Catlin1964

Hi Kerry, and hello to everyone on here. I had my 0.5ml fill with Chris yesterday in Edinburgh. It seems to have done the trick.Have just had some soup and fluids since. Going to really try and work with it now. I dont post much on here but it really helps reading about everyones progress.

Hi Kerry, I can relate to what you are going through as been in the same situation. You have 2 options really. I used to make my own smoothie with good fruit like blueberries, strawberries etc yoghurt and honey. I blended ice in as if it was cold it went down in time taking lots of small sips.People say hot drinks help, but I have always found ice cold drinks better. You can get chewable multi vits,ie Bassatts,they are like fruit gums. I make my own soup again with lots of veg in and blend it,or the fresh soups in the carton are good. Dinner could be fish in sauce, or mince with gravy. When you are tight like this you need time to get your food down. I was tight like this for about a year, and sometimes couldnt be bothered struggling and ate things like battered fish from the chippie, that always went down if I was desperate. problem is chocolate and high fat things can become your staple diet. I always lost weight although slowly. I was very weak when I was like this and your other option is to have a small defill of 0.5 mls if you are not getting any better. I had 6.5 mls in at my tightest and currently have 5.5mls reasonably good restriction but another 0.5 mls would be better. I like fruit and veg and if my band is too tight, I cant eat these and I feel like crap. I hope this helps, Catlin X

Hi Kerry, I now have 5.5 mls in a 10 ml band. I have been up to 6.5mls before the defill for my surgery. I had problems though. I was choking at night in bed and my xray showed a big swelling in my oesophagus this was due to band being too tight and poor food choices. I am less hungry now since my fill last week and am eating about a cereal bowl full of food at meal times. I always try and eat veg and fruit which is a challenge because I dont want to resort to food of poor nutritional value. Smoothie is great. I am desperate to lose the rest of my weight but finding it really difficult.Hopefully talking about it on here will help. Catlin X

Kerry thats really bad luck. You are right to appeal. I came down from Inverness on the train. The appointments were very behind on the Thursday. The fill I had has put me right back to basics. Got good restriction. 4 stone gone but been the same weight for about a year. Im really wanting to drop about another 4. How are you getting on?

Hi Gary was reading what you said about your defill. When I had my defill, I was fine for a week or two, portions stayed small,but then my appetite gradually increased and so did my portion sizes. its so subtle hence my gain. im sure with all your training you ll be fine though.

Hi everyone, just joined after meeting a few folk in Dr Debruyne's clinic in Edinburgh yesterday. I went for a fill. Hello Gary and Scooby doo, I was the lady with dark curly hair. Also hello to the lady with long blonde curly hair, sorry didnt get your name. I hope by chatting here I will be focused again. Had to have a complete defill for surgery and guess what? I ate like a truck driver, weight was galloping back on. Back up to 5.5 mls in band so need to get on track.