Banded 7/10 and got my first fill 8/6!
For some reason I thought I had 2.6 ml put in when I was banded, but when they measured it there was 4.2 ml. I am still having good restriction but getting hungry after only a couple of hours, so they added 0.5 ml for a total of 4.7 ml. Getting the fill felt strange, but did not hurt. And I'm feeling better than ever! Lost a few more pounds and am satisfied quicker and for longer periods of time, too! Very pleased with my band so far!
Banded July 9th. Never had any issues surgery wise. Only problem is that I'm diabetic and my sugars dropped really low (2.2) and it was hard to keep them regulated during the pre-op diet and liquid diet afterwards. My family Dr. ended up switching my night time insulin and I've been doing better. I only took a week off work, but I seriously could have went back the next day. Never had any pain since I was in the recovery room. I did take pain meds for the first three nights, thinking it would help me go to sleep earlier and sleep longer. Nope... didn't work. I was awake till after midnight and awake by 7 in the morning. I did manage to get a nap in for 1/2-1 hr after lunch. I just to my staples out (I had 18 in total) from my 5 incisions. One had 1 staple, some 3, one had 4 and my biggest incision, I had 7.
I've also had no problem swallowing, for either eating for drinking and had very little gas issues and no back pain from the gas. I do find that I now burp a more, as it happened rarely in the past.
I go for my first fill on Aug 28th. I was told he only puts 3cc's in the first time.
As for losing weight, I have lost a total of 20 lbs since my first surgeon visit last November, 2012. On the pre-op diet, I lost 7 and an additional 6 since surgery. I actually stalled for the past 2 weeks, and finally the scales went down 2 lbs this past Thursday. My nurse said that stalling is normal during this time period because there is nothing in the band. I'm trying not to get on the scales every day, but it's hard not to. It's just way too frustrating not to see the scale move. I have noticed that I seem to be losing inches as clothes are starting to get big.
tah_1967 got a reaction from Steffyp in JULY 2013 BAND BUDDIES