::tracy:: 0 Posted November 4, 2007 Hi there peoples .... i have been lurking around your site here for a while, reading all your stories and feeling very inspired by your successes ... so given now i know so much about you'll ... i thought it would be rude to continue on without introducing myself. My name is Tracy - 32 years old - from a little old place down under - New Zealand I am joining your bandster club on 11 Dec - so i am excited/nervous about that. My story of how i got here is the same as most everyone elses - yo-yo diets until i got to the weight i am now. It is nice to read your stories and to listen to you'll blow off steam - i feel the EXACT same frustrations - i strike the same types of selfish thoughtless people in my day to day life. As cliche as it sounds - it is good to not feel quite so alone. I have read about all the positively disgusting things - PB's - which quite ironically makes me vomit a little into my mouth thinking about. hair loss - thats scares me. Post-op pain - well i am planning on being at work 6 days after so i am hoping i have one of those nice stories to relay post surgery about my quick recovery ... and the list goes on. However none of it phases me. I want to grow old with my beloved hubby - and at the weight i am at - that just won't happen. So - that me - i look forward to reading more of your successes and being able to share my own very soon. Tracy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sades 4 Posted November 4, 2007 Welcome Tracy. I was banded on Thurs, 1 Nov and am slowing but surely recovering at the moment. Still at the fluids stage which has been okay, haven't been feeling hungry... just the occasional twinge when I see other people eating (definitely head hunger). I was very anxious prior to the op and found myself over indulging in everything I could find for about 2 months. Now that I'm here, I'm just taking it a day at a time. I decided to go back to work today but because I can work from home. I can have breaks throughout the day and then go back to the office next week. I was just like you, yo-yoing up and down with the weight. Every new diet, eg, LitenEasy, was going to be the one for me but after losing around 15 kilos or so I would find myself going back in the other direction, even if I kept it off for more than a year. After looking into this, I realised it is for me because after losing the weight I'm more likely to keep it off. 4 days gone and the rest of my life to go !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
::tracy:: 0 Posted November 4, 2007 Hi Sades, thanks for the reply - wow it sounds like you are doing great so far! how has the pain been - like on a scale of one to ten. i am such a baby when it comes to pain. Oh yeah and i have been totally doing the "last supper" thing ... i feel dreadful!! tracy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
georgia girl 35 Posted November 5, 2007 Welcome Tracy! I was banded 9-20-07 and had my first fill Nov.1. I'm not feeling any restriction right now but I go back on the 15th for another fill. Congratulations and Good luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
::tracy:: 0 Posted November 5, 2007 Thanks for the kind words - all very best to you also! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sades 4 Posted November 5, 2007 Hi Sades, thanks for the reply - wow it sounds like you are doing great so far! how has the pain been - like on a scale of one to ten. i am such a baby when it comes to pain. Oh yeah and i have been totally doing the "last supper" thing ... i feel dreadful!! tracy My pain has not been as bad as some Tracy... I stopped the painkillers 2 days after. Of course any surgery is going to be sore... on a scale of 1-10 I'd say I'm around a 4 right now. It only hurts when I move around in bed or when I have to stand up. I didn't get the gas pain that everyone's talking about except maybe my back when I first came out of the op. Of course when I first woke up I was in extreme agony but was ok after they gave me pain killers. Anyway, good luck with your journey... it will come sooner than you think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites