Hey Ladies and Gents!

Having my Surgery done April 4th. Starting my Pre op diet tomorrow. They said Protein shake for Breakfast, small low fat/sugar lunch, Protein Shake for dinner until surgery. Any suggestions for the low fat/sugar lunch suggestions?

Im heading down to LA to get it done. They will arrange for me to be driven to and from there as I live in San Jose, Ca. My hubby is going to come with me for support. Hopefully they will give me enought pain meds for the ride home. Heh Woot! I'll be a Hollywood starlet by next summer haha!

So who else is getting banded in April? I could use a band-buddy for my journey!

I have my post op today, my first fill, and a appointment with the nutritionist. Surgery was 4/19. I am so excited. Weight loss has been slow for me as well...I keep going up two, down 2. Total loss 24 lbs, 7 lbs since surgery. I can eat whatever just slightly less than I used to.

I have my post op today, my first fill, and a appointment with the nutritionist. Surgery was 4/19. I am so excited. Weight loss has been slow for me as well...I keep going up two, down 2. Total loss 24 lbs, 7 lbs since surgery. I can eat whatever just slightly less than I used to.

Well, I'm glad that I'm not on my own with that.

I was banded April 6, 2012 and I just got my first fill today of 4cc's. I am down 25lbs but tonight I still ate 4 oz of cottage cheese but I am at least full now. I was getting to where I could eat anything I wanted and nothing worked. I had to change my appt for a fill because they weren't going to see me until the 8th week. I would have gained weight by then. So hopefully I will keep losing weight. I go back in 4 weeks to check if I need another fill. The doctor told me to do 48 hrs of fluids but I was hungry so I blended the cottage cheese until it was like fluid. Well wish me luck!

I can't wait for my first fill.. I was banded on April 17 and do not have my first fill till June 6. This is def hard I am starting to feel hungry more times per day

I can't wait for my first fill.. I was banded on April 17 and do not have my first fill till June 6. This is def hard I am starting to feel hungry more times per day

Wow. My surgery was 4/18 and I had a fill on 5/11. Next one is 5/31.

Banded 4-18,,,went to doc 5-14..he said not ready for a fill...still have restriction

I go today for my first fill, I was banded on 4/17

Banded 4/20, went for my first fill on 5/15 but both the doctor and I felt I was doing well and still have restriction. I have lost 20 lbs since being banded. I'm good with that

Got my first fill 3ccs. So excited I hugged my doctor down 23 lbs. Ready for more.

I wish my first fill went as well as yours... I had to go back and have 1cc taken out cause I was in PAIN!!! But now I'm fine. Liquids the rest of today, mushies tomorrow...

I have 4 cc in now and feel no restriction at all. I go for my second one on monday. Doc said i prob wont feel it until the 3rd fill. so right now i have been the same weight for 3 weeks now. But I hear everyone telling me that I prob wont lose the first 6 weeks as im still healing and the first weight loss i experienced was just from pre-diet of shakes and post op soups and swelling of stomach. I can understand this process and I am not disparried becasue the real weight loss will start once I feel the restriction. I'm riding my new bike and trying to fit in running when I have time. Little by little. So ready already hehe

Hi there, I'm back with my story. Well I had the lap band April 2 of this year, that band was too tight the barium would not pass. So therefore I had it removed and on the 4 th of April had a larger band placed. The barium passed and I was released only for 6 weeks later today may 18, I go for my 1st fill to learn that my port has turned a 180 degree turn. Now I either have to have surgery to reposition the port or maybe even have the entire band replaced . I am soo disappointed but as my dermatologist once told me "beauty is pain"

Oh Queenie, that sucks! Hopefully they can just reposition the port, and you can stop having bad things happen!

Thank u hopefully so

Had my first fill today and stitches out....no special needle like I have seen on youtube......just a regular syringe and a tiny pinch. Dr. told me that when they put it in at surgery, there was no fill. So today, he filled me with 3 cc's at first. Then I had to drink water. I managed to get a few sips down, I gurgled. Then he had me take more and WOW! Pain in the chest, water in the back of the throat. He told me to wait to see if it went down. It didn't so he took some fluid out and had me try again. I still felt bad from before and he wanted me to drink more. I tried and still painso out came more and this time, it was amazing how fast everything resolved once the the water could go down. He told me that I had a total of 2.25 cc's still in there out of the original 3 cc's. Liquid and pureefor the next 24 hours. Bring on the bigger weight loss!!!!