wyldvelia

HELLO ALL. 28 DAYS BANDED OR SO. SO LOST. SUCH A BAD BAD BAD BAD GIRL. LOOKING TO GET MY FIRST FILL AT THE 6 WEEK MARK. NO LATER THATS FOR SURE. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTION AT ALL. IM ONLY DOWN ABOUT 5-6 LBS SINCE MY SURGERY. GEEZ. I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO START ANY EXCERSICING YET. RECOVERED FROM SURGERY AND NOW IM DEALING WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR HIP BURSITIS. I CANT WAIT UNTIL I CAN AT LEAST WALK A LITTLE BIT W/O EXPERIENCING PAIN, LIMPING AND BEING A WIMP IN GENERAL. :sick

BAD BAD BAD BAD GIRL. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO TWO WEEKS OF LIQUIDS, TWO WEEKS MUSHIES....ETC? WHO KNOWS. I RECKON I MAY HAVE DONE LIKE 8 DAYS OF LIQUIDS, THEN I WENT TO SOFT FOODS FOR A VERY SHORT TIME, I DONT EVEN WANT TO COUNT THE DAYS. I HAD MY POST OP APPOINTMENT AND GOT REAMED (OK, MAYBE NOT REAMED) FOR MY LACK OF DIET RESTRICTION. IM HEALTHY. EXCEPT FOR TWO DAYS OF VERY HARSH HEARTBURN, IVE BEEN GOOD. NO PB'S, NO VOMITING, NO PAIN. I TOLERATED ALL FOODS VERY WELL. IM STILL 5-7LBS DOWN FROM PRE OP, AND I THINK I'LL PROBABLY BE A SLOW LOSER. HO HUM. NOT SURE IF IM LOOKING FORWARD TO MY FIRST FILL. I HAVE NO RESTRICTION RIGHT NOW. I DO STAY FULLER LONGER, BUT I AM ABLE TO EAT. I MEAN REALLY EAT. I TRY TO EAT LESS, DRINK MY 64OZ OF WATER, NOT DRINK RIGHT BEFORE AND AFTER EATING. IM KEEPING THOSE FEW LBS OFF AND KNOW I need MY FILL. ARG. :cry

BAD BAD BAD BAD GIRL. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO TWO WEEKS OF LIQUIDS, TWO WEEKS MUSHIES....ETC? WHO KNOWS. I RECKON I MAY HAVE DONE LIKE 8 DAYS OF LIQUIDS, THEN I WENT TO SOFT FOODS FOR A VERY SHORT TIME, I DONT EVEN WANT TO COUNT THE DAYS. I HAD MY POST OP APPOINTMENT AND GOT REAMED (OK, MAYBE NOT REAMED) FOR MY LACK OF DIET RESTRICTION. IM HEALTHY. EXCEPT FOR TWO DAYS OF VERY HARSH HEARTBURN, IVE BEEN GOOD. NO PB'S, NO VOMITING, NO PAIN. I TOLERATED ALL FOODS VERY WELL. IM STILL 5-7LBS DOWN FROM PRE OP, AND I THINK I'LL PROBABLY BE A SLOW LOSER. HO HUM. NOT SURE IF IM LOOKING FORWARD TO MY FIRST FILL. I HAVE NO RESTRICTION RIGHT NOW. I DO STAY FULLER LONGER, BUT I AM ABLE TO EAT. I MEAN REALLY EAT. I TRY TO EAT LESS, DRINK MY 64OZ OF WATER, NOT DRINK RIGHT BEFORE AND AFTER EATING. IM KEEPING THOSE FEW LBS OFF AND KNOW I need MY FILL. ARG. :cry

leener...i am so happy for. ive been watching your posts with trepidation. afraid for you. feeling bad and wishing you did not hurt so much. healing from the surgery was bad enough without having all of the acid reflux and pain with everything. my hat is off to you. im a big baby and could not have done what you did with so minimal complaints :ban: So pleased that you have turned a huge corner. yipee for you. i on the otherhand have way to much ease in eating real food now. everyday i want to go back to mushies but i tolerate food very very well. i dont drink when i eat and i chew til the cows with cowbells come home!! but... i eat real foods damnit. im still down 8 lbs... with my first fill i hope to really start to lose. you must have lost tons of weight during all of your troubles. good luck and good wishes to you.

ok. i promise to myself : get back on track. dude... dudes... i can tolerate alot. banded 3/23, still 8lbs down (initially was 12lbs down, but gained that extra colon mass weight) if i chew well, i can normally. and i have. but i know i must stop and go back to mushies. i had some fried rice/ bbq'd chx/ some spinach pasta. cottage cheese/ bowl of cereal. sheeesh. i did have a weird kind of hurt like under my left rib area. i was thinking, "this is healing time and im not following the rules". im back to full liquids today. one meal at a time. i keep on reading everyones post about how good they have been before thier fills... and am i the only one who has eaten real food? i dont think so. lol.

same thing happened to me. no appetite for 6-7 days then all of a sudden you are out of the haze of pain meds, pain, resting, and beginning to get back to work. and of a sudden... oh, hmmm. this mushie is good. and it went down. hmm. no problem. mass in colon. weight gain. it all makes sense.

its friday. thank God it truely is friday. monday i worked one hour, tuesday i worked 6, wednesday 5, thursday about the same. today??? im not even showered and its almost nine. should be at work right about now. oh, well. yesterday morning i got on the scale... 12lbs down. wow. i look at myself in the mirror. hm. inflated (full) belly is sorta gone. flat limp empty belly in its place. lol. now my boobs look separated from my stomach. if you know what i mean? that was yesterday morning. but a workday happened. heartburn happened. severe heartburn. i think thats what it was. and that damn referred should pain. its sharp. it hurts. it makes life so not fun. on my way home i picked up some rolaids soft chews, saw a chinese restaurant and remembered someones post and something about egg flower soup. i bought a bowl to go; got myself home, turned the heat pad on, got my cup of soup and enjoyed. then i enjoyed it again. ok, one more time. did you know a 'bowl of soup" was a quart. i slowly drank/slurped it all. now i tell myself. well, at least it was't a whole pizza. a whole hamburger. a whole... anything. it was slippery soup with some mushrooms, very soft celery, extremly soft peapods. thats what i kept telling myself. until i got on the scale this morning. 3lbs up. hmm? sodium? geez. today i will get my water down. i hate playing the 'at least' game. i have been making a soft scrambled egg for breakfast. stays with me for the whole morning. at least i did not have a sausage egg mcmuffin. at least. mind games. i talk to myself. argue with myself. try to best myself. ha. bbq tomorrow. we'll see how i do.

its friday. thank God it truely is friday. monday i worked one hour, tuesday i worked 6, wednesday 5, thursday about the same. today??? im not even showered and its almost nine. should be at work right about now. oh, well. yesterday morning i got on the scale... 12lbs down. wow. i look at myself in the mirror. hm. inflated (full) belly is sorta gone. flat limp empty belly in its place. lol. now my boobs look separated from my stomach. if you know what i mean? that was yesterday morning. but a workday happened. heartburn happened. severe heartburn. i think thats what it was. and that damn referred should pain. its sharp. it hurts. it makes life so not fun. on my way home i picked up some rolaids soft chews, saw a chinese restaurant and remembered someones post and something about egg flower soup. i bought a bowl to go; got myself home, turned the heat pad on, got my cup of soup and enjoyed. then i enjoyed it again. ok, one more time. did you know a 'bowl of soup" was a quart. i slowly drank/slurped it all. now i tell myself. well, at least it was't a whole pizza. a whole hamburger. a whole... anything. it was slippery soup with some mushrooms, very soft celery, extremly soft peapods. thats what i kept telling myself. until i got on the scale this morning. 3lbs up. hmm? sodium? geez. today i will get my water down. i hate playing the 'at least' game. i have been making a soft scrambled egg for breakfast. stays with me for the whole morning. at least i did not have a sausage egg mcmuffin. at least. mind games. i talk to myself. argue with myself. try to best myself. ha. bbq tomorrow. we'll see how i do.

i left work early last night; the most severe heartburn. i do believe it was heartburn. i drove straight to rite aid, got some rolaids softchews (advertising does work) was gonna go straight home and turn my heat pad on... then i see the chinese restaurant right in front of me. egg flower soup. where did i read that? <smile> somewhere on this site im sure. in pain, tired, hurting... but i trudged in, ordered a bowl of egg drop soup to go. i get home... wow. a bowl of soup is a quart. damn. i pour some into a cup, go to my bedroom and my blessed bed. ahhhhhhh.... i slowly sip my soup, chew the mushroom very well. its gone. it was good. i want more. heft myself up. another cup. uh. it definately wasnt pizza (7 days post op) but i definately was a quart. cup by cup. i slowly finished it. how guilty i feel today. and my scale says im 3lbs up. so much sodium im sure. my dr said this was not a weight loss time but a healing time. i have to keep reminding myself of that... but it was nice seeing the scale go down every morning. i was at like 12lbs down. if i drink my water today... do you think those 3 go away again? -r

im 7 days banded and have been on full liquids...until yesterday. i made a very very soft scrambled egg. have to say i enjoyed it and felt guilty for 'eating' instead of slurping... though it was soft enough to almost slurp. sorta. what can i say, im an eggy kind of girl. i have heard it said that the texture even gets to some diehard egg fans later on in band life. i also tried some instant oatmeal. it was yucky for me. but i could have eaten it with no problem.

ok. im not a tv person. i come home, turn my puter on, get my iTunes going, read and piddle. that is my nightlife. i can go for a couple of weeks with no tv. OH, YEAH... 7 DAYS BANDED. ok, so now??? sheesh. im a tv person now. sorta. i lay in bed with my best friends... Mr HeatPad, Mr Xtra Strength Tylenol... oh, yeah... Mr Propel lemon water. so now i lay in bed when i get home from work (which by the way i have not worked a full day this week) COMMERCIALS. FOOD COMMERCIALS. have you noticed how many of them there are? Xtra large pizza, supersize this, more more more. i cant believe it. as of yet, i dont really have an appetite. have lost um, maybe 12 lbs or so. but... reading post after post; problems, tight bands, sip hot tea in the morning, try to get down a 1/4 cup of soup, eat slowly. you know what i mean. all the do's and don'ts about the band. im laying in bed watching commercials about how to eat more, get more, on and on. im blathering now, but do you know what i mean? -r

i was banded last thursday and had hoped that i would be back to work on monday... ha. did this body need recoup time for sure!! i worked one hour on monday, 6 on tuesday, and 5 today (normal 9 hour days). i have been sooo totally tired. no appetite. sipping on water, taking my pain meds, my daily vitamin. ive decided i do not like red soups... at all... anymore. me and my heat pad are good friends. today was the worst for the way uppper left shoulder pain. is this the referred pain that ive been hearing about?

im down 10 lbs. i was told that the first 6 weeks were all about healing and letting the band settle; and also not being able to eat. thats not all bad considering that i have absolutely no appetite. in the last week, i've had one butternut squash campbells soup (two sittings) with no problem. a day later i tried the roasted pepper soup (yuk). a day later i tried some grits. yup grits. i was craving them. i had 1/4 cup and made them really runny. cream of wheat consistency. tonight... a soft scrambled egg. heaven!!! i ate it soooo slowly. savored every bite. AND IT STAYED DOWN. yeha. inbetween all of that food, i've kept myself well hydrated. reading many of the posts, queries, replys, cries, and goals, i have gleaned lots of tips from bandsters and future bandsters. yesterday i was able to work for one hour before i went home and slept, today i put in 6 hours... tomorrow i must begin working full days. we'll see what tomorrow will brings.

hello all. leener, so sorry to hear about your discomfort. 12 days huh? that is scary. im 4 days post op. was banded on a thursday, thought i'd take a long weekend and be ok to go back to work on monday. that was my pie in the sky dream. not so, my band said. i was able to stay at work for less than two hours and then head back home. in tears. all i could imagine was getting in my house, undressing, taking my liquid pain killer, laying down and passing out. which i did in that order. i'll try it again tomorrow. i dont know what i'd do if i had real pain like you are having though. im pretty sure (or at least hope) my pain will subside soon. good luck.

