I was thinking last night about the band and what a trip this really is. I read so much stuff pre band, asked so many questions and thought I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. But truth be told, you have no concept of what this is like until you actually live it.

If you think about the entire process of what is going on it is pretty amazing. We are living with this foreign object in our body wrapped around our stomach, with a tube attached to it and another part attached again that we get injections with to make this object even tighter around our stomach every so often to make us not as hungry and we used to get.

Then all the stuff you read about getting stuck, slimming, pb'ing. Again, you think you understand but you really have no clue until you live it.

I also find it funny about the things we live with now. What your family and friends are used to when it comes to eating around you... We live with getting things stuck and kicking it out like it's normal! We live with not knowing if that chicken is going to go down today or not. You get to where you don't panic anymore you just deal with what comes your way that day... You family can look at you and just know you will be leaving the table for a minute, but you will be back. The ever dreaded business lunch! That is always good for some anxiety.

I laughed last night before I went to bed because I drank a few GULPS of milk and NOPE that wasn't going to work... Kicked it out real quick in the sink, brushed my teeth and off to bed I went. No big deal its just a part of life now. liquids seem to love to come back out to play. Not always just sometimes when I drink to fast. Silly little liquids!

I have the special treat of three banded people in my house so we have a lot of kicking out the stuck stuff going on... I never know who is going to tolerate what's for dinner. But we get by. There is always something else in the fridge to satisfy some hunger if what is on the table doesn't work that night.

All in all now that I am 5 1/2 months out. It's just a way of life, it's a different way of life, but the best part is without really trying the weight is falling off all three of us and now this way of life is our normal way...

So all you people that have a million questions of what it feels like, what to expect, how do you do this or that... we can tell you but you really wont get it until you get your band. Then you get to trip off the fact that you have an artificial buddy living inside you that is working it's hardest to get you happy and healthy... I love my band:thumbup:

Very well written! Great positive thread! :smile:

Edited December 1, 200916 yr by Starting-overin-AZ

Terrific thread! Well written and oh, so true. I too love my band and sometimes it tells me that it's really really there, especially when I eat too fast. I feel so lucky to have it and wouldn't want to give it up for anything.

I love the positive ones too. For me, I just thought all those things would not happen to me because I was going to carefully follow the directions!! LOL Needless to say, I have been humbled!! Thanks

If you try to explain it, it sounds really depressing, lol.

Like, eating is always slightly uncomfortable. There's always the risk of something getting stuck, every meal involves multiple sensations of not pain, but warning or discomfort. Some end badly, lol. You never know what's going to go down well and what wont. For me, Breakfast every day involves forcing something down I really dont want and tricking my body by eating it in small amounts whilst walking around doing my morning stuff. lunch means having an appetite and being hungry, but not wanting anything, standing around trying to decide what to eat. The real pleasure has gone out of eating, but i still enjoy it if that makes sense.

No, you cant explain it, can you? Because its not as bad as it sounds and every little inconvenience is worth it 1000 times over.

LOL..you are correct it does sound depressing, but the weird part is that it isn't. It almost becomes a game in some sick way. A game I love. A game that has made food not really important anymore and that is the best part.

You made a really good point Jachut... Every meal does involve some feeling you experience... I like that one!

Oh well...back to my lunch that is sitting in my chest right now not wanting to cooperate.

Silly little band just wants to play! He is such a prankster :smile: