Sorry I've been away for so long, I've been enjoying my banded life!

I had my surgery 10/1. Went for my esophogram and follow-up on 10/9. Everything went well. I found out that I have the 14 cc band.

I started my mushy/pureed diet on 10/12. My God how great it is to eat again!! I've been eating all sorts of things, and I am so surprised at how little it takes to fill me up. I find myself eating 2 times a day, and I'm usually not hungry much before lunchtime. oatmeal, chili, meatballs, Soups, I even ate some cavatelli!!

I go back to work on 10/22. The doctor's office was very nice and gave me 3 weeks time off for disability.

I begin introducing solid foods into my diet on 10/30 and I go for my first fill on 11/6.

My port area is still a little sore, but all of the incisions are healing nicely. The swelling has really gone down now and I can see my weightloss. And my clothes are starting to feel too loose!!

Thats great! If you are still not hungry and can only eat the small amounts that you are, will you still need a fill?

They say that my appetite will come back, to a certain degree, as the internal swelling goes down. They also said that at the 4 week point, most people are hungry a lot, so they do fills to keep it under control.

I'm having a rough day today. I'm not hungry, but I'm craving eating. I'm not craving anything in particular, I just want to eat. I'm bored. I guess this just means that one of the times that I eat is out of boredom. Guess I need to find something to do to take my mind off eating.

Eating out of boredom is something I think many of us do. I guess we will have to find some fun things to fill our time since eating won't be the center of everything anymore. But boy it will be worth it!

I think part of my boredom eating will be going back to work. I hate to say it, but I'm really bored sitting at home. I have nothing left to do, the house is spotless!!!