Hello everyone. I'm not sure if I'm posting correctly as I just discovered this app yesterday and have been glued to my iPhone reading all the posts! I'm in Australia and had my procedure 1st August! Things seem to be going well. I'm down 15 pounds. Starting weight Was 216 lbs. I've spent hours reading all the stories and I love how this provides a feeling of support as everyone else knows what I'm going through. In saying that, reading all the stories about weight not coming off, complications and how the band may fail has made me extremely paranoid and I feel it'll affect my results I'm a smoker with a heavy cough n im scared my band will slip. Im scared ill be disheartened if I don't lose another pound tomorrow . Tomorrow will be 8 days after surgery and after the horror stories I'm too afraid to move onto mushy foods. All this because I've read so much n I feel I'm becoming obsessed. I'd love to join an August group to see how everyone's coming along. Not sure how to do that as yet.

Hi all,

Just checking in to see how everyone is doing? It's been 12days since my band and in feeling good the pain is going down slowly, the burping is also less which is good. I am feeling cold all the time though my fingertips r freezing, has anyone felt thAt? I'm still not feeling hungry at all but I am over the whole liquid diet now and looking forward to mushies soon???Š. I'm loving this app it's so informative and everyone is so welcoming and honest but I have to say reading about all the bad stuff that could happen is freaking me out I really should stop reading so much! Have a great day/ night xx

Hi all I m 6 days out and for the first 2 days I was in so much pain I didn't 'want to eat either I just want the pain to stop but I got dehydrated because my liquids kept coming up so now I can have puréed foods and I can only eat about 3 spoons full so I open and have to go back to something as small as Greek yogurt less more eat a 3 course meal.