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Hello fellow banders! I was banded on June 7, 2011 and am on day 4 of my new life. My surgeon has me on liquids only for the first 3 weeks and I am trying very hard to *love the protein*. I am drinking 2 oz of nectar every hour and have decided to mix it up a bit with light Muscle Milk. Not doing to bad considering that when I weighed in at the hospital on Tuesday I was 220 and now I am 211.8. Yay! I am happy there is a place for banders to go to get support and tips--that makes the journey a bit easier for me. Please feel free to contact me and share your words of wisdom, frustrations, highs, lows and successes.

Cheers!

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I was banded June 8th - I am on a different diet - 5 days liquid only - 5 days (if it cna go thru a straw I can have it ) 5 days -if you can mash it with a fork eat it then 16 day on work back into solid foods - I cannot beleive how good I feel Day 1 I slept - day 2 sore when turned only took half a doese of Pain med mid day and when I went to bed- Day 3 went to Walmart to get out of the house - walked around -- n pain meds all day - today vacumed my floors no pain INCREDIBLE~ How are you feeling- Also gas issues -pain- first couple of days WOW :lol:

Hello fellow banders! I was banded on June 7, 2011 and am on day 4 of my new life. My surgeon has me on liquids only for the first 3 weeks and I am trying very hard to *love the protein*. I am drinking 2 oz of nectar every hour and have decided to mix it up a bit with light Muscle Milk. Not doing to bad considering that when I weighed in at the hospital on Tuesday I was 220 and now I am 211.8. Yay! I am happy there is a place for banders to go to get support and tips--that makes the journey a bit easier for me. Please feel free to contact me and share your words of wisdom, frustrations, highs, lows and successes.

Cheers!

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