LundyLane

You look pretty cute to me! You don't look like you got 60lbs more to go either!

I had read on here that some doctors said not to chew gum - mine never did or if he had I did not hear him lol Needless to say I thought what is the big deal and picked up a piece while riding in the car with my husband and chomped on it for the ride for about 10 to 15 min no big deal right? :thumbup: WRONG! I got out of the car after spitting out the gum and got REALLY BAD PRESSURE gas/air in my stomach that went up into my shoulders. Then I grabbed the Gas-X strips with no real relief. Took a few hours to get rid of the pain and pressure so I LEARNED MY LESSON! :w00t:

I was banded 6 days ago and I know what your talking about. First couple of days I got full quick.....now it takes more and if it wasn't for the pain in the port site (not bad) I would not know I had anything. I understand things are gonna change so I am keeping track of my calorie intake using FitDay.com and still easily able to keep less than 1000 calories a day, which I could not do easy on the pre-opt diet eating 1200 calories I was still STARVING . Looking forward to the swelling or the thick feeling in my stomach to go away and to getting my first fill. All is good!

But.........I did fill out a living will and a power of attorney. Hospital offered it for free on the day of surgery!

Did not give blood before surgery and did not need a transfusion after surgery. Honestly, I never even thought about it. Good Luck to YOU!

I was just banded 6 days ago:thumbup: and had gone to a Grad Party over the weekend and I happen to sit next to a man I had never met. I did not think anything of it, I sat there talking with everyone at the table, then I got up to go in the house, stopped in the kitchen to talk with other family. I noticed that my husband had come back in the house as well but just thought he got hot outside. Later he told me that he felt the "man" was flirting with me and that when I went in the house the man left the table and followed me in (which I did not even now the guy came in).......:lol:LOL:lol:....it made me feel good that my husband is on the lookout already (not that he needs to be) but it was still a good feeling!!!

I LOVE MY coffee TOO :frown:........I'm not saying you should do what I have done, :thumbup: but I was told the same because caffeine causes hunger. I drank coffee up to the day before my band and I gave caffeine up for two days after my band and it wasn't hard because your not hungry after you wake up and to be honest I did not even want to drink coffee at all and day two I did have decaf because I was constipated and coffee helps that with me, so I took a couple of sips and had no desire to drink anymore. At about 4 days out I started drinking regular coffee, washing it down with a Protein shake or Water so it would not sit on my stomach, but now 6 days out from surgery I am back to drinking a cup or two in the morning just like I did before surgery and I haven’t had a problem. I don’t care for decaf so I am just sticking with good old Folders and I will deal with the hunger if that becomes a problem.

Ok I will be honest I feel GREAT! Doctor said he will write me off for 2 weeks but TONS of people at work have taken 4 weeks (after going back for the 2 week check and saying they need more time) and I want to too I won't lie. I have never called in sick so I figured I am owed it :w00t: Right? (looking for an excuse to take the time off) LOL I work at a call center and I will literally have to sit at a desk tied to a headset for 7 hours out of the 8 hour day. How long did YOU take off work and did you really need it????? Lets all be honest now............ :wink2: Anyone get 4 weeks out of Dr. Teel? :thumbup:

I asked my doctor when I could cut grass and he said "Your not going to hurt anything I did, you can cut it when you feel like it as long as it doesn't hurt" I'm less than a week out and feel I could cut it already but I'm gonna wait until at least a week.

About a year ago I went to my family doctor and talked with him about getting the lapband , he advised me that he had been going to a personal trainer 3 times a week and had lost 22 pounds (he is over weight) and that I should take the money I was spending on the lapband and go to a personal trainer - I laughed and told him I did not make the kinda of money he makes so a personal trainer was kinda out and my insurance would cover all but $300 of the lapband. I asked him what he thought about Dr. Teel (Lapband doctor) and he said he liked him and had seen his “Pony Show”. I love my family doctor still - so a year later when I went to him to get the paperwork filled out for the lapband I asked if he was gonna be mad at me for getting it and he said “No, but I don’t have to keep my mouth shut if you come in here complaining about it” so we have agreed to disagree. Side note: Looked like he had gained some of his weight back . I had my banded done last Wednesday and believe it or not the Anesthesiologist came in acting like a real jerk said “What are you having this done for?” and then made a comment that my husband should be on the table not me. After he left the Nurse apologized for the way and acted and said he had no right to say that - it did not bother me (of course I was on drugs lol) I do what I feel is good for me and that is all that matters. My dad said I would not have let that guys put me to sleep after acting like that!!! Probably right but I wasn't thinking clearly at the time. I also tell everyone that I had it done and I’m sure there are people saying things behind my back and that is ok too! All has been going GREAT so far I am GLAD I had it done!!!!!