I WAS BANDED ON 3/23 AT NOON AND HOME BY 4PM. MY FIRST THOUGHT WHEN I CAME TO WAS "WHAT IN THE HELL DID I DO TO MYSELF?" I WAS HURTING PRETTY GOOD, ESPECIALLY RIGHT ABOVE MY STERNUM. I THOUGHT I WOULD PROP MYSELF UP IN THE LIVING ROOM AND I TRIED IT. NO CAN DO. I SLOWLY LIMPED MYSELF TO MY BED AND IT WAS A LITTLE BETTER. MY SON WAS WONDERFUL. HE TOOK THE DAY OFF FROM WORK AND HE TOOK REALLY GOOD CARE OF ME. I WOULD SIP ON MY LIQUID PAINKILLER AND I WOULD FADE A LITTLE. ANOTHER SIP, ANOTHER LITTLE FADE. I JUST WANTED TO SLEEP SO I TOOK A FULL DOSAGE AND DID I EVER FALL ASLEEP. WOKE UP AT 11PM, GOT UP OUT OF BED, AND THERE WAS NO PAIN. I WAS SOOOO RELIEVED. THAT WAS ON THURSDAY AND TODAY IS SATURDAY. NO MORE REAL PAIN. SORE BELLY, BUT I CAN LIVE WITH THAT. I'VE ON CLEAR FLUIDS, MAINLY PROPEL WATER FROM GATORADE, THE LEMON FLAVER IS VERY YUMMY. RIGHT NOW IM HAVING SOM CRYSTAL LIGHT. IN BETWEEN THE FLAVORED WATER, I DRINK PLAIN WATER. MY BIGGEST WORRY WAS GOING BACK TO WORK AND HURTING TOO MUCH. IM THINKING I WILL BE OK.

I WAS BANDED ON 3/23 AT NOON AND HOME BY 4PM. MY FIRST THOUGHT WHEN I CAME TO WAS "WHAT IN THE HELL DID I DO TO MYSELF?" I WAS HURTING PRETTY GOOD, ESPECIALLY RIGHT ABOVE MY STERNUM. I THOUGHT I WOULD PROP MYSELF UP IN THE LIVING ROOM AND I TRIED IT. NO CAN DO. I SLOWLY LIMPED MYSELF TO MY BED AND IT WAS A LITTLE BETTER. MY SON WAS WONDERFUL. HE TOOK THE DAY OFF FROM WORK AND HE TOOK REALLY GOOD CARE OF ME. I WOULD SIP ON MY LIQUID PAINKILLER AND I WOULD FADE A LITTLE. ANOTHER SIP, ANOTHER LITTLE FADE. I JUST WANTED TO SLEEP SO I TOOK A FULL DOSAGE AND DID I EVER FALL ASLEEP. WOKE UP AT 11PM, GOT UP OUT OF BED, AND THERE WAS NO PAIN. I WAS SOOOO RELIEVED. THAT WAS ON THURSDAY AND TODAY IS SATURDAY. NO MORE REAL PAIN. SORE BELLY, BUT I CAN LIVE WITH THAT. I'VE ON CLEAR FLUIDS, MAINLY PROPEL WATER FROM GATORADE, THE LEMON FLAVER IS VERY YUMMY. RIGHT NOW IM HAVING SOM CRYSTAL LIGHT. IN BETWEEN THE FLAVORED WATER, I DRINK PLAIN WATER. MY BIGGEST WORRY WAS GOING BACK TO WORK AND HURTING TOO MUCH. IM THINKING I WILL BE OK.

