Jimipotpie

I am so excited I had a conflict with my first band fill appointment on 11/11 and thought I would need to push it back. Low and behold I will be moving it up a week. One week from today. Is it normal for me to be excited for this? I'm ready to get this tool working for me!

I am so excited I had a conflict with my first band fill appointment on 11/11 and thought I would need to push it back. Low and behold I will be moving it up a week. One week from today. Is it normal for me to be excited for this? I'm ready to get this tool working for me!

Congratulations on taking the steps to better health. I am very happy I chose the band and that I knew people that had both surgeries before I made my final decision. Here is why I did not choose the sleeve:
- The 3 people I know that have it have aged 10+ years in the face and neck.
+ People I know with the band look younger.
- 2 people cannot stop losing the weight and are now 20+ pounds under their goal.
+ People I know with the band were able to stop at their goal.
-1 person had to spend 5 weeks in the hospital from complications 2 weeks after having the sleeve procedure. She almost died twice during that time.
+ Besides a port replacement (10 year old band), no one I know has had complications from the band.
- Weight loss is so rapid with the sleeve that you have tons of excess skin.
+ Weight loss with the band is gradual enough for the skin to catch up and not sag.
+ The first place I lost weight with the band was my tummy (liver), face and neck. As a result, I no longer need diabetes medication, I no longer have sleep apnea and I don't snore loudly.
Downsides of the band:
1. Sometimes I would like to eat more food because it tastes good.
2. After a fill, you don't know what if any foods have now become intolerable until you find out the hard way.
3. I use to like drinking Water before or while I was in bed, I can't do that now because I'm tight at night.
4. I use to like eating something around 10:00 am - sometimes you're too tight for food in the morning. Cream of wheat always goes down though.
5. I miss my boobs and my butt. + But I'm in proportion now and my waistline is smaller (11 inches lost) so I but I have a nice figure.
I hope this helps with your decision. But a word of advice: find a surgeon who IS going to put you on a preop diet and perhaps band you with a small fill to kick start the weightloss. A very dear friend of mine didn't have a preop diet and the surgeon compensated by using a LOT of gas during her surgery. At the 5 day mark, she was still in pain from the gas. Mine was gone by day 3 and I got a 3cc fill during the surgery.

Hmmm, I think both sides of my belly feel heavy. Looking forward to first fill on 11/11!

Good luck to you! I just had band placement surgery on 9/30 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital and will be getting my first fill on 11/11. I can't wait to get this band working. I am so happy to have made the decision to have LAP band.

I have found these to be very helpful right now as I'm on full liquid diet. I agree they are not tasty but very effective as a quick "meal". I had a case of fruit punch flavor. I just ordered a case of assorted favors from vitacost.com to try other flavors.

Hi there! Newbie here and not real sure how this works. I had band placement surgery on 9/30/13. So far I feel great except for a little soreness at my port incision and ab soreness when I move certain ways. I am so over the liquid diet but have to stay on it until 10/30. I have my first fill scheduled on 11/11 and I can't wait to get this band working. On my first visit to the Sarasota memorial hospital comprehensive bariatric program I was 290#. At the time of surgery I was 284#. Now at the 15 day post surgery mark I'm at 264#.
Not sure what else to say here right now but this seems like a cool way to hear about others experiences with the band at about the same placement time.

Thanks so much!

I am down over 20lbs since band placement surgery 12 days ago. Can you believe it?

It is perfectly normal to be hungry at the stage you are at. Your tool is not in effect yet. Seems like a lot of people say the 3rd fill did it. I felt some restriction after the third fill. Congrats on your surgery. Hang in there with the restricted diet- you can do it! Congrats on your weight loss as well. Keep up the good work!

I had my band placement surgery on Monday 9/30, two weeks ago tomorrow. I am on liquid diet of Protein shakes, Protein Shots, puréed low fat Soups, low sodium V8 juice and lots of Water. The most substantial foods I am currently eating are cottage cheese and cream of wheat. I have two more weeks of this diet. It it difficult for me I am craving other good foods all the time and try to stave off the cravings with sugar free Jello, sf pudding and/ or sf Popsicles or any of the foods listed above. I have lost almost 30 lbs since starting my pre surgery diet and about 20 lbs since surgery. I love that part of it and I can have very strong will power to see the liquid diet through for two more weeks, then in a month I go for my first band fill.
What I hope to get an idea of from all of you in this forum, that have already provided so much information to me in this process, is what to expect with my hunger levels after I get my band filled? Will I be full and still crave food? At what point does the brain catch up with the band and stop filling me with hunger anxiety?
Oh yeah I also need to mention that I am an Executive Chef at a private club with casual and fine dining cuisine. That really does not help with my food anxiety either.