I hope its ok that I started this thread over on the post-op side! Just wanted to check in to see how those who have been banded are doing?

Im 5 days post op and Im HUNGRY. This all liquid business is really getting annoying. I think Im dehydrated too but Im going in to see my doctor today just to make sure everything is ok. I was feeling nauseous and still running a low grade fever. I talked with the doc last night and she said she didn't seem too worried about it but wanted me to come in today just to followup. Im going to ask her about starting some applesauce, pudding or thinned out cream of wheat. I need something more solid in my stomach.

To top everything else off- Im having female issues and bathroom issues. I started my period a week early 3 days before surgery even though Im on the pill and technically not supposed to start until this week. And I have a yeast infection from the antibiotics I got in the hospital. And then with nothing but liquids coming out I have a hemorrhoid. SHOOT ME NOW.

And the worst was last night when I was taking care of some lady business and was trying to be real gentle with my insicions so I didnt stretch too much and hurt them- well I got the MOTHER of all cramps in my lower abdomen (down below my belly button) that would not go away. I was in EXCRUCIATING pain and it hurt so bad that I really thought I was going to black out from the pain. After what seemed like 10 years (but really only 30 secs) things started getting better. But I called my husband upstairs and had him lay down iwth me just to make sure I wasnt going to pass out.

Anyways, after last night Im glad Im going in to see the doctor. I think I need to get some gatorade to drink because im probably dehydrated but just want to check with her to make sure its ok. And hopeing she will clear me to eat a little something. Im tired of feeling so weak and tired all the time.

I'm right there with you all. I got my first fill 2 weeks ago and have lost 2 lbs. It's discouraging. I thought I would finally start moving after that first fill but I'm right back to being able to eat more than I should. I'm trying not to eat too much and am sticking to about a cup per meal. But I'm feeling the same way as all of you. Just hoping that it's just the slow start that I have heard about. Just wish it would hurry up already!!! lol

yes, but you have lost 30 pounds! Way to go!

I'm in the same boat with exercise. I do it sporadically. I need to be better but I don't ever have the energy. it's a catch 22....exercise to get energy, but no energy to exercise. !!!

I'm in the same boat Diane. I want to exercise more but I have no energy.

I asked a few pages back if anyone knew or recommended any energy supplements but no response.

I was thinking about taking some 5 hour energy just to get started.

Dee

Yeah, I don't have any answer. I was hoping that once I lost more weight I would naturally get more energy and then could start exercising but the weight is coming off so slowly it's depressing.

Yeah, we covered that territory yesterday.

I'm fed up too and that causes me to eat badly and my weight has picked up and I'm depressed. I mean I can't eat much but I have been making bad choices.

I'm starting new on Monday like I was just banded.

Failure is not an option with this band. We'll do better.

Dee

Me too, with the bad choices. Monday sounds like a good plan. I'm with you.

good!!

we've come too far to go back now.

Dee

Thanks msdv and spoiltmom!

I was banded 30th August. Went for my first post op visit this week expecting to get a fill or at least an appointment for a fill. Doc said i was doing so well i didnt need a fill yet and to come back in 6 weeks!!!. I told him my weight had been the same for several weeks now so he finally agreed to see me in 2 weeks and if my weight is the same he will give me a fill but if i loose i will have to wait. I think i am starting to eat more slowly and i am not always making the best choices.

Dietician said there is no liquid in my 10ml band and that the surgeon usually puts in 5mls at the first fill - seems a lot!

I got my first fill today. I got 4.5ccs which is great because I was hoping for at least 3, but on the other hand I don't feel any restriction. I have a follow-up appointment in 4 weeks. If I am not feeling restriction by then I hope he will do another fill.

I was banded 30th August. Went for my first post op visit this week expecting to get a fill or at least an appointment for a fill. Doc said i was doing so well i didnt need a fill yet and to come back in 6 weeks!!!. I told him my weight had been the same for several weeks now so he finally agreed to see me in 2 weeks and if my weight is the same he will give me a fill but if i loose i will have to wait. I think i am starting to eat more slowly and i am not always making the best choices.

