phatkatblue

i take a chewable multivitamin, 60-80 grams of protein, and supposed to drink 64 ozs of water...also having probs with the water intake...were all of your vits and supplements recommended by your doc? i was banded 2-12-12

I was banded on 2-15-12...had 1cc in at surgery and 2 more added at my first fill last Friday...feeling great:)

i also was fine after surgery and needed no assistance, but everyone's body is different and experience is very different. i hope that you can find at least one soul to entrust with this info...just in case...dig deep...there has to be someone...

It seems that everyone has very different pre and post op requirements do check with your healthcare team before stocking up! I was on step two (mushies) the day after surgery and bought a cheap food processor that allowed me to eat chilli and all types of beans...liquid Tylenol was helpful and some folks swear by gas x strips but I didn't experience any gas pains and my hubby who is also banded had gas but said they didn't work for him...good luck to you:)

I ate cottage cheese and bought a cheap food processor! That allowed me to eat chilli and all types of beans:) good luck

Name, real or screen~keisha AKA phatkatblue Goal weight for April 29th~ 205 lbs Weight on April 1st~ 213 lbs Age~36 Dietary goal for April~eat healthy meals...i'm still kinda doing the step two foods... Exercise goal for April~bike for longer than 20 minutes at a time...consistently strength train every other day Personal goal for April~cook more Date banded~2-15-12 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~28 What is your favorite part about spring~earlier mornings

wtg on your weight loss:) keep up the good work with your exercise...

Hi Debbie! Looks like you are doing wonderfully on your journey! Keep up the good work:)

Congrats!! Welcome to your new life:)

Howdy Februbandsters! There are so many comments it's hard to keep up! Hope everyone is doing well! I got my first fill yesterday so I feel all official now:) I am loving my band and the hubby is too! As of today I'm down 20lbs since surgery and 28lbs including the pre-op diet...I feel so much better physically and I am no longer on medications for my diabetes!!!

Congrats to you on your journey to the new you!!! Hope you love your band as much as I love mine! I'm also hoping to do the couch to 5k program...on my treadmill though!

Hoping things get better..please keep us updated..

Wonderful progress! Very inspiring:)

i had my first fill this morning under fluro...it took all of 15 minutes and i was a nervous wreck prior...it proved to be all for nothing. the worst part was having to have all my piercings taken out prior to the procedure! here's what went down... i laid on a table and had a pic taken of my belly that showed up on a small screen beside my bed i saw my port and the how it was attached to my abdominal wall with hooks (that was weird) i saw my band which is nowhere near the port and in between all sorts of other inside stuffs! i was given a shot of lidocaine to the numb the area-it burned a little like the heparin shots the NP stuck a needle in my port area and felt for the pockets on the band (which i did not feel but could seen on the screen) the needle was attached to some tubing but i could not see what was in the end of it... the bed was placed in a standing position and i was given a cup of contrast that i watched flow freely down my esophagus she injected some saline i think about 1 cc and i drank some more contrast...the flow was a littler slower she injected another cc and i drank some more contrast...the flow was slower still... she injected another cc and i drank some more contrast...i felt like it was going to come up... she removed a 1/2 cc and i drank some more contrast...i felt like i had to burp... she removed another 1/2 cc and i drank some more contrast and then some water...and i felt ok... so i got a 2 cc fill today on top of the one from surgery...so 3 total in my 10cc band i felt like a had a lump in my throat for the first hour afterward, but i feel better now... i am now back to mushies for two days...she said it appears i am tighter in the morning and i should try to drink a shake or yogurt in the mornings... that's it:) now the fun begins...i must remember to chew...

hoping you feel better soon...my hubby experienced this and seemed to feel much better by day 4...

yesyesyes!!! this is me! i was on 1000mg of metformin bid and 5mg of glipizide bid prior to surgery. my sugars were in the 70's immediately after surgery and my primary doc told me to stop taking my meds and keep checking my sugars daily. they have ranged from the mid-80's to the highest of 118. i went to see her last week and she discontinued all of my medications and rechecked my A1C. it was 8.8 in january and it is now 6.6!!!

thanks to all who responded! i am happy to report that my first fill went well! i got an additional 2cc's placed in my band as i had one from surgery...she had initially added 3 cc's but that was too tight....i am now scared to eat:/ i am feeling ok though...

CONGRATS!!!! That is super:)

sounds like you are doing well...i'm going for my first fill tomorrow as well! scared....

im phatkatblue

i am going for my first fill tomorrow under fluro. i was banded on 2-15-12 and have lost 19 pounds since surgery and 27 pounds including pre-op diet loss...i am not feeling hunger in between meals, so i am wondering how you know when you need a fill? i spoke with my doc and he said that they normally give 3-4 cc's at the first fill...i want to have the fill because i don't want to turn it down and then regret it... so i guess my questions are is my weight loss so far ok, how will it change with a fill, and how do know when you really need a fill...

Amazing progress! secrets please!!!

Wonderful news! What a great and sensible reward!!!!

today makes 6 weeks out and i am feeling great! i am feeling great mostly because of all of the accomplishments that i have made in the past 6 weeks. i don't want to make this journey seem like it is all roses because it is not. i still have days when i feel like progress is slow or i fantasize about food...that's right fantasize about food, but i get through it. i do find that i miss food and although i have found my new thing-exercise-there is really no replacement. i am happy that i am finding pleasure in exercise and for the first time in my life it doesn't feel like a chore. it feels like something natural...it's like brushing your teeth in the morning...and for this feeling i am thankful... the hubby and i went out to eat at real restaurant last night for the first time post-op. i must say that i was very nervous when what seemed like a platter of food was placed in front of me. we declined the sweet fresh buttery rolls that are a prelude to the main course and ordered water, which we never were able to drink...we asked for to go boxes at the beginning of our meals and put 3/4 of the food in the boxes before we began eating and shared what was left on our plates. i must say we were both truly disappointed with our meals and have vowed not to eat out again until we are much closer to our goal weights...it was a total wast of money...btw i ordered teriyaki chicken breast, veggie skewers, and a sweet potato...he ordered shrimp skewers, broccoli, and a sweet potato... we still have difficulty trying to rearrange our lives around food because this was our life...we really need to find some new activities...as we can't work out all of the time!!! i am going in for my first fill on friday and really don't feel like i need one, but i'm going to take it! i am not experiencing any major hunger between meals and i am consistently losing weight albeit slowly. my fill will be done under fluro so tomorrow i'll be paying my piercer a visit again to get all the metal removed from my head and then all put back in after the fill on friday:/ so my weight today is 215. my goal is to be under 200 by sometime in June...doable...right? i would love to be at my goal by my birthday which is the end of September, but i don't want to set this in stone because it seems kinda grand... the med center where we had our surgery offers a wls support group twice a month and we attended for the first time tonight...as bandsters we were definitely the minority (there were only three of us), but we were welcomed with open arms...the struggles and psychological pieces of this journey appear to be the same...i found comfort in this meeting and plan to go again...it was like lapbandtalk.com live! it was wonderful meeting a veteran bandster in real life:) until next time... in weight loss and beyond...

wtg! i may have to check out that body shaper! does the shaper actually help with real shaping or is it temporary like a girdle? either way i'm sure it makes things look solid...how have your energy levels been since your fill? i'm still winging it over here with no fill!!