lisafitz

Had my fill on friday it was so cool I got to watch everything. I had ultra sound done with the nasty drink. lol I also watched it. I laid done first he numbed me....then I had to stand up with the needle in me (Pulp Fiction moment) and I drank the stuff and watched it go down and get stuck, so he let some out and it went right down....I wanted it a little tighter so he put a tiny tiny more and then I drank and it went down slow and that was that. No pain at all. But I have to take kitten bites and really chew chew chew....getting food stuck does not feel very good. I am learning....I am a fast eater so this is a learning thing for me. But very happy...takes me forever to eat but that's ok....got sick once so far took to big of a bite Lisa

Hi, I grew up in Marlton. Lived there my whole life. Moved in with my husband then got married and living in Runnemede now for 20 something years. I go for my first fill today at 11:30 am I can not wait. Back to eating normal for the past week in a 1/2 and not happy about it. 8 weeks from banded. Doctor was on vacation or I would have gone last week. But I am ready and excited. Had my surgery at Kennedy in tratford with Dr. Balsama he is great. Young and cute lol and so very nice. I will see him today.

Well I go tomorrow I am so excited and can not wait gain 2 1/2 lbs back from the 17 lbs I have lost. I have been eating normal.....it doesn't even feel I ever had a band inside. Except I can feel my port. I am past 8 weeks of my surgery and I feel I should have lost more weight. But I also should have been filled over a week ago. So I am not going to stress. My day starts tomorrow of weight loss again. O I am so ready and excited. Can not wait. I am not freaked about it any more....thanks to all of you thank you thank you Lisa:tt1:

So I will not worry anymore...But I just can't wait to get this done. That's all I am thinking about. I want this now. lol I want to start this. Four more days.....time is a ticking lol Thanks for all the support. This site is so great

I first was going to go with The New Biginnings Program...which is awesome. But the money out of pocket I could not do. My family doctor sent me to Kennedy Stratfort to see Dr. Balsama who I just love...he was the best for me and my ins paid 100% with three visits from home care nurses. Tuesday will be 8 weeks since I have had my lapband and down 17 lbs.....I go for my first fill with him Friday.

Thank you everyone...I do feel better. It's the waiting now and I am hungry and I did over eat yesterday and today. I am not happy. I would have had my fill already if he wasn't on vaca....but it's all good...he needs a vaca too. lol I am now worried I will not have will power and I don't want to start that up again. I am fighting my urge to eat more then I should. I have my four days planned out already on what I am to eat or not eat the rest of the week until Friday. I just can't wait to feel full again....it just died in me..like last weekend I felt like I never had the band, it was weird.....I am going on my 8 week of the band and no fill.....it's really hard, very hard right now. Last weekend it was like someone turn my knob or something...I just felt hungry for the first time in 7 weeks....it was freaky. Now Tuesday is my 8 week.....then Friday fill....well I can not wait. At least it seems like it really doesn't hurt and needles do not bother me at all. Thanks:redface:

I here all these stories on the first fill and it hurts.....they had to poke a few times. What's the deal? I go this Friday the 3rd of Oct. I took off from work have to do the ultrsound and drink nasty stuff. Is there questions I should ask? Something I should know about the "first fill" ? Will I feel restricted? I need to I am hungry now it's 7 weeks from my surgery and Tuesday will be 8 weeks. My doctor was on vaca this week or I would ahve been filled. I am so scared.

Thank you all for answering me I have been going insane with so many thoughts lol it's crazy I go for my fill a week from frdiay (tomorrow) I can not wait. I am trying to eat slow and chew chew chew lol I am a very fast eater so this is a strong lesson for me. I just can't wait to get a fill and feel the restriction So this is normal on how I am feeling I go insane thanks so much

Go for my first fill Oct 3rd. Banded 7 weeks ago Tuesday. Down 17 lbs. I am nervous now I never feel full.....I did about four days ago but now I don't . I know I ate more then my 1 cup 1/2 (for each meal) and I am nervous I did something wrong. Did I make the band slip? Could I have made the band slip after eating a little more then normal one time. I have one week to go...my doctor on vacation or I would have been filled this week. I feel like I don't have the band inside me anymore. I mean I can still feel the port....but it's my hunger, it feels like I felt before. I'm hoping this means I am ready for my fill. I know I gain now that I am eating regular. :scared2:Just worried anyone else feel this way?

OMG I have been searching and searching for this thread. I will get my first fill Oct 3rd...has been 7 weeks yesterday. I just can't wait to get my fill....I have no restrictions at all. I feel crappy like I did before and I am eating more then just three days ago....I am so very nervous I am going to over do it and mess the band up and it will slip. I am eating 1 cup 1/2 of reg food. with a snack in between some times. But since Saturday I have eaten a bit more then that. Now trying to get myself back to normal. So I am filling then that it is so time for me to have a fill. I would have gone this week but he was on vaca so I go next Friday. I hope that changes the way I feel. Has anyone eaten more then should have?

I was banded Aug 5th and going for my first fill Oct 3rd. I lost 17 lbs and I know I gain at least 2 lbs back. I am eating normal now. I think since I stopped the liquids and the mushie and all together blending my food and eating normal is why I gained, and I am sure that is why you gain to. Good job on the walking. I get to the gym like once or twice a week and I have to get myself moving more.

Hello, I go for my first fill Oct 3rd and Tuesday was 7 weeks since my band. Can I ask this question? I feel like I am hungry more then I was even last week. I eating a little more then I should, did anyone do this before fill. I am trying hard to control my feeling to want to eat more then I should. My doctor is on vacation and I would have been filled this week, but I have to wait until next week. I am dying here I just want the restriction so I don't feel this way. I went to a cousins dinner Saturday night and I just have been eating more then I normally do....only 1 cup 1/2 with each meal and a snack...mostly veggies and chicken, meat but I have had tastes of pie, brownie etc and I don't eat that stuff. Has anyone else eaten, cheated before first fill? Do you feel better after the fill?

Hello I go for my first fill Oct 3rd and was banded Aug th I would have gone this week but my doctor is on vaca I lost 17 lbs right away and gain like 3 back. I am eating normal and now I just feel like I always feel and I can't wait to get filled. This past weekend I ate more then normal didn't follow my diet....I am hoping I didn't do anything to damage my band I will be so mad at myself. Have you ever ate more then you should? I just can't wait to go get this filled....I am afraid I will screw up. I want to get started on losing weight I am back on the right eating habits but really worried myself

I like since I have been banded: I can cross my legs my pants are lose that I am almost in a size 14 that everyone tells me I look thin skinny lol i can breathe i can sleep better walk up steps and not breathe heavy I could go on lol and more to come as the weight comes off Lisa

I walked a little after my band like a week after but my doctor didn't want me doing really anything until about three weeks.....then I would walk around my block then two blocks etc. It's 5 weeks past now and I go to the gym for an hour and I am only aloud to go on the treadmill and the eliptical. So I do a half on each. I go for my first fill in a week. Then he said we will discuss weight training. I guess every one is different. I am down 20 lbs or so I haven't weighed myself for about over a week. just started my reg food....only a cup to a cup an a half. Mostly proten. I go to the gym ...well I should say I try at least three times a week. But I never sit anyway, always moving around. I feel great and all my clothes are lose. Lisa

So you go to the group meetings.....I never checked any out I should come it would probably help allot. All the things that go though your mind. My Dr. was Dr. Balsama.....I am so glad I went to him and Kennedy it was the best also. lol I will have to try and come to one. Thanks

After mine I had one week liquids....2-3 weeks mushy then 2-3 weeks on lumpy, but last week I slowly started just cutting food up really small and I have been fine. I guess I will find out about what I do for the fill I notice allot of people on here are different with what each surgeon does. He said by the time I come to see him for my appt which is in a week I should be eating regular. Which I have started, but really small, just not lumpy. Mostly veggies and shakes, mashed potato, eggs, Jello and pudding (sugar free) and some chicken and turkey. It just makes me nuts not knowing whats going on insdie of me. But you helped allot and this website does allot I am so glad I came across it

Oh thank you thank you lol :thumbup: I have been driving myself insane. I heard that before to about the first fill.. I have to have an ultra sound done for my first fill and drink some bad tasting stuff. I really can't wait. Thanks so much you just don't know....well maybe you do lol

Oh I am sorry I should have said I feel like I am not full I go to my doctors on the 17th of Sept and then they set up for my fill my first fill. I just am afraid I am doing something wrong. I am always hungry at work, I do follow how much I am to eat....but I never feel the full feeling and I always wonder is it still in there. I don't know I am nervous about it. I weigh my food out all the time, but I am eating now normal done with the food processor. But I still measure my food together....I am not to go over 1 cup and 1/2 but I don't go over 1 cup. I drink my shakes twice a day still sugar free jello and pudding.....I have tasted brownies just a lick or two.....but I always think maybe I am eating too much and can the band slip then what happens....I think I am going nuts. lol I just can't wait to go get filled and feel full finally

What happens if the band slips????? from over eating

Thank you......I get insane in my head thinking I am doing something wrong. I go Sept 17th can not wait. I am trying hard to eat slower....I think I am the fastest eater ever. lol

I go in two weeks for my fill...let me know how you made out, please. I do the same I use a small dish but while I am cooking I am eating , picking I should say and that's eating. Then I put my food on a small plate and eat. I also eat too fast and burp allot. I hope I didn't damage my band. Keep me posted on how it went Lisa

My problem is I am a fast eater. I have slowed down but feel I still eat oo fast. I am trying but now I worry did I do something wrong by eating to fast. I also started eating almost reg. now but no more then a cup. I do follow my papers I have on each stage. I go in two weeks for my first fill. But in my mind I feel like I stretched my stomach....I am not hungry all the time but I think my brain is making me nuts lol. I had half a bagel for the first time yesterday took and hour to eat. It went down ok very very tiny bites. I burp allot after eating to. But I have acid refulx and always burpped anyway. I just hope I didn't do any damage to my band. My main problem is eating to fast and I hope I am not eating food too fast either. I have tried different things.

I was banded Aug 5th by Dr. Balsama in Stratford NJ Kennedy Health he was awesome and the whole staff and everyone I had to deal with was just great. Lisa

good luck too both of you. Lisa