saffy255

I have an 11ml band, and at the moment I have 8.1ml in there. My surgeon says that most people need around 8ml, but I know I still need more... For the last three fills I've only been having 0.3ml at a time, there is a VERY fine line between restriction and no restriction, and cos crossing it can make me very ill, I'm glad we're going slow!!!

You've done really well and have lost double what I've lost!! My loss has slowed to a pound a week too - and my surgeon is more than happy with that - in fact they say between 4lb and 7lb a month is a good loss and that any faster than that and you risk excess skin. I'd rather lose it slow and steady than drop very quickly and have to deal with excess skin!

Yeah - I'm the same... no eggs for me now :w00t: I adored egg before surgery, now it REALLY makes me feel ill, and if I DO eat it (like I did out of politeness once when a friend invited me for my (old) favourite lunch - Ommelette) I get gripes in my stomach and then whoooooooooooosh, I need to run to the loo, and not for being sick!!!! I steer well clear now!

I'm almost at my sweet spot - I have 7.5ml in an 11ml band, and I cannot eat rice. I'm fine on Pasta but rice has me ill for hours - same with bread or other doughy products. I can't eat chicken at all either... but great on ham, beef etc... we're all different, but it's widely accepted that we'll all struggle on rice!

Because, quite simply, every time I east it, regardless of how much I chew, or how big a bite I eat, it sticks and I am faced with a night of being sick... Everyone's different, my Nutritionist is happy with me sticking to fish, and says if I can't eat it, I shouldn't... Not everyone's the same!!!

I was banded in June this year and have had three fills - 3ml, 3ml and 1ml, the last being last week. This week I have learned what restriction truely is - I've not struggled really, just made sensible food choices, and I've been fine... no bread, no chicken, nothing naughty. However.... although I'm now on about a side plate of food each meal, I'm really hungry after 2.5 - 3 hours. My surgeon tells me that my sweet spot should see me filled up for about 4 hours. So if I'm finding food ok now (I struggled after 2nd fill with pbs and sliming - I guess through bad food choices) but I'm only feeling full for 2.5 hours, I guess my next fill (which I'm told will be half a ml) should see me at my sweet spot???

Not quite the same, but I have a card in my purse that tells any doctor or medic what to do if I am unable to.... When I'm with my family / friends / work friends it's fine - they know where the card is kept, but when I go anywhere with strangers, I have to tell them that if I become ill, and I'm unable to talk, I have a card in my purse....

Exactly... Why pay all that money for the best surgeon you can, and spend a week in pain, and then spwnd weeks getting your head around stuff to Eff up your band??? Are you bonkers???

I certainly felt my band for about 2 weeks... Now I kind of feel it... If I get food stuck, and then it "drops" I feel it... very wierd, but a great feeling after being in pain!!!!

My Surgeon insists on a regular diet after a fill... the morning after sugery (and I was operated on at 8pm!) I was on porridge and for lunch thick veg Soup.... However... no fills for the first 6 weeks, then 3ml at first fill, 3ml at second and then 0.5ml or 1ml til restriction.... I have 6 ml in an 11ml band and I still have little restriction.

The hunger will return.... trust me! :biggrin: Then you'll be posting on here saying "Oh noooo I'm so hungry and I don't get a fill for weeks yet!!" :smile: The other thing to remember is that your hunger will not magically disappear at your 1st fill... I'm awaiting my third fill and while my hunger has subsided, it's deffo not gone!:biggrin:

Hello I would suggest that you go with what surgery is best for you - not let your schooling decide for you! School can be postponed, your health cannot! However, that being said, I would say that in your situation, a band would be better as there's less healing to go through. Remember that with a Bypass you'll have had major major surgery, spent some time in Intensive Care and been pretty poorly. With a band there is not a single change to your anatomy, and to be honest, after 10 days I was feeling more or less back to normal. The "lack of food thing" you speak about - I feel no different - no ligtheadedness etc. I've had my 2nd fill and I'm still not at my sweet spot yet, but I'm getting there and am losing weight slowly. To those that don't know i've had the band, my diet is working well!!!! After the band the pain was completely tolerable - only 2 or 3 days of taking pain killers, and then rest for a few days. after 10 days I was out walking 3 miles a day and enjoying the rest of my time off work (My GP signed me off work for 3 weeks!!!!! - totally unecessary!)

I have an 11ml band and my 1st fill was 3ml. I'm back on 1st Sept for another 3ml. My Surgeon says that fills should only ever be a month apart... never any closer as your body needs time to adjust. He also doesn't require you to liuid / mush before or afterwards, and I was on mushies as I left hospital after surgery.... whay I'm trying to get at is that everyone is different!!

If I have chinese, I have Chicken Egg Foo Yung... it's essentially scrambled egg / omlette with beansrouts, mushrooms and chicken... very yummy and very low fat, and if you're still on mushies - dead easy to eat.