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Wow you are really doing great. I can't believe you are back to work already! Make sure you are taking good care of yourself and listen to your body.

I know you can do it honey, just hang in there I know times get rough, but I know you can work through it!! When you get hungry just try to do something else to take you mind off of it.

Welcome to LBT! Glad everything went well for you. Josie you are so lucky to be able to get to go straight to mushy foods. I am on liquids for a few weeks.

Cutie I am sure your body is just getting use to less calories and is storing fat. It won't take long and you will start to see those pounds fall off.

Thanks everyone you are all wonderful.

I am so glad it went well for you. I did have a little bit of nausea and stomach pain, but other then that I felt great. I guess we where pretty lucky. I am so excited for the both of us. I look forward to seeing out progress.

Thanks for letting us know how you are doing Jason. I was banded yesterday and feeling about the same as you are. I think we are doing pretty good so far. I look forward to seeing out results.

No I am not starving at all. I am not sure if it is the band or if it is the pain meds. I get full from the little bit of broth and jello I do eat though. I catch myself thinking about fatty foods alot, but it is not worth it!!

Glad you are back, I hope you start to feel better soon.

Thanks you so much to everyone. This group has been wonderful, and I am so excited that the big day is finally here. It has been a long wait for this day, but very worth it. When I get home Tuesday I will let everyone know how it went. Thanks again everyone!

I am so excited to see you are doing all that right after surgery. I am only taking a week off work and I love to hear when people are feeling good right away. This is a great group of people on this website. Make yourself at home. We are happy to have you.

They told me about the shot in the belly at my pre op appointment also, but that really does not bother me. I did IVF to have my son and I use to have to give myself shots in the belly all the time. Trust me guys is hurt worse in the arm then the belly. Since we have fat on our belly it does not hurt. Don't let that be what stresses you out. I promise it is not that bad.

I had to get several tests but I don't think that is very common. Just in case I will let you know what I had to do. Chest c-ray, upper gi, blood work, ekg, pulmonary function, and blood gasses. Then I meet with the RN over the bariatric department, the pharmacist, and a nutritionist. I was all very helpful for asking any questions I had before surgery Monday.

I have lost 13lbs since Friday. I am on my liquid diet, but I don't care I love to see those numbers getting smaller on the scale.

Well I had to be at the hospital at 7:45 am yesterday morning to start testing. I had blood work, EKG, Upper GI, chest x-ray, blood gas, and a pulmonary function test. They where all horrible, but I lived through it LOL. As long as all my results come back perfect then I am still scheduled for Monday at 10 am to get my band. I also had to attend a support group on Tuesday, and that was nice. It felt good to meet some local people who are going through the samething I am with the same doctors. They where all really nice and had some really positive experiences to share. Well I am still on my good old liquid diet today is day is day 7, and it don't even feel hungry anymore. It gets a little hard to watch other people eat things I use to love (pizza & bread sticks) but I have been strong and drank my Water and ate my Jello. I have lost 11 lbs so far.

I love refried beans and that is a great idea.

Oh wow I had no idea that you would be able to feel the band or port? Let us know what the doctor says.

OMG you look wonderful. I hope to have the same results with my sugery.

Congrats be sure you walk around and avoid that gas pain.

It always better to be safe then sorry. I would call the doctor is you keep having it.

Your doing awesome keep up the good work. I know the head hunger is hard to deal with, but find anything to avoid eating.

That is horrible when you don't have people at work that support you. I am sorry you are still feeling bad.

Sounds like your doing great! You are right it is all going to be so worth it. It must be nice to see some results to quickly. Keep up the good work.

I am glad you could eat the potato soup. I love potato soup also. Sounds like it did the trick for you. Keep up the good work. I know that scale will show you some lower numbers once the swelling goes down.

Congrats honey! I hope you can start getting something down soon. Make sure you get up and move around to get that air out of your system.