txflea

I has surgery June 6th and I am scheduled for my first fill Aug 13th. I have been losing about 1.5 pounds a week. I stay anywhere between 1100-1300 calories a day. WAY Less then what I use to consume in a day. I am enjoying the slow weight loss, it's helped me change up my eating habits. Instead of getting that enchilada dinner I have a salad with salsa dressing and it fills me up just fine. (I can only eat about a quarter of the salad. Lol) and I'm not hungry between meals. I know what full finally feels like and it's so awesome! Before it was like I didn't have a shut off valve, now I do. I know if I go past full (only done it 3 times) it's the worst pain and trust me you don't want to do it again! I eat slower and chew longer and I'm happier!

Amazing story! Thank you for sharing it Glad you are doing better

Just wanted to start off with a quick hello! My name is Felecia, and I am having my surgery June 6th. I am nervous, I am excited, I am terrified! I am ready to start this journey as long as I don't think too much about it. When I start thinking about it I freak myself out, begin to have second thoughts, and generally freeze up like a deer in headlights. Anyways please introduce yourself and feel free to talk about anything! From why you are doing this, fears, excitement, etc. Just anything!! Thanks! F.

Honestly I wish I could go back and not tell ANYONE! Family and all!!

When can you begin to use a straw again? It kinds grosses me out drinking off a glass in a restaurant but I used a straw once by accident (about 2 weeks after surgery) and was completely miserable.

But I have noticed that when I just drink from a cup I burp and burp so I am wondering if it really doesn't matter or if straws give you more gas than drinking straight from a cup...

My Dr told me that straws give you more gas. I learned accidentally that it does, about a week post surgery my hubby handed me a drink w/a straw. I wasn't thinking, I just took the drink and started sipping away. About halfway through I realized and took the straw out but the gas was already there. I was just thinking it was so close to surgery maybe that's why it made me so bloated and gassy. Guess not. I have also discovered that gum is also a nono for me

I doubt he's going to be mad. Why did you stop your meds?

I keep reading all these horror stories about what it feels like for your food to ''get stuck'' and I am terrified. I know everyone goes through it at least once with the band, and so far I am extremely lucky and have not had this distinct pleasure yet. (I was banded June 6th) So my questions are....... How long does the food stay stuck?? (I know its different for everyone, but just a general guideline is what I am looking for) Is it an hour? 30 minutes? All day? A few minutes? What do you do to get ''un-stuck?" Drink Water? Eat ice? Walk? Sit in a corner and cry? After you had an episode of ''stuck'' what should you do? Back to a liquid diet? liquid tylenol for pain and swelling? Ice to soothe the swelling? I can truly say this is something that is beginning to stress me out a little bit. TIA

It's been 5 days since I have written and well as the top post implies, it has been an EXCITING 2 days. And not in a good way. My daughter has a dog named Tank, beautiful white pit bull puppy, he is about 6 months old. Well he has been feeling punk the past few days, and my daughter was very worried. She doesn't have the money so I told her I would pay for him to go to the vet. We figured he just had garbage gut (he LOVES to knock over trash cans and see what booty they have in store) Well a fecal exam later and he has parvo. Talk about freak out time, they wanted 500 dollars up front to keep him and shes in tears. I'm trying to call Bret to get the ok to use the funds, she gets a hold of her bff who works at another vet's office, and they said for 200 deposit they would keep him. Now the only problem with that is we are an hour away...and of course they close in 45 minutes. I think I broke every speed barrier to get him to that vet's office. Now what has me freaking out is she brought him over only 2 days before this, and he and my newest addition were playing, and they were in the same kennel. My baby Tildy is current on all her shots, but she only had 2 of the parvo shots, she was scheduled to get the third one next week. I called my vet and we went and got the shot today. Plus her rabies and bordetella. And we set up the appointment to come back in three weeks to get another booster to be on the safe side and to have her spayed. She is 3 days from the day of exposure and I have to watch until Monday. If she shows no symptoms by Monday she should be good to go. She's being her usual active self, but I am soo paranoid I am afraid I am over watching her. We just got a call from the vet, Tank is reacting well with the medications, he's alert, he's active, and he has not thrown up since yesterday. (He never had the diarrhea, thank God) and they are moving him from ISO to another area (its still isolation but a little more friendly) He has to be kept calm because he has tried to remove his IV now twice from being excited. So we are guardedly optimistic. If he keeps improving the way he's going, he will be able to come home by Thursday. But he cannot go ''visiting'' for a looong while. Yesterday we bleached my entire house. Twice. We also bleached my front steps and back steps and porches. Today I did the back yard... and I have not finished it yet. But I got most of it. I have to go get another water hose and I also have to go get more bleach. I have a large back yard and so far I have used 1 and a half big bottles of bleach on the area's I can reach with the hose. I still have to do my front yard and the rest of the back. It's also 90+ degrees outside so I think I am going to wait a little longer to let it cool off. I let my dogs out (I have 5 total, but the others are all over a year old and up to date on all their shots) and I kept them in the area that I had already sprayed. Now its time for lunch...haha the real reason for my blog. That my dear friends is 8oz. of Chef Prepared Turkey salad with Cranberries (thats what the little dark things are, its not rabbit poo) I was very skeptical at first but omg it was really tasty, and only 215 calories according to MFP. I am still boycotting the scales, I do have a NSV. I have a pair of capris I bought a while back. They are size 20W and they were suuuper tight. I have them on right now and they are LOOSE! Anyways I will keep you updated TTFN

It took me about a week, I am 19 days out, and my incisions are sore sometimes. Especially if I bump them. But otherwise I feel back to normal. I can tell you that the first week I was on clear liquids I felt dizzy and nauseous, but when I started the solid liquids I felt a little better, when I got to mushies the dizzyness and nausea went away. Good luck!

