August Band Crew!!!!!

[Denise H. 0]

Happy2BeMe -

I was suppose to start my period the Friday before surgery, but was very happy that it did not come. Then I had surgery on Monday and Wednesday morning Mother Nature came to visit. I normally am a tampon user and thought there is NO WAY I can bend over to apply a tampon so I had to use pads for the first 2 days, then I was able to use tampons. It's been rough - but I really think the stress of surgery postponed me!

[Happy2BMe 0]

Denise,

I think the stress of having the surgery is what made mine come early!

Lucky me....

[Denise H. 0]

Happy2BeMe -

Good luck to you on your surgery! I hope things all go well, just be prepared for that annoying tugging that you will feel where the port is placed. That has been the worst of the whole thing - besides losing my best friend (Food)!

[Happy2BMe 0]

Denise,

With all of the lurking around i've been doing on this, I think I am prepared for almost anything. I am a big baby when it comes to pain, though, so I hope it's not too bad. I do understand that the port is the most painful, though. I know I'm not going to be able to sleep too well, tonight, too excited!

[libra 13]

RLittman, Bug,

I TOTALLY learned my lesson. I'm back to mushies. Actually I'm getting my first fill Friday, so I'll probably be back to liquids for a bit.

Happy2Bme, best of luck tomorrow!!!

Everyone here has been so supportive and helpful. It's really a great place to go.

[msbug 0]

Holy carp libra! You get a fill already?! My doc won't even consider doing them till 6 weeks out, and then only if you lose no weight 2 weeks in a row. lucky you that you don't have to wait that long!

[libra 13]

Holy carp libra! You get a fill already?! My doc won't even consider doing them till 6 weeks out, and then only if you lose no weight 2 weeks in a row. lucky you that you don't have to wait that long!

Yeah, I thought it was a little early but hey, I'll take it. My brother's wedding is in June and I wanna lose as much as possible before then.

[lloveablelisa 0]

Well fabybie, jgandg and Happy2Bme in just a few short hours we will joining the rest of the family of Aug. bandsters. :speechles I'm so excited my heart is ready to jump out of my chest. Faybie thank u for doing that project, it lets us all know who and how big our Aug. banding family (friends) really is. I'll be thinking of all three of u while i'm having my I.V. inserted. I think that will be the hardest part along with the hour and a half ride home from the hospital. Best of luck to u guys. And a HUGE THANKS:clap2: to ALL the Aug. Bandsters. Every one of U R an inspiration to me:angel: Hope to log on tomorrow nite to see how everyone's doing.

Take care,

LISA

[libra 13]

Wow there are 4 of you getting banded tomorrow??? I should check the list, duh.

Good luck to all of you and let us know how you're doing when you get the chance.

[chrissie 0]

JOLIESMOM......Thanks for the advice, I heard about the 'chiken lady' too!

I will be more carefull.

[StephM 0]

And also, now my port is really hurting. What's wrong?

I find that if I stand for longer than about 15 minutes my port will hurt a little, but nothing that I need pain meds for. I would call your doctor just to be safe. I called my doc today with what I thought was a stupid question and they said they were glad I called and asked.

[StephM 0]

Does any one feel way BETTER than expected??

I felt great after surgery. I think getting up and walking quickly after surgery really helped.

[StephM 0]

I had a cheeseburger tonight and it tasted divine! Of course, I pureed it in the food processor with some ff dressing till it looked like cat food. But it still tasted great! quote]

I love the blender!!! Tonight my hubby had a lemon pepper chicken from Wal-Mart. He was shocked when I popped it in the blender with some chicken broth and started the blender. It looked nasty, but it was WONDERFUL!!! After being on Clear Liquids for the last two weeks, I have decided ANYTHING can be pureed if you crave it enough!!!

[diva 0]

Good luck tomorrow!!!!

Yes, I felt way better than I expected-I was shocked. I had no gas problems at all and the pain was very real but managed with just liquid tylenol on the 4th day. I was tired so I stayed out of work for the whole week. My port or the port incision doesn't bug me-mine is about 4 inches down from my bra line right on the sternum between my breasts. So it doesn't tug.

Reminder-anyone who knows where their port is going to be places draw on your self where bra line ends. People thought I was crazy but my bra does not touch my port!

[booda 0]

I got banded today. Everything went very well and I am doing great. I had to use the bathroom right away because of all the fluids. Once I did this the pain was really almost gone!!! I started to walk and did not stop moving for the next hour untill I had to do my Fluro test. My doctor and nurse said that I was one of the quickest recoveries that they has seen.

Not all was good......... My doctor said the my liver was also one of the biggest that he has see. I was on liquids for 3 weeks but I did do South Beach at night for one of those weeks. I lost 21lbs during this time and can't imagine how big my liver was before the liquid stage. My bmi is only 36 so he is really shocked with this.

I have not slept much at all. I took two 25min naps and one that lasted an hour. Now it's 1am and I just came back in from a walk. The only trouble I am having is getting up from the sofa and I have not even tried out my bed yet. It sits too high and I don't want to hurt myself trying.

I did gain eight lbs from the surgery. I hope that when I get weigh myself in the morning I will be back down again.

Can someone tell me how long the bloating lasts? Also I have not gone number 2 in four days. I talked to my doctor and he said that was fine. I could take some milk of mag. to move things along if I wanted to.

Well this is my experience of banding day!!!!!!!!!!!!!