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Bandiva dont use peroxide on incisions... only alcohol!! I have a ton of piercings that that is RULE #1!! Peroxide bubbles the dirt but then when done bubbling gets back into the deep incision taking the dirt in with it... USE alcohol. It drys instantly and keeps the dirt OUT. :-) I dont want you to get an infection :-)

Scorpio - the needle they gave Karen (in my understanding) was for emergency unfills. It was given to her because there is a chance that an emergency room will not have the needle they need on hand... if she needs an unfill done immediately. Come on everyone. I love ya. Lets keep things positive here :-) This is our December home. Denise -- Welcome! I am so glad to hear you are doing well. It doesnt necessarily get worse. You just feel swollen and stiff. Which is to be expected. No matter how bad you feel. Keep getting up and walking! It will make it all pass much more quickly. SassyladyNplano -- YEAH!! You're back! glad to see you are doing well. Missed you! My first fill is January 17th! Seems really soon, but my doctor says I am healing extremely quick. He thinks I will be more than ready in 3 weeks. WOW.

I bought an elliptical machine today. I made potato soup and ate some today. I feel like I am going to gain weight. I am only eating about 1/2 cup when I do eat.... hhhmmmmm Breakfast - Matrix Protein shake lunch - 1/2 to 3/4 cup potato soup - sugar free popsicle dinner - 3 TBSP potatoes 1/4 cup shreded chicken why do i feel guilty? why do i feel like im gaining weight? i know, i know --- take my own advice "this is not a time to be losing weight. it is a time to heal." easier said than done I suck.

NN32 - you are probably also building muscle mass... dont forget about that. You need to get out the tape measure and watch the inches fall away... even when the pounds seem to be staying. You can still tone up and lose mutilple sizes even if you aren't moving the scale as much as you would like. :-) You are doing fine. Dont worry

im down three more pounds! 242 My doctor (Dr C) said he saw your guys post about Dr. Harry Houdini. It was in reference to how small my incisions were. (ha) He said that he is going to hang it up in his office. really! hehe I apparently got the low profile port... and I have a 10 cm 4 cc band. I am healing well and have been moved on to pureed foods. So I had (thinned) cheesy potato Soup with chives.... mmmmm (drooling) real food

Do it. Most peoples only regret here is that they didnt do it sooner. :-)

I'm off to the Dr. tonight to see what they say about my incisions. I think they are taking the tape off... I wonder what they are gonna look like?! I already have hungery pains back too... wish that swelling would have lasted longer. can't wait for mushies... I've already eaten a few mushy things... but 99% of time is liquid liquid liquid.... YUCK. Can't wait to see what the Dr. scale says later. Hope it is good news.

My weightloss has slowed down, but I am going to give it time... i guess that is all that I can do... I am not eating anything... so i dont know how I couldn't be losing. 1 lb since surgery :-) oh well... I just want the holidays to pass. They are not a good time for me this year. If I wasnt so focused on this, I just dont know what I'd do. I still feel great. My bruises are starting to fade to a funky color and go away. I wish I could work out.

You go girl! Mypov is breaking out the HOT pants hehe - those are the little things that keeps us focused on our goals I know how good it feels to slide into something that hasn't fit in awhile. it is... heaven :angel:

Well, back at work -- feel fine. But still dont want to be at work. it just doesnt have much to do with the surgery. Glad everyone is feeling so much better... Good luck to my Dec 26th bandsters! You will all do great. I will be thinking about you :-)

Im doing great. I am missing being able to eat though. There is so much good food EVERYWHERE! I am not really hungry though. I am finding it hard to eat enough. I was really sleepy today. So, I kept napping. Now it is midnight... and I cant sleep... hehe... Merry Christmas!! it is offically the day ladies. I got my before pics taken the other day... of course I've lost 20 lbs before i got around to taking them... but oh well, cant wait till a few months pass and we can all see the results! I've been stalled for a few days since surgery, but I am still swollen. I know it will dissappear soon. Can't wait till I can get back to working out. I feel so good right now... i want to do a happy dance. Rhonda - Dr. Curry did my surgery this past friday. So, anything you need to know ask away! My scar pics are already up. I posted them same day as surgery. They are awesome there! My surgery only took 20 minutes. Good luck girl!

You can tell it is the holiday weekend... everyone has disappeared! You guys act like it is Christmas or something!

Just stopping by to check in... Im tired, but feeling great... not hungry at all. I keep making myself eat. I know I have to get that Protein. Sweet Hot -- I feel so bad for you. Have you been able to locate any liquid tylenol? something? If you have no pain meds, then you are going to be in pain, and I think it is completely normal. So, don't get too worried about it. I don't take any during the day, and it hurts like hell. So, I know you have to be feeling it. Heat also does wonders. Get that tummy good and warm. It helps with the pain.

