I read all these failure stories on here and I hope they dont put anyone off having the band, it may have put me off if I had found this site pre op. This will change your life if you let it!!. I did one week pre op - cheated on that, gave up smoking a couple of days before surgery. Had the op, had very little pain. Followed my own post op diet ( 10 days of liquids and the 5 days of soft and then about 14 days of solids). Then I had my first fill 5 days ago. I had 4cc when banded and they put 3 more in. I was solids on the first day after fill and had very little restriction, then in past three days I have really felt the restriction kick in and it feels good. I have spent my life struggling with food and ciggerettes and it feels liberating to be a slave to neither! I know I am still very new to this and people who have been banded for a long time may think that this is just the novelty and maybe it is but I will ride this feeling as long as I can. 6 weeks ago I had high sugar levels and hypertension, right now I have neither. I am down 37 pounds in 5 1/2 weeks, I am exercising a bit more but nothing crazy. I am 5-7 and currently about 230lbs. Anyone considering this surgery, stop considering and just do it, it will be the best choice of your life. :wink2:

Congratulations!!

You are SUCH an inspiration. I am having my surgery on Tuesday and TRYING to quit smoking I'm nervous about the surgery and I really want the weight loss to work. Your story is so exciting!

I read all these failure stories on here and I hope they dont put anyone off having the band, it may have put me off if I had found this site pre op. This will change your life if you let it!!. I did one week pre op - cheated on that, gave up smoking a couple of days before surgery. Had the op, had very little pain. Followed my own post op diet ( 10 days of liquids and the 5 days of soft and then about 14 days of solids). Then I had my first fill 5 days ago. I had 4cc when banded and they put 3 more in. I was solids on the first day after fill and had very little restriction, then in past three days I have really felt the restriction kick in and it feels good. I have spent my life struggling with food and ciggerettes and it feels liberating to be a slave to neither! I know I am still very new to this and people who have been banded for a long time may think that this is just the novelty and maybe it is but I will ride this feeling as long as I can. 6 weeks ago I had high sugar levels and hypertension, right now I have neither. I am down 37 pounds in 5 1/2 weeks, I am exercising a bit more but nothing crazy. I am 5-7 and currently about 230lbs. Anyone considering this surgery, stop considering and just do it, it will be the best choice of your life. :wink2:

I had to quit smoking for 2 months prior to surgery and they even checked my blood for it. Now I'm back to smoking but not as much because I feel like you took my food away so I'm going to smoke. It's frustrating to go from one bad habit to another. But when I do read this site and see things about bandster hell I feel like I must have been lucky because I have not experienced any of that. The only problem I have is hiccuping after eating.

I am please you feel inspired by my story - I am now a month further on and I have lost another 13lbs, the weight loss has slow but I expected that. I have had a second fill about 10 days ago, another .5cc, I still can eat what I want so I still haven't got good restriction. Good luck with your op and make sure your mind is set right and you will be fine