I know that most people require one or more fills before they really feel restricted, but this soon after surgery, shouldn't I feel SOMETHING?? I am getting no sensation of fulness, and I sit here with my stomach grumbling and feeling hungry ALL THE TIME. I don't get my first fill unitl I'm six weeks post-op, and I just don't know how I'm going to make it that long!! I'm already wanting to order a pizza... Is this normal?

Originally posted by hodegard

...but this soon after surgery, shouldn't I feel SOMETHING??

Sorry, no.

Is this normal?

Quite.

It just means you're healing well!

Sue

Sue,

If this is normal, when will I start to feel some restriction? When will I stop feeling so hungry?

Dear Hodegard,

Two weeks after my surgery, I was starving and could have easily sucked down half a pizza. I did not have any restriction until my 2nd fill, which was two months after my surgery. Even now, I have lots of restriction early in the day and I am wide open in the evenings. Night time is the only time where I have trouble with compliance and I really have to work at being good. Even though you feel really hungry, I guarantee you if you ate protein 6-7 oz and some veggies, it would still be half of what you ate before or less. Make sure you get lots of protein and drink lots of water and it will help you get through this healing phase.

Babs in TX

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6/23/03

Jennye,

I think that in the best of worlds, the band would behave just as yours is behaving. It is in there, planting itself where it belongs, and not causing any trouble. WHEN IT IS TIME (which, of course, it is not yet), you will have an adjustment which will cause restriction. And, until that restriction exists, you will be just as hungry as you were pre-op. (Just keep your protein levels up.)

As frustrating as this seems right now, to me it sounds like IF you ever need a no-restriction condition later on (you know, another baby, that sort of thing) just emptying the saline will do the trick.

Compare your situation to JimmyC's, where he actually had to have fluids delivered IV for a few days. I can pretty much predict that he'll need several days after the first fill to ease back into solids, and you will need only a day.

Betcha!

Sue