Mary Ash

Now down to low 220's and have a Brachioplasty scheduled. I may have had a much slower journey than others but it feels good to still be making steps forward.

I'm doing really great right now. O god the gas pain was pretty bad for me in my upper chest area, it felt like I was having a heart attack for the first two days! How are you pain wise besides the gas pain. I know it hurt me to sit or stand for a good bit.

Hey how are you! thanks for the add. I had my surgery during last Christmas break and I'm doing ok but being a resident student has been working against me a lot! I think there tons of added struggles for someone who gets the band while in college. Keep me updated!

I'm doing pretty good still getting used to everything and being at school stuff like that. I have a pretty busy schedule this semester to its been a little tough making sure I eat everything I need to.

Hey just saw your about me I'm a sophomore Bio major in college and am still considering pre med or pre law also. I hope your doing well and have maybe decided that the band was a good decision for you. I definitely had my doubts right after surgery also so don't feel alone there! Keep in touch

Hey ! I see your getting banded this month good luck! I just had surgery Jan 5th.

Good luck tomorrow!

Hey I see your getting banded around the same time as I did, I was banded Jan 5th and good so far. Good luck

O and I cheated at a chinese restaurant shortly post op also, but I wouldn't necessarily say egg drop soup was cheating that much!

Hey I see your getting banded soon, my surgery was on Jan 5th. Hope all is going well pre op for you and good luck!

Time for a fill maybe? I got 2cc almost a week ago now and am doing pretty good. Are you scheduled for one anytime soon?

That's awesome! What's the date?!

I've been losing pretty slowly also. I got a 2 cc fill this past Wednesday thougha and I can definately feel a major differenc now so I hope that is a help. Before I really had minimal restriction.

Hey Its been a week now and I think I'm doing really well. First post op check up with my surgeon tomorrow morning so will see for sure. It was really hard at first to drink all of the necessary fluids but got easier quick.

I get most of the protein in because I kind of put that together with the liquids by drinking protein shakes, kill two birds with one stone. Small sips constantly is the best way, it definitely is not comfortable to drink a lot at once!

HI! Its been a week now and I think I am doing pretty well. First post op check up tomorrow morning. I'm doing fine drinking eating etc so far but it still hurts when sitting, standing , bending over etc which I expected I guess. I'm going back to school and starting classes again on Thursday so a bunch of new struggles will be coming my way. I hope your doing well with everything!

I'm doing pretty good so far. Everything did go as was expected. The things that hurts the worst now is the incisions sting when sitting or standing. Overall no major problems so far. And you should be excited!! I know I'm definitely excited now to heal up and start exercising and all again.

Wow you got surgery 10 days after me and you already feel no restriction? I know 10 days ago I was still having trouble getting most foods down. Now though I am definitely getting hungry and am able to squeeze in too much.

I will definitely keep you posted and let you know how the first fill thing goes!

Omg I know exactly how you feel I wore jeans last week because I didn't feel like doing my wash ( haha) it hurt so bad when I was sitting in class allllll day. I felt like I was going to throw up all day long. So I'm still wearing just sweatpants!

When can we actually start fully exercising I'm not even sure? I have been moving around A lot though because my classes are spread out all over campus this semester which was hard the first couple of days back.

Wearing a size 20 dress to Dinner Dance this year. I was in a 26 last year. Nice

Bought a bunch of bras from VICTORIA's SECRET yesterday! I've NEVER been able to fit into their bras before!

Got a Re-fill. Still not as tight as I would like it to be though.

Getting really frustrated with myself

Finals Week. Major stressin, but down 76 total now. So hard trying to avoid eating everything bad in sight right now!

I'm actually going in for my second fill tomorrow. I have like no restriction and I feel like I can eat a lot more than I should be able to!

How are you doing?!

I'm finally starting to realize that life is never going to slow up enough for me to completely get in control. I've got to make changes and get serious now even though I've never been more stressed out in my life!