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I've just created one as well. It's about my struggles as a young bandster. I'm hoping to get a few followers for support. The youngster's fight for a better life. Thanks :]

I could go for something tasty. These liquids are annoying me, :[

Hey guys and gals. Well, I've been on my 2 week liquid diet, and I unfortunatly cheated on the 2nd day, not proud of it but worked through it and stayed well. So today I don't know what came over me, and I cheated again. I ate some meat and a small glass of lemon soda. I was so angry at myself and wasn't even thinking straight that I went to the bathroom and made myself throw up. I'm so ashamed at all that has happened, and I don't know if I should be worried. My surgery is this Thursday (9/24) and I'm just hoping everything will go well. Also, a little bit about myself, I'm 17. The person at my pre-op meeting told me I was the youngest person she knew to get the lap band. I'm just hoping to get some advice on what I should do, any tips on not cheating, and I just need to know if I should be worried or not. People keep saying that the more I stress out about it, the worse it'll be.

Oh god your a life saver! I'm going to go get those ASAP. :seeya:

Oh my god, last night I was FINALLY able to sleep well. The gas pains weren't as horrible as the night before, so I ignored it and fell asleep. I got a good 8 hours of sleep and then "Good Morning!" for my Lovenox shot, haha. I'm having my cousin do it because I'm too chicken to do it. I'm scared of needles, haha. Ohh, when I see my surgeon this Friday I'll tell him to snip the stitch off because it keeps bothering me :seeya:. Ugh, I can't seem to find any chewable Centrum vitamins. I tried crushing up a tablet and taking it on a spoon with some water, worst mistake EVER. It tasted like hell on a spoon. I was afraid I'd vomit, so I forced myself not to (freshly put band + vomiting = no no) but yeah, very bad experience with that. We couldn't find any chewable ones at Costco :blushing:

Yeah now that I think about it the nurse said something about a breathing tube while I had just woken up. I think I mumbled why my lip was swollen, and she responded with something about a breathing tube, Haha. It's going down a little bit, still VERY annoying. And I had REALLY bad gas pains yesterday, couldn't get any sleep till about 3 AM. It was horrible. Just to be woken up at 9 for a Lovenox shot, pfft. I'm also wondering, are the wounds closed by using that gluey stuff or stitches? Because a little clearish wire is sticking out of one of the white strips covering my wound, I hope they aren't stitches :[

Yeah, It sucks with the gas pain, I haven't gotten much sleep, kinda grumpy because of it, hehe. Also, do you know something that might help with my lip being swollen? It's really annoying me and the swelling hasn't gone down at all. It's getting a bit white around the area too. So I'm not sure if there's anything I can put on to help the swelling go down quicker, it's kind of annoying trying to drink water or my shakes with it there, it's hard to explain, D: If not I guess I'll be patient and stick to putting ice on it. :[

Thanks for your support once again. Everything went awesome! I woke up and the surgeon told me everything was awesome and that my liver was perfect. Now I'm just dealing with gas pains and wound pains as well. Walking around helps, and I've been having a bit of constipation D: But the nurse recommended something called Citracel (?) I believe it was called. Hasn't worked yet, but I just took it a few hours ago, so I'm not expecting miracles. Luckily I might get 2 weeks off from school, (I'll be getting homeschooling during that time) but the doctor said if I really wanted to I could go back this Monday, but I don't think I'm ready enough to go back yet, since there's LOTS of stairs I have to climb to get to classes. Also they apparently damaged my lip a little bit with the tube they used to go down my throat during the surgery so it's a bit swollen and it's bothering me, but the nurse said the swelling will go down eventually, oh well, haha. I'm hoping everything goes well and everything heals nicely. I'll keep you guys updated, I'm really excited now :]

I have no history of bulimia whatsoever, and honestly it was one of the worst reactions I've had to date. I stuck to my diet 100% after the incident, and I followed everything with a positive outlook. I know that vomiting can cause problems with the band as well, I went through a 3 month program of seeing Psychiatrists, Dietitians, and Support Groups and what not, but I felt like I did it because I had done so well up to that point that I just did not want it in me. I appreciate everyone's advice, but I do not think I will ever do something like that again. My surgery is tomorrow, and I'm pretty nervous, not because I cheated but because I mean, I'm young and I've never had surgery. :thumbup: Thank you guys very much for the advice, and I hope all goes well for me tomorrow. :thumbdown:

Anyone? :/