jaimemealy

I was banded on 1/29, so it's been 11 days and I have absolutely no restriction. My fill doctor said to come in after one month, but if I wait that long I'm definitely going to gain weight. Is it normal for me to be healing and not have restriction or should I try and call the doctor? Just your opinions, but I have had to pay out of pocket (fills too) and I don't want to waste the opportunity I have now. Please let me know what you all think...

Ok, today was a bit harder for me. I've been on pain pills since the surgery and I decided to try and go without them today. WOW! All my incisions are fine except the one for my port which is still swollen and really painful. I hope nothing is wrong with it because I went to Mexico for my procedure so it's not like I can just make a follow up appointment if it doesn't get better. Also, today is the first time I've had hunger pains and they were super intense. I rushed home and had a protein shake which helped but it doesn't seem to tide me over for very long. Maybe I should be drinking more water, which is something I will try doing tomorrow. I don't know how everything else is going since I've decided to weigh myself only once a week and I did it yesterday, so I guess every Tuesday will be my big "weigh in" day. Let's hope I can make it that long without doing it since I am super anxious to know if this is going to be worth it. Guess we will find out, huh?:drool:

Ok, today was a bit harder for me. I've been on pain pills since the surgery and I decided to try and go without them today. WOW! All my incisions are fine except the one for my port which is still swollen and really painful. I hope nothing is wrong with it because I went to Mexico for my procedure so it's not like I can just make a follow up appointment if it doesn't get better. Also, today is the first time I've had hunger pains and they were super intense. I rushed home and had a protein shake which helped but it doesn't seem to tide me over for very long. Maybe I should be drinking more water, which is something I will try doing tomorrow. I don't know how everything else is going since I've decided to weigh myself only once a week and I did it yesterday, so I guess every Tuesday will be my big "weigh in" day. Let's hope I can make it that long without doing it since I am super anxious to know if this is going to be worth it. Guess we will find out, huh?:smile2:

So I've never blogged before, but a really great lady in one of the chat rooms suggested that I keep a journal of my brand new banded life and I've decided to do that through a blog. I've been reading the success stories posted on this site and everyone seems to want to pay the attitude forward. I don't know if anything I say will help someone else or even if I am going to be a success story, but I guess the good Karma couldn't hurt anyone:smile2:. I was banded on Jan. 29th, 2010, which was 4 days ago. I have to say right now the biggest fear I have is that I still won't be able to lose weight, even with the band. I was relatively skinny before I got pregnant with my second child in Jan 2008, but since I've had her I haven't been able to drop almost any weight. I've dieted and I've excersised my butt off. Nothing has worked, so I decided to go with the extreme. If this doesn't work, I don't know what will happen from there, but it's something that keeps me up at night. I've had some problems with the menu, but since coming on this site I think I've gotten it straight for now and I'm really ok with the liquid diet. My belly doesn't feel like it could handle more right now. It does feel weird for me to be full after a cup of hot tea, but I guess that is the point isn't it? So here is the beginning of my journey...5'3, 217lbs. My short term goal is 185lbs before my cousins wedding in July. My long term goal is 135lbs and healthy. Stay tuned for the ups and downs of my so called life...:bored:

So I've never blogged before, but a really great lady in one of the chat rooms suggested that I keep a journal of my brand new banded life and I've decided to do that through a blog. I've been reading the success stories posted on this site and everyone seems to want to pay the attitude forward. I don't know if anything I say will help someone else or even if I am going to be a success story, but I guess the good Karma couldn't hurt anyone:smile2:. I was banded on Jan. 29th, 2010, which was 4 days ago. I have to say right now the biggest fear I have is that I still won't be able to lose weight, even with the band. I was relatively skinny before I got pregnant with my second child in Jan 2008, but since I've had her I haven't been able to drop almost any weight. I've dieted and I've excersised my butt off. Nothing has worked, so I decided to go with the extreme. If this doesn't work, I don't know what will happen from there, but it's something that keeps me up at night. I've had some problems with the menu, but since coming on this site I think I've gotten it straight for now and I'm really ok with the liquid diet. My belly doesn't feel like it could handle more right now. It does feel weird for me to be full after a cup of hot tea, but I guess that is the point isn't it? So here is the beginning of my journey...5'3, 217lbs. My short term goal is 185lbs before my cousins wedding in July. My long term goal is 135lbs and healthy. Stay tuned for the ups and downs of my so called life...:smile2:

Hi, I'm sorry I might be going about this the wrong way since I just joined the site, but I was just banded on Friday (major shoulder pain too) and the menu I was given said I should be eating cream of wheat right now. Is that not right? I came on here because I'm totally confused on what I am supposed to be eating right now and how much of it, so please any advice would be very, very welcome. :confused: