IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO LIKE ME, IS JUST BANDED 3/28/11 WITH OUT THE FILL YET, ON THE liquid DIET AND HUNGRY ALL THE TIME? I KEPT WONDERING WHY I WAS STILL HUNGRY AND HAD THE BAND IN. THEN MY SURGEON TOLD ME THEY DON'T START TO FILL IT TILL 6 WEEKS. I WAS MORTIFIED!!

HE SAID MY STOMACH AREA IS ADJUSTING TO THE INSERT AND VERY SWOLLEN STILL. SO WHY THE DIFFERENT DIET PHASES , LIKE YOU CAN CHOKE ON YOUR pills ETC.

HELP!

SOME ON EXPLAIN

THANKS

GUYGUYS1

I'm with you. I was banded the same day and on liquid diet. OMG am I hungry, but I am refusing to eat more than 3-8.25 oz muscle milk's a day. I'm losing about a pound a day! Drink Water, lots and lots of it.

They want to give your body a rest, surgery is a big deal. Think of it as the soon-to-be-best-diet. (Does that make sense?)

Good luck to you!

I was banded on the 29th of March. Only supposed to have protein drinks until I see Dr. Owens in a couple of weeks. Very difficult to drink the full shake much less drink three of them a day. Plenty of fluids, like water and crystal light are just fine. I just fill up drinking the protein shakes. I don't know if my doctor puts in any fluid at surgery time, but definately can't drink as much as before the band. So many doctors use so many types of after surgery diets ! I was surprised that I couldn't have anythink other than protein shakes and other fluids !

I was banded 3/24 and have lost 11 pounds. I wasn't hungry for the first 6 days. Now I am starving. It was easier the first few days when I didn't leave the house. But I went back to work 4/1 and saw people with real food. The unjury shakes aren't too bad. Sugar-free fudgsciles. Knowing I lost the 11 pounds really helps me keep going...

Hi guy,

I was banded on the 29th, a day after you. The first couple of days I felt so swollen that i wasn't hungry at all. Today I feel actually sick and dizzy and weak because of lack of food. I am drinking Protein shakes, Water, chicken broth and skinny water. I have also been allowed applesauce although it didn't go down so well. I am relying on my own will power not to eat. That and the fact that after surgery our stomachs are still tender and swollen and we need to be careful.

I will be getting a fill on 4/27. From what I've read I'm not even really banking on the fact that it is going to give me the restriction I feel i need. That comes in time from what others who are further along have said. I am just taking it day by day and following the rules of the band. But I so know how you feel. Good luck!! We are both going to need it!

Donna