gillian

where are your pics!? i wanna see em too!

go for it flirty!!..i wish i could have done it at your age!..that way you wont look back with any regrets!..and the older you get, the harder it is to shift the weight and you end up stuck in a rut...you have done the best thing you could have done for yourself,..i hope you end up having a lot of fun,you dont wanna miss out, your right. get out there, enjoy yourself! x

yes, fatpants, i am just gonna try em..i will soon find out wont i!..gonna chew em well and savour em! ill let you know...i did try a little bit of well done toast with beans this morning..the beans went down well, but even though it says you can have dry or stale(yak) bread,or toast in the instructions...the toast still hurt, mind you it was a thick almost doorstep slice i cut for myself!..i think its the end of me eating bread!..gillian x

im sure everything will be ok weatherwise by then.its just such a good job that it wasnt this thursday wasnt it!. ill keep my fingers crossed for you. that was great euro rate you got!..i got it at its worse..when only 98!..makes a big difference when your changing that much too doesnt it. gillian x

so do I!..im stuck with this 15lb!..like you, we all seem to have done the same!...any old bandsters out there?..if so is this normal?..tell us that it will start coming off us again soon!!.. i think its just our bodies going into "standby" mode...ive read about that somewhere!.bit disheartening though isnt it when you are eating far less?!

yes, go for it flirty!

:bananalama: hi flirtylass!..im so pleased you had a good fill!..you got what you wanted at last..hopefully it will last you quite a while this one!..you have done really well, and i hope i do as well as you!.i bet youll be down at your target by summer, or sooner if you dust that treadmill down LOL! and thats good news for you too,about the unfill nurse, it will put your mind at rest. x

wishfull, yes i had the yellow fish and poached egg, it went down lovely!..the petit pois did also, but only had one fork of mash, that got stuck a bit so i left it..let us know if you go for your fill in feb then wont you! im feeling enough restriction now so dont want anymore yet..i know it does loosen off though, so im going march 17th now. x

yes yes yes!!!!!!..i am craving chocolate like mad as i did before band...i have been having a hot chocolate drink at night which does help...but chocolate does go down very easily!..so you have to be strict with yourself still!.i have just had oxtail soup which was crap..i looked on tin (heinz) and it was full of carrots..and down the list of ingredients at the bottom it says..oxtail 1%...!!..whats that all about then!? it was horrible..also tried a bit of french bread...and it tells you in your band instructions not to...and it nearly killed me, it got so stuck!..that will teach me! I am now craving king prawns..so would appreciate it if any older bandster has tried these?..i get fresh ones from fishmonger that are grey and grill em..any tips before i just go out and buy some anyway ...(then ill find out!)

hi tanyac..nice to hear from you again!..yes were back and it went fine..it is not completely painless,the first day you wonder why you had it done!..the hospital and staff are fantastic, no worries there at all. im still having bit of jip with my stitches, but bigsister and wishfull are doing ok with theirs..its just me, but i have been fiddling with em!..we all lost around a stone in the first week then came to a standstill...so that must be normal!..not having a fill til march..we have some restriction and are just experimenting with solids now and finding out what goes down well and what gets stuck and hurts..so i dont feel ready for a fill yet even though it was suggested we went mid feb..we all feel that would be too early for us..its still tender around the port stitches, and i wouldnt let anyone near it until its completely healed,which i hope is very soon. im a bit scared of needles and having the fill makes me feel very nervous,so im in no rush cos of that either!..it cant be that bad cos people are going back for more!...im planning it on being over 18 months to 2 years to get my weight off,esp if im scared of fills!.good luck in your saving up!..i am now trying to pay back all the money i borrowed to have it done!.gillian x

yes. i will eat anything just because its there too..i have got to retrain myself! x

Hi san, yes it is true i have pushed the bounderies and suffered!..potato things (mash,chips) seems to get stuck..and hurt..i shouldnt have tried them,but i did!...my head hunger is still well and truly in place, and i wanna demolish everything i see..its tough!..i have been having weetabix for breakfast, maybe soup for dinner,actimels, bovril drinks for when i get a savoury craving. mash veg and gravy or sauce at teatime. hot chocolate drink at night. like bigsister im gonna have a bit of yellow fish tonight with a poached egg..cant wait..ill let you know how it went down later! x

