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Would it be really bad if I considered incorperating a sprinkling of Reductil into my food?? My hubby said no bloody way am I to start doing that, so I wondered what you folks thought? I have a box of 30 left over still.

Hey Kerry, Thanks luv, you've reassured me loads there! I felt like I'd been 'done' because I can eat rather too well at the moment. I hope you get your fill done, not sure you'll be flying though I'm nervous about getting mine, I've wangled it so that I visit clients afterwards, that way I don't have to book annual leave and I can claim the train fare on expenses haha but I'm worried about how it will feel and how I will feel after. I have to go and sell 150K of stuff 2 hours afterwards lol And a stone aint bad at all hun, big well done there! I'm done 9lbs, happy but bordering on midly disappointed. But then it's my fault, I'm the one sat here at 9.30pm with an ice cream lolly in me gob. And a wedding?? woohoo congrats hun!! Awesome news x

Christ, I'm 16 days post op and have no problems with bread. I feel almost cheated at this

to julieroddy - If you get on at Folkestone, the eurotunnel is a good option. It's approx £119 return. And the drive from Calais to Vilvoorde, is a rather easy and pleasant one. Its very straight forward, its very well signposted too - your satnav should help you a lot too. It's a nice drive, and only about 2 hours. And of course you can stop whenever you like for comfort breaks, and take things at your own pace. edit/sorry, I didnt realise you had already sorted out your travel. Best of luck hun x

Ohh I've had a couple of blockages too. I know I should sit at the table and eat, and we always do as a family but I work from home and so find myself sat in front of the pc eating toast in the mornings. I 'forget' myself and swallow a big chunk ! OUCH!!!

Jasmine - On an industrial estate yes, but bugger all to do - WRONG!! You were right on top of the town centre. Come out of the hotel, turn left and go under the railway bridge and you were there. 5 minutes max. There were loads of lovely shops, bars, restaurants - loads of stuff to see and do. I came back with Swarovski earrings lol. Vilvoorde is actually rather nice if you go out of the hotel to look around. Well I'm 16 days post op and it's pants right now. I can eat pretty much anything I want including brown rice, brown bread- fresh and toasted. Pasta is fine also. I've lost 9 lbs, which was in the first week and nothing since. On the up side I have no probs with reflux or with sleeping on my port side. Sneezing hurts and I still feel the pain when my stomach muscles tighten (ie having a poo) - come on, we all do it haha! My hubby bought a new blender and spent a day in the kitchen making me yummy things to eat/swallow and I havent needed them, I also bought baby food just in case I needed that. But I can tolerate a proper dinner - about 250g worth. Oh I'm less freezing cold than I was a week ago but still a tad Baltic on occasions. I burp like it's going out of fashion though and I feel hunger than never before. I feel physically in pain when I'm hungry, which seems to be every 2-4 hours. I must eat asap or I just can't cope - and my tummy growls like a bitch! So a bit mixed right now, I can't wait for a 1st fill in 3 weeks. I could eat a giant steak at the moment.

Hi all I'm 9 days post op, and oh boy I am utterly freezing! I am having the most insane temperature swings. I feel so cold that even the other day which was lovely 20 degrees C I was wearing a pile of clothing, covered up in bed shivering and had piled on 2 blankets. I'm like this almost all of the time, I'm wearing thick clothing in bed at night and also a thick wool fleecy dressing gown. Then occasionally I feel steaming hot, and throw all the bedding and clothes off. Only to be freezing again 10 minutes later. My other half feels my skin and tells me I am red hot, and that the room is red hot too. Anyone else experience this? Is it a post op/GA thing? I don't feel unwell so I'm not sure I have a post op infection.

Hi Kerry, Cheers, yeah an energy thing makes sense, now that you mention it. I had thought it was a side effect of the GA or something. Are you having your first fill in London on the 22nd? That would be 21 dats post op for me, I'm going to ask if I can have it on that day (otherwise I'll be on T bone steak by the end of the month), otherwise my first will be 6th May. I seem to be able to eat most things, yes I''m on solids and chew like mad. What kind of bread are you struggling with? Brown/wholemeal seems to be recommended as that one shouldnt swell, same with brown/wholemeal rice. It seems that the bleached products are the ones that swell and cause problems - well, if they're fresh anyway. Got roast chicken tonight, god I can't wait! :confused: Shame I can't have the tasty crispy skin :thumbup: (I had a lovely get well card from girls in the office, never had one of those before - all saying how skinny I will be heheh)

Indeed, it's a £1 on Amazon well spent for me! hehe he is a star indeed. He took the last 10 days off work to look after me, we didnt know how laid up I'd be. He's been in that kitchen every morning, afternoon and evening making me special liquid/mush grub. Weighing stuff and whizzing stuff. He was there one day making all kinds of Soups from scratch so I woudnt get bored with tinned stuff. He's done my injections for me, changed my dressings, rubbed my back when I've been burping and farting like mad hahha, he's kept the house spotless too (he's always been good at this though lol). He's looked after my every need so far (we're both back to work tomorrow :sad: though I work in Pharma sales so am at home working most of next week so can take it relatively easy). He's taken me out a few times too so I didn't get bored at start hunting for donuts haha, we went to The Royal Albert Hall the other night and saw Paulo Nutini, and we've had dinner out, gone to the pub or out for the day etc. He's done everything for me (and he wasnt completely 'for' having it done in the first place). :thumbup: Plus I'm 8lbs down, there's some restriction but not an awful lot, I can take about 200ml per sitting, so far brown rice/brown bread is fine, and hubby makes me a dinner of soft fish/mash/soft veg etc and all seems to be ok. but my only real problem is my temperature control: 9 days post op, and oh boy I am utterly freezing! I am having the most insane temperature swings. I feel so cold that even the other day which was lovely 20 degrees C I was wearing a pile of clothing, covered up in bed shivering and had piled on 2 blankets. I'm like this almost all of the time, I'm wearing thick clothing in bed at night and also a thick wool fleecy dressing gown. Then occasionally I feel steaming hot, and throw all the bedding and clothes off. Only to be freezing again 10 minutes later. My other half feels my skin and tells me I am red hot, and that the room is red hot too. Anyone else experience this? Is it a post op/GA thing? I don't feel unwell so I'm not sure I have a post op infection. I'm fooking freezing to death!! :confused:

Cheers luv and well done to you too. I did 2 days of patches because I didnt believe the book and was scared. So i re read the last 2 chapters and binned the patches. This thing everyone tells you about cravings and pangs and depression etc is bullshit! it's a lie to keep us in fear. Its only fear of quitting that keeps us smoking, I bet neither us would actually chose to smoke if we had a real choice. Allen Carr was dead right, it is easy to stop smoking and it is enjoyable too. I wish he were still alive, I'd love to tell he was spot on! I swear to god it's piss easy to stop smoking , haha i sound like a mental, but it worked for me when i didnt think anything would. So now I have a stash of patches and the inhaltor things and a hypnotism cd sat on the shelf completely untouched haha One thing I remeber from the book was about nicotine replacement therapy. He says that NRT is pish becuase all you do is take the additictive drug by another method, like heroin, instead of injecting today; lets snort instead. You're still addicited to the very thing that you're trying to quit. the man was a genious!

Jojo have you read Allen Carr's book? Easyway to stop smoking? I've been stopped for a couple of weeks now, and I thought his book would be a pile of shite, but all my friends positivley raved about it. I have no desire to smoke at all. And I think there's a bit of subconsious hypnotism going on in the book haha but I dont care becuase it worked a bloody miracle for me! Honest, go get it from amazon (about 1p!!) and I bet you stop smoking! ps forgot to add - I was a 20-30 a day smoker for 23 years.

Hi all Well I'm back home now, and 2 days post op. I can't believe I did it! The recovery room was so frightening I thought I was dying! I hadnt realised that I was choking because they were removing the breathing tube from my mouth, I just remember the feeling of not being able to breathe and that I was taking short sharp breathes in. It scared the life out of me!! Then I was freezing cold and shivering ,ike mad, and I was given one of those inflatable heated blanket thing,s which sorted me rtight out. But although I could barely keep my eyes open I was too afraid to close them for long becuase I was convinced I wouldnt wake up (the choking feeling scared me!!) The whole time I was lying there wishing I hadnt gone though with it purely becuase I was so frightened during rovery period. But I was so glad to realise I was 'coming to' and could go back to my room. My partner came with me and he was just superb, I couldnt wish for a better bloke. He did everything for me. I was desperate for a pee and I couldnt move for the pain so he put a bedpan under me, then took it away, then put it back we went on like this for a good 2 hours. Eventually I said I would just have to try and get to the loo, he pretty much carried me to the loo, and after much ooohhing and ahhhing I managed a little widdle haha. And then he went to the shop to find me some yoghurt and came back with some beautiful Svarowski earrings (aswell as yoghurt btw) He's changed all my dressings for me and done my injections. As well as driving 6 hours today to get me home in one piece. Well so far I am bruised to hell and still quite sore, and can feel the pulling on the port side just as others have described (which makes me feel a bit relieved tbh). Yesterday 1 day post op I ate some Soup, and a yoghurt and a fair bit of Water. Today I've had a bowl of soup, milk, yoghurt, and I thought I'd tried some baby food - its surprisingly tasty. I'm going to book for my 1st fill on May 4th in London.

