At 9:30 AM, I went for my first post-op appointment and lost a little over 13 pounds in 2 weeks. :clap2: The surgeon said the incisions were all healing well (I had self dissolving sutures and a dermabond seal as I am allergic to adhesive tape) and told me to come back the first week of June for evaluation for a fill.

I told the surgeon that I was feeling no restriction (I have been on a soft doet for 2 weeks), did not need to chew food a lot (as if you can chew soft food - LOL), and did not feel full. He stated, "That's exactly how you should be feeling. Only solid foods stay in the pouch." So, it's 3 weeks of soft foods for me and then I get to introduce solids on week 6. I waited until today for a first weigh-in but plan to jump on my scale ASAP to determine what the difference in pounds is between his and mine.

Thank you all for your wonderful support.

Congrats on a great loss and a wonderful begining and recovery. :-)

Good job Elizabeth!!!!!!!!!!! Who did you see, Dr. Geiss or Dr. Powers?

Sounds like things are going wonderfully, congrats! :uwelcome:

Thank you all so much for your kind words.

Chris... I see Dr. Geiss and hope I can do as well as you have. Congratulations on your progress. It's also nice to see another person here from Long Island. Was Dr. Geiss your surgeon as well?

Elizabeth,

Yes Dr. Geiss was my surgeon as well. I love the guy! You are doing so well. Do you know about the Yahoo group LI Banders? They meet at a diner in HUntington once a month. You have to join to come to the meetings. Great group of people! There meetings are the last Tuesday of the month so this Tuesday there is a get together.

Chris

Hello I go for my post op app. onWed. and I feel the same as you could eat a cow on the mushie stage but by my scale Ive only lost 4 pds!!Best wishes

Way to go Elisabeth! Awesome progress. Tks for keeping us posted.

BTW, my husband bought me some Protein Powder today from GNC....so that should do the trick to fill me up while I"m on liquids...and also enable me to get sufficient Protein.

Congrats Elisabeth great progress so far, hopefully all of us future bandsters can do as well early on.

Chris, I did not know about the LI group on Yahoo. Can you send me the link? It would be nice to get together with others who have has this surgery. Thank you for letting me know about it.