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Congrats on your approval! It will be here before you know it, and then you'll be in Bandster Hell like me! LOL Best of luck to you and the rest of the August (and July) bandsters! A new life awaits!

Guilty Conscience on his part, maybe?? My first thought would be he's hiding something from YOU, hence the paranoia. I'm going from a gut feeling here. Most people who get all bent out of shape are either trying to hide their own infidelity or he has extreme jealousy issues. In either event, I would take a long hard at look at the relationship. Best of luck!

I was banded on 6/29 and I think I'm experiencing possibly the same thing that you are. Where the port incision in...if you were to stick something in, say, 5inches, is where the pain is and it's a pulling from the inside type of pain? I get this when I've either been sitting for a while and stand up, or when I've been laying down. It's not a constant pain, but happens only when I get up. I attribute it to the stitches on the inside. Not only are there stitches (or in my case glue) on the outside, the multiple layers inside were stitched as well. For a while, I was feeling it on the right side too. It was a super intense pain for a few minutes right after I stood up. In my non-professional experience, I chalk it up to the internal healing process. Just because we're almost healed on the outside, doesn't mean we're 100% on the inside. Hope that helps. If you're still real worried about it, or the pain gets worse, go see your MD! It won't hurt, and better safe than sorry! GL!

I'm 13 days out too, and I hear ya on the scale moving up even after a tiny bit of 'real' food. I've been eating for about 5 days now, and the scale has gone up like 3lbs (although I refuse to change my ticker! hahaha). Don't worry, it will go down eventually. It's like we've been in starvation mode and when we get some food, our bodies do not want to let it go!! Also, I think Water weight gain happens to us more often than skinny people since we have more fat to hold the water. Who knows, I could be talking out of my butt...but that's my story and I'm sticking to it! :thumbup: As for being anorexic, highly unlikely. Mal-nourished, maybe...but not anorexic. Best of luck to you!!

I don't know if you mentioned it, but have you had a fill yet? I had my surgery on 6/29 and haven't been filled yet so I can't say what could have caused your ordeal. It sounds awful, that's for sure!! I've been eating real food for about a week and a half now without a single problem. I even had a steak fajita taco (flour tortilla) yesterday and was completely fine. Sounds like you either inhaled it and drank too much with it, but who knows. Nothing like that has ever happened to me, but I haven't eaten fast food yet either. I'm sure it wasn't the food itself (especially if you're unfilled), but just a combo of the mechanics of eating and drinking. Goodluck and hope it doesn't happen again!

I can't thank you all enough for your post & replies. I was banded on 6/29 and even though I'm technically still supposed to be on liquids, I've already eaten real foods without any problem. Granted, I'm not stuffing my face at McD's, but solid food is solid food. I was certain last night that I damaged my stomach and the band for having half of a 6in sub-like sandwich. I was devastated and totally freaked out. I'm back on track, but this is really a head-game, isn't it?? I never use to understand why people are soooo excited when they get a fill, and now I think I know. Fills=weight loss. No fills= no loss. Right?!?! It's not rocketscience, but I think I just figured it out. Sorry if I'm rambling, I appreciate everyone on here for their comments and especially to the gal who posted my exact question. I'm right there with ya girl! WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, and sorry. Didn't mean to hijack your thread!!!!!!

Hey Marisa and everyone else! I was also banded on 6/29 and my recovery has been similiar, except I didn't get the major gas pains. I had gas, but I stayed on top of the gas-x and walked, even on the first day. I'm still feeling full after very small meals, I can't even finish a Protein shake! I was bad though and I had a sandwich yesterday. I'm not even supposed to be on mushies yet. Oops!! It was OK though, it took me almost an hour to eat it and you can bet I chewed it to nothing! By the time I swallowed, it was like a soup! I wouldn't recommend it though, rule breaking that is. I was dumb and it's not going to happen again!! Anyway, keep walking and hope everyone has great success!!

Sugar Free Koolaid singles (sold next to the Crystal Light packs) are WONDERFUL! I found some at Wal-mart! I can't drink anymore Crystal Light. BLAH!

Hi All! I've 5days post op and I'd like to know if it's safe to swallow my meds, in pill form. They are little pills, once a day. Not Vitamins. My discharge instructions from the hospital says to crush them for 6wks, but that seems a little ridiculous to me. I can't bear to smash and swallow anymore. They burn going down and taste DISGUSTING. Any words of wisdom?!?!? Thanks everyone!!!!

Awesome Awesome!!! Your smile speaks volumes!!

