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Just think that is 20 pounds that won't ever come back. Each pound I lose I think that too and I get so excited that I will never see that number on the scale again. Slow and steady is definately the way. I agree the fast track is what got me here too and maybe this is God's way of making me slow down.

I agree it is difficult to make a small batch of soup, but my oh my doesn't it make your house smell wonderful when it is cooking.

My port is on my right side, but I think that different doctors put them in different places. Your largest incision is where your port is. My pain has gotten a little better. Was feeling great this morning, but I think I over did it and now I am not feeling so hot. My port site is very tender and it is still difficult for me to go from a sitting/lying postion to standing up. I am feeling the bubble thing too, from my chest to my throat, but I have noticed it happens when I take to big of a drink. I am still very bloated and can tell I still have a lot of gas. I've been taking Gas-X and have been walking. In the next few days we will all feel like new people. Sandy

04/20/10 - Seminar (Weight 269 pounds) 04/29/10 - PCM appointment for referral 05/03/10 - Insurance submitted after I had to call the my PCM's office again to make sure that they did it. 05/05/10 - Insurance approved (Tri-Care) 05/13/10 - First consultation with Dr. Keith and surgery date scheduled 05/17/10 - PT, Psych, and Dietary consults 05/20/10 - 10 day diet class and first support group meeting 05/24/10 - Pre-op diet started (266.8) 05/27/10 - Final pre-op appointment 06/04/10 - Surgery (255.4) Well, today is my first blog ever. I got home from the hospital about 6 hours ago. The ride from OKC was pretty rough. Longest 3 hours that I've had in awhile. Surgery was yesterday. Weighed in on their scales at 255.4. Got there around 6:45 yesterday morning. Lab drawn, physical assessment done, IV started with a 20 gauge to my left hand x 1 stick. (She was good. Didn't feel a thing). Didn't get wheeled back to surgery until 10:30 and got out of recovery at about 12:30. Was VERY, VERY nauseated in recovery. (I always am and that was with a Scoplamine patch on). Pain meds given and then I was taken to the floor. Had very nice, attentive nurses. Could not have asked for a better bunch to take care of me. Hubby stayed by my side the whole time and even slept in one of those horrible geri-chairs. Was very groggy for the first several hours. Around 4 pm, I finally decided it was now or never if I was ever going to wake up an walk. I walked the length of the hallway a couple of times and sat up for about 30 minutes, then back to bed I went. They were giving me 30 cc of ice chips every 30 minutes for an hour then 30 cc of ice chips every 15 minutes for an hour. After I tolerated that, they brought me some Jello, crystal light with a bottle of water, and some de-caf tea and was told to drink/eat 30 cc every 15 minutes of that. (Took me forever to get it all down). Took my sleeping medicine and some more pain-medicine and off to LaLa land I went. Was awoken several times through the night for different things. Woke up at 4 am to urinate and was in a lot of pain. So I took more pain meds. Doctor came in and discharged me around 8 am. We stopped in Shawnee to get my prescriptions filled and so that my hubby could get him something to eat while I sat in the truck (he didn't want to eat in front of me and I didn't want him too either). I took some more pain meds when I got home and off to bed I went for a little while. As long as I take the Gas-X and Lortab I am doing okay. Hurts like hell to lay on my right side (where the port is). Shoulder pains from the gas. Keep telling myself, you just have to walk. I'm not really hungry. I ate a 1/2 cup of low-fat cream of chicken soup when i got home and that filled me up. I drank 1 can of Vanilla Slim-Fast carb control. It was okay, but took me like an hour to get it drank. I waited the 30 minutes then got me a bottled water and had my first experience with something not wanting to go down. It was like the water was stuck in my throat. Not like choking, but like it was stuck. Any how, I cleared my throat and down it went. Got on the scales and found that I had gained 10 pounds from those darn IV fluids and all the swelling. Overall, it has not been a bad experience. I could have done without the pain, but it is surgery afterall.

So sorry that you had such a rough time. I'm glad that you are feeling better now though. Yes, it is just a small setback. That is what I keep telling myself. This pain and suffering will all be over with soon and will be so worth it in the end.

I'm back home today after having surgery yesterday. The 3 hour drive home about did me in. Overall, I am doing okay. I can tell when 4 hours has passed without looking at the clock because my pain meds are wearing off. But, I must say that this laproscopic procedure was far less painful than my previous one. This afternoon I am having shoulder pains from the gas, but they are tolerable. I bought some of the Gas-X strips and have been using those. I have been walking and the gas is passing so hopefully I will feel better soon. I have been having some nausea even with the Scoplamine patch on, but I think that this may be from the gas as well. Warm fluids seem to ease my stomach so I've been sipping on those. It takes awhile for me to get my shake down. So I feel like I am drinking all the time between trying to get my protein and my water intake in. I hope all of those that have had surgery are doing well and good luck to those coming up. Sandy

Glad those of you who have been banded are doing well. Hope you get to feeling better.

June 3rd dsinhouse ashley2369 JazzyRayne KBertinelli Dallen lesljal maja0507 Good luck tomorrow!!! You guys are in my thoughts.

Surgery list updated 6/3/10: Surgery Dates: June 1st vjack TanyaSc criveraarroyo Kim175 Angie-B crsti41 BusyMamaOf4 str8natv June 2nd Mexican Canetoad JenniferInBoston anneduck weso631 June 3rd dsinhouse ashley2369 JazzyRayne KBertinelli Dallen lesljal maja0507 June 4th nursesandy ccsweetss ssmom cactusmom sixtythreenova lridings samiJ LibertyJ June 7th agiudice Waiting2BMe Michele70 frankiesbaby Finetnredbone scottish_lass23 danielle b ArmyW!feLori June 8th Houstontx 1prettygirl1983 The Big Boy Redhead4947 Caylarene June 9th photoman cbbrink hollygrovecarole 1reign Niki1617 moniquesplace iJenny samanthea nena.davis64 ChangingMyLife chillax June 10th Fluffy1 MaggieB Hilda2bthin hmallen June 11th Asteenho rucsac1971 usaf_wife June 14th Jenniferczap Collettakay madpassion JessicaMills Tracytma JaxsMom lll7lll SunD1 kagead indyjeff rosey252 June 15th Jpsomers CurvyCat Rsilversea BossLadyJ smiles79 June 16th FallnXAngel duncansmom xenay CarolD771 June 17th chicomaya79 emma33 cocobean83 DrkAmazon June 18th Jonelle143 Sonora1 June 19th xMsSarahx June 21st Bklynike Bwilli Blaquetank June 22nd georgiaray74 June 24th misszizka rapidsangel June 25th Hephania June 28th maries Anyajasmom cjett June 29th bigpops Kelleigh710 candy rain KS_sxychoc Mommy2Ps scrapbook girl June 30th Derby

June 2nd Mexican Canetoad JenniferInBoston anneduck weso631 Good luck tomorrow!!!!

Here is another updated list with the additional people added. June 1st vjack TanyaSc criveraarroyo Kim175 Angie-B crsti41 BusyMamaOf4 June 2nd Mexican Canetoad JenniferInBoston anneduck weso631 June 3rd dsinhouse ashley2369 JazzyRayne KBertinelli dallen June 4th nursesandy ccsweetss ssmom cactusmom sixtythreenova lridings June 7th agiudice Waiting2BMe Michele70 frankiesbaby Finetnredbone scottish_lass23 danielle b ArmyW!feLori June 8th Houstontx 1prettygirl1983 The Big Boy Redhead4947 Caylarene June 9th photoman cbbrink hollygrovecarole 1reign Niki1617 moniquesplace iJenny samanthea June 10th Fluffy1 MaggieB Hilda2bthin hmallen June 11th Asteenho rucsac1971 usaf_wife June 14th Jenniferczap Collettakay madpassion JessicaMills Tracytma JaxsMom lll7lll SunD1 kagead indyjeff June 15th Jpsomers CurvyCat Rsilversea BossLadyJ smiles79 June 16th FallnXAngel duncansmom xenay CarolD771 June 17th chicomaya79 emma33 cocobean83 DrkAmazon June 18th Jonelle143 June 19th xMsSarahx June 21st Bklynike Bwilli June 22nd georgiaray74 June 24th misszizka June 25th Hephania June 28th maries Anyajasmom cjett June 29th bigpops Kelleigh710 candy rain KS_sxychoc Mommy2Ps scrapbook girl June 30th Derby

I like the name June Bugs too. Good luck to those of you having surgery tomorrow. Let us know how you are when you feel up to it. June 1st vjack TanyaSc criveraarroyo Kim175 Angie-B crsti41 BusyMamaOf4

Here's the updated list with the people's names that were added today. Surgery Dates: June 1st vjack TanyaSc criveraarroyo Kim175 Angie-B crsti41 BusyMamaOf4 June 2nd Mexican Canetoad JenniferInBoston anneduck June 3rd dsinhouse ashley2369 JazzyRayne KBertinelli dallen June 4th nursesandy ccsweetss ssmom cactusmom sixtythreenova lridings June 7th agiudice Waiting2BMe Michele70 frankiesbaby Finetnredbone scottish_lass23 danielle b June 8th Houstontx 1prettygirl1983 The Big Boy Redhead4947 Caylarene June 9th photoman cbbrink hollygrovecarole 1reign Niki1617 moniquesplace iJenny samanthea June 10th Fluffy1 MaggieB Hilda2bthin June 11th Asteenho rucsac1971 usaf_wife June 14th Jenniferczap Collettakay madpassion JessicaMills Tracytma JaxsMom lll7lll SunD1 June 15th Jpsomers CurvyCat Rsilversea BossLadyJ smiles79 June 16th FallnXAngel duncansmom xenay CarolD771 June 17th chicomaya79 emma33 cocobean83 DrkAmazon June 18th Jonelle143 June 21st Bklynike Bwilli June 22nd georgiaray74 June 24th misszizka June 25th Hephania June 28th maries Anyajasmom June 29th bigpops Kelleigh710 candy rain KS_sxychoc Mommy2Ps

