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brokenwings    98

brokenwings
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I am on my way to my dr this morning. Hopefully for my first fill...

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pbmls223    10

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Let us know how it went!

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brokenwings    98

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He had trouble hitting the port with the needle so wasnt as comfortable as i had hoped. it didnt really hurt just uncomfortable stinging when he was trying to enter the port. He has promised wont be as hard next time. I was very scared of being over filled so i may have been able to been a little tighter but with my dr being 2 1/2 hours away i was determined not to be to tight. I ended up with 2 cc in my band and i feel fine. Back on liquids for the next 48 hours. According to my scale i had not lost anything this week but the dr scale said i had lost 4 lbs in the 2 weeks since i last saw him. I go back July 5th for my next fill. He told me this fill gets us in the neigborhood of where i need to be, next fill will get me on the right street and the 3rd fill should do it. I hope so.

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kah1213    311

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He had trouble hitting the port with the needle so wasnt as comfortable as i had hoped. it didnt really hurt just uncomfortable stinging when he was trying to enter the port. He has promised wont be as hard next time. I was very scared of being over filled so i may have been able to been a little tighter but with my dr being 2 1/2 hours away i was determined not to be to tight. I ended up with 2 cc in my band and i feel fine. Back on liquids for the next 48 hours. According to my scale i had not lost anything this week but the dr scale said i had lost 4 lbs in the 2 weeks since i last saw him. I go back July 5th for my next fill. He told me this fill gets us in the neigborhood of where i need to be, next fill will get me on the right street and the 3rd fill should do it. I hope so.

 

how r u feeling?

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brokenwings    98

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how r u feeling?

I am feeling good. A slight soreness occasionally but nothing big. I did eat a few bites of a turnover today I know i wasnt suppose to but did and it did not get stuck. Will do liquids the rest of the day as the dr said.

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brokenwings    98

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wasnt that hungry before fill. I could eat more then i should though before the fill. Today is my first day when i am back to food and I have to say my one protien bar for breakfest filled me up. So guess i will be able to tell more later today how it goes.

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ElizabethAnne    40

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it's great to read that a Protein Bar filled you up. Can you recommend a good Protein bar? I can't have any yet, but I am wondering what will work in the future. I LOVE the Kashi Mocha Almond type but don't know if I will be able to eat them now that I am banded. I am getting tired of the Premier shakes and know I won't want to take the time to make a smoothie in the morning. Morning hunger has never been as much of an issue for me.

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brokenwings    98

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Actually my surgeon has banned me from protien shakes or smoothies. He says you need solid food and that anything you can eat with a spoon is a no no.. I like the zone bars pretty good. They are tasty almost like eating a candy bar. Also even though i am not suppose to have any liquids calories I have been drinking Special K drink mixs. One pack has 5 grams of protien and only 30 calories. So if i do 2 of those a day its an extra 10 grams protien and only 60 calories. I tend to have trouble getting in all that protien.

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ElizabethAnne    40

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Thanks for the tips, Deb! I will likely have trouble getting the Protein in, too. I have been drinking two Premier shakes before I eat anything else, just to be sure to get my 60 grams in.

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momab50    6

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it is really hard once you are on regular foods again to get all your protien in and still stay under your calorie count. I kinda like the pure protien bars.

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kah1213    311

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the special K Protein Bars are pretty good too, but i know there are other bars out there that have more Protein. also the "think thin" bars are good. i havent tried them since surgery yet because i'm still on soft foods

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scorpiolady    83

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Congrats on your first fill. I'm sure you'll do great!

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