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I was banded on the 3rd. I get the full feeling. However, you need to eat slow and eat Protein first!! No the band is empty until you go for your first fill. My doctor waits 1 month from surgery before he will do a fill. Good Luck!

I gulped water last night. I woke up very thirsty and forgot and started gulping the warter. At the the second gulp it would not go down and I spit it out. Then I had the yuck feeling in my thorat and spent a while walking around my pool until it went away. I was sucking on ice chips but yesterday afternoon a bunch of family came to see how I was doing and that threw me off and I fell behind. Ithink that is why I was so darn thirsty. The pain gets better every day. I am at work today!!!! My desk is a mess. Some know what I had done, others do not. I'd rather they all know NOTHING then they won't sit and wait for me to melt away. oh the pressure. Have a great day guys!!

Banded on the 3rd, and wrapping up day 5. Wow, what a difference a day makes. I feel a lot better today. I was getting worried because I need to get back to work tomorrow. I woke up exhausted, no energy. So, I tried my first protein drink. That was all I needed. Tonight, I had the chicken broth (yuck). but I am going to eat some jello later which I am looking forward to. So, I am coming out of this and now I start to work on me and seeking the why did I get fat answers. With all the positivies in my life why did I pick food to be my meds of choice journey. I will keep you all posted.

I have an appt with my doctor on Thusday, I will find out about chewable Vitamins then. I am feeling a lot better today. I think I have passed the rough spot, thank God. I am exhausted. I am starting to get hungry. I also noticed today just how many food commercials are on TV. Holy crap, every ad is about food. gggggggggeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz no wonder we are a bunch of fat people. one ad about wonderful food, the next ad is about weightloss, no wonder I was confused. :-) I just got on the scale a couple of minutes ago. I was banded on the 3rd, Tuesday and as of today, I have lost 14 pounds. wow. I cannot believe it. 14 pounds!

I was glued, so I took a shower the very next day. When are you guys starting with more than the clear liquids? This chicken broth and beef broth is the worse. I am just drinking water and jello. At this point I would like to try something else but I do not want to do something wrong. Even a protein drink at this point looks good. Oh, and those adds for jello pudding......man oh man.......for the first time in my life that stuff looks good.

I too was banded on the 3rd. I am so uncomfortable. My doctor told me I may have back and shoulder pain, it was from the gas. I have it tonight. I have been taking the pain meds, but this evening I swallowed it and it came up so fast I now have a pink bathroom, the meds were red. Boy, once that started, it vomited a lot. I also have heart burn now. I cannot lay down because it is so bad. My daughter just brought me some pepcid. I hope it works. Good luck to you.

No, I was not denied before I gained weight. My doctor told me because I have no health problems I would be turned down unless I had a BMI of 40. I have been on every diet known to man and lost the weight, but regained it and then some. I had been regaining from my last attempt when we started looking into this. I did not go to the insurance company until I was at 40 BMI and growing! With the history I had of weight loss failures helped me. Good luck!

I gainied weight to get the approval. However, I also could show a history of weight gain and loss through many programs such as LA Weight Loss, Nutri-System, Weight Watchers, ect ect. Thank God I had kept records, because the insurance asked for them. My doctor wrote an awesome letter. We started working the insurance company first of February and I got approval the first week in May.

My family doctor and I tried for a year to get this weight off. I got sick of the attempts and the failure. He suggested the diet AGAIN when my weight was getting out of control and I blew up at him. I told him I was born to be fat, get over it I have. He suggested looking into a lap band. My BMI was only 39 he told me I needed to get to 40 because I had no health issues. I was just too fat. So, I hit 40 and then went to the doctor that does the lap band and went through all his tests and requirements, sent it off to the insurance and got the approval this week!!! My big day is June 2nd. So, don't give up. Keep looking for the right answer for you. Good Luck

This is what I did I went through my old credit card statements that showed nutri system, weight watchers and all the other ones that I paid for. If you do not have the old statements maybe the credit card companies can give you a history?