I made us a list of all the surgery dates so we can tell who our buddies are and wish those having surgery that day good luck. If I missed someone, I'm sorry. Surgery Dates: June 1st vjack TanyaSc criveraarroyo Kim175 Angie-B crsti41 June 2nd Mexican Canetoad JenniferInBoston anneduck June 3rd dsinhouse ashley2369 JazzyRayne KBertinelli dallen June 4th nursesandy ccsweetss ssmom cactusmom sixtythreenova lridings June 7th agiudice Waiting2BMe Michele70 frankiesbaby Finetnredbone scottish_lass23 June 8th Houstontx 1prettygirl1983 The Big Boy Redhead4947 Caylarene June 9th photoman cbbrink hollygrovecarole 1reign Niki1617 moniquesplace iJenny samanthea June 10th Fluffy1 MaggieB Hilda2bthin June 11th Asteenho rucsac1971 June 14th Jenniferczap Collettakay madpassion JessicaMills Tracytma JaxsMom lll7lll June 15th Jpsomers CurvyCat Rsilversea BossLadyJ smiles79 June 16th FallnXAngel duncansmom xenay CarolD771 June 17th chicomaya79 emma33 cocobean83 June 18th Jonelle143 June 21st Bklynike bwilli June 24th misszizka June 25th Hephania June 28th maries Anyajasmom June 29th bigpops Kelleigh710 candy rain KS_sxychoc Mommy2Ps

Well, I must say that I am so excited. I posted earlier about losing 10 pounds since Sunday, but I took my measurements and couldn't be more excited. Neck - 0.5 inches, Arm - 0.25 inches, Thigh - 1.5 inches, Breast - 2.75 inches,:cursing: Waist - 2 inches, Hips - 2 inches for a total of 9 inches lost in 6 days. YIPPEEE, for me. lol Hey if any of you guys hasn't found it on your own you can go to realizemysuccess.com and find a website set up by the makers of the realize band (Johnson and Johnson). You can log your food diary, record your weight and measurements and a bunch of other features. I really am enjoying using it and it is free.

My doctor and dietician both said I could add extracts, sugar-free syrups, etc. You can buy the Da-Vinci syrups that really help. I can't stand the vanilla either, but I have found that if I add 1 tbsp. of sugar-free caramel ice cream topping to it that it helps the flavor tremendously. They also said that you can add sugar-free pudding mix to your shakes to add texture and flavor. I tried the sugar-free cheesecake added to a strawberry shake and found it to be way to sweet for me, but you might like it. I was just told to experiment with flavors. I hope you find something you like. I'm still working on this as well.

On day 6 of pre-op diet. I've been doing good and have actually lost 10 pounds since I started. I'm sure most of it is water weight, but I will take weight loss however it comes. Surgery is next Friday and I am starting to get nervous. Mostly ready to get this journey started and to get some days off of work.:cursing: Some of you guys are getting so close. I'll keep you guys in my thoughts this weekend because I am sure you guys are more nervous than I am. Hope everyone has a good holiday weekend.

My diet is a 10 day diet: Days 1 - 7: Breakfast Protein Meal Replacement shake Mid-morning, mid-afternoon, and bedtime snack Protein Bar or drink lunch and dinner half of a protein meal replacement shake 2 - 4 ounces lean meat 1/2 cup non-starchy vegetable or 1 cup salad with low-fat dressing. And of course 64 ounces of de-caf, sugar-free liquid. Days 8 - 10: Liquids

I have Tri-Care South and my surgery was approved 2 days after the doctor submitted it. My height is 5'8" and I weigh 269. My co-morbidities are Severe OSA and joint pain. I have also been started on medication because my blood pressure has just now started to creep up there. For me it was alot easier than I thought it would be. I'm sorry that some of you are having difficulty. I hope it works out for you. Sandy

I'm going to be a June Bandster as well. My banding date is June 4th. I think I'm more nervous about the pre-op diet than anything else. I'm not worried about failing. I can lose weight, I just can't keep it off. I've been off of all sodas for the last two weeks, now if I could just get use to not having anything to drink with my meals, I will have to of my demons beat. I am looking forward to taking this journey with all of you guys and good luck.