I just joined this forum today, have been reading it for months. Got banded March 14, 08. I'm still on liquids and get to eat pudding tomorrow. I am very excited. My pain has been minimal, and I have not been hungry once. I have lost 10 pounds. I think because my body is eating itself. All I have had is jello, popcicles, and juice. No nausia and moving around pretty good. I don't really know all the banding lingo, but I am looking forward to getting back to the real me that I see in my mind, not the mirror. :wink2:

hi. welcome to LBT.

i've moved your post to the introduction section.

hi great new happy for you . i was banded on the 1-03-08 so i am just a week out to i also have lost 10lbs feels good dont it :wink2: i have m 1st fill on 10th april .how about you ?

I was banded on the 15th March so I am 5 days out and I the pain is just starting to ease. I was filled in surgery, I wasn't asked about this but when I come round after the op, they said they had put 3mls in to get me started??? I am ok though managing the liquid diet ok.

Hey! I was banded on march 14th as well and yes the pain is finally going a way.. I have lost 7lbs... I have not felt hungry until yesterday...I do not like the protein shakes taht much but I know I need them to heal. I have my post op next week and hopefully they will advance me to purees...my left shoulder is still bothering me though...

Lets keep us posted!!!

:thumbup:It's awesome that you've lost 10 lbs since being banded less than 1 week ago. I was banded last Friday as well. I haven't been that lucky yet. I have only lost 4.5 lbs since having the band. Best of luck with the new you! :wink2:

I start full liquids today, yea! It's early still, and I haven't eaten anything yet. All day yesterday I felt like I had a turkey sitting in my gut. I just don't feel hungry yet, but I know my body needs some calories. I don't drink protein shakes or anything, don't like them at all or any dairy drinks. I go to my post-op on monday. I have a little soreness around the incisions, a little in my shoulder, a lot of belly rumbles throughout the day, but mostly pretty good. I don't dwell on the decision. I did it, so I will keep thinking of how great I'm going to feel. I was self-pay.

hey! i was banded 3/4. congrats to you and welcome!