HELLO ALL!!!! BANDED THIS MORNING. OMIGOSH! THE FIRST THING THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WHEN I WOKE UP WAS "what in the hell did i do to myself?!!!" WHAT DID I DO? I HURT SO MUCH. THEY SAID, DRINK YOUR WATER AND YOU CAN GO HOME. SO I SIPPY SIP. BUT ALAS I SIPPY SIP TO MUCH. I DONT REALLY THINK IT WAS... BUT I WAS. I RALPFED LOTS OF WATER BUBBLES. NOT MUCH, BUT BOY DID IT SOUND BAD. I HAD DO A BARIUM SWALLOW AND ALL WAS WELL. GOT DRESSED, MY SON TOOK ME HOME, SET ME UP IN THE LIVING ROOM. COULDNT DO THAT. SWITCHED TO MY BEDROOM. ME AND MY SYRUP. I JUST WOKE AND THOUGHT IT WAS TOMORROW. MY SAID SAID NO. ITS STILL TODAY! WHERE EXACTLY DOES THE 'RESIDUAL GAS' SHOULDER PAIN RESIDE? LEFT OR RIGHT? IF IT WAS THE LEFT... THEN MY EARLIER PAIN IS NOW GONE AND THANK GOODNESS. TONIGHT I FEEL AS IF I WILL BE FINE AT WORK ON MONDAY. GOD WILLING I WILL BE. BANDED LIFE HERE I COME!! -R

Air Air Air.

I AM SOOOOO GLAD THAT THAT IS ONE THING THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT: DRINKING OR NOT DRINKING WITH MEALS. YEHA. MY FRIENDS ALWAYS THINK IM WIERD BECAUSE I HAVE MY BEVERAGE after MY MEALS.

i'm not banded yet... that happens in three days. excited. but slightly worried. not about the procedure itself... but about people finding out. i know how you feel. you wanted it to be 'yours', and it was taken away. the only person who knows is my son, and he is a very private person himself. if anyone finds out it will because of my big mouth!! hang in there. all the hard work is yours. you did it. nobody else.

wow... i am such a darn procrastinator. geez. im being banded...um, like in three days, 3/23. ive yet to clean my house, though i've thought of it often; like right now! im planning on going shopping tomorrow to stock up for at least a week or so. i did get my meds filled. good for me other than that all i've been doing is dreaming of my band, of liquid diets, of chewing, of getting into my size 16 levi's. ho hum.

i have finally decided to do it. my question is this: i sit at my desk all day, nothing strenuous... i want to be able to go back to work within three days. is this possible? i just dont want to tell my co-workers. we are a small office and my boss is a nay-sayer. i want to do this with the minimal time off from work. -r

thanks for the input. thats what i want to hear. i was reading some posts and people were talking about being off work for two to three weeks. eek!! ok. i can do this. so excited.

right now i feel like crying. i just read someones journal. wow. all new struggles that i had not thought about. i have read, looked at before and afters, received info... FOR A YEAR! i will be 44 in two days, 3/1. my finances are in order, thanks to that good old standby, Mr. 2nd mortgage. i feel good about it. the first step was setting up my seminar appointment on 3/2. i see it as my birthday present. i cant do this on my own anymore. the huffing and puffing with putting on nylons, or holding my breath while putting on my tennis shoes... ok, that has gone on for a while now. but... trouble with socks? underwear? arg!! not sure excatly how much i weigh... maybe 230ish. almost 100lbs since highschool. geez. :cry

right now i feel like crying. i just read someones journal. wow. all new struggles that i had not thought about. i have read, looked at before and afters, received info... FOR A YEAR! i will be 44 in two days, 3/1. my finances are in order, thanks to that good old standby, Mr. 2nd mortgage. i feel good about it. the first step was setting up my seminar appointment on 3/2. i see it as my birthday present. i cant do this on my own anymore. the huffing and puffing with putting on nylons, or holding my breath while putting on my tennis shoes... ok, that has gone on for a while now. but... trouble with socks? underwear? arg!! not sure excatly how much i weigh... maybe 230ish. almost 100lbs since highschool. geez. :cry