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I am getting my first fill on Friday. I have plans that night to go out to the movies, dinner and dancing with the girls afterwards. They all know I have had the band. I'm wondering if people tend to feel sick after a fill, and I should bow out of my plans, or if I am careful with my eating should I feel OK. I appreciate the feedback.

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My Dr. has strict instructions: Clear Liquids for 24 hrs, full liquids for 24 hrs, soft foods for 24 hrs, then back to regular diet if you feel up to it. So, to answer your question, no, I don't really feel sick after a fill, but dinner might not be much fun if you can only have liquids.

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you'll feel fine but most doctor's have you on a liquid diet for a few days after a fill.

i'm on clear liquids the first day, full liquids the second day, mushies the third day and regular food on the 4th day.

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Other than being on liquids (which include creamed soups) it isn't a big deal at all.... I had plans for the entire wknd after my fill and just had to order Soup and keep things light...

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It's really hard to say as everyone is different. I just always feel really bloated and gassy for a couple of days. I feel pretty good when I leave, but as the day goes on I start to feel a little uncomfortable. It doesn't keep me from doing things, I just don't feel very well. I feel really bloated and kind of achy. Of course I can't do anything but liquids for that day and I usually can't resume mushies until the 3rd day. Most people say they don't have any trouble at all, so chances are you'll do just fine. I guess I'm just one of the weird ones! :biggrin:

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Again, each of us reacts differently with the band...some experience reflux; others don't. Some lucky peeps get great restriction after only one fill and other poor souls like myself are still struggling after seven fills.

I typically never feel anything after a fill and I'm always on liquids for one day, then back to regular food as tolerable thereafter. Technically, I'm supposed to be on liquids for two days; mushies for two days, then back to normal foods as tolerable.

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I, too, am one of the ones who gets gassy and bloated. I am glad to see someone else does too!! I thought I was just a weirdo. It is not so much painful as it is annoying. I used to get really really bad gas the night of a fill and be in severe pain, but that hasn't happend for a while. I guess everyone is different.

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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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        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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