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OK, so I'm one month post-op, I think I have been doing good. Haven't had any real issues. During the solid stage I got stuck a couple of times and experienced my first PB and Sliming; once to the point where I threw up. Nothing violent, it just came up. I don't think I have any restriction yet but I definitely know there is something there sometimes. I've lost 14lbs this month due to the post-op diet. My first fill is June 4th and I don't know what to expect. Right now I can eat no problem.

I'd like to hear from anyone else who is one month post-op or anyone really that can tell me if what I've been going through is what you've gone through.

Good Luck To All, :(

BD

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Congrats! Glad you are doing well. Happy 1 month :(

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Hello! I'm almost 7 weeks post-op and had my first fill today. For the first two weeks (on liquid then mushies) I had no desire to eat. Felt more than satisfied. By end of week three I had gained some water-weight back and since then was able to eat more normally.

What this meant to me was that "they really know what they were talking about."

I had gone to support meetings, lap band class, and a post op class. They all said the same thing - the first 8 weeks are the hardest because of lack of restriction. I thought for sure 'Not me!'

I was wrong.

Now that I see I fell in the same cycle as everybody else I am not (and pretty much was not) discouraged.

Take it slow. This is normal and I understand it'll only get better. After all that is what "they" say.

G'luck!

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I'm 6 wks out and I haven't had anything stuck, there's been a couple times I was uncomfortable, but I had eaten more than I should have. Just one time I was eating grits for the first time after surgery and I started to slime a little, but I can eat grits now with no problem....I can pretty much eat anything, it also seems I can eat large amounts of food with no problem. I go see my Dr. 6/5 and hope to get a fill then because I don't have any restriction and still have no control over portions. I am able to choose healthier foods without feeling deprived of anything (except occaisonally I miss that Diet Coke) I keep reading that restriction eventually will happen and that I'll hit a sweet spot and experience the band being the tool it's meant to be. I pray that's true...I don't want this to be another thing that didn't work for me.

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Its one month for me too! I just realised it :biggrin2:.

I do not get my first fill until june 17 & I need it! Besides having scars on my stomach, I do not feel any different, although I do eat alot less.

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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