:sleep:where are you miss flump?!..just pop in and give us a quick update if you read this! x

hi and welcome fatpants!..the cost was 3950euros with bridget from europesurgery.com..we were done just over 2 weeks ago..but frederick(dr chris assistant) does a package for i think 4070euros it includes your op, all taxis and accommadation for you and an accompanying partner..it is a good deal..although frederick seems a little slow on the communication,and it seems like some people worry if it is all in place, but i have not known anyone say that it hasnt. communication is a bit sparse though. the hospitals,dr chris and all the staff are excellent, so no worries there. hope this helps you with your decision. gillian x

yes thats the one...i looked down the back of the cushions for spare pennies but only found a half eaten mouldy biscuit...mmm, delicious!

Hi wishfull. it seems like a magic number this 15lb!...i have read that other people have stuck there too!..maybe its our bodies reaction and its fighting to keep it?!. mind you, i have cheated a little, but you havent..maybe mine will kick start when i get working tomorrow..cos its quite physical..dont feel like i should be doing it though..but needs must..i feel fine in every way except these bloody stitches!..they dent inwards and i look like a deep buttoned settee!! lol! x

Happy birthday for last thursday mooster!!.i must admit i did try a couple of thorntons yesterday and they went down lovely...naughty i know, thats prob why my weight is now at a complete standstill!..hows your weight going since you were banded?..also, wanted to ask you just how long you get jip with these stitches, they are still really tight and it hurts to bend down.i have got to go back to work tomorrow and there is lots of heavy lifting and bending..I have already been off 2 weeks and not got paid, cos they dont have to,with or without a docs note...so i have to, not looking forward to it but cant let the girls down who are doing extra to cover for me...aarrgh!..i need to win the lottery!..even a tenner would do!

Hi donegallad!..welcome to us bandsters, and like flirtylass says, come over and join us on the similar thread.link youll find further down this page "anyone know of dr de bruyne chris" were on there chatting all the time youll get invaluable info on there..i was banded just over 2 weeks ago with a few others, some last week and some last weekend..there are loads going mid march and you will meet them in belgium, but you could get to know them first on here..get loads of support too..hope to see you posting on there very soon!..gillian xx

yes TC..those op site plasters from lloyds are very good, better than the boots and superdrug ones i got actually, and cheaper..should only be few more days to your bath..youll really enjoy that!

right, thats it!!..i have wrapped you a lovely big box of thorntons continentals up....but im going to sit here and eat them all with a cup of tea now!...oh no, i cant can i?..ill feed them to the dogs then!.,and what do you mean when i was young?! still young and still do it! bet everyone has bought you chocs though havent they?!...sneaky cos they know that you cant have em and youll have to give em em back to eat themselves!..bet mum has bought you a bumper box of special toffee for that reason!! see you soon!

:thumbup: have a lovely bath soon TC!..cant beat a nice bath! x

:thumbup::Dancing_biggrin::Dancing_biggrin:HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIGSISTER!!

hi TC. i changed my dressings after about third day..i wiped the insisions with some water that had been boiled and put a pinch of salt in it.if you just get some dressings that have a border round them so nothing can get under it like with a normal plaster..you dont need big ones..and dont go for any special ones, just boots or superdrugs own brand..you can have a bath when your blue stitch is taken out...and it feels lovely to have a bath too, it makes stitches feel and look better, i laid on my side in nice deep bath.there is no need to put plasters back on then unless they are bleeding or weeping, which they shouldnt be by then.Gillian x

LOL! Hi, van der TC..yes it was the first sighting i had of chris, and he said that,he was sorry and it shouldnt happen like that, but i was thought to be flemish and had had my prep talk already..fred was at the side of him in the operating theatre, and within minutes of first meeting chris, and signing a form, he was cutting me open! it seemed surreal!. it all went well though, and the care in the recovery room was good, i was attatched to things and was asked if i was in pain regularly(which i wasnt),and if i was ok, there were plenty of staff everywhere, more than ive seen in hospitals over here. you were just a lucky one going first without your van der name!

hi boboboldy,thanks to flirtylass also then, for that great info! gillian x