morganfrmn

wow I was banded on the 15th... the acutally banding and surgery is the smallest part of the whole deal. The biggest deal is the IV ..... Now I am at home living off slim fast low carb... anyone have any suggestions....

I was with customs and now I am a wildlife inspector with US fish and wildlife....

i was banded on tax day as well.. and am currently doing 2 weeks of liquids.... there were a lot of us banded on the 15th so the doctors must have had taxes to pay...:thumbup:

I am on Louisville KY. May 29th DR. Gellar. We do two weeks of liquid, 2 wks of mushy, then 2 wks of regular. I am going on 2nd week of liquid. Having tomato soup and snapple Water. Went to church feeling good and excited about the new me. I had decafe coffee figured that since had been off the cafe should just continue the wave...

I think your exactly right.... I think its about introducing food to your pouch.... I have been 7 days on broth and just slim fast... last night to Celebrate I had strained mushroom Soup. So I think I will just gently introduce things.... For the next 7 days I will try to stick with liquids... and then I will try ceral and oatmeal.... I think today I might try tomato soup.... Yesterday at big lots we found kellogos Protein Water for 2.50 for 4... thats a deal considering Isopure at GNC is 4 bucks for 1.... I am going to go to church as well and I think I will start my meds back... I have not taken cholestrol or diabetic meds... I also think I will start the nexum back...:tongue_smilie:

my post op diet was 2 days.. So the last time I had real food was saturday night... So I have been without a bite of food for 7 days. wow.... I have been living on 2 or 3 cans of slim fast a day... today I had 3 cans of slim fast and I strained a cup of mushroom Soup... you can add some beef broth to it to thin it out... evidently mushroom soup is made from beef broth because they taste the same.... I walked about a mile today and it just wore me out.... My doc says no mushies for 2 weeks so I am going to try to stay faithful to liquids... I went to the fleamarket.... my nose usually does not work but I am smelling things... my wife walked over to me with a salami sandwich and it stank to me.... I did not listen very well to the doctor so if you guys who are glued want to repeat the directions to me that would be great... the thing that is freaking me out is never being able to eat a pizza again or a ribeye....:tongue_smilie:

i am doing centrum liquid.... found at kroger.... :biggrin:

:thumbup:being banded is no big deal.... the worst part is the IV stick... And then after that the worst part is not being able to eat a pizza or all you can eat buffet... So if you have to worry about something the thing to worry about is being able to eat a 1/4 cup of food for a meal.. Thats the real issue

i was 338 when i had my last doctors visit before the band... probably the lung or heart doc....I only preopped about 2 days... I was terrible. With me its always easy to get down to 295 cause all that is Water... I weigh 315 right now.... all water.... I just cleaned up and I feel human... Although I am smelling things.... an underlying stink.... I keep thinking it is me becasue of the lack of food but i am clean, hair clean, deodrant... and I have brushed my teeth 2 or 3 times already.... Also I can really smell foods.... I am wearing a girdle the doc gave me.... :biggrin:

I am going to clean up a little bit and see how it goes... I am really week on the liquids but I am going to try to stick it out.. I started at 338 and I am 315 now so maybe I can get into the 290's by the time of mushies.... There is this stuff you can buy down south called beverlys Breakfast sausage I am going to mix that with a scrambled egg.... I am dreaming about it.... also I like the idea of a banna in the blender... and oat meal.. So I am about a week away from that....I hope I can make it... I did not get the pain meds.... I figured save the 100 bucks....only real discomfort i have is gas.... and I would say that I have not had pain but discomfort.... on a scale of 1 to 10 i probably have not went over a 2.. I drove up to target yesterday and went walking around....I am going to try to go to the fly market today... I am in Louisville kentucky.....:biggrin:

If you ad the whale tail and enlarged rear finders to an older porshe its called a fatbottom whale tale... And that looks great on a porshe.... I was done on april 15 but we dont do anything but liquids for 2 weeks.. nothing else... so I am looking forward to the eggs and stuff in another week...:biggrin:

i like that april avengers......thats cool..... 338 today 315

i have steri strips over my cuts and they are glued together and the glue is pasted out into a circle... kinda like super glue....so I will probably wash around the edges.... I am on just liquids not even any Jello.... But I am looking forward to pudding next tuesday.... I will try the carnation liquid.... and see whats its like... I am doing a good bit of walking..... just imagine we will be 100 pounds down in a few months......:biggrin:

what is the hydrogen proxide for and what do you do with it..?? We can just call this banded april....no rules... What is everyone living off of...... I am living off of slim fast low carb... I am only doing ibprophine.... and I am taking a blood thiner shot each day.... lovenal...:biggrin: I havent even taken a bath or shower.... should we be removing the tapes from the cuts.... has anyone else done this...

I got mine on april 15..... and I am laying around the tv and walking and doing slim fast low carb.. :biggrin:

wow there are lots of us banded on the 15th.... I have been taking liquid ibprophen for swelling.... My issue has been gas. I am doing low carb slim fast... I have not had a bath yet... Anyone have any suggestions on how to do that????? The ibprophen works great for swelling... just get the kids kind and take 400 mgs... which is about one of the little cups that comes with it... It is the childrens... this was prescribed.... The doc also prescribed lots of pain meds but the pharmacy closed and I did not pick them up so i have been without pain meds and it has not been bad at all... I have been wearing a girdle the doc gave me...:cry_smile: started 338 today 315...

well, I am hungry too, I have 2 weeks of liquids and 2 of mushy i was banded on the 15th so I am 3 days into this....the hunger is not as bad as the head feelings from being hungry....

gas is the issue more than pain.... I think the doc got most of the admoniable gas out... but still gas in the stomach and intest....

i got the realize band.... april 15...

you probably dont need the stole softner.... once you do the bowl prep your liquid from then on... cleaning yourself and squating to the toilet is a big issue.... I dont want to bend over and pick up anything... The girdle the doctors gave me seems to be important... I like to be wrapped tightly.... I turned on all the cable premimum channels for just a month... cinemax, hbo, stars all that stuff.... also net flix... you will wind up with to much stuff.... you intake goes way down...

the way to go is slim fast low carb 10 bucks just got me 8 of them and I am only using 2 a day. so thats 5 days.... then centrum has a liquid vitiman about 8 bucks probably last a month.... target has a whey drink mix in what looks like a gallon mayonase jar about 15 bucks. The kroger brand chicken and beef broth are good... and I am favoring the beef broth right now.... So I probably have 2 slim fast a table spoon of vitamin, and a small can of broth a day... I am trying to get up to 3 slim fast. each slim fast has 20 grms protein. So you need to do 3 if you can.... But eating right now is just not my maine focus....

i was banded tuesday april 15th

The Isopure Water is about 5 bucks a 20oz bottle at GNC so thats to much for me... highway robbery. I am using slim fast low carb at sams club and krogers. I am also using a Protein powder from target. So if you go shopping it can be found...

my blood preasure is directly connected to two things. One is pain. So if pain is up bp is up. The other is carbs. When my blood preasure is high I stop eating carbs and it comes down quickly. So lay off the carbs totally for a couple of days and watch and see if it does not come down.