I was banded on 6/6 so don't feel like the lone ranger, I feel like I can eat like crazy too. I follow my portions and I log every lick, nibble, bite, chew, whatever into My Fitness Pal. I also make sure I take small bites and chew chew chew! I am consuming on average between 900-1000 calories a day. I use my phone and set a timer for 30min from the time I take my first bite and I make my meal last the entire 30 min (I'm doing it now actually) after the meal I set the timer again for 30min so I know when I can have that first drink. I feel full with the amount of foods I'm eating but at night, that's when the cravings set in. Lol I have started crafting, knitting, going to bed early whatever to work through the late night need to graze. Good luck!

And I am nervous!! My doctor didnt tell me to do any liquid diets but I have cut down on meals. I drink 2 liquid shakes (Breakfast and dinner) and have a small lunch of light things. Yogurt, cottage cheese, small salad.. etc. the last 3 days I will go straight liquid. I got all my Vitamins, Protein powders, cleaned my room, cleaned the house, etc.. now its just count down ... I am nervous I am scared to death. I am excited and I am thrilled... I still cannot get my mind wrapped around the idea of 2 to 3 tablespoons filling me up but I will cross that bridge when it gets there. Ugh any last minute suggestions??

Happy Happy Joy Joy!! Another day and no nausea, no dizzyness. I honestly believe I needed real food, not just liquids. And I swear I will never eat another potato again for the rest of my life! lol Potato soup, mashed potatoes.. etc. You actually burn out of it. I am now concentrating on getting in my protein and not really worrying about the calories. I have been keeping a tab and as it stands I have been eating close to 1000 to 1100 calories a day. Which is way less than what I was eating before. I kept a week of just plain eating on My Fitness Pal and I was consuming anywhere between 2200 to 3000 calories a day. So I think what I am consuming is pretty good. I just need to get over my fear of beef and fresh veggies. I have been reading on the forum about the ''getting stuck'' and its scaring the hell out of me!!! I know its inevitable, but its giving me a panic attack and I have not even got stuck yet. Just the thought of it freaks me out. That much pain? And no way to make it go away? PB's (still don't know what that means) and projectile vomiting, foaming at the mouth, slime... I am not sure if I am going to become a zombie, die from asphyxiation, or crawl into a freaking corner and just cry. Seriously the more I talk about this the more panicked I am getting. I knew all about this before I got the band, but I think now that I have it and the fact that it could happen has finally set into my mind IM SCARED POOPLESS!! I guess I will just have to cross that bridge when I get there, but I have been given some good advice. DO NOT DRINK WATER TO TRY TO ''UNSTICK'' YOUR FOOD. It will make you feel worse. One member told me that their dietician told them to make sure to have some ''fizzy'' drink on hand, and to be standing over a sink, a toilet, whatever when you consume it because its gonna come right back up. Ok... I am stressing now enough. I think I am going to go to bed. I am posting a 4 part picture of what I ate tonight. Hope you enjoy it

I have been banded since June 6th, and I can tell you what it feels like to me. Normally I don't feel anything. I feel fairly normal. I do feel hungry, but when I eat which is very very freaking slowly, I start to feel very full. That's what my ''restricted'' feels like. If you get very full you feel very restricted. If you get over full you get sick, and it hurts. I have never gone to that point, just to the point of feeling satisfied and not hungry anymore. But I can tell you feel like you do NOT want to put another bite in your mouth. Not because you are overly full, not because you feel stuffed, I cant explain it but I just dont want to eat anymore. I feel comfortably full and saited.

Legs up??

Projectile vomiting? Is it Ok if you do? Fizzy drink, like carbonated water or sprite? Sorry, I'm now just stressing about this. I'm a big whimp when it comes to pain and I'm afraid I will have a panic attack and try to force myself to throw up.

Lord all this talk of what being stuck feels like and what happens is scaring the crap outta me!! I have been banded since June 6th, and I have had the sensation you are talking about utkscvol1, it scared the crap out of me then, but I got up and walked around and let out the biggest burp, and I felt much better. Hope you feel better!

I have to ask, did it hurt?? I have wondered if the numb the area before giving you a fill, etc..lol I'm kinda nervous about that. Good Luck!

I use my fitness pal and I just set the calories and not worry about the rest. I will look and see what my protein intake is but usually I just set my calories and go with it. Good Luck!

OMG I am in such a good mood! The past 2 days have been really good! How's everyone else doing?