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CarlinsMom

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  1. CarlinsMom

    1 mth post op 080609 down 30ish lbs

    you know i am trying!!
  2. BTW...I have learned that until you begin your fills...this is a time of healing not losing. Give your body time to recover...You did have surgery! Hang in there!
  3. Bless your heart...you sound like you need a HUG!!! So here is a BIG HUG from me. I was on clear liquids and I had my weak moments i must admit. But it best that you do as your DR suggest. Its tough and I am only a month out. I got a fill on Tuesday so I am back on liquids thru Saturday so I feel your pain. Know that you have support on this forum and you will be able to hear the experiences ones a lot further along in the process.
  4. Hi restless...it would be nice to see a picture of you. I see your post allllll the time. I would like to put a face with the knowledge. :)

  5. CarlinsMom

    First Fill today!!

    i got my first fill yesterday also. I got 5cc(which he said was very aggressive) but you could see on the fluro screen that the barium was still passing thru without real restriction. (i wonder if the needle was really in the port.) I guess i will see in a few days. I am to do 2 days of clears and 2 days of full liquids/mushies. Back to reg. food on Sunday. I cant imagine goin back on liquids for 2 weeks. The things we have to go thru and people say surgery is the easy way out. They just dont know our stories!!!
  6. CarlinsMom

    It's taking forever

    just take it a day at a time...I worked on my requirements for 10 mths. I thought I would never finish but I did. Sometimes you just have to chunk away little bits at a time. It is ok and all will work out for the best. You will defintely find support here!
  7. I have read on several occasions that you can get Protein shots or something that you can add to pudding. I am really getting tired of the shakes. any suggestions? Thanks to all!!
  8. Thanks to you all!! This helps alot! I just dont know if i can keep trying to drink the shakes. I am defintely going to the pudding a try!!!
  9. i thought it was just me...especially since coming off liquids. I have really struggled to get 64ozs of water in a day where it used to be no problem. I think it is the mentally idea of not gulping. I am defintely not a sipper. I want to chug-a-lug to kinda get it over with. Water is not my favorite anyway but at the moment i maybe doing 1/2 of what i need to get daily. I am 3 weeks out and down 17 lbs since surgery. I notice this morning that the scale was trying to creep back up a couple of lbs...and I am wondering if it is my water NON comsumption. Thanks for the thread and I look for suggestions!! BTW- I go get my first fill next Tue--THANK GOD!!!
  10. CarlinsMom

    Is this possible?

    i didnt event think about getting on a scale until about 5 days after surgery.
  11. CarlinsMom

    Can I have unprotected sex?

    I think most DR give you antibotics during or right after surgery through the IV to protection you from getting infections. You could have had antibotics and not even know it. I was only aware that they gave me a strong dose of antibotics because I developed thrush in my mouth. I went back for my one week follow up appt and asked WTH is going on with my mouth. They then told me that its the antibiocs we gave you. Needless to say I was suprised but glad they did. In this situation....better safe than sorry!
  12. I am doing good now. Had a lot of pain after surgery...stayed in bed for like 5 days. It was not what i expected but I made it. I am trying to walk everyday to stay in the routine i had before surgery. I am always trying to talk myself out of working out. I really dont like excersing but I know I wont lose anything if I dont work out. I get my first fill Aug 5. I think that is going to be interesting. Hoping that dont hurt...at least not too much. The price we pay to lose weight!! Hope you have a good day and keep me posted on your progress!!

  13. I read that this is the time for healing(not to concentrate on losing weight). It will come. Dont stress yourself. Are you feeling ok? What are you eating for the mushies? I bet that is exciting. :| I get my first fill Aug 5. I am so ready. I fill like I can eat a horse. But I had the campbells soup in hand-cream of broccoli yesterday for lunch and I was actually full for most of the afternoon. I think i mite try another kind today. Its kinda wierd. I think i am getting use to not eating mentally which is half the battle. I watched my husband and child devour some KFC chicken...I soooooooo wanted some. In due time i will be able to put something chewy in my mouth!! Well...keep me posted on your progress. Talk with you later!

  14. Things are going a lot better now than right after surgery. I thought to myself..."what have I done to myself." I was in a lot of pain the first week. But now I am feeling back to normal. I am able to walk about 20-30 min a day. Hope to be back on normal food next week....Thank God. I have been craving something to chew for the last 2 weeks. I understand why they call this bandsters hell. I am down 17 lbs since surgery so i am glad about that. Just a little anxious about going back to regular food. I want to make sure that i try to continue to pick the right stuff. I get my first fill Aug 5! Keep in touch!

  15. I am doing good today. The first 5 days were rough. I could not get out of bed for a long period of time. I felt like crap but I have been improving ever since. I am excersing again. Just doing the treadmill and eliptical for about 20 mins a day. I am down 15 lbs since surgery. I have a bad problem of weighing everyday sometimes twice a day. I try not to but I cant help it. Its like I want the scale to go down a lb a day but I have to realize that fast weight lost is not good for my body. Slow and steady....I am learning. This is my final week of liquids and I Thank GOD!!! This has been a challenge for me...watching my husband and 2yr old eat spaghetti, pizza, chicken. I am getting thru. Didn't mean to ramble. We are doing it!!!

  16. Hey Mary...how you doing? just checking in on ya!

  17. Hey Aivey...how you hanging? things going good? We are two weeks out!!!! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

  18. Hey Paulette...hope all is going good. We are two weeks out!!! I feel so much better than last week. Just want to make sure I dont over do it. How are you doing?

  19. hi bobbie...just checking in on ya. how are you doing? I am on my last week of liquids. OMG...i am so ready for something "real." Let me know how ya doing!

  20. I was banded on 7/7 and i stayed in bed for first 5 days. I had a hernia repair also. I didnt realize that I would be in that much pain and sore. I could not sit up for no more than a few minutes. I actually felt better lying down. I would get up a couple of times to try to sip some gatorade but I felt like crap. On the 5th day, I began to feel like myself but still sore and walking very slowly. I am 2 weeks out and just in the last few days have began to feel "normal." Hang in there, it does get better.
  21. Did you all have any guidelines for your post-op diet? How many calories you should try to stick to? I am on clear liquids for 4 more days. I am wondering am I getting enough calories. I only had about 300 yesterday. Should i try to aim for more? What have you all been doing?
  22. Hey Friends....I am really stressed at the moment. I went to get my staples out yesterday and to my suprise the nurse told me that I was to be on another FREAKN week of clear liquids. I thought I was going to pass out. I was thinking that I could begin full liquids today where I could at least drink my slimfast to get some good protein(not a whole lot of sodium). My stomach is now beginning to growl...I did not expect this. Not this early. I am going to order some isopure but any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to you all!!:sad::sad:
  23. Did you all have any guidelines for your post-op diet? How many calories you should try to stick to? I am on clear liquids for 4 more days. I am wondering am I getting enough calories. I only had about 300 yesterday. Should i try to aim for more? What have you all been doing?

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