jenontheband

Teacher, Southern California:)

My husband and children. My closest friend who is also getting the surgery. That's it.

I had my first fill on Friday and had shakes that day. On Saturday, I had an extremely small meal and let me tell you....I am TIGHT. That night I felt like I was sleeping with a baseball in my chest. I had gas, diarrhea, etc up until yesterday night. I am hoping I am done with that. I've been back on mainly liquids since it freaked me out a bit. I am going to try a meal tomorrow at lunch to see how it goes but nothing today. If worse comes to worse, I'll go back and unfill a bit. I hope not but I can't have another weekend like this one!

I think sometimes too, it's like the old dieting we all used to do...yeah, okay it didn't work AGAIN and then you start beating yourself up about it. Lapband is different. You CAN do something...you sound much happier in your second post...go for it! Lucky to have a doc who cares enough to give them to you free too!

My encouragement is to call you doc. He/She works for you and if the fill didn't work for you then give the doc a call. On the flip side, I think you are lucky to already have a fill! I was banded 8/11 and got REAL hungry around Day8/9. I gave up and started eating...yogurt and stuff first but then moved up to the big time. Nothing crazy or anything but believe me I understand the hunger. I'm a little more sensible about it now and I do see that I have four or five hours between meals with no hunger so I know everything's working, but I guess I'm just saying I'm jealous of you already starting your fills!

mbwalker, I freaked out too. It's scary to have any procedure done...what will happen? Will something completely weird or out of the ordinary happen? However, as I read this thread I would continually see people go in for the surgery and come right back out...sometimes posting on the same day! I, too, have done the same...it has now almost been two weeks. My incisions are healing over nicely and I have no pain other than an occasional nudge from my portsite to remind me it's there. I'm even painting my bedroom (no small feat!). Try not to fester too much on the surgery part but on all the other great things...losing weight, feeling healthier, stabilizing your weight for the first time in your life. These are all great things and I am already experiencing them. Look at it as just a few more days and you, too, get to start this phase of your life!

Lose It is great!

Good luck to this week's banders! Wishing the best!!!

So those who have gone before us...here's the question...did you cheat when you got hungry? What did you do to muddle through? I am 10 days post op and I am cheating. It's the truth. The last couple days I went from full liquids to eating mushy things that I used to eat before but seriously I am sitting here eating chips and I KNOW that aint right. I'm hungry. This is why I got the band. It's not working for me right now. I need a fill or whatever it is to bridge over. What did you all do? Are there any tricks out there that I can implement to get me to that first fill?

It's so interesting how the docs are. i was told three weeks only liquid protein shakes but had to go out to a birthday dinner so even though most of my dinner was chicken broth from chicken tortilla soup and from the wine I had at dinner, I still ate (pulverized?) some lettuce from the salad and vegetables from the soup. I was scared and absolutely didn't want a problem. My eating didn't go unnoticed and I was asked about why I was only eating proteins and vegies....however, I didn't have any lapband issues (hiccuping, pbing, etc) and I was just bound and determined to make it through this social event. I am still tired and worried about repercussions but am happy that i didn't eat or intake what Iwould have if I wasn't lap band. Am I alone in this?

Congrats Tracy and Renee you will be so happy to do this! I know I am! Welcome!

Congrats to everyone being banded. I would not trade this for the world! I feel stronger and more in control everyday!

Six days out and nor hungry yet. Feeling much more human today. Yesterday I was getting there but today has been great so far.

Let me just drop in here and say that I am now 4 days post op and I was just as stressed and anxious and completely nuts over this surgery too. I am NOW so glad to have done it and now it's over and I can move on with the next part! There is life on the other side and it's so much better!!! Hang in there!

Good for you msdv! I don't want you mistreated and it sounds like you aren't going to let that happen!!!