Thanks everyone for the boost of confidence! When I get home tonight, I will take them, broken up into peices and see how it goes!! Now, if only I could rid my body of this gas I'm harboring in my gut. Ugghhhhh.

I was banded yesterday, 6/29 too and you can read about it here!! Sorry, too lazy to type it out again! Diary of a (Former) Fat Chick: As a matter of fact, I AM with the Band!

I made it, I made it!!! Thanks everyone for the well wishes!! My whole ordeal can be found here!! Diary of a (Former) Fat Chick: As a matter of fact, I AM with the Band!

After years of being on the fence, and starting the serious journey in April, tomorrow morning is my surgery. I'm FREAKING OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not so much concerning the surgery itself, just what happens, oh...for the rest of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cmon out fellow bandsters and put to rest my fears of the aftermath!!! Will life ever get back to being somewhat normal?!?!? TIA!!!

I know, sucks huh!?! Dummy me didn't think about it when I jumped at the surgery date!!! Oh well! Small sacrifice, I suppose! haha Have fun and please don't tell me how it is!! I'm probably going to drag my arse down there no later than Thursday!! I can't wait much longer!!!! Prrrrr Edward! :ohmy: Thanks for the kind words everyone!! I'm excited, but still so nervous about the aftermath. The surgery itself will be OK (I've had three others before), but just everything after is what I'm concerned about. I know I'll be OK, eventually!!

Thanks to everyone for the supportive comments!!! J & S, you two don't know how much you've helped me through this process!! I've been blessed to meet such wonderful friends on here and I can't thank you both enough!! Same goes to Heather, Erika & Vickie for being a great support via my blog too! Thanks girls!! :ohmy: Jen- Tomorrow it's you and me (and 7 others!?!)! I'll make sure not to give DK too much of a problem!!!

Hi Jenny- I don't have any pearls of wisdom to offer, but I'm right there with ya! My surgery is Tuesday. I'm also in TX. :scared2: Best of luck to you and I wish you the best!! It's a big change, and I'm starting to freak out too, but thankfully we have this awesome site filled with people who are living the banded life!

Welcome! I'm in TX too. Congrats on having a date! It will be here before you know it! Like you, I also had my gallbladder removed and like he said above, I've heard it's worse painwise than the LB. I hope so! I'm such a pain wimp!! LOL My surgery is on Tuesday!! Yae us!!!

OOPS- WEIGHT, not WAIT!! :smile2: I've been doing really well, am on day 9 of the pre-op Optifast diet and this morning my scale was 1.5lbs heavier!!! WTF?!?!??!?! :biggrin: Now I did have one slip up and had two bites on Lasagna on Monday night, but that was it. I've normally been missing my last shake of the night, but last night I decided to have it since I've been waking up hungry. Do you think that could be the cause?? Has anyone else ever GAINED weight on the pre-op diet??? I'm SOOOOOO ticked off. :thumbup: TIA!

Thanks for the advice everyone. Nope, not exercising regularly, so it's not muscle gain. Nope, not over the 9 days, just overnight. I'm happy to report that this AM the scale was back down....so probably more or less Water weight gain. I'm on 800 calories a day, for 14 days. My surgery is set for Tuesday. I can't wait!!!!!!! Good luck tomorrow, Melissa!! :thumbup:

Hi Chris- I was in your place over a year ago. On the fence and wanting to do something about my weight, but then not wanting to admit to myself that I can't do it on my own and that I need help. One of my reasonings, in my head, was that there was no way I could give up eating for two weeks (or more) before the surgery. It was silly of me to think that I valued food for two weeks more than the rest of my life. Does that make sense? Right now, I'm on day 7 of my pre-op two weeks, and you know what?! I'm still alive! I'm doing it and it's not that bad. I have two kids, the youngest being 13months. Right now, I was on the fast track to having a heart attack by the time she started school, or worse yet, even sooner. I NEED to be around to see my girls grow up. My quality of life should not revolve around what my next meal is going to be, and when I made that decision that enough is enough, I made the call to the surgeon. That was in April and my surgery is next week. I don't know what the future holds, and of course I'm scared of what I'm giving up....but I'm more scared of missing out if I'm dead. That's kind of blunt, but you get the idea! One thing that really inspired me was looking at the before and after pics. Knowing that these are real people who have done it before me just gave me SO MUCH HOPE. If they can do it, so can I. This blog also pushed me too. She's awesome and such a success story. Look at her before and after pics. Unbelievable!! www.cheeseandsunkist.blogspot.com She's on here and she's awesome. Anyway, sorry for the novel. We're all here to support you! Good luck with your decision!!