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Hey! How are you? I am doing great! I finally feel normal again. I am mostly on mushies, but the doctor wants me to slowly add regular foods back. I am down 27 pounds...if you were down 35 last time you emailed I cant imagine what you have lost now! Hope you are doing well and hope to hear from you soon! Kristy

Hey! Good to hear from you. Glad to hear you are doing well. I have lost 27 pounds so far but I am totally at a standstill...i havent lost anything in over a week. I am on mushies mainly, but the doctor told me to slowly add normal foods. I am with you on the drinking more water thing though...I just cant seem to get it all in. Have you been able to start exercising yet? My doc wont release me until I am 6 weeks postop...I am gonna start doing a zumba class with a few of my friends...cant wait for that! Take care and keep up the good work! Kristy

O wow...I am so jealous. I am still on full liquids! Havent even been allowed pureed food yet. If I puree I still have to strain. I am beginning to this my doc is being overly cautious. Oh that meal sounds so good...dont think i havent been tempted just to get some sauce and a spoon and have a hay day! LOL! All 4 oz. of it. How many ounces does your doc have you on at a time? Congrats on you 30 pounds loss...that is Amazing!

I am doing really well...How bout you? I hit 21 pounds down today...woohoo! I am still a bit sore and am finding it a little difficult to get all of my liquids in. I got some to that Unjury unflavored protein and that has been great...but I can sipsipsip and still cant seem to get it all in. Of all things, I was supposed to go to my post op exam and my doc had an emergency surgery to do. So now I have to wait til next friday to see the doc. Anyways... hope you are doing well ...

I am doing a lot better today...i get tired really easily, but that is to be expected. What book are you refering to? It is strange, but my doctor/hospital really didnt provide a lot of post op info. Just said full liquids 1/2 cup at a time...didnt say how often. I am assuming that I still need to get close to the 64 oz. total? (I'm no where close to that...I'm doing good to get 32 if I add in my soups etc) The gas pains are much better...still there, but better. My hubby is back to work today, so I am flying solo. No socks for me today! LOL! I, oddly enough have been sleeping well and have only taken one dose of the pain medicine they sent me home with. I found that it made me feel worse when i finally woke up. Good to hear you are doing well...and I hope your sleep gets better. I have until next monday until I have to be back at work, so I hope to be back to my "normal" self by then!

i am doing ok...the gas pains have really been doing a number on me today. i just cant seem to get relief. My husband burped earlier...laughed and said I was just jealous. For the first time...I really was! LOL! I am getting around pretty good, although I have to have help with my socks. My husband rubbed my back with a massager earlier...not sure it helped withe the gas pains, but it felt good. Keep me posted on your progress and anything you find along the way that seems to help. Take care!

I looked at your photos...just beautiful! I love photography. i am hoping to enroll at the local colleges photography program in the fall.

I was also banded on Thusday morning! How are you feeling? What kind of diet are you on now? I hope you will keep in touch...we can do this!

So...I am officially a bandster. I am very sore and am having a lot of the pains in my back. I am trying to move around as much as possible though....my doc wouldnt release me to do anything until next Friday...no bending, no lifting and no driving. Overall though, I am doing pretty good...able to get up and down by myself but putting on my own sock is out of the question. My husband has been great though. I hope you are doing well...bout to head out for a quick walk.

Back to work?! That is amazing! I am glad you are doing so well. How are you feeling? Hungry? Pain?

So tomorrow is our big day! Good luck to you. I hope everything goes perfectly and you recover quickly. I am so excited to be a Official Bandster!

Congrats to you! & Just 3 more days for me!

O wow...tomorrow is YOUR day! I will be waiting to hear back from you. I just know everything will go great! Take care and Congrats! You are officially a bandster!

