I am three weeks out today..I am still feeling some restriction due to swelling of surgery.

I am scheduled to have a fill next week..

I am debating whether or not to get it filled...even filled at all.

I wanted to know if anyone had a band and never got it filled

Thanks

I am going in Monday for a post op visit. Not for a fill..I am just wondering if I can go without one for a long period of time...that is, I am three weeks post op...he said that he did not fill the band at all...I still feel restriction...I ate tonight some pasta(angel hair) had less then a cup...and I am now having chest and back spasms....

Pasta is one food I was told not to eat. It swells in your little pouch, that & rice. I personally ill stay away from the paste and rice. I love both but will get used to not eating it, I don't want those nast gas pains.

Oh yeah, tastes do change. I'm craving seafood, salmon, orange roughy. I always liked those foods but now I really want them. And for me, they're in between sliders and stuck foods. So, they fill me without a lot of discomfort and satisfy too.

I'm sorry but I've never had the back problem but I can see how you could get some kind of referred pain if your band is too tight, or you didn't chew or took large bites? I'd try a slider food like oatmeal or tuna salad. Small bites and chew. See if that still gets stuck to see if you're too tight. Try to work your way up to solids and don't be surprised if some of your favs don't make the cut. I just finished lunch and heated up a leftover filet mignon for the 3rd time and still couldn't finish it. Sad, no more steak for a while.

tmf

OMG ...filrt mingon...favorite of mine have not even tried that since surgery!

doc did say chicken can be "dry"..he said try fish, as it is for the most part moisturer food....I have placed the chicken in Soups and gotten the Protein that way...seems to work as not getting stuck..

Got plenty of "sliderfood"

My surgeon tries to get his patients to lose as much weight as possible with a minimal amount of fills towards the beginning..and when weight loss begins to slow more when you're closer to your goal weight he will give you fills more frequently to give it a little push. He told me if I feel as tho I do not need a feel and he and I are happy with the rate of weight loss I can opt to skip the fill at that time.