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Bread, dry turkey, chicken strips. First fill on the 1/8, I get hungry between meals right now but if I eat a meal I get full. I will be glad when no christmas cookies or left. Strangely it seems that I could eat all the cookies I want. I hope that changes after the first fill, Haven't done bad though 41 lbs. since start of liquids in November. Good Luck everyone.

I started the process for the Lap Band in March of this year, was finally apprived by my insurance company in late October and scheduled for surgery on 11/24/08 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville Tn. by Dr. Richards. The day finally came and I arrived at hospital for registration at 0530 scheduled for surgery at 0730 and they were right on schedule. Had a real nice nurse in holding room. Vital signs taken IV started put in the open back gown. The nurse anesthetist came in and did the preoperative checklist I left the room around 0730. I was given the preop meds as I was pushed down the hallway and don't remember the operating room at all. The next thing I remember I was waking up in the recovery room. It was around 1030. I had some really weird dreams about really small people I don't know the meaning of that but I had the dream every time I went to sleep in the Recovery room. The nurse gave water to drink which I did because I knew I had to drink and not get sick before I could go home. I was pushed back to the holding area where my wife came to the room. I was still fuzzy but I remember her telling me I had to stay till the next day because my blood pressure had dropped in the OR and I knew I didin't want to stay. I was wide awake by 1130. My vital signs had stayed in the normal range since I had gotten out of surgery so I told the nurse that I wanted to go home that afternoon. I had drank around 3 or 4 cups of water. I could not urinate and did feel like I had to. The doctor told me when I urinated I could go home. The nurse told me I had anesthesia bladder and it would be different than a normal trip to the bathroom and that I needed to just keep trying like normal which is what I did. It felt different as I urinated as I could not tell I needed to. It was the day after when I felt normal. Anyway I was released to go home at 2:45PM. Went by the pharmacy and picked up Lortab liquid and Zofran reditabs. I have used the Lortab but not the Zofran. I had a fullness in my lower chest upper abdomen which was in the area where the lap band would be attached to my stomach and was I sore all over my abdomen which I can only describe as I had done 1000 sit-ups. After the Lortab Liquid I slept good but had to get up several times to urinate. The next morning I felt much better. I went to the pharmacy to get a pill crusher for my BP meds and calcium vits. My pain has been diminishing all day and tonight I feel much better. I did eat a soft cooked egg today with cheese mixed in but I am not really hungry. Tonight i was drinking a EAS Edge protein drink and felt the fullness for the first time I did not get nauseated but had to wait around 30 minutes before I could finish the drink. This made me feel better that I did get full because that was the reason I had the surgery in the first place. I think I am in the middle of the people who have surgery in that I had no terrible pain but I did have discomfort. I have 71 pounds to go.

11/24/08 at 0730 at Vanderbilt Hospital. I am now on the pre-surgery diet of Carnation Instant Breakfast. I did have an episode this morning where my blood sugar dropped to 52. Has anyone else had this problem?

After I was approved they contacted me in a couple of days and scheduled my surgery, pre-ops and final Drs. visit at Vanderbilt. Scheduled for 11/24.

I was told by My dietician that the pre-op diet is the hardest and would make you feel bad. What has been your experience with the diet and as the one of the earlier posting do you hunger for certain foods?

Does anyone know why, Is because the med may erode the gastric lining?

I have a lot of sinus headaches due to allergies can I take Ibuprofen.

I am a 52 year old male, I live in Bowling Green Ky and work as a paramedic. I have had a weight problem since I was a senior in high school. I have lost and gained several good sized people using phen-fen, low carb, Nutri system ETC. I had no health problems until a couple of years ago when my blood pressure started to rise and my ldl went up. Now I have a reason to lose weight other than vanity but I just yoyo. I am seeing the doctors at Vanderbilt. I am almost done with the prerequisites for insurance approvel except the support group and I am looking to join a group online. I have tried to find a support group but the only local is on a night I have a class. Has anyone used to online support to satisfy the weight loss group and insurance company.