Dietician said there is no liquid in my 10ml band and that the surgeon usually puts in 5mls at the first fill - seems a lot!

I didn't get my first fill until I was 8 weeks out from surgery and I got 5.5 cc's. It was tight at first but has loosened up already and I am able to eat more that I could.

Im not discouraged at the moment ...I think of it this way, ive lost over 28 lbs in 2 months since my pre-op diet. It took me 6-8 months on jenny craig to lose thisa same weight!!! not only the time but i spent over thousands of dollars at Jenny craig.

Keep up the hard work guys !!! it will pay off!

~jennifer

I'm in the same boat Diane. I want to exercise more but I have no energy.

I asked a few pages back if anyone knew or recommended any energy supplements but no response.

I was thinking about taking some 5 hour energy just to get started.

Dee

I love 5 Hour Energy! I have some in my cabinet right now. A friend of mine swears by Advocare's Spark energy drink but I've never tried it.

Hey everyone, well I was sitting here at work and was thinking of you all. Boy have I missed a lot in the many weeks I have not been here. Well I enjoyed reading the posts, and glad to see many of you doing sooooo well. I on the other hand, have been doing okay minus not losing weight in a week and a half, and also feling the need to vent So here goes what happened to me last Friday.: Well last Friday I was very excited because I was going for my first fill at the fill center in St. Petersburg Fl. On my way there my car broke down, and was late for the appointment. I get there rhings are going great port looked good but when the doctor went in to give me the fill she said the port was flipped and tried to turn it. Well no luck. She says I needed to go back to the doctor which is Mexico, so I calledthe doctor right away and was on a flite the next morning all the way from Fl. So I get there the doctor gives me the x'ray and goes umm your port is not flipped. I said what? He goes ya, you can se the two rings if it was flipped you would only see one. I said well I am sorry but I need some proof lol. So he gets the needle and with a little push in went the needle and my 1.5 cc's. Comes to find out she didn' push hard enough through the lining of the port. So what does that mean for me? Well means I wasted money but glad when I go back for my next fill I can inform her. . . I am happy I did go to Mexico though cause I was reassured I was okay.

Now my aggrivation comes from just being hungry a lot. I am about to have my monthly feiend but I don't know. I definitely eat more than a cup, but less than what I was eating. But I am going to wate a few more weeks to see how I feel before I go for another fill just because I need to get in a routing and better choices. So with all that said, I hope I didn't bore yall too much. Thanks for reading, my prayers are with you all.

Tiffany

Hey everyone, well I was sitting here at work and was thinking of you all. Boy have I missed a lot in the many weeks I have not been here. Well I enjoyed reading the posts, and glad to see many of you doing sooooo well. I on the other hand, have been doing okay minus not losing weight in a week and a half, and also feling the need to vent So here goes what happened to me last Friday.: Well last Friday I was very excited because I was going for my first fill at the fill center in St. Petersburg Fl. On my way there my car broke down, and was late for the appointment. I get there rhings are going great port looked good but when the doctor went in to give me the fill she said the port was flipped and tried to turn it. Well no luck. She says I needed to go back to the doctor which is Mexico, so I calledthe doctor right away and was on a flite the next morning all the way from Fl. So I get there the doctor gives me the x'ray and goes umm your port is not flipped. I said what? He goes ya, you can se the two rings if it was flipped you would only see one. I said well I am sorry but I need some proof lol. So he gets the needle and with a little push in went the needle and my 1.5 cc's. Comes to find out she didn' push hard enough through the lining of the port.

So what does that mean for me? Well means I wasted money but glad when I go back for my next fill I can inform her. . . I am happy I did go to Mexico though cause I was reassured I was okay.

Now my aggrivation comes from just being hungry a lot. I am about to havemy monthly feiend but I don't know. I definitely eat more than a cup, but less than what I was eating. But I am going to wate a few more weeks to see how I feel before I go for another fill just because I need to get in a routing and better choices. So with all that said, I hope I didn't bore yall too much. Thanks for reading, my prayers are with you all.

Tiffany

BTW... Sorry for some of the spelling, I am doing this on cellphone and did not read the form over before I submitted it.