wvgal33

Hello! I am being banded in a week by Dr. Nease and would love to chat with people in my area who are banded/being banded.

I am being banded Oct 29 and I would like to "emotionally" hold hands with someone that morning who is having surgery that day.

Hi there, I live near Huntington, WV. I had surgery Oct 29, 2008 by Dr. Nease at Cabell.

Hello all, I was banded 10/29/08 and keep bouncing from losing 14 pounds to 11.5 pounds - which really ticks me off! It is close to aunt flo.....so...as to be expected. I have this pair of jean capri's that fit snug this summer...and now they are actually comfy. I put them on today to lounge around the house in and found very quickly that I can't stand to wear them! I haven't put on a pair of jeans since my surgery because I was afraid my port incision would be aggravated by the jean material. So, I have been wearing track suits. So, I put these on today (and remember,they are not tight, but I have this lovely "roll" that I have been blessed with for so many years, and even though it is smaller, it is still there. So, when I sit down, this lovely roll goes over my waistband and feels like the waistband is "under" my port. It was the weirdest feeling and so I took them off and changed to my track suit. It did not hurt but it felt like the port was turning or something. I really don't know how else to explain it. My questions are: Have you experience this? Will it go away? Will I ever be able to wear tight jeans? Will I never be able to FORGET about my port? I also wear Spankies sometimes - for those who are not familiar with them...they are like spandex underwear to hold you in...and I haven't been able to wear them either since the surgery...because weird port feelings. Thanks for listening!

Thanks! I am still not able to wear jeans yet!! and I am sooo excited because they will be loose! I just wonder if this isn't going to be a chronic problem because the port is there for life...and it didn't hurt per se, just felt weird. I hope that I can forget about the port...it freaks me out that I might kink it or something LOL. Anyway, thanks for responding and HOORAY for SPANKS!

Hi everyone, The slightest foul smell and I vomit, I have always been that way. Sooo, I ate a scrambled egg, 10 minutes later and I am making salmon cakes for my family's dinner - I have always gagged when making them....but I was to the point I was dry heaving very hard. I was thinking, Oh great, I am going to throw up my egg. Well...nothing came out. I was wretching very very hard and nothing. I was not in pain and I tried to gain control of myself...but ever since my stomach has been making the weirdest creepiest sounds. Have I done something to the band? Is throwing up different with the band?

Hello, I was banded Oct 29 and have lost 11.5 to 12 pounds since then. I feel wonderful...but am ready to move on to mushies this Friday. My list from the dietician is very short and I am sure these are just examples and not "just" what I am supposed to eat. I think I am confused as to what is consider mushies. About how thick are mushies? I cannot imagine eating greenbeans out of the blender....but is this what ya do? I really don't think I will be eating blenderized meat...I just don't think I could. eggs aren't on my list either but I know of some mushie-stage people that have eggs on their list...so scramble them? Can I add anything to them to make an omlet...or would this be against mushie rules? I really want to start sitting at the table with my family again! Are there any creative mushers out there that have made a mushie that tastes good? Also, I am on mushies for 2 weeks and then what? Regular food? So at thanksgiving, will I be able to eat small portions but regular food? Noodles? A bite of a roll? Maybe someone here even knows of a previous thread or website with mushie recipes? Thanks!

When having egg salad do you have to blenderize it? I wouldn't think so since scrambled eggs are ok. What about this ham and cheese? Do you blenderize it? OMG I am starving!

Thanks for the input everyone! I am trying to find the food and nutrition forum...but with the site's new layout...I am not finding it. I am sure it is right under my nose...will keep searching. As far as quitting smoking - I quit 2 weeks before surgery using nicotine Patches and now I am even off the patch! The stress of being hungry in the last couple of days has really made me want to smoke, but so far I have held off. OMG - the noodless lasagna...and the blended chilli I think I could bear~! These are the kind of things I am talking about! The refried Beans w/ sour cream and salsa sound awesome too! I am soooo hungry right now....I would probably even try that blended whooper! I don't have a fill till Dec 19...I think I will surely die!

Good idea, lemme see if I can figure out how to set to members only.

My doctor doesn't know half of what went on because I have not seen him since surgery. I will see him tomorrow and tell him how traumatizing it was...we will see where it goes. One more thing that happened...the anesthesiologist was asking me "after I had some versed" who I was voting for in the presidential election...and I told him..."I dunno" to try to get out of a political conversation. He says...of course you know....everybody knows..."he was laughing at the time...and I said "I dunno" "I hate talking politics with people" Then, I am being wheeled into the OR and he says ok your going to drift off to sleep now...and he leaned over and said if you are thinking about voting for Oboma ....u better think twice - you would have to wait 2 years to have this surgery u are having! That is the last thing I remember...but he was kinda rude since I wouldn't tell him who I was voting for! I was scared as hell by the time all this went down! Anyhoo....as far as the yahoo mailing group goes..I have belonged to one before...but never set up one. I have no clue as to what I am doing...I am just hoping it works LOL. Did anyone have trouble signing up?

