I am on the liquid diet still and I hear everyone talking about having trouble getting liquids down.. I dont feel any restriction??? Is this normal?? And I feel like I am drinking liquids and broths, popcicles, constantly... Is all of this normal??

I feel the same way. I am very, very hungry. I do, however, feel restriction after juices and broth, but I am still hungry!! I, unfortunately, have not experienced a loss of appetite. I can't wait until Friday when I can have full liquids. It will be a feast! :bored:

I am glad to hear that I am not the only one feeling this way.. Hopefully when I get to the mushies it will be better...:bored:

Hi Kerby - I'm also 6 days post-op and in the EXACT same positon. No problem getting liquids down, STARVING all the time and starting to go a bit crazy. Hang in there. Luckily, I have a drs appt tomorrow so I find out what the next step in the food process is. I'm praying for eggs, fish, Beans, oatmeal, etc.

If its any help, I spoke with the Drs office today and they said it is perfectly normal but said to stay with the liquids to give your band time to heal. We can do it!!!!

P.S., how's the port site. Mine is still KILLING me!!! Very sore and tender. Just wondering if you're feeling te same since we both had surgery on the same day.

It gets better if you are allowed eat jello it should stay in the pouch longer and make you less hungry. Thin mashed potatoes are great...with a little cheese very little to give a little protein to keep you satisfied longer. I was allowed to eat creamy soups rather thinly made. Or any soup pulverized into a liquid and I always chose a split pea with ham or potato cheese. As long as they are really really ground up you should be fine. I know at some point it felt like you were always eating something sweet. It gets much better once you can start doing the things i wrote about above...you feel normal again. And I will say it was hard to realize what was head hunger and which was food hunger. I still battle with that. Also my port was sore for a while probably severely sore for about 1 week and then gradually better for the next several weeks. I would roll out of bed instead of sitting up in bed and getting out...using your abs I felt made it worse. At the hospital they made me sit up first and then get out of bed.

I got really hungry a week post op (on clear liquids) so I was advanced to full liquids and that has helped. 1/2 cup of a creamy soup and I am full..

I have never had difficulty getting liquids in.

I think the real difficulty that you hear people discussing comes not from restriction, but stems from the fact that we're not supposed to drink for a period of time after eating. This effectively reduces the time we have to get all of our needed fluids in.

It's not so much that it's difficult, physically, to do so. As you gain some restriction, you may find that your stomach capacity limits how much you can take in at once---but you'll figure that out as you go.

Hey uscgal, OH YEAH:scared2: the port is still very sore, at first I couldnt find it then when I did I wished I had never touched it...lol I am concerned that it is so close to the skin?? Is that going to show in the future? Thanks everybody for all the ideas.. I need them.. This is my 7th day and I am hoping this next week will go by fast so I can go to muchies!!:bored:

Try some creamed soups, cream of wheat or some greek style yogart. I know these are mushies but I had to advance to them early on and it helped a lot. You may find that hunger is part of your life for a while until you get some restriction. I didn't get full restriction until 4 months out. Best wishes!!!

Hey Kerby - How's it going? So, I had my follow-up appointment today with my doctor. Good news, I lost 6 lbs; Bad news, I have to stay on the clear liquids. However, illuminationlady was totally right. I begged my doctor for a few more foods and told him that I was starving and may die from malnurishment if I didn't eat and he allowed me yogurt and some creamed soups (dramatic, I know, but needed to stress the urgency). I had them this afternoon and evening and feel like a totally different person. I feel SO much better, have more energy and finally don't feel starved. So, definitely ask about the yogurt and creamy soups when you go in for your post-op. Glad to hear your port site is still hurting a bit too (misery loves company). I found out today that mine is the low-profile port so I can't really feel it. But, geez, it is SORE. Everyone says it will get better, so hang in there. WE CAN DO IT!!! :thumbup:

I am on the liquid diet still and I hear everyone talking about having trouble getting liquids down.. I dont feel any restriction??? Is this normal?? And I feel like I am drinking liquids and broths, popcicles, constantly... Is all of this normal??

Me too!!! I am 9 days post op and still hungry!!!!! I am tired of liquids. NO MORE JELLO!!!!!!!!!!:thumbup:

Oh, port site still hurts too..

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i had to move on to thidker liquids early on because i to felt very hungry and sooo tired of jello and apple juice try some tomato soup or cream of chicken. My friend had the surgery 6 mo. before me and she suggested potato soup. that was the real life saver.:thumbup:

Today is day 10. My initial feeling of restriction was gone at day 6. I had a nutrisystem egg fritata for Breakfast, about a 2 oz. serving and I can feel it sitting nicely above the band. No pain, just am not hungry anymore. I like the feeling.

And my port site incision is in the middle of my chest, about 4 CM in length. I found the port, a little towards the right and up on my abdomen. About 1.5 inches away from the actual incision. It is the only part of my amdomen that is still a little swollen. I feel like the port is significantly under the skin. I hope it doesn't hurt too bad for adjustments.

I feel like a kid. It is a little sore but I can't stop touching it to feel the outline.

My port feels like its right under the skin I am scared to death that it is going to look like a tumor when I loose the weight!!

Hiya!

I was banded on 4/8/10 and am 1 day shy of a month post op! I found out day 2 post op that I could tolerate Myoplex chocolate and vanilla shakes. They are VERY thin and over the course of a day i could drink one and it was 42 grams of Protein that helped with that horrible hungry feeling. My doc had me skip the mushies all together and start on soft solids 2 weeks post op and it's been great.. :w00t: just now starting to feel hungry a little in between but it's bearable.

I can also feel the port but as the doc described, its attached to muscle, so unless I get 1.5 % body fat, it won't be noticible, which is fine by me because Im not planning on entering any fitness expo anytime soon! lol

Hang in there you all are doing great!!

YAY for you all!!

Hugs,

heather