I'm Afraid!!!!

barbara465 · October 6, 2006

Lynn,

Glad to hear you are doing fine. Please take it easy as you don't want to overtire yourself. Getting up and moving around will definitely help with the gas pain from surgery. Make sure to drink your Protein drinks and get plenty of Water. Once on mushies you can get real creative. My favorite is refried Beans, chili con queso. I mix them together on my plate. Yummy. Also bean and bacon Soup puree. It is very tasty and filling.

Just remember that when you do go to solids you might see a little weight gain. During this phase you are healing from surgery and shouldn't be concerned with weight loss. The first fill will start giving you restriction. Right now you are wide open so will be able to eat once the swelling goes down.

Good luck on your journey.

julier · October 6, 2006

Don't be scared, I had one surgery in my life.. My tonsils at age 5. I was nerveous but as soon as i met the others that were having it done i totally relaxed. I walked in with confidence to the surgery room. 15 min later i was given a happy pill and all was downhill from there. Don't eat any food and if you smoke stop.. Evidently makes it easier on recovery. Shoot i was out the next morning and in my comfy bed in hotel room.:notagree

:omg: Help! My lapband surgery is scheduled for Tuesday and I'm getting cold feet!!! I've been so excited up until this weekend. I'm having to selfpay and have that all taken care of and all my preadmission and now I'm almost sick to my stomach with fear that I'm doing the wrong thing. What if it doesn't work! I'm 5"2" and 292 pounds. I NEED it to work! Do I really want to do this ?! I have such an attachment to food. Am I going to be able to handle it? :help: :help:

LadyK · October 6, 2006

:omg: Help! My lapband surgery is scheduled for Tuesday and I'm getting cold feet!!! I've been so excited up until this weekend. I'm having to selfpay and have that all taken care of and all my preadmission and now I'm almost sick to my stomach with fear that I'm doing the wrong thing. What if it doesn't work! I'm 5"2" and 292 pounds. I NEED it to work! Do I really want to do this ?! I have such an attachment to food. Am I going to be able to handle it? :help: :help:

To answer your quesiton, YES you want to do the surgery. I have been banded for 6 weeks, this week. 5 weeks prior to my first fill, I had only lost 10 lbs, and I was starting to think that this was not going to work for me. I had my first fill on 10/4, today is 10/6 and I have lost 4.5 lbs. I am eating, just not as much as I ate in the 5 weeks after the band. I thought I had a love affair with food, but now I eat to live. You will do just fine. Best of luck.

tianealperry · October 6, 2006

i cant wait to say that im nervous or that im 1 week aways from the procedure!!! you all stay encouraged and i'll see you on the other side soon

heybigguy · October 10, 2006

I think I lost 19 lbs on liquids before my surgery, probably another five by now. I posted a thread "Newly Post-Op Diet Progression". Kind of asked,

What next! and how soon can I start! Al

belle75067 · October 10, 2006

I felt the same way. I almost didn't go to the surgery center the day I was scheduled. I was shaking when I was filling the paperwork out. I finally calmed down when they gave me the calming medicine and before I knew it I was awake again and going home. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat. Did it hurt? Me more than normal, but I am a chicken little but had a great husband who was very supportive from the very first. Has it been an adjustment? Yes, but it has been worth it. And finally, will it work? That is up to you. Sounds cheesy but it is true. The band is a tool you use to help you lose weight. You learn to pay attention to your bodies hunger signals again. You feel hunger in a different way. After the surgery when I was hurting so bad and couldn't cough without my stomach hurting like heck I questioned my decision. I felt like I had failed other things what was different about this one. Me, my mind had to adjust. Now I eat because I am hungry and not because I am upset or bored. You will be ok. We all have been and beyond. Soon you will be telling someone else the same thing. Good luck and see you soon banded.

Dieta

heybigguy · October 10, 2006

Hey Iwatts...Glad to see your back to work, and starting some normalcy in life right out of the chute. I know I lost over 15 lbs. since two weeks before surgery, maybe over 20, but I haven't actually weighed myself. I started a new thread "Newly Post-Op Diet Progression". Voiced some frustrations on there. Mostly sick of liquid diet, but hanging in there by sheer

willpower. Six days out now, doing better each day, but looking forward to going back to work next monday. I think this thread has outlived it's immediate purpose, so have to find some others. Let me know if you find another one also that I might find appropriate to our stage of progress.

Al

jgandg · October 10, 2006

I was very nervous too, in the days just before surgery. Had second thoughts, the whole nine. However, it's the best thing I've done for myself in a long time. If you want to get healthy, and can really commit to working toward that goal, I don't know of a better way to do it. Best wishes to you~~~