yvonneb3

Indiogirl you are really an inspiration. :biggrin: I've been banded 15 days and lost 10 lbs the first week and 25 lbs total since Feb 08. I haven't lost a pound in the last 8 days and its been very frustrating. :thumbup: I have been keeping track of my protein and calories (not more then 900 a day) and watching out for sugarfree items. I am still sore around my port but I have been getting on my eliptical since day 7 (flat ground program) and I'm up to 20 minutes on that (started with 5 minutes). I have taken walks around the mall but my pace is still pretty slow because I am also healing a broken right foot from February 08 so I've still got a limp.:sad: I know I am probably wanting too much too soon but I am so excited about the possibilities and whats to come. Especially when I read posts like yours. They really keep me going and I thank all of you who have stayed on here to help us newbies. Feeling a little depressed, I started cleaning out a closet of old clothes of mine today. I've got all kinds of sizes in there and of course, tried some on. Guess what? I got back into some of them already and in fact, found a perfect outfit to wear to a wedding on May 18th.:party: What a great day! I have never been so happy to be such a loser!!! Take care and keep it up everyone, Yvonne:laugh:

Brandy, Thanks so much for the protein calculator. That is going to be so helpful!! Yvonne:thumbup:

Hello, I was banded Apr 23rd and have lost 10 lbs so far since surgery. Yvonne

Hi All, I was banded on Apr 23rd but I'm a little confused on where I am on this. I am banded but with no restriction since I haven't had a fill yet. But there is some restriction because the band is there, right? How much can I ingest? I'm not feeling hungry and continue with my small meals but seems I can eat about a cup full at a time and I'm drinking/sipping all day. I know it will get tighter with the fills but can someone explain how this all works? How much I would eat after a fill? And then that stretches out to more little by little? :confused2: The Dr put me on mushies as of May 2nd but I pushed it and ate a chicken leg that nite. It took me about 1/2 hr to get it down but I had no problems with it. As of Fri the 2nd, I had lost 10 lbs in 9 days since surgery but I didn't lose anything since then. Kind of bummed me out. I am up to 20 minutes on my eliptical so I am exercising but maybe that isn't enough..... My port is still pretty sore especially when I tried to twist around to reach for something and OMG, I thought I had popped stitches....:thumbup: Thanks for all help to make this clearer to me. You are all the best. Yvonne

Dandy75 I'm same as you, my port is still very sore. Saturday, I twisted to grab a magazine and OMG, it hurt so bad, I am hoping I didn't pop a stitch and its been even more sore then it was before. Yvonne

Thanks Tadaa, You look like you are more experienced at this tho I didn't see your band date you've lost a good amount of weight. How does this work from now until I get my first fill on 5/30th? I am banded with no restriction. So my stomach has been made smaller from the band but not tightened enough to be too restricted? I haven't eaten more than a half cup of food at any sitting and blessed that I really haven't been hungry. Can you help me to understand where I am at exactly? Thanks Yvonne:confused_smile:

Hi All and thanks for all the welcomes and best wishes. Saw the Dr today and he was happy with my progress (10 lbs since op on 4/23rd and 25 total now). He has moved me to diet of mushies for next 2 weeks and then to soft foods the following 2 weeks. I'm so excited to have more options to eat. My first fill is not until May 30th. He said to start working out slowly and build up. I had broken my right foot on Feb 18th so I am still healing from that too and I didn't tell him about that because I didn't want that to affect my having surgery. I took off my boot from the Orthopedist and wore my tennis shoes, walking very delicately, when I went in to see him twice before surgery and told him I had a small turn of the ankle which was healing fast..... He did say, "Well you have to be mobile to be able to have the surgery" and I told him that I was up and about and on my eliptical so it didn't become an issue. I am up to 15 minutes on the eliptical as regular walking is still too slow and probably not helping much excercise wise and want to work that out to more but I can't do my health rider (which is like a rower) yet because that pulls on my abdominals. I did have questions on what is NSV and SV and PB? Gotta get up on my lapbandonics....:thumbup: Its a happy day for me:thumbup:. Have a great weekend everyone. Yvonne

I grew up and live in the San Francisco Bay area, now near the airport. I've been overweight for 30 yrs, have 3 kids, & 4 grandkids and live with my boyfriend of 1 1/2 yrs. I am an administrator for a computer training company in SF which makes my blindness to finding you even more hilarious. I had been thinking of gastric bypass surgery for years but stopped because an aunt died several days after having gastric bypass in 2001. I now realize that she was in VERY bad health being 4'11" and 397. Then I've had a few friends have it over last few years and they were doing pretty good so I started thinking of it again. As soon as I read about lapband in Jan, it was like an epiphany and I just knew that this would be the final help I need to get my weight down to a healthy level. I'm hoping that will happen and actually pretty surprised at the 25 lbs I've lost since Jan 08. 15 lbs pre-surgery and 10 more in the last 8 days.

Hi All, I sure feel dumb, I've been on this site since Jan 08 when I started my journey towards being banded. I kept looking in the Fifties group but hadn't been seeing that many new threads and I was thinking there aren't that many of us on here.....Until today when I finally looked under the "Hey 50 & over gang....." and checked in and here you all are. Thank God. I've spent most of today reading all back posts for the month of April so I feel like I know alot of you. I was banded Apr 23rd so its been 8 days now. Had a terrible time with pain meds so I just used Tylenol. I am still fairly sore but trying to move around as much as possible. One new thing, I had a bit of milk today for the first time and I'm feeling terrible shortly after drinking it. My stomach is feeling painful. I use to be big time milk drinker but now wondering if I will be able to. I go for my post op appt tommorrow morning. Nice to meet you all and I"ll be on here chatting more often. Yvonne

Before I had surgery I was checking out as many protein shakes as I could since I knew they would be a big staple after surgery and I wanted to make sure I liked what I decided on not just have to endure them. I use the Medifast 55 shakes (these are for women and the Medifast 70 shakes are for men) which I like 10 times more than the Unjury and others. They just don't taste medicinal and they have several flavors, Chocolate, Strawberry, Banana, Vanilla, Orange Creme and Mocha (which can be heated like a hot chocolate). I'm a picky eater and these honestly just taste like real good flavored shakes. They have 15 grams protein and I add in a scoop of powdered protein to add another 7 grams. 2 or 3 of these and you have most of your protein in for the day. I also added scoops of powdered protein to cream soups like Tomato or Cream of Chicken and to sugar free puddings. It doesn't change the taste at all. You can go to: Medifast | Shop Medifast I'm telling you, you won't be sorry. Good luck to you all Yvonne

I was banded one week ago today and I'm down 9 lbs. The pain has gotten better and I can walk uprite again..... Today is the first day I am feeling normal again so everyone hang in there. I am also up to 15 minutes on my eliptical, yahooey! I already feel 10 yrs younger with a total of 25 lbs off my poor old body.:huh2:

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I use the Medifast 55 shakes (these are for women and the Medifast 70 shakes are for men) which I like 10 times more than the Unjury. They just don't taste so medicinal and they have several flavors, Chocolate, Strawberry, Banana, Vanilla, Orange Creme and Mocha (which can be heated like a hot chocolate). I'm a picky eater and these honestly just taste like real good flavored shakes. They have 15 grams protein and I add in a scoop of powdered protein to add another 7 grams. 2 or 3 of these and you have most of your protein in for the day. I also added scoops of powdered protein to cream soups like Tomato or Cream of Chicken and to sugar free puddings. It doesn't change the taste at all. You can go to: Medifast | Shop Medifast I'm telling you, you won't be sorry. Good luck to you all Yvonne

Lost 15 lbs before being banded on 4/23rd and 6 lbs post op.

I am so sorry you went thru all this, take care and keep the faith. You know what the band can do, just try to heal yourself so you can get rebanded. Stay positive Lady!:biggrin2:

Hi all, I was banded on Wed 4/23rd, everything went quickly and I was in my room recovering by 1pm. I had a bad time with the pain meds making me nauseous and after trying several different types, I said forget it and just have been on Tylenol. The stuff you have to drink so they can xray you and make sure there are no leaks was pretty horrific and almost made me puke. Came home on the 24th and just took it easy. The pain from the surgery is not that bad but I get migraines and for some reason had 3 in the last 2 days so I am dealing with that too. Feeling ok at this time and I am on stage 2 diet already as of today and had some thin Cream of Wheat, oh it tasted so good. Had about 10 baby spoon fulls and was full..... I don't want to get on the scale until I go to the Dr's on May 2nd for my post op. I am glad I did this and would do it again. Take care all. Yvonne:thumbup:

I am allergic to morphine and codeine and have always been really sensitive to all pain meds. I knew this going in as I have had 3 ceasarreans and gall bladder removal. But I haven't had any surgery since 1985 so I was hoping they had come up with something by now. Anyway, I am not sure what is triggering the migraines but they have stopped for now as the Maxalt really works good for me. They tried several anti-nausea meds also with no success. So after 18 hours of nausea, I thought it best to just get off everything and just go with Tylenol, which helps somewhat. Every day I"m doing better, almost finished with day 3 post op.

Hi all, I was banded on Wed 4/23rd, everything went quickly and I was in my room recovering by 1pm. I had a bad time with the pain meds making me nauseous and after trying several different types, I said forget it and just have been on Tylenol. The stuff you have to drink so they can xray you and make sure there are no leaks was pretty horrific and almost made me puke. Came home yesterday and just took it easy. The pain from the surgery is not that bad like John says below. I get migraines and for some reason had 3 in the last 2 days so I am dealing with that too. Feeling ok at this time and I am on stage 2 diet already as of today and had some thin Cream of Wheat, oh it tasted so good. Had about 10 baby spoon fulls and was full..... I don't want to get on the scale until I go to the Dr's on May 2nd for my post op. I am glad I did this and would do it again. Take care all. Yvonne

My surgery date is Wed, Apr 23rd. I went to my last pre-op appt to see my surgeon on the 16th and he was really happy with my weight loss of 24 lbs. I have worked so damn hard to lose that. Well, since the 16th, I went to a birthday party (Fri nite), a wedding (Sat)and my hubby took me to my last dinner tonite (Sun). I just weighed myself and gained 10 lbs back!!!! I'm so upset and angry at myself that I will show up to the hospital Wed the 24th and the Dr will refuse to do the surgery. Has anyone been refused the day of their surgery for this reason? I'm doing nothing but clear liquids Mon and Tues, so wish me luck and a few prayers wouldn't hurt....

I will update you on what happened next Thurs or Fri, depending on how I am doing from surgery and good luck to all of you. Love this support system!!!! :rolleyes2:

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some Listerine strips? They dissolve in your mouth. Or some Extra gum, no calories, sugarless, good taste and you chew..... Good luck girl, I get banded on the 23rd so I will probably be in the same boat. :tongue_smilie: yvonneb3

Thanks for your story Michelle, it is helping me alot. I am being banded in a few days on Apr 23rd and I need to hear these kinds of stories to let me know I am doing the right thing. Take care Yvonne

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I've been seeing him for 3 months now and I really like him. I've talked to other patients in the waiting room of his office in Burlingame and I hear nothing but good things from everyone. My surgery is next week and I'll be adding in my updates. Good luck with everything! Yvonne:thumbup: