here I am a week later. I went back to work today. I was tired easily and a bit spacey but it went ok. I'm still taking Advil and Motrin for pain around the port area.

I'm eating mushy/regular foods but certainly not much.

I do feel some restriction. but mostly I guess I just am not that hungry. I had a few bites of soft fish and mash potatoes and little bit of cooked greens. Then later in the day a bit of chicken and rice. a sugar free popsicle and a small protein shake. That's it Imagine that !

I'm thankful all has gone well.

Congrats on the start of a happier and healthier you!

Glad to hear it! I'm getting banded tomorrow...and starting to get a bit nervous.

Hey, Oct 7th was my day as well! I came back to work on Tuesday, the 13th. The thing that I found was hard was my pants hit right on a couple of the incision spots and that made it uncomfortable the first day. Other than that, I have been good. I have learned that if I eat too fast or too large of a bite of something, I will pay for it. It hurts when that happens so I have been consciously eating smaller bites and a lot slower. :scared2:

So how is everyone else hanging in there? Any problems? I have read on here where some people have gotten fills on the day of their surgery. Anyone here have that happen?

Nice to meet you all and good luck in your journey!

Margie

Wow you can eat solid food?

LOL.....well I wouldn't call what I am eating solid! Creamy mashed potatoes (and not very many either) scrambled eggs, again, very little and of course my protein shakes. I also have sugar free/far free popsicles, fat free jello pudding cups. But I still find if I try to eat any of it very quickly it gets "stuck" and it causes a lot of pain!!!

here I am a week later. I went back to work today. I was tired easily and a bit spacey but it went ok. I'm still taking Advil and Motrin for pain around the port area.

I'm eating mushy/regular foods but certainly not much.

I do feel some restriction. but mostly I guess I just am not that hungry. I had a few bites of soft fish and mash potatoes and little bit of cooked greens. Then later in the day a bit of chicken and rice. a sugar free popsicle and a small protein shake. That's it Imagine that !

I'm thankful all has gone well.

congrats on getting banded...I on the other hand cancelled my appt for wed oct 28th...I just am not ready to restrict my eating this drastically for the rest of my life. I am going to try and lose it with diet and exercise and really commit to it...so why do I feel like such a failure already for cancelling

Daveh7373, I really respect you for making that decision to cancel surgery if you were not ready to do it. Many people DO lose their weight with diet, exercise, commitment, and lots of support. If you knew in advance that restricting eating this drastically was a problem, you definitely made the right decision. I don't consider you a failure at all!

Hugs,

Anne