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Hi, I just joined this morning, I am currently recovering from lapband surgery I just had this past Wednesday. Struggling a bit with how rough I am feeling, sleep is rather elusive, about two hours on two off, can't sleep in my bed, too painful to get up out of it, without pulling the muscles in the stomach, especially near the port. Anyhow, glad to be here, hopefully meet a few nice people, where we can be supportive of each other. More details of me, are on my profile, welcome to come read, comment, etc. Happy Bunny day, y'all! :D

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hi i am new to and as you have just been banded aswell was wondering if you can feel yor port and also are you still on liquid only i.e yogurt Soup etc or have you added in the rusk toast biscuits yet??

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Hi, I just joined this morning, I am currently recovering from lapband surgery I just had this past Wednesday. Struggling a bit with how rough I am feeling, sleep is rather elusive, about two hours on two off, can't sleep in my bed, too painful to get up out of it, without pulling the muscles in the stomach, especially near the port. Anyhow, glad to be here, hopefully meet a few nice people, where we can be supportive of each other. More details of me, are on my profile, welcome to come read, comment, etc. Happy Bunny day, y'all! :D

Hi and welcome. I was also banded last Wednesday the 20th. I am still struggling as well, but not with sleep. I seem to be sleeping too much. I feel weak from the liquid diet and tomorrow I return to work. That is going to be hard. I am glad you joined!

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I was just banded on 4/20 Wednesday also. I would love to communicate with everyone through out their process especially seen we all seem to have started on the same day. I'm not sure about everyone else but I not did have to do any forum of pre dieting so this is truly posing to be a challenge for me.

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I haven't been back in a while, sorry y'all. Just been working on healing. The ER trip a shortly after surgery wasn't much fun. I always seem to have a hard time recovering from any surgery that seems to do with the abdomen. Anyhow, been just over a month, doing pretty good. Doc kept me on liquids for the first whole month, I think to be safe. After a bit, I was getting where I was starving. Ended up doing a lot of cream of whatever Soups, every two to three hours. So when I went to see him I gained back six lbs. Now I like my doc real well but he is such a "surgeon", all about results. In and out quickly. Tried to lecture me on the soups, *which is listed in the paperwork as a FULL liquid, and keep and mind he said no solids*, plus how I hadn't come to see him in a month. Hmmm, convenient, considering he went on vacation, so reschedule, then he was moving to a new office, they called and reschedule again! Grrrrrrrrrrrr. Anyways, last week he told me I was to go to Stage for eating within a week, did I get sick, yep, at least twice, got to slow down, listen to my body. Am I a little more satisfied, yes. I do realize, that I eat when I truly don't need to, so aware now. I have my first fill tomorrow, a little anxious, just hoping the port does not start to hurting real bad again, it just finally let up. Wish me luck, hope the rest of y'all are doing well.

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Wow nice to read everyone's experiences. I am in hospital right now waiting for my surgery at 3pm GMT

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