Newbie Tom here. Banded on 2-14. Down about 10. Mostly in the first week. My Doc seems very lenient compared to you all. Maybe thats why my weight is going off slow. I did get my first fill of only 1cc yesterday. I simply found that I had no restriction for the the first 3 weeks. Its kind of a catch 22 I assume before the fills. You have the band and yet your stomach really doesnt hold the food in the pouch without dropping it down fairly quickly. Therefore, I really was still hungry with only maybe a 30% decrease in appettite I guess. Besides slowing down and chewing more it was pretty much business as usual. Im not stupid. There are so many factors that play into amount and rate of loss. Food choices and exercise being the two biggest.
Here is my question for you guys that are a little further down the line. Up to this point, my only problems were eating fast or too much and getting the stuck sensation that kind of freaks you out. In all cases it passes rather quickly and you can literally feel it going below the band and relieving the pressure and everything feels normal again. Does it eventually get to the point where, assuming you are chewing to the right consistency, that the food sits in the pouch (although I'm sure it is slowly dropping through) and gives you the "full" or at least happily satisfied feeling? I mean, you dont want to block the stoma, yet you want to fill the pouch and have the "off" switch tripped.
Kind of rambling but I am pumped about this. I was real happy to get that fill only 3 weeks out. Hopefully gonna make this "tool" easier to use.
Great thread fellas. Since we are few in number its great that we can bounce around all related subjects instead of searching for a specific "thread" to address a topic. Keep up the good work!
