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TeganRheana    1

TeganRheana
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Hey again everyone!

It's now been just over a year since I last logged in to find out some info on the lap band....and I have my op TOMORROW morning! I'm so excited/nervous/scared all at the same time. I know it's going to be the best thing for me...I just hope it works as well for me as it has for everyone else in here...

Anywayz....I'm sure I'm going to become quite the regular in here from now on - I'll actually have something to talk about! eekk...

See you post-op!

ps. did anyone REALLLY cheat with their pre-op Optifast diet?? Becuase I have!! :cool2: I feel incredibly guilty.

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megster27    1

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Good luck tomorrow! You will do great & welcome to the band journey! :cool2:

To answer your question about cheating on the preop diet... no i didn't.

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lilith    6

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Good luck! Make sure you stick to your post-op diet, you don't want to hurt yourself!

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TeganRheana    1

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Hey again, well I'm home from the op...got home yesterday...I haven't felt hungry at all yet which is great so it's making it very easy to stick to the post -op diet. Went with clear fluids all yesterday and today woke up, had 50mls of sustagen and have just had about 80mls of jelly. I think the hardest thing so far is remembering to drink water!! I'm so used to having large amounts of Water at the one time rather than small sips every 10mins or so, but I'm getting there.

I was in soooo much pain last night, the pain in my right shoulder and neck was excutiating....thankfully today just my neck is sore so I'm able to move around little more...the nurses said it had soemthing to do with wind, but I'm not so sure....

Has anyone else felt so sore in other areas than their stomach after having the surgery?? And if so, how long did it take for it to settle down??

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lilith    6

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Hey again, well I'm home from the op...got home yesterday...I haven't felt hungry at all yet which is great so it's making it very easy to stick to the post -op diet. Went with clear fluids all yesterday and today woke up, had 50mls of sustagen and have just had about 80mls of jelly. I think the hardest thing so far is remembering to drink water!! I'm so used to having large amounts of Water at the one time rather than small sips every 10mins or so, but I'm getting there.

I was in soooo much pain last night, the pain in my right shoulder and neck was excutiating....thankfully today just my neck is sore so I'm able to move around little more...the nurses said it had soemthing to do with wind, but I'm not so sure....

Has anyone else felt so sore in other areas than their stomach after having the surgery?? And if so, how long did it take for it to settle down??

The pain in your shoulders is from gas, generally during any laproscopic procedure they fill you up with "gas" that helps to float your organs away from the area they are operating on, if you don't walk around right away and prop yourself up when sleeping it can become trapped under your shoulder blades, etc. Get up and walk around as much as you can and you'll feel much better soon!

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