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My first Post-Op posting
54Shirley replied to Ellie Belle's Mom's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
When you post a response like this one. You see all the smileys on the right, rite! Hit show all forget the computer lingo, just slide the bar on the bottom to the right, and pics will appear Now with this post taking up the whole screen (IT"S A MUST) Start to scroll down by the smiley faces. You will see a lot of stuff. Any questions :Banane34: ask again for help. Just click on what you want. -
They gave you Pain Meds for a reason ! I would take them, and see if that helps the pain. The whole band system, tubing and all stems from the top of the stomach, down to around the Belly Button. Anything can hurt in there.
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Need info from those who are struggling with no-restriction
54Shirley replied to LargeMediumSmall's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hi: The last time I had a fill, I stayed nauseated for a while. I noticed it the most when I laid down. Then sinus drainage did not help that at all ! ! ! I thought maybe, a little to tight. Now almost 90 days later. I find myself getting hungrier through the day. I'm scheduled for the end of July to go back in for a fill, but I don't want to be to tight. (I HAVE BEEN IN THE RED ZONE BEFORE, AND IT'S NO FUN.) So I'm thinking of just trying to start to figure out all these different foods that I do eat for Protein, and Calorie Purposes, and somehow change things around to satisfy myself. Also still thinking about a slight tweaking. at the Surgeons Office. I have 2.75 in a 4cc Band. So trying to figure out how to make this work They would like tight , because they don't want to see weight gain. Well I don't want weight gain either, but don't care for this nausea. I'll see if he prescribes something or maybe some PEPCID COMPLETE will do it. PCP won't touch it ! Even if it is sinus drainage also.... -
My first Post-Op posting
54Shirley replied to Ellie Belle's Mom's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Welcome to BANDLAND ! ! ! :party: -
Question about what food to eat.. 8th day post op June 2011 bandsters Help!
54Shirley replied to Genevieve D's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
If you have a JONES for those puffs, (HABBIT) I hate to tell you,,,, but your going to have to lose the itch, and find something else. Now before you stop swearing at me, the only reason that I say that, is because if I were to tell you to just cut back ? You will never give them up, and that's not that good for weight loss. Ask your Surgeon if there O.K. to have. It's still your business though. -
Help! Need to Understand
54Shirley replied to livingmydream's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Got Got a Recliner? It makes sleeping a whole lot easier. -
Got scolded by np for protein shakes in the am
54Shirley replied to hopetolose's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I have one everyday... I want to keep that proteine level up. It's better then feeling like crap ! -
Help! Need to Understand
54Shirley replied to livingmydream's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Welcome to BANDLAND Kitty ! Hope you feel better ! -
Question about what food to eat.. 8th day post op June 2011 bandsters Help!
54Shirley replied to Genevieve D's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Some of the Grocery Stores carry soup in a box, that pours out of the box, and you refrigerate the rest. (CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME.) One of them is Red Pepper Soup. FANTASTIC ! Sometimes there in the Organic Area. Just a smooth silky soup, no vegetables in the stock at all. They have a variety. Mushroom was good too. -
Breakfast suggestions?
54Shirley replied to Master Harper's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I like a slice of Turkey Bacon /or Turkey sausage Link. With a Egg or Eggbeaters. Also 1 packet of Flavored oatmeal works well for me too. -
I drink my Protein shake every day, and it kills the Hunger Beast that lives in me. That's a Plus ! I drink MUSCLE MILK LIGHT (NO chocolate THOUGH. IT'S LOUSEY)
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has anyone brought food with them to fills?
54Shirley replied to ohhamburgers's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
NO ! You will be swollen anyway from him working with the band. So. rule is 3days liquid, 1day mushies, then try food. You don't want to swell up from that egg. Shirley. -
Milkshake vs protein shake
54Shirley replied to ReJoyce's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
She's to tight ! She should be drinking Protein Shakes anyway... Now your getting a chance to see what being to tight is. Remember that ! If it happens to you. You can go in and get some fluid taken out of the band. Once the swelling has gone down, your Dr. can add a little more back. -
I wish I had kept my lapband a secret.....
54Shirley replied to lea3277's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
The first time around, I told everyone. That was a big Mistake. I was Judged, told things like don't you have control, You can do it if you want,Just skip meals or don't you have any willpower? I heard them all. We were instructed to spread the word. Now I know why? It drummed up business for him, but ripped me down to the ground. I never heard congrats ! That took nerves to do. So when I got refilled again this year, my lips are sealed ! I still don't think Society is ready for selective surgery. Even face lifts are still criticised. -
Help! Need to Understand
54Shirley replied to livingmydream's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Try the Lipton cup of soup CREAM OF CHICKEN. There's no vegetables, it is the same as a broth. If you think it's to heavy, thin it out with more water. You can't hurt your band at this point on fluids. Because everything is going threw you. That's why you're starving. I know. I have been there and done it to. That was the advice given to me. If you make it according to directions, and don't thin it out,. It will help kill the hunger. -
When they draw mine out, they tell me to sit up a little, and it comes out. They thought I had a leak, Fluoroscope should that I did not. but ! They put in a adhesive, so that if there was a leak it would be plugged. No Problem At ALL ! I too when I lose weight, start to lose restriction. So I go in for just a tweak, and it makes the difference. Good Health to you, Shirley.
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What are the advantages/disadvangtages of being banded
54Shirley replied to vrodder's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
mist: I really am sorry to hear that you are where I have been. The only thing that I can tell you, (AND THIS IS THE TRUTH.) Is that it was not the band that was bad, it was the after care, that screwed the whole thing up. I know you don't believe it????? But it is true ! I went through the Humidity problems with not being able to swallow, waking up, and for who knows why? not being able to swallow. I have even choked on Water... When the surgeon over filled me, he told me he blew the band, so he deflated me. He wouldn't have anything to do with me at all. I finally got laid off ,and got a appointment to see him. By this time I already regained around 40lbs., and he instructed his student to throw me out! Was I P8ISSED OFF... Come back when you can control yourself, and then we will talk about a fill. Now ! no Insurance at all, and a blown band, and no help at all. Just this year I found a Dr. to take care of my needs, or take the D*mn thing out. In the Hospital, under fluoroscopy they told me the band looked Great ! Just a little 4cc band. They wanted to put in 2.5cc's in, and I told them that 2cc's was were I couldn't swallow spit. THE RED ZONE. They said leave it up to us, and we will take care of it. I said o.k., but if it don't work,,,, it's coming out. They agreed ! I was totally fine? I couldn't believe this? How was this possible? Well he was putting in more then he said,,,, and in a new band ! it messed everything up. Swollen all the time, feeling sick, feeling like someone grabbed me by the throat, and was squeezing me, like a Death Grip 24/7 it never stopped.! ! ! I wanted this Piece of garbage taken out ! Now that I know it was the surgeons bad aftercare, and I watched to see the weight loss with this band since January. I'm glad it's in. I have lost 60lbs. banded. I only lost around 20-25 with the band threw him. 12 month diet over 120lbs. so 145 total loss..., but almost all gained back.. So my weight loss now has nothing to do with a pre surgical diet. It's straight loss from 800-1200 calories a day. I'll take what I can get. What I'm saying is it's almost to true to be possible but,,,,, it could be from the aftercare. Why don't you try someone new, and see if they can put things on the straight and narrow for you. I know the band is not for everyone, but it is very easy to work with. You already know the ups, and downs, same as I do. If they can get you feeling well with good aftercare,, this is a snap. I know I am not wrong about this,, or I wouldn't even bother to wright about this. Do yourself a favor and see someone else. They might deflate you, then under fluoroscope find your fill level, and just fill you up to it. Good Health to you, Shirley. -
Incision Healing?
54Shirley replied to WinningLoser's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
He said just leave it alone ! They will all fall of at different times. So,, some areas look lose or open, They will close. What ever I still had left on, he took of. I to was worried, but he said your fine !, and it was... -
When do you think I will be in a size 14?
54Shirley replied to hopetolose's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Don.t be frustrated,,, be glad that you are on your way to losing weight. I know I am. Right now I am wearing a 2x in Capri's (ALL SIZES FIT DIFFERENT YA KNOW.) Most of them are getting real baggy in the butt. So, when I get some smaller cloths. I will list these on our clothing exchange site. They are in nice shape, but I will be glad to see them go. -
Fill every two months?
54Shirley replied to stleochic's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
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Recommendations for am ELECTRONIC SCALE?