Hey everyone I finally "think" I figured out the yahoo group thingy! If you would like to subscribe send email to oct29surgery-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Hope to see you there!

I did nicotine patches a couple of weeks before surgery - it worked!

OMG - usually LBT emails me to tell me there are new msg's on threads I have posted...no emails for a while! I just now got caught up with reading all the new posts! Anyway, I have been really busy with starting back to work...I work per production and, therefore, if I ain't typing I aint makin no money LOL...so I have been trying to make some money lately LOL. Anyway, my surgery and recovery have sucked!!! Briefly, at the hospital they kept calling me Angela....which is not my name! I just corrected them a couple of times....and then....they started explaining the risks and benefits of the surgery ...which they thought was a tubal ligation!!!!!!!!!!!!! They had the wrong friggin chart!!!! I have been wanting another baby for years (10 at least) and this would have killed me! Anyway, they laughed about the mistake and state that they would have caught it before it was done anyway by looking at my armband....I looked at my armband and it friggin said ANGELA............then they had pure panic on their face and ran off to see if poor ANGELA went in for surgery yet...never did hear what happened to her. Second of all...I had a BITCH of a nurse....JULIAN IF YOU EVER READ THIS YOU ARE A BITCH LOL! She was mean to me...I cried and cried and cried all night long. My doc said I could go home any time I wanted to and well...that didn't happen...I felt lied to. I had to friggin stay till 4:00 the next day!! I hit my button to go to the bathroom and Julian came in and said what do ya need? I said I needed unplugged from the wall and my boots off to go to the bathroom (the IV was plugged into the wall far away and the boots to prevent DVT was plugged into the bed) and she said....well ugh you can do that urself...are you going to page me every time you gotta go to the b-room? I said well....I can't do a sit up to get my boots unplugged from the bed....she said "aah...well we will just keep them off of ya so that you don't have to have help going to the B-room all night." I was like noooooooooo I have a family history of DVT in my family and I don't want them off all night. Anyway....me and this woman fought all night. She eventually told me that I was the first bariatric surgery patient she had had!!! Furthermore, come to find out...I must have sleep apnea because every time I would fall asleep, alarms would go off waking me up! And sometimes my heart would even stop....the one time that my so-called nurse got me up to walk (yeah...only one time throughout the night and was supposed to every four hours) I asked her about it...and she just told me when my heart stopped on the monitor...to just cough. Ok...so I am freaking out that I am gonna die in this room where no one will find me because my nurse is eating all night at the nursing station flirting with the respiratory therapist guy! I paged her one last time to ask her for pain med's...and she gave them to me allright...enough that I wouldn't bother her until the end of her shift. I think she was trying to put me out...but with that monitor going off every time I even drifted to sleep and me thinking I was going to die...I just laid there higher than a kite...praying that morning would come and cried for the rest of my time there. When they discharged me...never saw my doctor or dietician...an intern discharged me....my prescription said ANGELA on it!!!!!!! Anyway..that sums up the hospital stay....I will never be admitted to a hospital again unless I have someone to stay with me! I have lost 10 pounds exactly since surgery and I have a doctors appointment tomorrow with my surgeon. I also had skin tags taken off under my arm and they are still painful...stitches in the armpit is not good! I am asking around on how to start an email group so that it will make it easier for us to communicate if anyone wishes to join. I visit this site almost daily but I think email would be easier for me anyway! I will work on it this weekend hopefully. Constipation: What the heck is that?? I am crapping through screen doors! I am glad to see there are some walking...I have thought about it...but haven't started really exercising yet. I did go to a support group meeting that demonstrated Wii Fit...it really looked fun! and did you know that for 15 minutes of boxing...you can burn approximately 125 calories??? and it looked sooooooooo fun! I am eating 1 Protein shake a day which has 29 grams of protein w/ skin milk. 1 Protein (i call them bullets but don't know their real name right off) which has 42 grams of protein. and a little more than 1/2 cup of cream Soup a day. I am JUST NOW starting to feel like I need more. Oh and I have also been adding licking a spoonful of Pnut butter for 7 grams of protein. I can't wait till mushies!! I want an egg! My problem is that I run to town almost every day after my daughter and we pass all the places I love to eat..and I am hungry and feel like the world is not right cuz I can't stop there! Ok, back to work I go. Congrats on everyones success! I need a ticker but haven't had time to figure out the process of getting one. Please excuse grammer and/or spelling mistakes...I am in a hurry! Take care everyone!

