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p3, i liked the grape. really cold and shaken well

**sigh**, Steph to be honest i wasnt in that much pain. sure it hurt (i think it was me that said something about being cut in half), but not as much as you'd think being cut in half would hurt ... :drool: i had my op on Friday and my last dose of pain meds (liquid lorotab) was Sunday night and that was only to knock me out to sleep. you're only having the tummy area, right? not the arms or girls? im quite thankful that i didnt have other areas done or i would have been dead in the Water i think ... i cannot imagine trying to get up out of bed (a total chore in itself) without using my arms. :eek: one tip i can suggest - do some major squats / lunges now.. my thigh muscles pulled me through getting up off the bathroom and out of bed.. it did hurt when DH had to give me the blood thinner shots in my back ... trying to think of what else really hurt... nothing excrutiating... the skin pulled was quite uncomfortable, but you just grin and bear it... i have nerve twinges every once in awhile... the itching was really bad ... really bad but that was from my lipo incisions... what helped a great deal was putting Aveeno anti-itch cream (not lotion) on them. the itching didnt start until several days post op. you'll do great! and with you being smaller than i am, your results are going to be fantabulous!!! :frown:

i love Atkins Caramel Latte shakes - throw it in the freezer for 15 - 20 mins and YUMM... tastes like a Starbucks frapp

best of luck to you! :frown:

welcome back. i agree, the mental hurdle is the worst one. good luck

best of luck to you. i didnt necessarily have pain, just discomfort. you should have liquid pain killers when you are discharged.

hi, welcome to LBT. congrats on your weight loss so far.

cindy, despite the swelling, things are great. i posted pics on my blog last night .

G - at 228 you're not fat in my book... does that count?

sounds about right. i wasnt even hungry the first week or so. if you've been banded a week, you are probably still on liquids anyway. concentrate on getting Protein in. Isopure makes a good (kool-aid like) drink that has 40 grams in the jar. GNC carries it, im sure there are many other places to get it. good luck, keep us posted.

Dee, try not to stress over not losing weight. until you are properly restricted, you more than likely will not lose and many people actually gain a few pounds (mushies tend to be higher in carbs, etc...) maybe stay off the scales until your first fill ?? i know thats easier said than done (coming from a former scale-addict!), but it helps. focus on eating as best as you can, moving as much as you can and the weight loss will come. best of luck

wrong threads? they shouldnt even be on the internet ... :thumbs_up:

best of luck to you, i hope you have a speedy recovery.

sounds like a call to your surgeon would be a good idea. maybe something to do with your esophogus (sp???)

best of luck to you!

see if the FAQ answers some of your questions. link below. your doctor should also explain these in detail and give you guidelines when you should start each stage. Lap Band Talk Forum - The largest forum for Lap Band Surgery Discussion and Lap Band Surgery Support - FAQ: Post-operative concerns - First weeks as a "Bandster"

i dont care if they are black, white, pink, green or purple (although stripes would be nice)... as long as they do a competent job, represent our country well and undo the damage that has happened the past 8 years...

im complaining cause people are posting in the wrong thread...

thanks! im so pleased with Dr. P's work!! :thumbs_up:

ok, so im stealing some of faith's wisdom from another post. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/675012-post7.html That is a popular question: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f9/how-ma...mushies-30582/ (How many days before Mushies...) http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/how-s...hy-foods-1187/ (how soon for mushy foods?) http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f84/why-d...post-op-44909/ http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f84/how-l...hy-food-27508/ (How long before you were eating mushy-food?) Does it matter? It seems we are trying to either trying to validate our cheating on OUR doc's post-op diet ("See, someone else can have mushy food in three days, I was okay to eat those mashed potatoes, etc...") or it is to see if others have cheated with us, or it is find other to commiserate with ("My doc is sooo strict, yours is too? Thank goodness someone else understands."). Really, does it matter? You should be STICKING like GLUE to what YOUR DOCTOR (or nutritionist) told you to do. I wasn't allowed mushies until after three weeks. I could do pureed after two weeks. I think. I don't honestly remember and it's only been six months. See how it fades? It seems awful right now (and it was, that part I DO remember), but this is your life and your BAND. Stick to the diet, please. PLEASE do not get jealous of what someone else can do and think it's okay for you to do it, too. And please please please do not fall into the trap of "I chewed it really well, it went down fine, I feel fine, so it is okay." It's NOT okay. See Wendell's thread in the FAQ section about how the band really works for a good description of why eating early is bad. A year or two down the line someone may have a slip (they rarely know what causes slips), then I wonder if they think back to when they had that piece of pizza "chewed really well" and wonder if that contributed to it. I honestly believe that a)surgeons are sick to death of hearing us food addicts (I'm including myself here, otherwise I wouldn't be fat) whine and cry and piss and moan about how we can't possibly go a week or two or three on liquids so rather than have us cheat and eat something like fried chicken or pizza or steak they relented and went for the lesser of the evils and gave us the "mushy" phase a litle early. b)the other thought is the surgical technique has improved over the years and the sutures are a bit better and the new AP band and the Swedish band (Realize in the US) and the Midband are wider bands and thus should stay in place better and have less of a tendency to slip. But do we know that for sure yet? Hoe long term are the studies (and are there any large studies that demonstrate that shorter liquid and mushy phases do NOT contirbute to band complications?). I think it NEVER hurts to go a bit longer on each of the stages, especially the liquids stage. It gives your stomach a chance to heal and from scar tissue around the band to hold it in place (they can only suture on the front of the stomach, not the back, scars must form to hold the back in place) and to allow a "groove" to form for the band to settle in. The more you eat of food with more substance (yes even if you chew it really well) the more churning your stomach does to produce acids and enzymes to break that food down. Think about it. You walk into a bakery, you smell something wonderful, your mouth starts watering. You've started that digestive process. It's your body reacting to preparing for food. If you eat something you have to chew and chew, the body is producing lots of enzymes to break down that food. Producing those acids and enzymes causes (to a degree) some movement of the stomach muscle. Now I'm not saying it's in there running a race, but keeping the movements of the stomach to a minimum in the early days after banding is never a bad thing.

i used to be hot ALL THE TIME. literally standing in line at the grocery store and could be dripping with sweat (with the AC on )... now, im freeeeeezing - all.the.time... good luck

hope all went well today, please keep us posted.

best of luck to you!

hi Nancy, welcome to LBT and good luck on the 16th. :thumbs_up:

hi Rebecca, welcome to LBT and best of luck to you on the 16th.