Was just banded 10-16 got home 10-23 and haven't felt like posting till now:frown:. My surgery uncovered a heart condition that took me an additional 5 days to get out of the hospital because of but I am lucky they found it because apparentally it was about to kill me:ohmy:. My wounds all look good and I have kost 20 lbs already in (13 days). The doctor had to go "open" with me due to the adhesions I talked about him seeing the last time they attempted the surgery, so I'm alot more sore than I should be but I will make it I suppose:thumbup:. Looking forward now to going back to work but I have a few weeks yet. I will go in on 11-20 for my first fill but to be honest I have tried to eat a litle off the "liquid and mushies" diet and I cant handle anything. It feels like its getting stuck in my chest so I m guessing thats good. Amyway guys and girls I will post some oictures when I learn how:cursing:! C-Ya later.

Hi, I am so pleased for you that they found your heart problem. At least now with the band you can lose weight and become even healthier. I hope you are feeling well and on the road to recovery. All the best and my thoughts and prayers are with you.

cprocotor, I'm so happy that they found your heart condition in time to treat it. Now with the band, you will improve the health of your heart even more.

Hang in there, the best is yet to come.

Hey C! Sounds like they have fixed you up and you are almost ready to kick up your heels! Just remember give your body time to heal - before you take steps eating things you should not be right now - you dont want to damage anything on the inside.

But sounds like you are doing great!

Good luck on your journey!

Thanks for the responces, does anyone else get the "stuck in chest" feeling when eating things you aint supposed to, keep in mind I took a small bite of a piece of sausage and chewed it into oblivion before swallowing it was all I did.

Thanks again.

Cproc

Oh yeah. Sausage? I couldn't eat that now. That stuck feeling is the food not wanting to go through the band. If it gets bad enough, it'll come back up and that is something you definitely don't want to do while you are still healing.

Once, when I was on liquids, I chewed up chips and spit them back out, I was so desperate to crunch something and taste something salty. LOL You just have to grit through the liquid stage and then it gets so much easier.

Hi, yes I get that tight feeling, even from liquids. My band is very tight at the moment - I've been on liquids for 7 weeks. It's hard but you cope when the scale says you have lost weight, that's the only way I get through this. Every Friday the scale is down. But it it wasn't I would cope. Sausage, hmm, tried some the other day and got that same stuck feeling and then threw up.

It sounds like you may be one of the lucky people who have restriction just from having the band placed. I was. I lost 25 lbs before I ever had my first fill. Be careful with the food, though. Please follow your surgeon's instructions.

Try the creamy Soups if you really need something more substantial. Creamy chicken Soup mixed with skim milk (instead of water) with a little sage, garlic powder, and pepper, is actually tasty.

Good Luck!!!!

Thanks! I made some chicken soup last night. I've had my band for near 3 years now. It just seems that in order for me to lose weight I have to be on liquids. Solids seem to slow my weight loss down to nothing. My problem is when I have a fill my stomach swells so much I'm basically on liquids only. I'd love to just have it loosened and do Weight Watchers or here in South Africa we have Weigh-Less. Has this method worked for anyone else out there?

For me, Weight Watchers was the best of the diets out there and I was able to lose on it, but never more than 25 pounds and never more than 6 months before I reached a point where I couldn't do it anymore.