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Second Weigh In And My First Fill!!!! Yay!!!

RahRahRah

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Had my first follow up appointment today since my surgery on May 1st. First, my weigh in. 243. Not bad.. Its ok. Then I was whisked off to another room where I was getting a FILL!!! Yay. I asked the PA about my band size and he said it was a 10cc band. Then they did a fluro test with the yucky white stuff to see how the band was doing and I got my fill. It felt weird havng my DR knead under my rib section to get to my port. I guess he filled to 5cc first then watched the fluroscope thing and thought it was moving too slow so he aspirated out about 1 cc and watched it again. He mentioned that he thought there might be a kink in the tubing and checked that out too, He asked me about my calorie intake and I said I was doing ok but that I thought this fill was going to make a big difference now. I also mentioned working out, and he said that working out was important but right now the calorie intake was crucial. He wants me to stay between 1000 and 1200 calories. So now Im supposed to be on liquids for 24 hours and then regular foods after. Not sure how quickly I can get back to regular foods, I think I have to slowly work back into that. The Dr said my fill would be tight and to follow up if I began to vomit everything back. So I go back in a month.

 

Im excited all over again. A little nervous too. Im ready, and after the convo I had with DH Sunday morning (another blog, another time) I am re-dedicated to eating the way Im SUPPOSED to eat!



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Great news! am so excited for you and hope your injury is doing better as well. Can't wait until I get there... :-)

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Congrats on your first fill! Your input on the blogs has really helped me feel less nervous about the whole upcoming process.

I'm getting banded July 27th and am trying to mentally prepare myself for the new relationship I will begin with food very soon. Up until now I can say it has been an on again-off again abusive relationship. Looking forward to forming a health relationship with it soon, lol.

Sorry, for being nosey, but has your DH had WLS as well? Mine has, and I think it's going to be really special for us to go through this together.

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You are not being nosey. My DH has not had WLS. I agree that it will be very special for you and your DH, because he has. He will be able to understand what you are going through and what you are feeling. He will understand your weak moments and the times where you feel this is never going to work, My DH has been athletic his whole life and despite being a pack a day smoker, can jog on the treadmill at a 5 mph speed forever...I dont know how he does it. He also eats like a linebacker and on three different occassions we have had to use another extra table at a restaurant to fit all of this plates! ARRRRGGGG its hard to eat sometimes around him!

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