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thanks steph

Hey guys, it's christmas morning, almost afternoon for us here in Germany, this morning was a blast. DH's first Christmas with our youngest, he missed her entire first year being deployed. first rolling over, crawling, standing, walking, talking, everything. Our oldest is 4 and this is the first time she has been so excited about Christmas. They have been playing nonstop for 3 hrs. now with their new toys. Hubby is cooking bacon and eggs. I will have a scrambled egg, first real food. Would anyone be willing to send me a copy of their diet plan. I was give one for a swedish band! I have the VG lapband, the american one. And the menu thing they gave me has weirdo stuff on it like, a brotchen with cream, or spaghettie bologonese. Nothing american. my email address is boyett2000143@aol.com. I really don't know when i am supposed to start mushies, the swedish band says 7 days which is today, i'm actually hungry today, so I guess starting with pureed sweet potato and scrambled eggs would be ok? I'm sick of Protein drinks and tomato Soup. yuck. so i just need guidlines as to what we are allowed to eat.

BK- the contest sounds awsome, you should do it! YOu could buy a bunch of new clothes with the$$. If it were me I would be sure to tell them that you are banded though. You don't want that good old friend Karma hanging out with your band! mpov- I did the exact same thing! NO bed for me until the tummy pain is gone. I am on the couch now or recliner, I switch back and forth all night. I'm still sore from my bad bed experience. Steph and Kay, thanks for thinking of me!! It's much appreciated. Tonight we saw Happy feet with the kids, so I'm feeling more myself again. I'm still completely pale with no color in my face, and energy drained, but feeling better. I changed my bandages, saw the staples, and oh my goodness the port incision is giant! about 5inches. I have 7 staples in that one, the rest are tiny with only 2 staples each. None are red, the skin looks good, so i don't think there is an infection, i hurt more on the inside than outside I think. Like i did a million situps or something. we had friends over tonight and we all were laughing so hard, now i'm sore. lol. I love to laugh. Merry Christmas December Bandsters, I'm am so excited to track our progresss this year. Kay- I'm also feeling a little sad about not eating this year. I baked Cookies today with my 4 year old little girl for santa, everyone had a hot cookie except me. I so wanted one. Oh well, size 8 here I come!!!!

thanks so much for the kind words everyone! Wednesday i go to get the staples removed and maybe by then I will have less pain. I don't think the incisions are hot, but i'm still very swollen. They are still bandaged. i'm allowed to take a real shower today, so i'm going to take one then I'm going to replace the bandages. i'll see then. I hate hate looking at my tummy, so i don't even have full length mirrors. So i'm scared to look, but i'll do it. They are very itchy, so that's a good sign, right? Last night i slept!! not the greatest, but more than i have since surgery. I feel a lot better today. the scales have moved again. I will change my ticker. So good things are happening. Now I don't want to move on to mushies, in fear of not losing so fast. I love watching the scales go down.

Hi, i've only been banded 6 days. I know what you mean. I keep thinking of places to eat then realize oh, can't do that, or oh when i am healed it would be a waste of money becuase i can't eat it all. It feels like a part of me is missing, totally worth it, but still missing. I celebrate with food, be depressed with food, cure bordom with food ect. I keep going to the fridge even though i am not hungry at all, just out of habit. I don't know you deal with it, but i amagine it is normal for us emotional eaters. Today I weighed and I have lost 20lbs from last month!! Yesterday i was depressed that I couldn't eat, today i'm not wanting to move to mushies beause i'll gain a few lbs. back. Maybe when the scales are going down, it will become easier to break up with your old friend food.

protein is tough, I gag at the thought of another shake, my lip quivers at the thought of adding a scoop to apple juice or anything else. I even got expensive protein puddings. I am so sensative to the protein taste. I am using expensive, high quality stuff, can't even get it in the store. And the thought makes me want to vomit. I've had no protein today, just water, tea, and about 4 tbl sp . of chocolate pudding (no protein) with FF Cool whip on top. I'm stuffed, but dizzy with no energy.

Ok 18th bandsters, how is your energy doing. I feel like the night of the living dead today. it's 6:30pm and I just had my first "meal" the rest of the day I didn't have enough energy to get something, so i did drink a lot of Water today. I feel dizzy, lightheaded, weak and sore. When will I feel normal again? I talke to the dr. this morning, after crying all morning when I called his office and they kept hanging up onme and yelling that they don't speak English!! awful. "nay Anglish" NAY, NINE SPREK EN DE ENGLISH, NINE!! So he finally had his wife call me back who speaks english better than she understands, he was in the room with her, so i tryed to ask her questions, but she kept saying she isn't a medical dr. Ok duh!! I called your husband not you! So she tried asking him my questions, but they just weren't getting it. I jut wanted to know if this pain is normal, and if I can take more of the pain meds than twice a day! He siad to come in (6hr. drive alltogether) and there will be pills for me at the desk. but he won't be there. No way am i driving 6 hrs. for pills, no. 250 miles. gas is $3 a gallon! And that's a deal here. on the economy it's about $5. So I emailed my real dr. the one who speaks english, the one who did the surgery. I have 2 drs. because i had the surgery at his friends hospital so he could give me 1000euro off the price. So i'm supposed to have prescriptions and staples removed by his friend. So i emailed the bariatric surgeon with my questions about pain meds and if the pain is normal, when shoudl the swelling go down, ect. this is my response. TAKE SMALL SIPS, DON'T DRINK BEVERAGE WITH GAS. BE HERE FOR FILL 1 MONTH. Oh my freaking goodness! I feel like a huge complainer, which i am not at all, but come on now. WTH???? I guess i need to learn German fast! we have only been here 4 months so my german is about 10 words. an nothing medical, go figure.

that is exactly how i feel!! I'm sorry for you, but i'm glad to see that it is normal. i thought i seriously had something wrong with me. WE are banded the same day, so maybe we are going through the same things. Are you still sore? How is the energy? I have zero, can hardly walk to the bathroom. I haven't slept since the surgery. HOw are you feeling?

i totally feel you. we are banded the same day. I am having similiar problems, but not quite as bad. keep me posted on what helps for you. i can use whatever advice i can get

it does hurt to laugh!! lastnight i watch the office, it was so so funny. i was dying laughing. dying. my incisions hurt so so bad. lol.

thanks for the info. it's now 5am, day 5 with no sleep! i'm tired. I have been walking my house a lot, and walking my village everyday. I thnk that has helped a lot. Maybe you'r right jack, I did take a gulp of water out of habit, I sipped the milk very slowly but the water I gulped. My check is starting to feel better now, but now it's burning after i just sipped water again. I know that getting th efluids in are so so hard! I just can't seem to drink that much, i'm so full after a few sips, i can do about 4 oz of water and tea at a time. seems as if there are not enough hours in the day to drink 2 liters.

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karen- you lucky duck! Enjoy those baked Beans. I am so sick of Protein shakes, yuck. The thought makes me gag. I had a yogurt today and a cup of gag me chicken broth, a popsicle and Water. I really want a ceasar salad right now. Do you guys feel that when you drink your stomach starts to rumble. I feel so good inbetween water and eating, so i just had a few sips of water , now it feels like gas in my chest again, and my stomach is gurgeling, i'm burping. it hurts. I just got done saying to my DH how much better i feel. it feel like really bad hunger pains. Hope beversman is doing well. I would also like molten chocolate cake from chilis

mine are itching too! and burning. but i have staples so i can't take them off. Still can't believe i am stapled! I was fuming wonder what the reason for that was?

i was just banded, and got really nervous beforehand as well. but the little bit of pain is totally worth it!

hi, i think i'm feeling better today. very tired, since I can't sleep comfortably on my side and back. still some pain. I went shopping today, odds and ends for christmas. Wrapped gifts with DH. tummy is so sore after all that, but overall I think getting better. I am starting to want food, but I'm not hungry, I just want some pizza hut or chicken man chicken, is that too much to ask?

I was also banded on the 18th. I too have weird grumbly tummy feelings. not sure if it is hunger or gas. I feel hungry i think, take a few sips and also get pressure in my chest, hiccup or burp then it feels better, I seem to get hungry every few hrs. I can only drink about 4oz or protein drink or soup at a time. Pain is getting better, but gas is not. It moves all over. My back is in so much pain from laying around and being uncomfortable, but I am exhausted from no sleep this week, so walking around is very hard. Catch 24. I'm just looking foward to no pain, which i have no tolerance for. I don't know how i had 2 children! lol. Thank God for the epidural, wish i could have that now.

congrats, if you haven't already, joind the december bandsters!! youll have a good time.

I think i have the 10cc band as well, but i just got it on monday, I hope that it doesn't take much more money to get to a good level. i go for my first fill on january 18th i think.

ok, those pants are so big they look like they are still on the hanger!

hey guys, I just woke up from a nap, gas pains still getting me. walked around my village today, it is so hilly!! My legs where Jello. tiredness hit me like a brick today. Still not hungry at all, I just finished 4 oz of a Protein shake, tried to do 5 oz but couldn't do it. very full right now, too full. I thnk my pain is getting better though, I don't cringe to get up anymore. so things are looking up for me!! hubby goes back to work on wednesday,I'm so happy that he had 1 1/2 weeks of leave. We were hoping to travel somewhere this weekend, Paris or the Netherlands, but I don't think I am up for the car ride. my dH made yummy spaghettie for dinner tonight, oh how good it smells. spaghettie is on my mushie stage? weird. I don't think i will give it a try then. I mayjust stick with mushe up sweet potatoes and lower calthings like that. i love all veggies so i think i may enjoy mushies. steamed squashes, sound so good right now. so does tuna in a blender one quick question- how long does the stomach stay bloated and swollen? My stomach is giant! I look preggo. maybe after the staples come out?

beversman, I know exactly how you feel girlie. I was so scare by the time i got there. I was shaking in my boots during the 3 hr. dr. there! It will go by so fast once you get there though. you wake up in the recovery room and it's all over, and you're so tired. Good luck tomorrow! we are all thinking about you. You have done so great, and you will do great tomorrow. dream about all the new outfits you will be getting soon! I know that's what I do all day. lol. I love clothes.

Oh I feel so bad for you for losing so fast! Not!! You must just be a model bandster. congrats to you. Isn't it amazing to be closer to 200 than you are to 300?? Incredible. Keep up the good work, you truely are an inspiration to us newbies.

welcome home bexy!! glad tohear of no pain.

welcome, I was also banded on monday, join the december bandsters chat!!