Hi all - I was banded Friday am the 19th. So far so good, everyday seems to get better with how I feel. But I am hungry!?! Can I stretch the pouch with liquids bc I am hungry & I have been drinking a lot!! I am on full liquids. But I can drink a cup of broth in 5mins no problems & still be straving 30mins later:( Also do you know when this cling wrap stuff falls off? My port also seems like it's pulsing sometimes>? just wondering if it's all normal/safe? feeling loopy too from meds. But all in all I am so thrilled I have done this for myself & pray I keep feeling better & better. Any tips or suggestions would be super - thanks. I know I also have no restriction until first fill in a month.

12-19 surgery 205

12-21 - 196

hi, i was banded on december 19th as well. I was 199.5 after my 14 day pre op liquid diet, im down another 2 lbs now 197. Do you drink carnation instant breakfasts with protein?? THose make me not hungry and cream soups strained i can have but super runny... and broth and water of course. im not even hungry perhaps this will help... Julie

I'm one week out and I went to the store and got those sugar-free pudding cups from jello and that stuck with me a little better than the liquids. Also, they're small enough that one is a perfect serving size.

As long as you aren't chugging a gallon of Water or some such then no, you won't stretch your pouch just drinking liquids. It flows on through (like water through a hose)...you don't have restriction (or probably not much, if any) except whatever swelling may be present following your surgical trauma. As you heal, that swelling subsides, and you are still "wide open".

As to being hungry, call your doc. It's very important to follow the diet he or she gives you, and not to follow anecdotal advice. One thing I've learned from this place is that every surgeon seems to put his/her own spin on every aspect of this surgery and banded life, and it's important that you do what yours has found works best for his/her patient population. Mine, for example, didn't allow ANY Protein for the first 7 days. Tell your doc you're starved; they may advance you. Don't feel bad; you won't be the first! :smile:

Thanks all for replying!! I am thinking that I maybe mistaking hunger with gas pains!?! I haven't had a bowel movement since thrusday (1 day prior to surgery) and I have a killer stomach ache - going to call this morning. So maybe those "hunger pains" were really gas.??