't sleep on my side as usual. Normally, sleeping on your stomach promotes snoring, which is sleeping with your mouth open, promoting drying and a sore throat. I don't know, just a thought.

Hm...Im not really sure about the slim fast thing...I drank Adkins shakes up until today! When do you go off liquids? How are you feeling?

I mourn with you. Pizza was one of my hardest to give up! Good luck to you!

I love food...any food...all food...! Its my passion and it taste great! No underlying thing, just love to eat!

Oh ok, so your insurance company wants you to put it in yourself? Great idea. I would investigate more into that. I hate insurance!

I was on liquids only for 14 days prior to surgery. It sucked big time. Im jealous of all of you!

I was very sore right after surgery. Pain is more like it. However, I just found out yesterday that because of my codene allergy, I was perscriped a lesser medication . I was incredibly tired also. My surgery was at 8:30 and only lasted 3o minutes. I left at 7:30pm that evening.

Hi Candy- Thanks for the welcome! No fill yet. I am 6 days post-op. I go to mushies tomorrow for a week then solids. I am really excited because I was on liquids for 20 days now and im ready to chew! Ha! Your loss is great!