mstrina27

Yes and u will start feeling better really soon... just follow your own mind.. our body's re-act diffrent ways to diffrent things... U will be fine...I started my full liquids today... though my Dr. said i could have started them yesterday but i couldn't think because my energy level was too low...lol... really... but I went back to work today...

follow your first mind.... My Dr. told me clear liquids for the first 2-days then full liquids for 2 weeks.. including creamed soups... baby get u some cream of chicken soup and sip it and trust me u will feel better.. I had no energy AT ALL and my mother came to me in a dream and told me what to do that would get me feeling a little better and i did it.. and it worked... but u have to trust yourself also... That is a lot to ask.. that someone stay on just clear fluid for 2-weeks.. call and see if u have the instructions right....

I was banded on the 15th and i will not lie i actuall felt as if i was going to die..... seriously... I had no energy I was too nausated to sip anything... i prob. drank an entire 20oz from thursday - sunday I honestly believe i would have fell out if I wouldn't have listened to my mother (rip) telling me to mix a little sugar and water together put some ice in it and just sip... baby take small sips... and i did that and OH MY GOD... I felt the diffrence almost asap... when u r nauseated u can't eat or sip anything... I would definately recomend that no one trys to do this alone.... Plz make sure that u have a friend to stay with u for at least the first few days or so.... but today is a brand new day MAGNIFICANT MONDAY.... and I feel GREATTTTTTTTTTTT....lol...I drank 1/2 a can of my protien drink... I ate a can of soup thru out the entire day... and I have had crystal lyte thu out the day as well... God is truly good and I know all things are possiable... U can do it if u truly have the mind set to make that change and to deny yourself the things that u are so use to.... I thank everyone here for support as well.. u guys are great....

See I think the problem most face is the way we think about food...the way it makes us feel. If u were to take a can of cream of chicken Soup and possiable add rice to it and eat that slow with nothing else i will guarantee u, u will be full and will not be able to eat it all, and even if u do so what.. when u are hungry eat something else but not a double cheese burger and frys.... Please do it for yourself.... U know u can do it if not u wouldn't have spent all of that money getting banded.... I also think it is mind over matter... if u don't mind the band ain't gonna matter...

wow u guys are great.... i only had to do a week pre-op diet but i started way before just to get my body use to it.... it was still hard because our mouth is use to chewing and moving and it is hard to say goodbye to the crap that makes u feel so good but does u so damn bad..... how sick is that... Trust me u will b ok... get a sugar free red bull and or some v- juice that should help u out some...

I drove past mcdonalds on 2 diffrent days saying that i was going to stop and get a milk shake and never did. I think its because my sugar level was low. I had a few sips of the sweet tea and it seemed like that made a world of diffrence. U have to do what's best for you and just remember is the pain from the recovery worth it. HELL NO..... so just think about that the next time u get an urge...

This is some excellent information.... Thanks..

Yes it went well, but let me tell u I ain't no punk but this sugery knocked me on my azz.. Wednesday was the last day i ate anything, and saturday was the first day i was able to stomach a popcicle. The freekin pain meds made me sick as hell & they only prescribed my 6 nausea pills... wow... but I can say is that everyday I got better. Today being sunday it is far better than the past few days. I have no idea why i thought i would be skipping thru the damn park picking flowers with my son. This is some major stuff here and u will need time to recover and heal.... all is well though...

I have 3 holes and the port site...

Ok this is how it all started.. I got up yesterday morning to take my son to school, & as i was coming down the street I saw the limo in the drive way. 7am how cool was that. When I arrived I had to fill out some papers and just waited on them to come and get me. I went to change into my fab gown and slippers... i was allowed to watch tv until my surgeon was finished when the patient before me. My surgeon came and talked to me and I asked him what size the band was going to be and he said 10cc and it comes with a fill already....hmm cool... The anstiologist was cute and buff..lol.. he was really quick and it didn't hurt at all. I used the restroom one last time, then i went into the O.R. I felt a little buzz then i woke up in the recovery room.. My surgeon came in to make sure i was ok. I asked him how did everything go and he said perfect. I was like really he said yes mamm u were a model patient... WOW<<< How cool was that.. I have 3 holes and my port. One thing i can say is the gas pains and the pain over all was like wowwww..... I had to call them today to let them know that i needed more med's and they gave me the goe ahead...Now i'm just resting and when i say I am not thinking about food... no damn joke... I don't want to see it or smell it. When my son came in with his food i got sick to the stomach... wow....

Awww. Thank u so much Sue... The next time u talk to her tell her that she must be a beautiful woman... everyone name Trina is... lol... Thanks. again.....:party:

Thanks.....

U guys are great..... Thanks for the updates

u actually need to let your Dr. know right away because they will unfill u until u deliver and wait yr 6weeks to fill u up again.. Congrats.. Thats exactly what happened to me when i lost my weight the first time, but i didn't have the band... so if it should happen again.. it shouldnt be that hard to get the weight off...

Caligirl....i luv u... I appreciate u soooo much for posting this... I am out patient also... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh u just don't know how this has helped me... and Thursday it should be pretty nice outside and I am going to walk with my son outside i'm sure he will like that... wow... amazing...:smile2::thumbup::tongue2:

I AGREE.... I was one of the first one's that posted a reply and it ticked me off that who ever it was that posted did that.. and never came back.. how sad...:smile2:

I actually did mine today. A chest x-ray.. 3-tubes of blood, urine sample, and a ekg....

I will be praying for all hoping that everything goes well..

Now a friend of mine said that she was going to go with me, however she just told me today that she will have to go to work for a training session. My cousin said that she would go but she has to take her mother to the airport @ 1:30pm and im not sure what time I will be released since it is out patient. So I will be going alone, I know my mother & my brother will be there with me in spirit, but is anyone else being banded alone?

lol.... U gals are great.... i really do feel better now....:thumbup:

LOL...Thanks... but i'm serious they are sending a limo for me to pick me up for real.. i am lmao.. u are making my head hurt...lol... they are really....see if u have ever been to chicago it's on Michican Ave. The Mag. Mile... wow... lol.. but that's apart of their pkge.. I know i'm going to be ok.. I think it is more or less that people are hating that I am going to be even more sexier than i already am... and they ain't gonna know how to handle all of my sexiness...lol....

Oh they are sending a limo to pick me up so i wont have to drive or anything.... sorry i forgot to mention that....

i'm sure everything will go fine....

Congrats.......

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh mine is thursday... congratulations.... I am outpatient also....uhhh i am wearing a t-shirt and some jogging pants, with sneakers... that's about it... I have to be there @ 9am and a limo is coming to pick me up how about that...