Banded on Wednesday, I went to a Grad Party today with tons of food and I thought it was REALLY going to be hard - BUT GUESS WHAT - I had a protein shake before we left the house and I was totally full and nothing bothered me. I was proud of myself. I'm on cream soups, protein shakes, jello, pudding, even cream of wheat and grits for 2 weeks then I get to go to mushie food for 2 weeks then start small amounts of regular food.

I HATE CATHETERS!!! and that is one of the questions I asked. No - I did not have one and would have begged not to have one if they said I was gonna get one Nurse laughed at me and said "Honey, we have old women who come in here and beg for them because they don't want to get up"

Watch this video if you want to see how they put the band in you. You need time to heal. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f84/video-lap-band-being-put-63838/

I had my surgery May 28th and they took me off my BP MEDS before I went home from the hospital.

My doctor said 1st fill at 4 weeks and every 2 weeks after that until your not hungry.

feeling pretty good myself! Glad to hear about your pound a day!!! Are you on regular food yet? Have you started getting hungry??? I can't belive I only took in about 600 calories yesterday and I was ok with that :thumbup: So how are things going for you about 1 month out?????????? I'm excited for you and me :cool2:

My Pre-Opt 14 day diet (given to me by Dr. Teel) is the following: 3 Carnation Instant Breakfast Drink No Sugar 8 oz skim or 1% milk 2 Healthy Choice (or the like of - Smart Ones etc.) 220 to 300 Calories 2 cups of low Calorie Veggies No Sauce or cheese or anything just Veggies 64 oz a day of Water or zero cal drink I will be honest I think it was suppost to be 1000 calories but I tracked my stuff on Fitday.com and had 1200 to 1300. I did not stick 100% to the diet above but I kept it under 1300 at all times. One day I even had a Snickers Bar becasue I felt so crappy and three days before I went to Applebee's and got my Fav Shrimp and Spinach salad and a Blondie brownie :tt2: I was SCARED TO DEATH on Wednesday (day of my surgery) they were going to drill me on what I had ate - but no one even asked me for the paper they asked me to bring keeping everything I ate wrote down. I worried for nothing. :w00t: I lost about 6 pounds even doing what I did! I also walked on my treadmill for about 30 min every other day.

I know what you mean I was getting the same feeling - I even kinda hurt when drinking. The nurse said I was drinking to fast, so I did slow down but today I have been able to drink with no problems. I have also had pudding and yogurt with no problems. Good Luck!

I get my band today :sad: Have to be at the hospital at 9:30am and surgery scheduled for 12:30pm. Wish me luck everyone!!! I'm getting on the "Band" wagon :frown:

Ok.......I just went and picked up my drugs for after surgery on Wednesday and I thought everything would be liquid and the pain med is but the nausea is pill form and the drug store said the Promethazine doesn't "really" come in liquid. I made them look again at the script and he said the doctor wrote it for tablets. Anyone have this is liquid????????? I can't belive the doctor would write it for tablets if it comes in liquid.

Why have you only had one fill??????????? My doctor said if I want this to work I MUST get my fills as he tells me.

I have been on my Pre-Opt diet which is the follwoing: My Pre-Opt 13 day diet (given to me by Dr. Teel) is the following: 3 Carnation Instant Breakfast Drink No Sugar 8 oz skim or 1% milk 2 Healthy Choice (or the like of - Smart Ones etc.) 220 to 300 Calories 2 cups of low Calorie Veggies No Sauce or cheese or anything just Veggies 64 oz a day of Water or zero cal drink I have stuck to it pretty much not going over 1250 cals a day (My dad was in the hospital for 3 days so I was sitting at the hospital with my mom and had to eat smart at the hospital but I still stayed low cal and healthy) but I have only lost 4 pounds :biggrin:. I have been walking on the treadmill as well. I have read time and time again and even know someone that had no Pre-Opt diet and did just fine. So can someone please just reassure me I'm ok with just 4 pounds down.

I totally feel the same way! I told my brother-in-law last night and he said well I won't say anything - but I stopped smoking on my own so why can you just stop eating???? After he left the house it came to me that weeks ago he told me he went to the doctor to take that new pill to stop smoking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel the same but I don't care what people think!!! I'm doing this for ME

I'll be on the table with you on the 28th!!! Thanks for all the info ladies!

I had one in my left wrist that I could see really well if I bent my hand down it would pop up and then sometimes I would move my hand the wrong way and get a sharp pain in my wrist, Doctor said the sharp pain was the cyst popping and draining out - then it would heal and come back Over time it started giving my pain and weakness in my wrist and hand so I went to the doctor and they would give me a cortisone shot that would get rid of it for a while then it would come back so I finally went to a hand doctor and had surgery to take it out - never had a problem since :biggrin2: