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I was hungry day and night until I got to start eating solids. Drink as much Water as you can, but the hunger will only be for a short while. A couple of days after starting solids I had my first fill and then hunger stopped for me. Now I have my second fill and I feel some hunger but it is not to bad. Just try to make it until you get to start on solids. I lost 9 lbs. the first week and then 2 lbs a week from then on. After a month passed I started exercising every night for 30 minutes, I have a total gym that I work out on

Oh my gosh if you had natural childbirth you can do this in a minute. It is not that bad really. I was self pay too, but I used a Dr in Houston Texas. Will they keep you in the hospital overnight or put you in a hotel? You will be fine and I hope as happy as I was when it is over.

Can you feel the device once it's in? NO NOT AT ALL Any complications at all? NONE Ladies: Can you take birth control afterwards? YES I DO Sex: When can you start up again, and is it safe...? MY DOCTOR SAID WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT BUT NOT IN THE HOSPITAL!!! Did you experience a lot of vomiting? JUST ONCE WHEN I GOT A PIECE OF pizza STUCK Will you ever be able to eat food? YES YOU JUST HAVE TO EAT SMALL BITES AND CHEW AND CHEW AND CHEW Right after surgery, what did they give you for nourishment? I WAS ON LIQUIDS FOR 48 HOURS AND THEN 4 WEEKS OF MUSHIES, BUT EVERY DOCTOR IS DIFFERENT How much weight did you lose within the first month? I know it's slow and healthy weight loss, but do you feel like it goes quickly? I LOST ABOUT 9 LBS RIGHT AFTER SURGERY THEN 2 LBS A WEEK SO FAR Any change in emotions? THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS I JUST HAD SOME MINOR PAIN THAT THE MEDS HELPED WITH. I WALKED EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR ABOUT 20 - 30 MINUTES FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS SO I DID NOT HAVE GAS PROBLEMS A LIKE SOME PEOPLE DO. I WOULD WAKE UP AND THINK I MUST HAVE DREAMED THAT I HAD THE SURGERY AND HAD TO LOOK AT MY SCARS TO BE SURE. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I HAVE DONE FOR MYSELF. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME EMOTIONAL THINGS IF YOU USE FOOD FOR COMFORT LIKE I DID. BUT IT IS WORTH GIVING UP ANY BITE FOOD FOR THE RESULTS YOU GET IN RETURN. Good luck to you! Hope you make the right choice for you.

Wow Mexico that is a long way from where you live. You do not have much longer to go. What part of Mexico are you going to? My husband was born in Mexico. Don't be nervious. It is a pretty easy surgery. I am a big baby when it comes to Drs or hospitals and I did it and am very happy. It will be over in just a few hours and you will be home before you know it. Is someone going with you?

I have clinical depression and extreme anxiety, I have had it for about 5 or 6 years, I take meds for both. I am 10½ weeks post op. I knew I would have some problems because food was my friend, my comforter and it would not be there for me like before the band. I take meds but still have struggled some with this. I would suggest that you find a counselor and get into some talk therapy. I did 2½ years of it for different reasons but you need to talk about whatever it is that is making you reach for food for comfort. Seeing a counselor was the best thing I ever did for myself, EVEN better than getting the band. Also there are a lot of different breathing techniques you can do to help with anxiety. If you goggle it you should find some. I use them some and they help. Are you working out everyday? That would really help with the anxiety too. Your regular Dr should be able to give you something for anxiety. Just go and talk to the Dr. You don't have to take any tests. Most meds for anxiety are take as needed meds so you do not have to wait 4 or 6 weeks for them to build up in your body like a depression med does. A small dose of Xanax would probably help you. If you ever need to talk just private message me.

Also when I get them they hurt. They are really bad hiccups not normal ones. Is that how yours are?

Are you in the mushies stage? If so I ate mashed potatoes, applesause, chucky soups. What are you eating?

I do the same but it is when I have eaten too fast. Sometime I do it after two or three bites from eating too fast. That may not be why you get them but it is why I get them.

I don't know how much spanish you know. But my husband is hispanic and in their country the more heavier, curvier women are more favorable. Maybe you will getting a compliment and and did not get it all. Don't let anyone discourage you.:tongue2:

I am 10½ weeks post op. I have eaten some Special K Protein Crackers and I had no problem with those. But decided not to buy anymore because they are “triggers” for me to want to eat. I have also eaten some thin crust pizza and it was fine. But on Tuesday I had my 2nd fill and on Thursday tried to eat a very small piece again and it got stuck and I was in terrible pain for a couple of hours. it was my fault I did not chew well, so when you add bread be sure to take small bites and chew well. I have stayed away from pasta and rice as per my Dr.

Sounds like you are the right path! I think you have to go into with a positive attitude for it to work. If your husband is supportive that really is an added plus.

People who live in Galveston County and want to meet for support. A couple of us are going to meet this weekend to drink some coffee and talk. Want to join us let us know. Dr. Spivak is my Dr, but other people have different Drs. So if you want to meet let us know. I think we are trying for Sunday afternoon.:scared2:

Oh my gosh! I hope you get better. If you felt like you would be very welcome to come. Rest and let yourself get better. I said a prayer for you. Get those people together over there!! My best friend is from DeRidder LA.

Congratulations!! Sound like you have been working hard and still plan to. You should be very proud!!

I had a fill on Tuesday my 2nd one. I have 3cc in 10 cc band. And last night I was eating a small piece of pizza which I have also eaten once in a while in the last 10 weeks and had no trouble. I too got stuck and it was heck for about an hour. Bad thing was my 3 year old Grandbaby was here and I did not want her to know what was going on. So I had to pretend everything was fine till I finally threw it up and all was well. Are you a nurse? My daughter in law is a nurse and when she delivered her babies she did not tell the hospital she was a nurse because she says they make you do everything yourself then. You had a right to know anything and everything they do to you or put in you at the Dr's office. The nurse was rude. Hang in there it will get better. Your weight is nothing to be ashamed of if you had a couple of weeks without losing, your body was probably adjusting.

Congratulations! You have done great! I hope my experience will be as good as yours. So far so good!!

Come on ladies we are just meeting for coffe at a public place for about an hour. Come meet with us.

I lost 100 lbs before and totally freaked out I did not know who I was and what I was suppose to do with myself. I was very emotional and kinda bitchy too. I did not know how to relate to people I spent a lot of time in the corner of my bedroom floor crying. Since then a lot of years have gone by and of course the weight came back. But in the past 5 years I spend 2½ years in counseling and hope I can deal with it this time. But if I can't I know just who to book an appointment with. This was the one concern my husband had when I talked about getting this surgery. Was if I felt I needed help that I would see my counselor again and I agreed. I liked being thin but it was not me or something crazy like that. I had no walls up around me and I did not like that.

Going to the Doctor will help with your anxiety. Maybe it is not a slipped band. Or if it is I heard they take the fill out for a couple of weeks and it sometime returns to the right position. Don't worry until you have to it may be nothing to do with a slippage. Let us know after you go!!

I am still praying! Hang in there! Maybe if they want it to be outpatient you could pay the difference for a one night. I was self-pay all the way.

We are almost the same except I have been married for 29 years and am 48. But our height and weight is my starting weight. I am 10 weeks post op and down 25 lbs. I was scared to tell my husband too, but he was fine with it but worried about the surgery part of course. I also suffer from depression and he was concerned about that since food is my friend. But in the end he is very supportive and helpful in everyway. But I think even if he said he did not want me to do it I would have done it anyway. I wanted to do this really bad and he has never had a weight problem ever and I have struggle my whole life. Twice I have lost 100 lbs only to gain it back over a 5 year period each time. Talk to him about it. He will come around maybe he will just need some time. Take him to a seminar that will help, I took my husband with me and to my first Dr. visit.