SusanMTaylor

Thanks! That makes a lot of sense too me - Got it - banana with some protein!!

I get my first fill on June 5!! I hope that I notice a difference in my hunger and feeling satisfied!! I was told that my first fill will be 3 cc's (I have a 10 cc band) -

Hi!! Thanks for the encouraging message!! I saw my dietician yesterday and she indicated that my first fill will be for 3cc's of saline - I am worried that I won't see ANY kind of difference, but she said to ask them to fill it up as much as possible because I live 1 1/2 hours away and each fill will cost me $100 - Also, I have to wait a minimum of 4 weeks between fills so that the port site doesn't get irritated - So my first fill will be June 5th and I hope I get a good one!!

Susan

Hi -

I found that if I eat something high in carbs (like a banana), that I'm HUNGRY just a little while later - but, if I have protien with the carbs, or Protein only, I stay satisfied much longer -

I haven't had my first fill yet! Does the needle hurt?

Hi!! my name is Susan!! i am SO GLAD that i came across your thread!! i thought that i was going crazy before i read your question today!! i had my Lapband surgery on 4/13/2009 - by 4/22 i noticed no feeling of restriction at all!! i felt since then (today is 6 weeks post op) that i could eat platefulls of food like before - i noticed that if i didn't chew my food thoroughly enough that i could feel it go all the way down my esophagus - this is painful, isn't it!!?? my doctor won't give me my first fill until 2 more weeks (8 weeks post op) because they tell me that the port site has to be healed thoroughly so it won't turn or flip when the needle is inserted -

i think that because i started out with a BMI of less than 40, and that i have a slender build around my tummy (i'm shaped like an hour glass) that the band is very loose around my stomach and the diameter of the hole that food falls through is pretty big - i got to see a band and touch it, and i noticed that the hole is pretty big - i'm guessing like the size of a 50 cent piece?

Is the needle very painful for a fill?? i'm worried a little about it -

anyways, i hope that you will feel more restriction as you get more fills - Thanks for your question because i thought i was the only one who had this issue - i'm hungry all the time!! but i'm not taking in any more than 1000 calories a day, so i'm losing weight, i'm just not enjoying the benefit yet of having a fill -

Susan

Hi, Hannah!!! Good for you!!! You are so young and you have so much of your life ahead of you - I can't tell you how many regrets I have about my weight over the years (I've been heavy since the age of 15 - and I'm 45 now!!) - How many events I didn't go to because I let my feelings about being heavy get in the way? How many cute outfits I bought with the best of intentions to lose the weight to get into them one day? How many experiences overall that I didn't let myself enjoy because I was overweight?

You have a chance to enjoy all of the experiences that a teenager should enjoy! The Prom, Spring Breaks, dating, making new friends - All of this awaits you!! I wish that this surgery was available to me many years ago! I wouldn't feel like I wasted so many years of my life thinking about my weight and letting it be an obstacle for so many experiences!

Your post drew my attention because I just got approved from my insurance company and my surgery date is April 14th - one day before yours!!

Best wishes, Hannah!!

Susan in Virginia