Annie_Sez
Just Joined the Band!
Jan 12, 2009
It's a great new year! Banded at Plano Presbyterian Hospital on December 29, 2008. When I awoke from surgery ... I had hardly any pain at all. I walked a few laps around the hospital ward within an hour or so afterwards. I looked at my tummy and saw a couple little bandaids. I wondered if maybe the doctor wasn't able to perform the procedure because I sure didn't feel so bad. Seems the anxiety I had was for naught.Every few hours, I walked a few more times around the ward - and with each go-around, I became more convinced that Dr. Stephen Hamn certainly did the banding with a gentle hand. I'm very impressed.
At this first writing now ... it's been two weeks. I've lost 12 lbs and I returned to taking my usual Monday, Wednesday and Friday one hour exercise classes. I also rode my bike around the neighborhood for 40 min. yesterday and 30 minutes today.
The doc recommended BariatricAdvantage.com via the handouts he gave me before surgery and I've stocked up on 12 weeks worth of high-protein shakes, drinks and the New Whey 42 gram bullets. Most everything I've tried tastes pretty decent, considering ... though I've also prepared with lots of home-made broths and soups that I've frozen into serving size containers. Truly ... it seems that so far ... keepin up with the diet restrictions is easier than being creative every day with nutritious meals.
The really new thing for me is portion control and not drinking along with my meal. Once or twice now, I've forgotten that I shouldn't drink for half an hour or so after eating. I am trying to remind myself not to drink by setting a thirty minute timer on my iphone. That works pretty well.