Puddlejumper - you are the hero of the day! I just spoke with Frederik, he had sent me a confirmation email, but for whatever reason it didnt arrive in my inbox. Everything is booked and confirmed and sorted. I just need to be at the hotel Campanile on Thursday early eve. Thank you so much for the number, you have calmed me right down!!

I shall do that right now, thanks so much. edit/voicemail :scared2:

Just reading old posts - trying to reassure myself. Why the hell do they need to shave the pubic area?? Tell me this isnt true :scared2:

I'm still stressing, having not heard from Frederik yet. I don't know what hotel we're staying in, I don't know what time I have to be anywhere, I havent yet ordered my euros or booked my eurostar. I just wish he'd send me one dead quick email and tell me all is fine. bloody hell :scared2:

Thanks mmm, that's quite reassuring to know. I do hope I have some notice though, so I can go ahead and book the eurostar etc. Fred and I haven't exchanged any of my details or anything yet. I was just being nervous I guess. I'm sure all will be well :blushing:

Howdy all. I'm getting quite scared now. I paid my deposit 2 weeks ago, the bank screwed and it was eventually sent about a week ago. So it should be at their account by now but I have been emailing Frederik to see if they've received it but I don't hear anything back. I've sent about 6 emails now. I'm supposed to be getting banded on the 2nd April but I'm scared it wont happen becuase I don't hear anything and I dont know what to do. I should be thinking about the 2 week diet but I'm more worried that isnt even going to happen. I've booked annual leave and sorted the kids out, my hubby has booked leave for the week to take me and look after me and everything. What shall I do? :thumbup:

Hi thanks :w00t: Yes that what we were hoping to do. I did suggest this to Fred in my email but although he answered me, he didnt answer that particular question. I will mail him again though.

My hubby doesnt want me to have the band, he doesnt think I need it and utterly loves all my lumps, bumps and wobbly bits just as they are. Which means we have a really good sex life, because we both fancy the pants of each other and are happy with how the other person looks naked. So I dont think a band would increase our libido as such because it's already pretty high, but I think for me it will make me feel a whole heap sexier so perhaps it will up mine a bit more? Poor hubby, he's already knackered before work!

Bugger it I'll reply also. It feels nice. I like it. However my partner doesnt, he and I did it once (at my suggestion) and he said it was ok but he much prefers the proper way. To him it feels 'too hard' inside and just not as pleasant as the vagina.

Thanks both of you, that's really put my mind at ease now. Does anyone know why it can't be paid in a more secure way? I'm trying to convince my hubby there's nothing sinister in paying in cash, but he won't hear of it. :w00t:

Hi all Ive just enquired about the 4150euro package, but can anyone tell me why on earth we pay 4k in cash? Who in their right mind would carry 4k around in cash? Is there no other way? Cant we BACS instead? My hubby is far from happy at the thought of carrying such a huge amount of money around in notes. thanks x

Oh thats really helpful, thanks :biggrin: I havent yet heard back from Fred but I shall tell the fella tonight over dinner :tt2:

Hi Flirty, Thanks for your reply. It's not that we don't have the money, because we do but my partner doesn't want to let his base account drop below a certain amount. It's his 'just in case I get made redundant I can still pay the mortgage' account lol I did offer to Fred to still pay it in advance so he would still get the money from us, just not in one go. We did a similar thing last year when he paid for my MSc, instead of paying it in one go we made 2 credit card payments a week apart, that way it showed up over 2 months of statements (he pays it off in full every month ya see). Oh bugger :biggrin: My hopes may be dashed before they've even begun.