Dr. Trace Curry-Copperfield that is... HA. He is amazing. My surgery only took 20 mintues too! He is a rock-star! He did 8 lap-band surgeries today alone... I was number 8. So, he was well warmed up. I can't even tell which one is my port... they are all so tiny... but there is a bruise on the middle one now. So, I think that is it. They kind of pull around on that one, and I think that is why I have a bruise popped out there. I feel good... BUT I have walked about two miles... just pacing back and forth. From what I read from all of you the quicker I walk (no matter how much I dont like it) the quicker this gas goes away! I think it already starting to go away just a bit. I dont like that swelled feeling in my tummy. I am eating some Protein infused chicken broth! mmmmm... (yeah right)

here is mine. had surgery today at 12:30pm

hehe... Kay is a weirdo. I think that sounds delicous! who cares if you spit it out? just don't swallow.... wow... that conversation could take a dangerous turn... I am getting ready to make my mom take my belly pictures... they will be on the scar page. Here they are, http://www.lapbandtalk.com/scar-stages-share-t6117.html?p=351105#post351105

(evil laugh) mmmwwwaaaahhhhh hehe. I'm back! had surgery at 12:30 was out of the hospital by 4:30pm -- I am home and doing awesome. My incisions are tiny! even the port one. I saw Kelli at the hospital. She wasnt feeling quite so well, but she is going ok too... her hubby and son were there with her. I woke up as soon as the surgery was done. I was still in the OR! I was cracking jokes and had the poor nurses in stiches. Nurse came in the recovery to see if I was ok, and the guy taking care of me said, "heck, she was talking when she got here!" Me?? never! love ya all. I am A OK. Will write more later :-) P.S. (of itchy places from the tape use Vitamin E!)

Getting ready to walk out the door. Gas X - check chapstick - check pain meds - check nausea meds - check big fat ass - check hehehe... Yep, looks like I got everything! Later ladies! See ya on the flip side!

[Cue Dramatic music] [enter - that announcer guy from the movies] "In a world where, solid food is a thing of dreams and liquids are considered a main course. The question remains will sleep elude this restless soul. Only time will tell the tale." [music climax... Cue suspended cymbal and tympany] :clap2: hehe... I am creating my own mini-drama I will call it "The Night Before." ....and this is me NOT on drugs! Boy you guys have had it tomorrow when I get back!

Thanks Butterfly! I am very restless right now. I am not nervous though. I've got to watch so many of you go through it that I feel much more at ease than I thought I would. You guys don't worry about eating a little bit. Especially those of you who are on mushies! 10 bites of a mushy food is NOT bad. You can't deprive yourself completely or you are going to keep developing more and more cravings and then cave on something really bad. This diet is a lifestyle change. I do NOT view it as a diet. In fact, I plan on eating foods that everyone else eats... just in smaller portions. I am not going to pump myself full of tasteless mushy lean cuisines... that taste like frozen lumps of proccessed crap. When the time comes for regular food, I will watch my calories and stay away from processed carbs (white carbs). But I think as long as I eat one chicken nugget and not 10... then there is no reason not to have one. That is the whole point of this band. Eat normally.... I hope that mindset works... i just have no desire to be on a diet the rest of my life... yuck!

Welcome, Eric! We were all hiding from ya! :-) kidding Glad you found us. It is hard to keep up sometimes. Feeling free to jump in and start keeping us in line! We are a bit rowdy.

Yes this is my home as well :-) Thank you Mistique, BrwnEydGrl, Nat, Khristina, Carol, Steph! Good luck to you too Carol. I will be thinking about you today. Steph it is ok that you dont feel restriction right now. It is probably NOT a good idea to be eating solids... make sure you are chewing them to a pulp if you do!! BUT it is ok to be eating extra mushies. These first few weeks are not about losing weight. It is about getting your tummy healed back up and in working order. So, don't feel bad. You are not going to feel much restriction until you get your first fill. You are perfectly normal :-) Bandiva! Awesome baby girl! Sounds like you're doing great. I am going to try to follow your example and walk whether I feel like it or not. VA Bandster - don't worry about not losing like I said to Steph. You need the Protein and calories that you are taking in to heal... AND you are probably still carrying around alot of Water. We tend to retain it (like a bandaid) when we have a trauma to our bodies. So, you may be losing fat and the scale just isn't reflecting it. Don't worry. Get out a tape measure and start looking at that. I hear it is a much better gauge than a scale. :-) bkwalling -- you are so lucky to have someone there for you like that... congratulations on finding him and being together this long. that is always a big help to have that kind of support. Later Skinny! SweetHot -- i can't wait to go shopping in normal stores and get the cute clothes I've always wanted! I've never been a shopper but I have a feeling that is going to be changing. (how are you doing? is the pain better now?) I've been worried about you. Nat - Girl, they better give me a GOOD sedative... hehe. I am coming back on here to spout off some loopy, sedative induced nonsense when I get home. It is gonna be off the hook. I say crazy things when I am not under the influence of narcotics... God only knows what I will come up with tomorrow. ha BrwnEydGrl -- man I am just focusing on the future... I am thinking 4 months from now -- a year from now... WOW it is exciting to think where I might be by then... Mistique - Thank you for the encouragement. I am practiing my deep breathing right now... HA -- by the time I get there they are going to think I am giving birth, not having lap band surgery... OK, back to work again...

It's the last day ladies! I caught the cleaning bug last night too. :-) Sitting here at work... not thinking about work. Wish my time hadn't been delayed for tomorrow. I was looking forward to having no time to think about it. Just getting in there and getting it done. Now, I have all morning to get myself worring about stupid crap. Ahhh.... back to work.

You guys need to get benefiber and stir it into your liquids. That will help alot to bind things together and get them moving as planned... hehe. Seriously, it will help alot. You mud-butts! Well, one more day for me. I sure hope I dont regret this on the other side. Got all my Christmas shopping done today. Getting ready to wrap everything. (sigh) love you all. thank you for being sure a great group of women. I look forward to hearing from you everyday. I will definitely be on here all day tomorrow... lol, don't tell my boss. I keep peaking while Im at work to see what is going down on our thread. It is hard to keep up with ya.