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I got my first fill Monday. Ouch!!! You feel like a pin cushion. My doctor does not use numbing cream. He found the port on the first try. I thought my band was empty but there was 2cc in it already. He added 1cc to it. I guess most people find the right spot at about 5 1/2 cc. So I have another fill next month. I just wish I could lose weight faster so I could see all the pain I went through but I have ruined my metabolism and coming of slow will help from wrinkles and possible sagging skin. Hope all is doing well.

I am stuck. Same weight for the past 5 days.We have had a lot of rain so I have not been walking. I guess I have to get the treadmill out and dust it off. Yuck - I hate hamster exercise. Everyone sounds to be doing good. It is inspiration to get exercising:mellow:

Do not eat oatmeal my doctor said no oatmeal ever again. Ceral like Cream of wheat or malt or meal. Jenn

Shammrockgirl60. Good for you. I am almost at the 2 week mark. I still am a little sorry around my port site and bending is difficult. I can't wait to start puree foods. I am so sick of ISOPURE!!!! TasteS like soap to me. I have tried some soups - that have been very tasty but I feel like I am starving - I am afraid when I get to regular foods I may gorge myself. I have lost some weight but I still feel a little bloated from surgery. Take Care

The liquid egg was awesome. Best Egg I have ever tasted.

Just got back from the Doctor and he won't budge on the diet. He told me to puree everything to the point of liquid. Because I am on liquids. Hot ceral like Malt-O-Meal and even Eggs ----so I will accept that. I can't wait to go home and make an EGG. This is the hard part for me. Everything went great at the doctor. He said I was Textbook. I have lost weight. My goal is gradual. I don't want plastic surgery. He said Exercise is the key and lose about 2 pounds a week. He stressed Strength Training. CAN"T WAIT TO EAT MY liquid EGG.:wink2:

I have to admit I have cheated a little. I took one egg on Sunday and fried it and puree it. I am suppose to be on liquids. I could not eat all of it but it was good. I have been sticking to Soup. I had torilla soup last night and the broth was just enough. I wanted to eat everything else in the soup but I was full. I am going on vacation in 2 weeks. I hope that I am on regular food by then. I can't eat much but just something. I get really tired when I walk. I hope to step that up a little more this week. I this Isopure tastes like SOAP. I bought 8 bottles of it thinking I would be so good and drink them. I haven't even finished the first one. YUCK!!!

I am starving. I am one week after surgery. I have a little pain around my port site but all in all I feel fine. I go back to the doctor today for my-post op visit. I have lots of questions. I was put on a diet of clear liquids the first week after surgery - - then liquids for another week and then - - puree. I want to go to the puree today. I can't drink large amounts of water but cold water does affect me. Very difficult getting the protein down - it tastes awful. I would rather eat a an egg. If I could go to puree I think I could do it but need help with this. Hope the doctor has some give.

I was banded on Monday August 11th. I actually wake up now and wonder if it was a bad dream. Did it really happen? I recommend anyone if you can to stay overnight. Do it. The hospital makes a very good cocktail for pain. All and all it was not that bad. Nothing like a C-section I had 2 years ago. I am at home now. I feel very tired and I do have a lot of gas trapped in my chest. It helps to move around. I think this was probably the easiest part the 6months and then surgery. I think for me it will be difficult to learn to eat in small portions and retrain my habits. Good Luck to everyone who is still getting banded. I still feel it was worth it. I have no regrets. But I have to admit - when I was waiting to go into surgery and they had started my IV - I started talking myself out of the surgery. (In my head) I just kept saying am I this out of control with food. Before I knew it the Dr. injected some medication into my IV and I was out. I woke up on the other side.

I get banded at 8:30 am tomorrow. Only 10 hours to go. I just really want it over so I can move on to the next phase. Thanks for all the stories to put me at ease. I had a C-section almost 2 years ago. Nothing can be as bad as that. I have only told 2 people in my life I am doing this and ALL OF YOU. I really appreciate all the inspiration from everyone's stories. I will log on in a few days and hopefully I can help someone else through this time. See you all on the other side.

cutiew/booty ..... I am glad to hear you are doing okay. Can't wait to hear your experience. You are so positive all the time and have been an inspiration over the past few weeks. I always like to hear your thoughts - You are about a week ahead of me so I have gauged a lot of what's to come looking at your experience first. Hope all is well for you and can't wait to hear how you are doing.

PaulaTX - I am chewing a lot of gum. Which my doctor told me I would have to stop after my surgery because he is concerned if I would swallow it by accident. Also I am drinking a low calorie fruit drink called FUZE. It is only 5 calories and very refreshing. I blend it with ice and it is like a slushee. I am on 750 calorie protein diet but he has allowed me an extra 50 calories to splerge on with other liquids. You can do it - only a few more days. Remember THIN TASTES BETTER!!!

Can't wait to be banded. I am so sick of the pre-op diet. Only 5 days to go. But I love hearing the positive remarks about everybody getting banded and having little to no issues. I am so happy for everyone.

legdxdlr, You can do this!! You are a few years younger than me but we have the same amount to lose. I am 38 years old and I have had anxiety and depression over my wieght. I have asked myself a million times in the last 6 months - how did I get to this point. Alls I know is I don't want to be at this point anymore. So I am mvoing on with this next phase in my life. I want to live the next 38 years without the weight. I want to consume my time with something else then my weight. I get banded on Monday. Keep in touch and let me know how you are doing. I have felt like you many of times - you can do this and change your life and outlook forever. Take Care - these are difficult times and exciting times.

Yesterday I went to the hospital and pre-registered. It is real - the time is close. I had blood work EKG, Chest X-ray. Talk to my doctor and he said I was going to do great. I sure do have some wierd thoughts right now like regret or "what am I doing"!! but I will stay the course. My doctor put me on a 800 calorie diet high in protein. With a big enphasis on sticking to protein shakes. I did eat some fish, and pudding but back to the protein shakes today. 5 more days. I have lost some weight but can't seem to change the ticker. This site has gotten quiet. I can tell the surgeries are starting. Hope all is doing well and can't wait to hear more from anyone who is just banded and how they feel and the experience they went through at the hospital. In detail would be great. Might make me quit worrying. :thumbup: