forestgranger

Get pished once in a while - It wont harm - It may do you good - be well

I was banded March 7th 2006 and had my first fill of 3.2cc last thursday. I have hardly felt restriction and just keep looking at the scars thinking 'were they really worth it' ! I was told liquids for a week then mushies another week. Liquids lasted 2 days and mushies another 2. I havent pushed it but I dont feel full or satiated when i eat foods and would like to know how it feels to be nicely restricted and feeling like youve eaten enough... :help:

I can eat anything... I was told chicken was out.. bread a no no... rice noooooo etc etc etc... I can eat them all ( i know i shouldnt BTW) Whats the problem with these foods? Are they doing something sinister to me that I dont know about?

TYVM = Thank You Very Much BTW -----> Whats 'Sweet Spot'

PB = Productive burp - (little explanation here) Sweet Spot = ?????????????????????? etc. etc. etc. Forward Thanks! :clap2:

Feels like I do not have a band fitted and my appetite is raging... I read that I can eat any foods now abeit in small amounts! :hungry: I could eat a horse ! I can gulp down pints of Water ! Is this normal ? :help:

Banded 7th March 2006 Pain unbearable, i had been trying to go but only managing tiny amounts and put it down to only having Fluid in my diet. Wow that was a bad experience and when you read about constipation it highlights the importance of staying hydrated because if you are dehydrated your body takes the fluid from your pooh to hydrate itself. Ergh, no wonder i was feeling CRAp all the time :sick Anything else to beware of out there ???

:paranoid I was struggling with the toilet something that's never happened before. Well it happened and it happened in a seriously painful manner where the paramedics came out and performed an enema. Now i'm exactly the opposite and can't stop going and have the runs Anyway, for the naive people like me, post-op make sure you are regular and if not make steps to correct this even if it means contacting your GP. Constipation @ this level is not recommended dont ignore it!!!!

I have been on fluids for 12 days post op now and the thing is although i have been very comfortable with the food restriction, it doesn't feel like i'm banded at all. I can gulp down fluids if i'm thirsty and I reckon I could eat a big Sunday lunch LOL. This is what worries me after hearing about PB'ing and leads me on to my question. Will i recognise i'm banded when the soft food starts or am i going to eat too much one day and make myelf poorly...

Ok i was banded on 7th march and in consider myself to have recovered very quick and fairly comfortable with how i feel to an extent. However, i am feeling nauseaus most of the time and although it is mild and is keeping my appetite at bay i'm uncomfortable with it or the thought of it for an extended period. Will it go away is my question because the more i feel it the more i think 'oh no' is this the new me, is his the sacrifice i have had to make. Does it start to overstay it's unwelcome . . .

Mine have changed since the pre-op diet of yoghurt & milk ergh i was just chucking it down my throat... Post op all i wanted was a nice cup of tea. Then my small smoothie was allowed and (every) teaspoon full was sampled by my senses and i really appreciated what i was eating. Today i tried some of the yoghurt i'd been cringing at having to eat, it was really tasty... Bring on the other foods...

3 days banded and i feel fantastic. Nausea twice today at 2pm and 7pm until i took my paracetamol but hey...

Day 3 i feel full of energy but weak if that makes sense... Hardly any pain no gas problems... Just had some soup and back on my PC doing my work, life is good!