I CANNOT believe that it has been FOUR weeks since I have had surgery. The time has gone extremely quickly. I have been pretty busy so I'm guessing thats why it feels like such a short amount of time has passed.

Everything has been working out well with my band so far. The past week or so I have been noticing that I can eat things, a little bit too much of things. My first fill is scheduled for two days from now Wednesday February 3. I am a little bit nervous. Hopefully its not way too tight, but I do know its not going to be perfect for a while.

I'm going on a Service trip to Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico at the end of this month. I am VERY excited about this trip but also of course have a few concerns about eating of course. I'll have to speak with my trip advisor pretty soon since we are leaving soon. Which brings up another point Air Travel.

UGH I just hate that I have to worry about everything that a normal person does and on top of that I have to worry about being overweight in every single situation. I have to worry if I am going to fit into the plane seat which I know that I will not be comfortable at all. Then I have to worry about people looking at me disgusted on said plane because of my size and glad they are not sitting next to me.

Every experience that I come across, every opportunity that I am offered I have ever been offered I have always had to stop and think, "How will my weight be a factor in this experience? Will I be judged or will I be physically unable to do this?"

THIS is the reason that I decided that I needed to get banded. Of course there was all of the health reasons but when it came down to it I am sick of missing out on LIFE. Just sick of letting opportunities pass me by simply because of my weight. I just was not being fair to myself by continuing to live my life as a morbidly obese person.

I see now that I made the right choice in deciding to get banded. I did this completely for myself hope to have great success as I continue on this journey!

I'm in the same time frame (banded 1/14). I haven't had my fill yet, either, and I don't feel restricted. If you can, I'd love to hear about the difference. I had to reschedule, so I'm not sure when my first fill is. Good luck@

Hi, I am Ken, (Giby97) and I had my surgery 1-4-10. I am just about at my 5 week point. I had my first fill 2 weeks after surgery and my doc expects me to come every two weeks but I am going on my third week out for my second Fill this Sat. I am following the diet and I do feel more hungry at times, even exercising. I have lost about 25 pounds so far. I think the new Fill will guide me more. As long as I am able to drink water I wil be ok. I must travel 4 hours to see my doc and 4 hours back home so it's a full day experience. My wife will accompany me and we will after the appointment, go shopping for a few hours prior to returning home. I feel very positive about myself and I want to stress that you should do the same. Don't worry about what others think, your on the right track now, so keep up the good work. Make that flight an enjoyable one. Don't be nervous for the first fill, as you will show up and they will weight you, as they did for me, then I went to a room and laid on my back and made bear my stomach. Two seconds later the doc, stuck me with the needle (felt like a bee sting) and three seconds later, done. I was injected with 2 cc's. I waited around for 5 minutes, and drank some water to be sure I could drink water. I will do the same for the second fill this upcoming Saturday. You need to be able to drink water. That's what I believe. Enjoy your first Fill, as it will get your mind a wandering when you eat, like am I eating the right portion so I don't get sick etc. You will know when you ate enough. I ate two ounces of pork, some rice, and an egg with soup at a Korean restuarant. I ate till I was comfortable and knew it was enough. It was down hill then, piece of cake. If you want to email me I am at giby97@hotmail.com

Lapband friends forever, may we all change our life and live longer.

Good luck tomorrow. Ken Gibson