New Bandster

May 27, 2006

Welcome! Your doctor should be giving you very clear guidelines as to

the post -op diet. Going streght from claer liquids to things like

potatoes and cottage cheese is too nig of a step. We need to progress

slowly and crefully.

Usuaully, people need to be on liquids (clear and then full) for a week

or two. then, some docs allow mushy foods - mashed cottage cheese, very

thin potatoes, etc. It's impt to follow your doc's specific orders.

The biggest thing people have trouble with is bite size , chewing, and

speed.

You must start with a TINY bite with banding - PEA size only. then,

chew at least 15-20 times. Put the fork DIOWN between bites so you're

eating very slowly. As you become more experienced over the next few

months, some can take larger bites if they are atuomatically chewing

every bite very well. Some need to take tiny bites forever, so they

don't forget.

We'll offer sugesstions as we can, but each doc has his own orders that

you must follow.

Therea re a great many new things to learn, and your doc's written

material are exztremely important.

Welcome to Bandland!

Sandy R

www.BandsterME.com

>

> I had the band put on May 18th, 9 days ago, and hope I am doing o.k.

I

> have not had any n/v, still staying on mostly clear liq. Altho, i had

a

> few mashed potatoes yesterday,tol well and then felt like i had done

> something wrong. I had jello and small amt of cottage cheese for

> b'fast. I do drink a lot of water. I go next week for my 1st post op

> visit. I am glad i found this site and can hear from all of you.

> Thanks,

> SLL

>

June 29, 2007

Carole!! I was just about to email you!!

Wonderful news - Someone was taking special care of him.. (or Someone

and you too!)

Please encourage him to join here himself, and take mor

responsibility for his new life and self-care. Hard, with the older

guys with womnderful wives taking care OF them, i know! But he will

need to lern to make good choices for himself, recognize glitches

himself. and put his Band first himself!

Just as we women need to learn to take better care of ourselves after

banding, he will need to learn too - and the first lesson is to slow

doen, and take time for healing - and then stay permanently slowed

down!

Great to hear all is well!

Sandy R

>

> Hi All,

> Just wanted to let everyone know that my husband is an official

> bandster. Surgery went very well on Wednesday. He was up and

around

> soon after recovery, but walked a little too much and almost passed

> out. This is the nature of his personality, though. It is day two

and

> he is ready to start resuming his crazy schedule again. I'm trying

my

> best to get him to rest. He had some gas and diarrhea yesterday, I

> think because of the barium. He's walking and staying on clears.

I'm

> hoping for a smooth transition to solids. He seems to like liquids

a

> little too much right now, but after 2 years of my own experience,

I'm

> doing my best to reinforce the rules. Hope he won't be too

stubborn.

> He's already lost 27 lbs these last 2 1/2 weeks. I'll be looking

for

> lots of advice from you all in the near future.

> Thanks,

> Carol

>

June 30, 2007

Thank you for thinking of us Sandy. I know you are still probably

catching up. He definitely was " well taken care of. " Lots of

prayers involved. I'm trying to just answer questions for him when

they come up, but when I see him asking for ice in his water, sipping

from straws, etc, I have to speak up. I think in the long run, he'll

learn for himself, even if it is the hard way. I just have to know

when to be quiet. He walked about a mile today. I think he's

already in better shape than me at his current weight. I'll

definitely have a hard time keeping up with him in the future. I

wanted to ask you about this new band. The doc said that he gave

an AP large? It holds 14 cc's. He said they just came in. Do

you know anything about them?

Thanks

Carol

> >

> > Hi All,

> > Just wanted to let everyone know that my husband is an official

> > bandster. Surgery went very well on Wednesday. He was up and

> around

> > soon after recovery, but walked a little too much and almost

passed

> > out. This is the nature of his personality, though. It is day

two

> and

> > he is ready to start resuming his crazy schedule again. I'm

trying

> my

> > best to get him to rest. He had some gas and diarrhea yesterday,

I

> > think because of the barium. He's walking and staying on

clears.

> I'm

> > hoping for a smooth transition to solids. He seems to like

liquids

> a

> > little too much right now, but after 2 years of my own

experience,

> I'm

> > doing my best to reinforce the rules. Hope he won't be too

> stubborn.

> > He's already lost 27 lbs these last 2 1/2 weeks. I'll be looking

> for

> > lots of advice from you all in the near future.

> > Thanks,

> > Carol

> >

>

May 24, 2008

I am sitting in my bed at Alamater Hospital 1 day post op from my lap

band surgery. I am still excited about this. Dr A, Dr Campos, all the

nurses especially Lucia are awesome. I have met some really neat people

here too. It has just been an awesome experience and I can't wait to be

on this journey. Thanks to everyone who gave the great suggestions on

what to take. My heating pad and gas x have really been my friends. I

started the application process at 248 and when I checked in yesterday

was 240 so hopefully it is all down hill from here. Thanks everyone for

all the support I received prior to this process. I wouldn't have done

it at all without the advice from Jim Hansel in Nebraska. Thanks!

Mandi,

Hope you are better and it went well going home. Please let me know how

you are doing.

Tonja

May 24, 2008

It's pretty nice at Almater, eh? ;o) They are very nice there, tell 'em all hi from us!On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Tonja <tandtf@...> wrote: