Lucy54

I was scheduled at 7am. Had to be at hospital at 5am. My sister went with me. We went to admitting and were directed to 10th floor for prep. I went down to surgery waiting about 6:30am. Anesthesia, surgeon, Circulating nurse all greeted me. I remember going to the OR and getting sleepy medicine. Then it was 9:20am and the nurse told me it was over and to wake up. I stayed about an hour before being transferred to a room. I slept off and on until about 12:30 - 1pm. Then I got up to bathroom, took a walk in the hall. I had a hernia that had to be repaired before they could band me. The surgery should have been 45 min to 1 hour for banding. I was up when the surgeon came in and he let me go home that night. I had pain for a week after surgery and still have problems with the hernia site. The prescription liquid pain medicine made me nauseous so I could only take tylenol liquid. It was okay. My first check up was 10 days after surgery because I didn't want to wait till after the holidays. He told me to try soft foods like Soup, mac n cheese, flaky fish. I had a lot of trouble with solid foods except sweet stuff. :eek:I was bad during Christmas, but resolved to stick to mostly liquids to help in weight loss. I went about 3 weeks and didn't loose. In face I gained unless I stuck to less than 1000 cal / day. I am resolved now to loose the weight. I don't want to have gone through this to fail. I'll do whatever it takes. I see the surgeon Tomorrow. Angie

I had Blue Cross. They did great. I used Dr. Touliatous at Trinity in Birmingham. They had to repair a hernia first. What a surprise. I'm 4 weeks post op and still eating mostly liquids and staying less than 1000 cals. Good Luck:)

I was banded on 12-11-07. I have only lost 10 pounds. I lost 10 prior to surgery, so that's 20 total. I have to stick closely to the liquid diet and less than 1000cals to lose weight. I've tried to eat soft fish, soups, etc., but I don't loose. I dont' know how many calories I'm eating. I came back to work yesterday, and it has been easier because I stay busy. Good luck to us all. Angie:rolleyes:

My goal is to be healthy. I'd like to lose to 135 pounds at the most. I'm 90 pounds away. I was banded 0n 12-11-07. So I'm still new to this.

Try mixing in carnation no sugar instant breakfast. It makes it taste better.

I ate popcorn 3 weeks post surgery and was surprised that I went down fine. I started slow.