Helen Eady

Hi Is anybody out there being banded on or around the 30th Jan 2010, I was hoping to find somebody to compare notes with etc.. I am feeling really nervous about the op and also I am due to start the pre-op diet tomorrow YUK!!. Look forward to your replies. Helen :mad:

Hi A 10lb loss is great, my dietician called me today and he said that any weight loss between having it fitted and your 1st fill is a great bonus, due to that fact that your band is not restricting you at the moment while your body gets used to it. I admit I have to keep telling myself that it is restricting my food intake. What type of food are you pureeing? I am having lots of potatoes with cheese and baked Beans also fruit and yogurt pureed (it does not look good). Have you got a special occasion that you are aiming for with your June deadline of 60lbs. I see you had yours fitted just a couple of days before mine, I am glad to hear in a strange way that you are sore at your port site too, it makes me feel normal because mine hurts alot at the moment. I have had my 1st bad food day today, one biscuit lead to another and so on, I think the sugar kicked in with a great high then an hour later I was so low I had another, have you had any issues with this type of thing? Helen :thumbup:

Hello Yes reply via my email that would be great. Nice to hear from you again, I am glad I am not the only one with a vice, yours is wine, mine is licking the bowl when baking!! Made some nice cakes today!!!!:rolleyes2: Helen

Hi I am feeling betting in myself thanks, but I am just so sore at my port site and inside, I can't bend down anymore or stretch or lift anything heavy! I am back on the pain killers, I am sure it will be worth it. How are you doing? how much weight have you lost know? I have lost 16lbs upto last Saturday but for some reason I dare not weigh myself since I have started eating pureed food. I did not realise how revolting pureed food looks, even though it tastes the same. God I sound like a winge I should not really as I wanted to have this done. I am looking forward to my first fill in 5 weeks, when is yours. Where did you have you band fitted?. Helen

Hi Paul Nice to hear from you, I am glad you have made the decision to go for it!! Well I am 8 days post op, the 1st week was very easy food wise but the rest was not good really. I was very very tired, no energy and completely no appetite (which is a first). I had really trouble sleeping in bed becaue I could not and still can not sleep on my side, and the problem with trapped wind is awfull, but all that aside I am still glad that I have had it done. Yesterday I started to eat purreed food, so I tried banana and strawberries with a muller light, then I purreed a can of heinz Soup, and for dinner I purreed potatoes then minced beef with onion and peas it was not too bad. Today all I have had is milk and tea, just can't be bothered to eat. So far I have lost 16lbs in just over 2 weeks, I am really pleased with this. Where are you having you op done? and with which company? or are you on the NHS? As you have probably gathered there is a local support group that meets in Louth on the 1st Sunday of the month which I did not manage to get to as I am still not driving, Louth is about 45 miles from me, hopefully next month I will get there. If you want to ask anything feel free. Look forward hearing from you. Helen

Hello Clair I have had it done!! YEAH It is still painfull, and am struggling to sleep properly, is this normal (day 4 post op) I have only been having tea, milk, yogurts and oxo cubes, same as the pre op diet really. I am at the point were I don't know if I am hungary or not, I can't seem to be able to identify if what I am drinking is causing pain in the top of my tummy or what? Is the group on this Sunday? Hopefully I will be able to drive. Look forward to hearing from you. Helen

:unsure:Hi How nice to hear from someone else who has just had it done. I had mine done at the Driotwich spa hospital, which I don't think is that far from where you have yours done. I am sorry that you had an infection in your canular site. I am now 3 days post op and feel like crap, I am really tired and extremely sore. I am really struggling to sleep well. When I had the op done I took over an hour longer to come round, but on the good side I was supposed to stay in overnight but they discharged me at 10.20pm on the same day. Are you suffering with any wind from the op or problems with you bladder?. I have found them both really uncomfortable. I have resorted to Peppermint tea, only started that a couple of hours ago, so here's hoping that it works. I lost 10lbs on the pre-op diet, but I am not sure what I weight at the moment, I tried stepping on the scales in the hospital and according to them I had put on weight, which I really don't get. Like you I am on only what I can drink thru a straw, I have only had muller light yogurts and oxo cubes and milk really for the last 2 weeks. I think I am a bit scared of normal food at the moment. Please keep in touch, good luck with your journey. Helen

Hi, I am having my Lap-band done on the 30th Jan in England, would love the support of others to get thru this. I start my pre-op tomorrow and am dreading it. I am self funded, I have paid one price which included unlimited band fills and aftercare for what I believe to be life. I will have to weigh myself tomorrow !!! just not looking forward to that, that will be when it finally hits home that I am ging to do this. Has anybody had any problems telling other people about the op? I have told close friends and only my husband and sister, really don't know how to tell my parents. Helen PS how do you get a ticker tape?:mad:

Hi Jen, Only just found you posting, I am having my band fitted on the 30th Jan 2010 with Surgicare, at the Droitwich Spa Hosipital with Dr Khan. I am due to start my pre op diet tomorrow YUK!!!, Have you had your op done and if so how are you doing? Helen

Hi, I have to start my pre-op diet this wednesday in prep for my op on the 30th Jan 10, I am really dredding the pre op as have been told I can only have 3 pints semi milk, 1 stock cube made in to a drink and 2 mullerlight yogurts, and as much tea and low cal drinks as I can get down. It sounds awfull. To top it all I am terrifed of having the op, don't really know what to expect when I come round from the op and how to deal with it at home. Helen x:confused:

Hi my name is Helen, and I am 40 years old from England. I am due to have my op on the 30th Jan 2010 and am supposed to start the pre op diet of milk etc 20th Jan, the problem is that I don't really like milk and to be frank I am terrified of having the op and what to expect after. Any advise for the pre op diet would be fantastic. I guess I must have pre op nerves, I don't even know what I weigh yet, am waiting for wed morning for a measure of everything and a weigh in for the 1st time in months. Thanks Helen

Hi, I am really new to this, but I no there is Spire Health in Lincoln that does bands and fill, I live in lincolnshire, but did not choose them due to cost and aftercare, but I am sure they do fills. I might have the full name wrong but is it definetly Spire. Hope this helps.

Hi I am based in Donington, about 10 miles from Boston. Am interested to know about how you feel and cope after having the op done i.e day 1 after and what to expect? Helen

Hiya just joined this site and am looking for local lapband buddies for support, am due to have my band fitted in Jan 2010 with Surgi care - anybody no anything about them.