Stumblelina

IDK about a belly band. 1 I am a very large woman and I live in a small town, not authorized to do really much right now. I was just hoping there were more options other than the binder or if anyone had any helpful hints. Thank you guys for the advice.

Yeah today does not hurt as much as yesterday, I am hoping that I can get the binder to adjust just right, otherwise it's mega painful. when it isn't hanging and I have it pulled up enough I have little pain.. I can't wait for the painful part to be done with.. I wanna get active again..lol

Todays your birthday! I am 7 days post op and still in the Wow did I really do that frame of mind.. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

I prefer unjury and Chike for most part but they say your tastes will change and mine have, I actually like the premade ones my dr office recommends from Walgreens.. Optisource. Unfortunately the ones from Walgreens are spendy but so much easier and worth it , locally I can only get them online. Hubby is going to town today to see what he can find me to use till my shipment from Walgreens gets here. I am 7 days post op. there are many sites with many flavors.. i googled barairtic when I was on my search for shakes and items I could have, there is ALOT out there.. some good some probably not so good.

I got my surgery Last Wednesday July 24th. I am 5'4 and roughly 335 lbs right now. Alot of my weight is in the stomach "apron". I thought for a few days I would never stand straight again the pain was so bad. Well I figured out if I hold my stomach fat up it relives the pain quite a bit. I have tried a binder but can not seem to get it right. If the stomach is not being held up my pain level is a 5 -7.. if I can get it held up it is maybe a 1-2 and I am able to walk around and function. PLEASE give me any helpful hints or ideas of what I can do o relieve this pain, it is too difficult for me to hold it up with my hand. I want to start getting up and moving around more.

I think alot of it has to do with how well your healing and what you were able to do beforehand.. One of my main issues is pain, Back spasms, knees giving out.. I am assuming it will probably be a lil longer for me.. for anything more than basic walking.. I would like to learn to Zumba myself plus we have some dance games for WII AND Xbox 360 I would like to be able to do them without hurting myself..lol

Gonna check this out! Thanks for the tip.. free is always nice.

The Dr I had to see regarding a sleep study said that the at home ones are not as accurate. It is basically a pulse /ox finger thing that stays on and reports or stores the data for the Dr's office. He did say it's hard to sleep at sleep study too. He looked at my tonsils and checked to see if I had a clear nasal passage. Neck size was done.. I get the sleep part done on the 13th of this month. They figure have it because I snore, have large tonsils and wake every 1-2 hours every night for most part. I wish everyone else best of luck at their appts.

The form I got from Baratric advantage from my dr office you only get free shipping on your 1st order with their form.. But i am interested in free stuff too..

I am still pre op but have been doing alot of research on protein drinks because I am a picky eater.. I have looked and ordered stuff from Baratric advantage and from Celebrate baractric I think it is called.. both have great flavors (yet to taste but sound darn good) I also saw a third brand in another post but looking at their site not sure if it is same type stuff. Good luck and I am always willing to check out new sites if anyone knows of any.

I am pre op still jumping thru some of my insurance hoops. At last visit the director gave me samples of baratric advantage and of Celebrate. I really like the Celebrate site they have banana, vanilla cake and other flavor protein shakes as well as vitamins to take before surgery. I ordered the vitamins and a 10 pack of mixed protein shake packets today. I am excited and nervous..