Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me out here..

I'll give you somewhat of a short version -

I was banded on 5/10/07 and followed my Dr's orders for all foods after surgery.

Received my first fill on 6/21/07 - I had some restriction but after 5 wks or so, I could eat much more and pretty much everything I wanted.

I just got my second fill and oh boy, I think it's tight. I am having to take the SUPER SMALL bites (which I never really had to before). I'm having to chew, chew, chew, chew (which I never really had to before)

I'm not eating much at all, but I'm not getting sick either.

I had my second fill 5 days ago and even drinking, I'm having to nurse my drinks.

Here is an example of what I ate today.

Breakfast - Protein shake (took 1.5 hours to drink)

lunch - 1/4 cup Beans with cheese, sour cream & salsa (ate 1/2 of it, too 40 minutes to eat that)

dinner - 1 chicken nugget, 3 pieces of hominey (30 minutes to eat)

Now I'm wondering, am I to tight or is this normaland I just haven't had to do this before?

I'm going on a cruise in 3 weeks and I don't want to be to tight but then again, I sure don't want to eat everything in sight.

Any input is very much appreciated!!!

i started in feb with my surgery, i have the 10cc vg, and today on 8-30-07 had my 4th fill to make 8ccs total. i can swallow liquid and soft food no problem. if you are having trouble with liquid you are too tight. I would have a little removed, dont wanna get dehydrated ya know.

since feb i have lost 45 lbs and 2 months ago i actually gained weight, but last month lost 5lbs. its been a struggle for me to lose weight, hasn't come easy for me. but im doing it im just a little impatient with myself sometimes.

remember you have to wear your lap band not your dr.-so get a restriction thats comfortable for you

jorge

hey hum-the same exact thing happend to me...I had to leave work to hussle over to the docs office, they tried to locate my port and after poking at me 3 times, she ended up giving me local and it took her another 10 minutes to find the port. It hurt so bad and now I'm all black and blue!

Humnbirdnut I happy to hear that your problem is solved and that you still have restriction. Congrats on the 7lb weight loss.

GREAT!! Whew!! Glad that's done!

Now remember to take it easy on that band for a couple of days. Liquids and mushies only. Did they tell you that?

I refused to let them do my second fill after they told me it was mandatory. I'm loosing weight consistently and I'm not hungry. I don't understand why the doctors can't listen to us more. I am so glad I didn't let them bully me into it after reading about too much fill. Thanks.

Hey jmcambra - getting stuck is a BUMMER!! I'm not black and blue - just a little blue - but mighty sore.

Thanks for everything! Good luck to you!!

Susan

Thanks, chickatee - I'm happy to have the loss but it was a hard way to do it!

Susan

Terri - I am SO glad it's taken care of too. I was really beginning to feel pretty low...even hard to concentrate!! After he had me drink some Water and eat a cracker with no problem...I went straight to a drive-thru and got a glass of iced tea! Boy was it good!!

Yeah, I've been taking it really easy...yogurt, DanActive yogurt drinks yesterday. Today I had some really really tender moist chicken (chewed extremely well) and some stewed squash.

Thanks for your help!

Susan

I refused to let them do my second fill after they told me it was mandatory. I'm loosing weight consistently and I'm not hungry. I don't understand why the doctors can't listen to us more. I am so glad I didn't let them bully me into it after reading about too much fill. Thanks.

MANDATORY? Never heard of THAT! That doesn't even make sense! Glad you stuck to your guns.

my doctor tells me to come in whenever i feel that i need a fill and then he asks me how much am i eating and a whole bunch of questions to determine how much i need and he will ask me how much i want in. The team of Doctors here in Bakersfield, Ca are very good and really care about us patients.. At our monthly support groupd at the hospital all the surgeons show up to check on all of us also... But I am glad all of you are doing good:clap2: