mrs.jones

LOVE YOUR BLOG! I look forward to the next one! Thanks for taking the time to do this. My experience has pretty much been the same as yours. That is until I had my second fill. I am finding that I cannot eat any type of bread, chewy foods or Pasta. If I do, this causes me to PB and slime, which is terrible!! So I have adjusted my eating to Soup and soft crunchy foods that are easy to chew, chew, chew. As long as I do not PB or slime I am happy.

Hi Jeanie! The fill did not hurt at all. Doc numbed the area, so there was a little burn with that. He did do it with flouro, which was pretty neat! There was some bruising, well the bruising is still there, but no pain. I did feel really tired after, almost light headed, but I've read when you are nervous, which I was, this can happen. I am eating smaller amounts of food. Usually around a cup. I was in a hurry today for lunch, which is always bad, and I had 3 chicken nuggets and a couple of fries and I was full. That is just CRAZY for me!! I LOVE IT!!! I try to eat better foods, but today it wasn't happening. Good luck to all!!!

Hey all! I was banded on 2-5-08 and had my first fill on 2-26-08 (4.6 cc). I guess my doc isn't as conservative as others. Not sure if that is good or bad! Just like most of you after surgery I felt some restriction, probably due to swelling, but that went away after a couple weeks. The first few days after my fill I felt more restriction and I still feel it. Almost to the first full week after getting the fill and I am already down 2 lbs! Hang in there, you will get that restriction back and love it!!

Thanks for sharing! That brought me tears and I can't wait to have a "I LOVE THIS BAND" experience!!

I am seeing Dr. Rex Luttrell at the Rivercrest Clinic in Little Rock, AR. Suprisingly, on my surgery day I was pretty calm. I wasn't nervous and the nurses were great. My tummy was a little sore after surgery and a few days after. I haven't had trouble transitioning from a liquid diet to soft foods. My only trouble is not eating enough. I go to bed with a tummy ache or I wake up in the middle of the night with a tummy ache. I realized after a few nights of this that I need to eat a cracker or two and then I would be fine. I haven't had my follow up appt., that is next Tuesday. I plan on discussing the hunger pangs with the doc. So pretty much my experience has been great! :biggrin:

Hi!! I'm so excited after reading through all the posts! I was banded 1 week ago from today and I'm down 10lbs!! I'm doing well and have adjusted pretty easily. I'm looking forward to getting to know some of you through this site and I'm so excited there is a place to read through others experiences and learn.