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I got my first fill Monday. Ouch!!! You feel like a pin cushion. My doctor does not use numbing cream. He found the port on the first try. I thought my band was empty but there was 2cc in it already. He added 1cc to it. I guess most people find the right spot at about 5 1/2 cc. So I have another fill next month. I just wish I could lose weight faster so I could see all the pain I went through but I have ruined my metabolism and coming of slow will help from wrinkles and possible sagging skin. Hope all is doing well.

I am stuck. Same weight for the past 5 days.We have had a lot of rain so I have not been walking. I guess I have to get the treadmill out and dust it off. Yuck - I hate hamster exercise. Everyone sounds to be doing good. It is inspiration to get exercising:mellow:

Do not eat oatmeal my doctor said no oatmeal ever again. Ceral like Cream of wheat or malt or meal. Jenn

Shammrockgirl60. Good for you. I am almost at the 2 week mark. I still am a little sorry around my port site and bending is difficult. I can't wait to start puree foods. I am so sick of ISOPURE!!!! TasteS like soap to me. I have tried some soups - that have been very tasty but I feel like I am starving - I am afraid when I get to regular foods I may gorge myself. I have lost some weight but I still feel a little bloated from surgery. Take Care

The liquid egg was awesome. Best Egg I have ever tasted.

Just got back from the Doctor and he won't budge on the diet. He told me to puree everything to the point of liquid. Because I am on liquids. Hot ceral like Malt-O-Meal and even Eggs ----so I will accept that. I can't wait to go home and make an EGG. This is the hard part for me. Everything went great at the doctor. He said I was Textbook. I have lost weight. My goal is gradual. I don't want plastic surgery. He said Exercise is the key and lose about 2 pounds a week. He stressed Strength Training. CAN"T WAIT TO EAT MY liquid EGG.:wink2:

I have to admit I have cheated a little. I took one egg on Sunday and fried it and puree it. I am suppose to be on liquids. I could not eat all of it but it was good. I have been sticking to Soup. I had torilla soup last night and the broth was just enough. I wanted to eat everything else in the soup but I was full. I am going on vacation in 2 weeks. I hope that I am on regular food by then. I can't eat much but just something. I get really tired when I walk. I hope to step that up a little more this week. I this Isopure tastes like SOAP. I bought 8 bottles of it thinking I would be so good and drink them. I haven't even finished the first one. YUCK!!!

I am starving. I am one week after surgery. I have a little pain around my port site but all in all I feel fine. I go back to the doctor today for my-post op visit. I have lots of questions. I was put on a diet of clear liquids the first week after surgery - - then liquids for another week and then - - puree. I want to go to the puree today. I can't drink large amounts of water but cold water does affect me. Very difficult getting the protein down - it tastes awful. I would rather eat a an egg. If I could go to puree I think I could do it but need help with this. Hope the doctor has some give.

I was banded on Monday August 11th. I actually wake up now and wonder if it was a bad dream. Did it really happen? I recommend anyone if you can to stay overnight. Do it. The hospital makes a very good cocktail for pain. All and all it was not that bad. Nothing like a C-section I had 2 years ago. I am at home now. I feel very tired and I do have a lot of gas trapped in my chest. It helps to move around. I think this was probably the easiest part the 6months and then surgery. I think for me it will be difficult to learn to eat in small portions and retrain my habits. Good Luck to everyone who is still getting banded. I still feel it was worth it. I have no regrets. But I have to admit - when I was waiting to go into surgery and they had started my IV - I started talking myself out of the surgery. (In my head) I just kept saying am I this out of control with food. Before I knew it the Dr. injected some medication into my IV and I was out. I woke up on the other side.

I get banded at 8:30 am tomorrow. Only 10 hours to go. I just really want it over so I can move on to the next phase. Thanks for all the stories to put me at ease. I had a C-section almost 2 years ago. Nothing can be as bad as that. I have only told 2 people in my life I am doing this and ALL OF YOU. I really appreciate all the inspiration from everyone's stories. I will log on in a few days and hopefully I can help someone else through this time. See you all on the other side.

cutiew/booty ..... I am glad to hear you are doing okay. Can't wait to hear your experience. You are so positive all the time and have been an inspiration over the past few weeks. I always like to hear your thoughts - You are about a week ahead of me so I have gauged a lot of what's to come looking at your experience first. Hope all is well for you and can't wait to hear how you are doing.

PaulaTX - I am chewing a lot of gum. Which my doctor told me I would have to stop after my surgery because he is concerned if I would swallow it by accident. Also I am drinking a low calorie fruit drink called FUZE. It is only 5 calories and very refreshing. I blend it with ice and it is like a slushee. I am on 750 calorie protein diet but he has allowed me an extra 50 calories to splerge on with other liquids. You can do it - only a few more days. Remember THIN TASTES BETTER!!!

Can't wait to be banded. I am so sick of the pre-op diet. Only 5 days to go. But I love hearing the positive remarks about everybody getting banded and having little to no issues. I am so happy for everyone.

legdxdlr, You can do this!! You are a few years younger than me but we have the same amount to lose. I am 38 years old and I have had anxiety and depression over my wieght. I have asked myself a million times in the last 6 months - how did I get to this point. Alls I know is I don't want to be at this point anymore. So I am mvoing on with this next phase in my life. I want to live the next 38 years without the weight. I want to consume my time with something else then my weight. I get banded on Monday. Keep in touch and let me know how you are doing. I have felt like you many of times - you can do this and change your life and outlook forever. Take Care - these are difficult times and exciting times.