Hello, I was banded on 10/29/2008 and I am miserable from the gas. I feel like a small child is sitting on my belly! My bowel sounds are sooooo loud I doubt I could go anywhere and someone not comment on them LOL. I have tried gas-x strips. I have diarrhea horrible which gives me some relief. Every once in a while I feel a huge air bubble which makes me feel like I have to burp...but I can't advance it out to burp. Is this normal? Is there anything I can do? When will this gas get out???? I am walking around the house over and over. I need to go to a meeting tonight at my daughter's school but I am afraid because of the diarrhea and growling of my stomach....my husband can hear it from the other room!!! Also, I know I am not supposed to weigh myself...but of course I did....and I was down 5-1/2 pounds before I had the surgery...and now I am UP 6-1/2 pounds~!!! I know it is gas and swelling...but when did you all see it go away?

Wonder why I am allowed protein drinks and you aren't? Did they say why no protein drinks? I know every doc is different...but I have been drinking protein drinks and wonder if I am doing something wrong! I can even eat high-protein pudding!

I still aint burpin!! It is like an air bubble rolls up and just hurts my chest and then goes away....I miss burping! Thanks LShelley for letting me know u had the problem and it did indeed go away. I am going to a support group meeting tomorrow and will ask the nurse there and msg again to let you know what she says.

I am on full liquids until next Friday. I have never made a protein shake...is it milk, ice and protein? My stomach is growling..not hungry just gas...but I cant burp at all. Is anyone burping? There is no way I can get 64 ounces of liquid in today...I feel sooooooooooo full.

I am here now.........I haven't done very well with the pain....I don't even know what kind of band I have. I am not happy with the service of the hospital at all....the things that were explained in the brochure did not even happen. I will explain later when I am feeling well. I can't burp...can anyone else. I am not hungry or thirsty and scared that I will get dehydrated. I am trying to figure out how this protein shake stuff works. will type more later. I am soo glad that you all are doing so well! Hopefully I will start feeling better soon. I honestly wouldnt' have had the surgery if I knew the pain that I was goingtobe in.

Ok...anyone else EXTREMELY DIZZY?

I am dizzy.......and have a headache. I am grouchy as a bear. The dizziness is really worrying me though honestly. I am procrastinating....I haven't packed or anything that I am supposed to be doing! I don't know why I put crap off till the last minute. This clear liquid diet is supposed to be a "bowel prep" ...but (embarrassing) I haven't "done ANYTHING" as far as the bathroom goes. Everyone told me that the clear-liquid diet would cause diarrhea....I am worried that I won't be "cleaned out" LOL....sigh....I need to get this surgery done and over with!!!

I am really wanting to eat something....but I didn't get any "easy snacks that would tempt me" It is almost like the cabinets are bare here. I know from past experiences that I cannot resist temptation...if no one sees me eat it....it aint cheatin! I think that is my mind's motto. I don't want to be that way...but it is a character flaw I just cannot shake! I hope having the band will motivate me/us to change my/our lives around! I am actually proud of myself really...I have drank crap all day!!! Jello just isn't my favorite thing in the world...but I twirl it around in my mouth a bit. I made sugar free in all different flavors...but it is the texture I can't hardly tolerate. Anyhoo....I am getting more and more excited and nervous! Good luck ya'll!

Good luck tomorrow maggies!

Hey...quick ?....is orange juice ok for clear-liquid diet? LOL...I certainly hope so. Good for you Maggies getting ahead and losing 8 pounds...I hope that will do the trick to shrink the liver. I wonder if my liver is ok...I haven't lost anything........and have gained a little...but probably not since my ultrasound. I am going to try and round up stuff to pack for the hospital stay....getting chills just thinking about it. I feel like I am in line for a rollercoaster....excited and scared.

I'm here, I'm here Maggies! I have been eating all weekend - LOL that is where I have been! My doc only requires a 2 day clear liquid diet (which I started at 8 am this morning) so I said my Goodbyes to my unhealthy lifestyle this weekend. I am to be at the hospital at 8 a.m. and I am the second surgery of the day. CMTurner looks like we are right there timewise to "hold hands!" I will be staying 23 hours I guess....so if you don't hear from me till the next day...don't freak out...I will be back! I think I am ready...I just need to pack and take off my fingernail polish and rings. I think emotionally I am ready...physically ready may take up until last minute. I am excited to start this journey and it is especially nice to have a group such as this to share with! Does anyone know how to start a Yahoo email group? That would work so much better as the months go on!