Hi.i had my gastric band on 26/1 14.feeling excited and so well after suffering for so long with the excess weight my body couldn't cope with.i dieted 2 wks pre op on milk diet Which was hard and then a wk 1000 cals including no more than 100 g carb a day.a wk after surgery and I had lost 181b!! Haven't weighed since.a day post op suffered badly with trapped wind causing chest pain and back and shoulder pain and luckily after 2 days it went.wasnt nice and I had a little shoulder pain on occasions but this has gone for over a wk now.i am on sloppy diet now and enjoying it.wasnt hungry for 10 days post op

But have hunger at times now.not severe but I know a good sign my stomach has healed well.got my first fill on3/2/.havent drank alcohol since new yr, love diet coke but will struggle with a nice mixer to go with vodka.even if u don't drink alchohol pubs don't offer a lot of low cal non fizzy low cal drinks! I would recommend anyone who has had the weight struggle I have had for 30 years.i am an expert at weight loss but even better putting it on lol xxxx

Welcome!I so agree with the last statement! Actually, I think I am an expert at weight loss becasue I have done it so many times! I just haven't figured out how to keep the loss off until lapband! I am glad that you are now past your healing stage. I assume "sloppy" is what we call mushy. Enjoy getting past teh liquid stage. Best wishes, Karen..aka.kll724

Good morning :-) I am having a problem with swelling ever so often .... I can't get anything thru it but most of the time I'm fine I'm currently at a 9 and have been steady for 4 months .... any advice

Hi.i had my gastric band on 26/1 14.feeling excited and so well after suffering for so long with the excess weight my body couldn't cope with.i dieted 2 wks pre op on milk diet Which was hard and then a wk 1000 cals including no more than 100 g carb a day.a wk after surgery and I had lost 181b!! Haven't weighed since.a day post op suffered badly with trapped wind causing chest pain and back and shoulder pain and luckily after 2 days it went.wasnt nice and I had a little shoulder pain on occasions but this has gone for over a wk now.i am on sloppy diet now and enjoying it.wasnt hungry for 10 days post op

But have hunger at times now.not severe but I know a good sign my stomach has healed well.got my first fill on3/2/.havent drank alcohol since new yr, love diet coke but will struggle with a nice mixer to go with vodka.even if u don't drink alchohol pubs don't offer a lot of low cal non fizzy low cal drinks! I would recommend anyone who has had the weight struggle I have had for 30 years.i am an expert at weight loss but even better putting it on lol xxxx

Hi Shel, isn't it great being on the other side! Glad you are healing up well and very exciting about this new chapter in your life. I was banded in November -- like you not hungry at first then my hunger returned. Funny thing, though, it is not my enemy now. I feel like hunger is a signal from my body that I can interpret now and before I just wanted food all the time regardless. So that feels straightened out inside me -- the conversation between brain and stomach. You got a fill already -- that's great. Good luck with coming weeks. Glad you are here!

Good morning :-) I am having a problem with swelling ever so often .... I can't get anything thru it but most of the time I'm fine I'm currently at a 9 and have been steady for 4 months .... any advice

Hi Quamina, you might want to start a new topic so more people will see your thread and respond....wish I had something to offer but I'm new at this banded life. I am definitely tighter in the mornings and then just sometimes it feels different. People talk about being tight for hormonal reasons, weather, altitude, etc. If you ever can't get liquids through I'd say get to the doctor immediately. Personally I really worry about too tight of a band.

Hi Shell, I was banded in May 2011 and I wasn 't hungry for months, till the end of November when the cold weather made me want more food.

During those months I was satiated by the joy of losing weight..it was a sort of addiction...I felt like when I was young and in love . Now things are no longer so smooth. Head hunger often knocks on my door..But my band, which is my best friend, prevents me from coming back to the bad habits of my pre-band life

You seem to have a rather unorthodox doctor? Fills at 1 week post-op are rare if not ever?

I'd also recommend you lay off the booze for a few months. Alcohol can lower your inhibitions to food and they also contain empty calories. At a time when you're eating less, the quality of nutrition going in your body is much more important than the buzz from booze. jmo

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