Yesterday I went to the hospital and pre-registered. It is real - the time is close. I had blood work EKG, Chest X-ray. Talk to my doctor and he said I was going to do great. I sure do have some wierd thoughts right now like regret or "what am I doing"!! but I will stay the course. My doctor put me on a 800 calorie diet high in protein. With a big enphasis on sticking to protein shakes. I did eat some fish, and pudding but back to the protein shakes today. 5 more days. I have lost some weight but can't seem to change the ticker. This site has gotten quiet. I can tell the surgeries are starting. Hope all is doing well and can't wait to hear more from anyone who is just banded and how they feel and the experience they went through at the hospital. In detail would be great. Might make me quit worrying. :thumbup:

WOW - August is here. People were banded today. I hope is well for those that had it done today. Can't wait to hear about it. 9 days left and counting for me. I have lost some weight on my pre-op. Clothes feel looser. I sure am hunger and exhausted though. I have stayed on the path. I hope to lose 10 before my surgery. Hope all is doing well.

Surgery4me!! Awesome for you! I go Monday the 4th of August started pre-op diet July 28th. I lost 3 lbs so far. I can't believe that it is only 11days until I get banded. Oh! and the most important financial part is that the insurance approved the procedure. I only have to pay $660 for the surgery and my $15 co pays for fills and check ups. I am so excited to take the next step. I just feel better knowing I am moving in the right direction. Jill and Edel ---Can't wait to see you on the other side and hear your stories before I am banded on the 11th of August. Everyone Thank you and I will be thinking of you all as you are banded before me and after me.

Edel!!! You can do this. Let the negative thoughts push you forward. I thought that yesterday on my first day of the pre-op diet that I miss food already but I think being thin might taste better. You can do this. I have so many negative thoughts about what I look like and what must other people think. I have to do this surgery to get me in a better place mentally. I can't continue to self talk hatred towards myself. If I am thin I hope that stops but this is a long journey and just because we lose the weight we will still have to deal with issues. Losing the weight won't solve everything but it will help me get in the right direction. You can do this.

Shamrockgirl30 Good job on the weight loss!!! I started pre-op today. I hope for the same results so far so good. I don't really have hunger yet but I am sure it will come

You can do this. We can all do this. I was freaking out last week but you know I just got busy. I cleaned, I mowed the yard, I cleaned, I cleaned, and I cleaned. I went on the internet and found a site that said how much money I am going to save by having this surgery also that I would gain 7 years on my life. I want that!!! So push forward and you can do it. link to web site iVital | Weight Loss, Life & You! - Affordability Calculator. I agree with you about not telling everyone. Since I am such a yo yo dieter. I have had eyes on me all the time. People expect me to go up and down. It is just what I do. Before I got pregnant with my daughter I lost 80 pounds. I gained back 85 pounds when I was pregnant. I lost 75 pounds in 4 months after having my baby last year. Now I am 5 pounds from being back at the same weight right before I deliverd. This is all in a 3 year time frame. I am 38 years old and have done this all my life. I want off the rollercoaster and I don't want my daughter to see this. I can't allow her to do this to herself. That is the number one reason I am doing this surgery. I want less focus on me and what I look like or how miserable I am because I feel fat or not good enough. THANK YOU to you all and this website I will have an outlet. I am staying silent because I expect people to tell me --Well I might fail at this too -- The general public does not know what we have had to do to prepare ourselves for what is ahead and this is only the beginning. For me I just can't handle another judgemental comment ( I work with some pretty ruthless people)-- As for my family when I go on vacation 4 weeks after surgery-- I am going to tell them I am on a restrictive diet ordered by the doctor. I am not lying - I am just not going into detail. When I feel more comfortable with me and this new way of life I might tell people but not until I am on solid ground. I see my family and relatives in September for my Dad's retirement party and I won't see them again until Thanksgiving. I started my pre-op diet today. 2 weeks until surgery. This is the beginning of a new me. Adalante!

Last night I woke up and freaked out. I was going over and over in my mind I can't believe that my weight has come to this. Surgery!!! It was like I was almost trying to talk myself out of it. I start my pre-op diet Monday. I have been so excited to get to this point and go to the next step but what is going on in my mind. I start thinking what will I do with my time, I won't be able to do this or that. But I guess I got to get with the program. That is what got me in this problem. I am going out today to buy my pre-op and post op stuff. Maybe that will get my thogughts in the right direction. Anyone else freaking out? My biggest fear is that someone around me finds out. I don't want anyone to know what I am doing. We will be going on vacation when I am 3 weeks after having surgery. I know my family will say something on why I am not eating or drinking the same. Should I tell them? I really don't want the negativity from them. I just can't deal with that. The only person besides the doctor that knows I am doing this is my husband and he supports me. I live along way from family so they will never know. People at work and friends --I am just taking a week of vacation and not going anywhere. Is there anyone else that is trying to keep this a secret? I am embarrassed I have gotten so out of control and I don't want anyone to know for the sake of having to actually talk about it. The therapist said it was fine I did not say anything and I would talk about it when I was ready. this web site has been so good for me because I really listen to all of you. I guess it would be easier if I did talk about this with my friends or mom and sisters but I don't want them to cloud my judgement. I know I need to do this.

Well I go out this weekend to buy everything. Thanks for the support and I will tell you how it goes.

Yes I felt the same way. I also have had to wait 6months. I started my journey Feb 9th and we scheduled my surgery for August 11. I don't know if I am approved but I am moving forward - regardless. enough is enough. I am glad I did take the time to have to think about it. I have a whole different opinion now than I did back in February. I am starting my pre-op diet Monday. But I just need to take the giant leap and do this for me. I started stressing over the pre-op diet this week. I just feel like I need to eat because I am about to change my ways. Hard to break old habits