Hello!

I was recently banded on February 16th in Ft. Worth by Dr. Ferrara. I wanted to introduce myself and just say a general hello to all I just had my post-op appointment today and all went well. My incisions are healing well and the scale recorded a 20 pound weight-loss from my first visit prior to starting the preop diet til today. I'm really excited about that. This first week wasn't as bad as I had imagined, but I did deal with alot of hunger pangs and gas pains that are starting to resolve. I was given a new list of allowable foods today and I was a bit surprised with my new liberty. I get my first fill two weeks from today and then I get to return once a month for another fill until I get to good restriction. I've decided to just take it one day at a time and see how it all goes. At the moment, I'm enjoying a fruit smoothie packed with Protein and feeling absolutely wonderful. I heard about this forum from other people at the post-op meeting today and thought I'd look into it. I'm going to need all the support I can get!

Thanks,

Venessa

Congrats and welcome! I was banded on the 13th If you're doing that good on your prescribed diets already then I bet you're going to be a weight loss superstar!!!

Hello! Glad to hear that you are doing so well. I had a question for you....I will be banded by Dr Smith (same practice with Dr Ferrarra) on the 16th....what pre-op diet did they put you on? I don't have my pre-op appt until this coming Monday, but wanted to start preparing myself.

Nice to "meet" somebody going to the same office....they seem so nice and helpful there.

Hello :w00t: They placed me on a 2 week South Beach type diet. Basically, high-protein/good carb diet. No simple sugars or starches at all and they told us to stop drinking carbonated drinks since they will be off-limits once banded. If you could not stick to that diet for the whole two weeks, then you had to do a week of a liquid diet prior to the surgery. I lost most of my weight so far in those 2 weeks. Hope this helps.

Oh, and thanks for the welcome GuyMontag :w00t: This loss so far has given me hope!