Hey Kharissa,

Congrats on the surgery date! Thats wonderful! I am on day 4 of the liquid diet ...its not as bad as I has thought it would be. But then I figured I would be passed out by noon on the first day! LOL! So anything is better than that right?! I have not been hungry...i drink some of my liquids ever 1.5 hours or so...2 (EAS ADVANTEDGE from walmart is what i am drinking now, but i want ISOPURE from GNC or UNJURY sold online) shakes a day and i drink half at a time. I think the key is to never let yourself get HUNGRY. I havent really had any cravings although last night i had a dream I ate a taco. LOL! I am tired and kinda sluggish and very emotional. I will cry on the drop of a dime...and I am not normally that way. I am getting around 500 calories a day and it just has my system all out of whack. Dont psych yourself out about it...its tough, but it really is a mental thing. You will be fine with it...we can do this!

My doc said that protein was a huge thing for after surgery and the ISO has 40 while the others has 15 or 20. He said it will help with losing hair ( I dont think i would look too good bald! lol!) As for the diet...I never knew i could get so creative with chicken broth. I have put every liquid and spice I own in there...just to see what it would taste like. I am not really craving food anymore, although last night I had a dream I ate a taco. LOL! For the record, it was good.

Just a question, how long after surgery will you be on clear liquids/full liquids/mushies?

I just weighed this morning and I am down 4...woohoo. He just said any shakes with no sugar in them. Right now I am drinking the EAS Advantedge from walmart. They arent fabulous, but they are tolerable. I am going to get some of the ISOpure from GNC...they are a lot more expensive(4.69 per bottle), but I heard they were great. They arent the milky ones....more like koolaid and lots of different flavors. And everyone I have talked to loves UNJURY. You can only get them online, but are pretty reasonable and you can get samples for like 1.75 each.

And O how i have dreamed of sitting comfortably in a coach seat on an airplane! I have a smaller upper body than lower body, so I have tried avoiding flying all together because of those dang little seats...and when i did fly I went first class only because the seats were roomier. Good luck with the next 6 days and hope to here from you soon. Kristy

Glad to hear you are doing well! I am doing way better than expected on this 10 day liquid diet. (but I figured I'd be passed out by noon on the first day of starvation LOL! so anything is better than that right?!) I can only have 2 shakes a day, broth, sugar free drinks, a fudgesicle and a yogurt, and coffee with splenda. Thats it. Uuuugh...maybe I'll be able to drop a few pounds before surgery...get a jump on the process. How much have you lost on the preop? I could NOT imagine doing this through the holidays....wow! I think I gained 10 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years! But this was actually the first Christmas that I ate and was not on a strick diet....i felt like a prisoner and the last meal, so i ATE! haha! That is wonderful that they are gonna fix your hernia while they are in there...I would hate to know going into one surgery that you were gonna have to have another one. Thats wonderful.

Hey Maggie! We have the same surgery date. I start my liquid diet tomorrow and am having some real anxiety over it. I think once i get started I will be better. How are you doing? support system? Good luck with everything and I hope you will keep in touch. I added you to my friends list!

Hey Peaches, just wanted to touch base and see how you are doing. i start my preop liquids on Monday....ugh. Hope all is well and KIT!

Hey Kikoman,

I hope you are doing well. Hows your preop diet going? They have unfortunately bumped my date to the 14 instead of the 11th...ugh. But, whats 3 more days right? I just wanted to check in and see how you are progressing. KIT

Hey Kiko,

I too have a great support system but have chosen not to tell the "outside" world. Its bad...but I cant tell my my grandmother because then the entire world would know (Bless her heart..haha). I think i am gonna stick with the whole "I am seeing a nutritionist" for the people at work...all of whom are very judgemental and openly opinionated (and walking toothpicks i might add). Maybe eventually I will tell "the world", but only after I have gotten comfortable with the idea myself. My husband is considering getting banded and is hoping to have his done sometime before july. We will see, I think he wants to see how mine goes and then go from there. (he is right at 340, 6'2) I hope you will keep in touch...we can do this!