Thanks and congrats!

[lotusflwr 0]

First, I want to say congrats to everyone who has been banded and hope that your recovery is going well. I have not been on much, I've had a really tough time mentally with this surgery and the worry I caused my self with the "lasagna incident". I would like to say to everyone, DO NOT PUREE AND THIN LASAGNA 3 DAYS POST OP!!!!!!!!!!! Be very careful to read, reread, and reread your post op instructions. Do not make my mistake and go from memory. You will have just undergone major surgery, you may think your memory is on it's A game, but from my experience it may not be!! READ!!! Please, Please, Please!!! I apologize to those of you who were banded for not supporting you here. Please know that even though I didn't post you were always in my thoughts and prayers.

Second, I want to thank all of you who supported me during this phase. It has been tough. I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Each of you that posted I want to thank for caring enough to respond. I don't know why but it is important for everyone to know that I didn't do the lasagna thing because I intended to cheat. In my mind I was following the rules. The problem is I had already lost my mind and didn't know it. I have spoke with the patient coordinator who is always in contact with the Dr. They both feel since I didn't have any nausea or vomiting it is unlikely that I did any damage. He did not think it necessary to look under fluoroscope, unless I wanted too. After much thought and counsel with my husband we decided to wait until I go back for my first fill in 5 to 6 weeks as I still have no nausea or vomitting issues. The Dr. said he would be more concerned if I had vommited or had nausea. If in the future if I have problems I will always wonder if I caused it. However, there is nothing I can do about it at this point, except pray and move on! I believe in my heart that I am fine and extremely lucky to this point! I get to move to full liquids today per the Dr's insturctions!!! Thanks ladies!!!

****THIS IS NOT AN INDORSEMENT TO PUREE LASAGNA, I WAS LUCKY!!! FOLLOW YOUR POST OP CAREFULLY!!!

[abbypoo 0]

Lotus: Please stop beating yourself up. Of course the lasagna was a mistake, but there is really nothing you can do about it now. You learned from it and I'm sure you won't screw up on your diet again. I know some people on here were harsh to you, but they meant well. Just ignore the people who want to put you down. Don't let a few people stop you from receiving the support that all the rest of us have to offer. It's a good thing that you realized the error in what you were doing, but there is so no need to feel like you are a bad person because of it. You have real friends on here, you know who we are and we're still going to be there for you and support you the whole way. Remember, we're in this together.

[mommyx2 0]

abbypoo said it best... we are all in this together. :biggrin: