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Wolfgang Pucks is really good. I like them both, but the Better than Boullion is made from meat and even has itty bitty little pieces of meat in it. You are going to be there before you know it!!! Your belly band will be born!!!

I'd like to start a South Beach Daily. When do you guys want to start? Before banding or after? Or now?

Hey, it's okay to love your band. We owe them so much. :clap2:

I dont' have any pain anymore either!!! YYAAAYYY:clap2: I do still have a lot of restriction and can't eat enough to get over 850 calories a day. I am striving for 1000, but I feel nauseous if I eat over a cup. I am trying to get some creamy split pea down, even added some yummy nacho cheese to it. I ate a cup, had two litte bites more and Bandy is telling me to STOP. One more bite and I am going to be sick. I already feel slightly nauseous.

There actually is an AA for food called OA for Overeaters Anonymous.I used to go. It would be good to go. I may go to a meeting with one of my friends who was struggling. Do you need a fill? Maybe that is why you are able to get the food in. I can barely eat or I fee like I am getting nauseous. And I am trying to so I can get some calories in. This is a good place. I journal everyday, what I eat, how I feel and this group keeps each other accountable. The bandster rules are very important my doctor has told me to be successful faster. :welcome2:

I am 2 weeks post op and still restricted.:clap2: I have trouble finishing a cup of creamy split pea soup. I have trouble getting enough calories in and I am really trying to. I even bought some of that yummy nacho cheese you put on nachos and put a tablespoon into my creamy soups! It is good!!! I think I only got about 750 calories in today.

Welcome!!! I don't think the Swedish band is going to be approved here anytime soon, as I think people would be talking about it. There are a few banded here with Swedish bands. In the little I tried to poke around, they seem very similar. I bought Dr. Ortiz's book and I will look there to see if he says anything about the Swedish band, I think I recall he does. We mostly all here, have the Inamed band. You may want to post on the main thread calling all swedish bandsters!!! But, you are welcome to this thread since no matter what band you get, you are a lower bmi. Lower bmi's tend to have a little different issues than higher bmi's, like slower weight loss.:welcome2: Audree

Good night!!!

I am actually going to go back to school, online to finish my BA in psychology. My goal is to get my MA in social work. I have always wanted to work with marriage and family. I was orginally going to get my MA in Marriage and Family Counseling, but someone told me I'd have more options to get my MA in social work. I have never thought about working with people that have struggled with their weight like I have. Now, with all I have gone through and getting banded, meeting all of you, I think I may have found another calling!!

Yeah, the Airbornee saved me!!! Wow, there are a lot of us Dr. Ortiz patients. He is awesome!@!!

When did you have your surgery? I am 2 weeks post op now. I struggle to get in 1000 calories.It has been more like 800. I was hoping that the restriction I got from surgery would last me to at least the 6 week point so I could get a fill if needed. I have the 4cc band. I wonder if Dr. Ortiz adds a little to the band. I have heard some doctors do.

Here is a video of the WHOLE surgury in detail. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3190472028990485080&q=lap+band&hl=en It made me stick to my pre op diet, since you need to shrink your liver so they can lift it out of the way

:help: :help: I am day 10 post op and have been doing very well. I had a Campbell's Clam Chowder Soup pureed to a thin consistency and no chunks. It was one of those Campbels Select on the go 15 oz little bowls. Well, I was so excited, I ate the whole thing. I didn't feel uncomfortable as I ate it or right after. I did also drink 16 oz of crystal light after and now I feell NAUSOUS and my stomach feels sore!!! Did I over do it?? Why didn't I feel full to stop???? I feel like I could very easily throw up and am lying down. What should I do? Thanks for you help!!! Audree

A lot of people gain after having the band taken out.I was told it is for life unless you slip,, erode or have acid reflux problems.

the Fudgesicles come in a yellow box and are Popsicle brand. They have sugar free fruity flavors too. The liquid tyleno pm I bought in case I had more pain at night, which I had to use a few times at Albertsoms (market) The Better than Boullion I bought at Albertsons, but I heard they have a website? They are soooo good!!! They are made from real chicken and meat and taste like you made a roast, the beef one is roast beef, and like you got some of the tasty liquid!!!:hungry: I also bought Wolfgang Pucks gourmet boullion. I buy Glacial Milk liquid vitamins from Sams Club. You can also do a search and find them. They are so packed with nutrients. If you scroll a little ahead, I posted the ingredients to them. They don't taste bad and are tolerable, but they are not tasty. They have so many things in it to support weight loss that I don't care what it tastes like!!

:) You are making me feel so good today!!! I am glad that I am giving as much as I feel I also get from you guys!!! Now I don't feel so guilty for being on these boards so much!:guess I would love to meet for fills! I live in Rancho Cucamonga, so only about 1 1/2 from San Diego. I am going for a fill, unless I still have restriction, on Feb. 16, 2006. You can also go to lapbandforum.com It is Dr. Ortiz's site and a lot of patients coordinate surgery times to meet. I met someone on there too pre surgery. Keep in touch and I'd love to meet sometime?? Where do you live?

Congrats Andre!!!I have heard only walking and a heating pad help with that pain. I didn't have the shoulder gas pain due to vomitting right after surgery. It forced most of the air out!

Thanks Chris!!! My incisions are not covered by the surgical glue anymore and look really good too. Congrats on the weight loss!!!:rose: I have not weighed in yet. I love the feeling of full too! I had never really known what eating till comfortable felt like. But I now know what eating till almost PBing on a liquid feels like and it is nasty!!!

Hi Sheila! I was wondering how you have been doing!!! Mine is under my ribcage to the left of the center of where the ribcage comes together. Is that where yours is?

Yeah, mine was so pleasant it was a vacation for me. Very relaxing!!!

My worst gas pain was the first 3 day and it gradually subsided after that. I am 13 days post op now and have no pain or discomfort of any kind. I have heard of the gas pains in the shoulder from a lot of people and my doctor. That is normal. A heating pad is supposed to help and walking. It has to work itself out of the body. Maybe some peppermint tea!

I have clothes too put away that I have been waiting to fit into. My cousin also gave me clothes that I saved to fit into one day.

Oh yeah, from bariatriceating.com I bought Nectar protein drinks in Fuzzy Navel with water tastes like Tang and Strawberry Kiwi mixed with Silk Vanilla Soy milk tastes like a milk shake. They have so many flavors. I ordered a sample of each one ($1.75 a sample)

A heating pad for gas pain, I also bought liquid Tylenol pm, gatorade, vitamin water, crystal light, and Better that Boullion and for the first three days. After that you will need creamy soups in all different flavors, premade shakes, I like Silk vanilla soy milk, V8, sugar free fudgesicles, drinkable yogurt to name a few!!

Congrats Shaebird!!! I am only 13 days out, but there are some really good ideas on how to break a plateau on the Lower Bmi thread. I post a lot of info on there that I find and have a few things on this subject!