SPENCERBE333

I HAVE BEEN OVERWEIGHT MY WHOLE LIFE SINCE AGE 8. UP AND DOWN WITH EVERY DIET THERE IS. A FRIEND HAD THE LAP BAND AND SAID SHE LOVED IT AND HAS LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT. I AM 65 AND JUST NOW ON MEDICARE WHICH COVERED THE SURGERY SO I DECIDED TO HAVE IT DONE.  I AM ON DAY 8 AFTER THE SURGERY AND AM STILL HAVING THE PROTEIN SHAKES ONLY. I WANT FOOD BUT I WILL NOT EAT ANYTHING UNTIL THEY SAY I CAN HAVE IT. I HOPE I WILL NOT BE HUNGRY AND WANT MORE THAN I SHOULD HAVE.  I WAS 283.5 WHEN I WENT TO THE DR BEFORE SURGERY.  I WENT ON 1000 CAL DIET FOR 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO SURGERY AND LOST 13 POUNDS BEFORE WEIGHING IN AT THE HOSPITAL ON PRE OP DAY.  SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED FOR OCT 20TH BUT CANCELLED IN PRE OP BECAUSE MY POTASSIUM DROPPED TOO LOW THEY PUT ME IN OVERNIGHT AND PUSHED THE POTASSIUM ORALLY AND IV SO I HAD SURGERY THE NEXT MORNING, THEN HAD TO STAY IN THAT NIGHT AS WELL. WENT HOME ON THE 22ND AND HAVE BEEN ON THE PROTEIN SINCE THEN. I TRIED THE PROTEIN SHOTS AND COULD NOT DO THEM, FELT LIKE THROWING UP AND GAGGED SO HE PUT ME ON MUSCLE MILK TWICE A DAY.  AT LEAST I CAN GET THAT DOWN. I HAVE ANOTHER WEEK TO DO JUST THAT THEN HAVE ONE MEAL. I AM NERVOUS ABOUT EATING AGAIN AND HOPE I DO OK. ANY ENCOURGEMENT AND HELP FROM ANYONE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.  THANK YOU.