54Shirley replied to lifeisjustbeginning2011's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Find out how high up they go in weight before you invest. You don't want it to break at say 300lbs. That's why I didn't invest. My surgeon explained that they are all basically junk, everyone's scale is different. So there's is regulated often, and for me now that looks like the best way to go. Plus I don't drive myself CRAZY ! -
What are the advantages/disadvangtages of being banded
54Shirley replied to vrodder's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Getting stuck is when you swallow something to big, and it gets stuck in the pouch. You have to get that out, it is very uncomfortable, and this is what the band teaches you. To eat properly so you don't get stuck. Being stuck can last a few minutes, or longer. . You are still hungry with the band until you start getting fills, 2 or 3 or more. Depends on your Dr., and how big of a fill you get for starts. Once you get to your comfort zone, it kills your appetite, So now when you do eat, you will only eat less because you will fill up a lot faster, then it's just time before you really start to see a big difference in the mirror, or your cloths size. Foods depend on you and your band, everyone is different. I don't eat bread. It's to dry. I do eat chicken, steak, pork, fish, Chicken salad, tuna salad etc. . Basically what I want that is high in Protein, and what I feel like eating. I don't have much of a appetite, so,,, I don't worry about food that much. I don't have to. But Soups, Burgers (TURKEY TOO), Hot Dogs, cheese, Protein shakes. I always like to try something new to -
What are the advantages/disadvangtages of being banded
54Shirley replied to vrodder's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
That's not all true at all. I'm not in a P*ss*ng contest, and I have went through a lot myself. But in the long run it was worth it. I eat at Restaurants a couple times a week. Their is no Problem at all. I just have to read the menu, and see what I can have. Also I was given a Bariatric Card, and I am to show that to a Restaurant. They have to (BY LAW) Honor that card, give me what I ask for because I can only eat so much, then charge me reasonably for the lesser amount. So,,I show my card and save. As far as getting filled all the way to your band level is wrong ! You should be in the RED ZONE long before that happens ! If it's not working that way for you, you should see someone, or someone else. I'm not a Dr. at all... I will be banded 5yrs this October. It was rough the first time, and now with the Fluoroscope fill, and specialist doing this, it's accurate. Something to think about. Good Health to you, Shirley. -
Recommendations for am ELECTRONIC SCALE?
54Shirley replied to lifeisjustbeginning2011's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I just look at the body scale. Now that would interest me. Otherwise I refuse to bother, to many different readings from the Overseas junks! So, I stick with the Dr.'s Scale. I will keep my eye on this though, and see if it's worth it. -
What are the advantages/disadvangtages of being banded
54Shirley replied to vrodder's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was always Extremely Hungry, I had done my share of dieting, and working out. I use to run, then my knees starting hurting allot and they were able to look at the x rays, told me I was a runner because the bones were flattened out. They were shot. So I would need new knees. I would have to lose weight though. I had the band done at Henry Ford Bariatric Center in Detroit. I lost 145 lbs. threw the process, then the Dr. overfilled me, and he thought he blew the band, so he deflated it, never to inflate it again. 3yrs. later I finally found a student of his, in the area where I now live. Now as a Dr. he told me he will take care of me, and it's been GREAT ! They filled me under Fluoroscope, and took me wright to my fill line. 90 days later, just a slight tweaking of it. So since January I have lost 60 lbs.. I am not HUNGRY ALL THE TIME !, I average between 800-1200 cal. a day. I plan on going a lot further trust me. Pros and Cons It's some time getting use to it once it is filled, you have to learn to take small peaces, chew until it's mush, and understand that eating is going to take you more time then anyone you are with. When your band is filled, and you learn to drink Protein shakes. You will find it kills the Hunger Beast. The Band is made to teach you the proper way of eating. If you don't pay it any mind and get caught ! You will get stuck, and find yourself throwing up to try to get it up. Then you will remain swollen for possibly a few days. Which means liquids. If you use your band the correct way, it's a breeze ! BUT !!!!! You have to eat the proper foods High in Protein, and Low in Carb. also,,, you must get some kind of exercise. They work hand in hand. Soon your weight will come off, and you will lose inches, then your cloths sizes start dropping. Find a CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, and look for THE CHIEF BARIATRIC SURGEON, then you know you have the best, and your band will be put in properly. you don't need a problem with Slippage, or anything. You just want success. Hope this helps, Shirley.