hi my name is Janie.i am still pretty sore and i am allowed to start eating soft foods in about three days.but i am scared.

Hi Janie -

Nothing to be scared about. If you're not ready to move to soft foods when that day comes, you don't have to. It's alright to go slower than the food schedule - just don't go faster.

You'll be feeling like your old self before you know it - honest!!

When you do start soft foods just take it slow. Chances are once you're all healed and the swelling has gone down, soft foods won't do much to take away your hunger. Don't panic! This is normal! You will most likely experience some time prior to your first fill when you wonder if you really do have a band inside of you, because it may not feel like it!

Once your fills start kicking in, your hunger will be toned down again, and your portions will then be smaller.

thank you for repyling yesterday was my birthday and i felt depressed because i missed cake and mexican food. iguess i am just alittle scared about it all.i only drink 7 oz. of protein at a time and have strained chicken creamed soup at 6 oz. at a time . i have lost 13 lb. in 12 days. does that seem normal?

Hi Janie,

We all heal in our own good time. I remember trying black bean soup about 10 days after surgery, and realizing I just wasn't ready. Nothing to be worried about, as long as you're not feeling unusual pain.

I guarantee you that in a couple of weeks you'll be back here, wondering if it's OK that you're eating almost normally! As your swelling goes down and healing proceeds, your appetite will return and so will your capacity. Don't worry, it's all normal. Restriction will disappear and won't return until your first or maybe second fill.

Congratulations, and welcome to bandland!!

thanks for responding i can feel my port just under my skin. is that normal?

Originally posted by Janie Jackson

thanks for responding i can feel my port just under my skin. is that normal?

I saw my family do yesterday and he wanted to keep feeling it. it was rather funny. (he hasnt dealt with the band very much, my wife and I are his only two patients with it)

YES< it is normal.

thanks for replying. i guess i sound like a whiney baby, but here goes my port area hurts a lot and i just cant get comfortable. tomorrow will be 2 weeks since my surgery.i have a physical job i am a muralist, painting on walls in model homes. i have gone back to work since monday and every day i have had to come home to take a nap.can anyone tell me how they felt 2 weeks out? thanks

The port site is the most painful and long lasting pain of it all for most of us.

I don't think I felt 100% for at least 3 weeks, maybe four. And my port is a constant annoyance. Nothing unbearable, but I almost always know it's there unless I'm lying down still.

I think most people are able to forget their port is even there, but mine for some reason is cantankerous.