Banded on May 29 2006, it's now been a little over a month. I seem to be healing nicely, been trying to put some neosporin with vitamin E on my stitches, hopefully to lessen the scarring. Have a little pain on one side and feel a little restriction with the band, but not significant. Went to Dr. Enochs first follow up visit after surgery. I had gained a pound over the 20 I had lost after surgery. That sure was a bummer! Dr. Enochs told me to concentrate on healing right now and if all looks good I might get my first fill next visit. The thing is I am still mostly on mushies and most of those are carb oriented. I sure have been hungry this last week, June 4, 2006. I am trying to be careful what I eat, but it's been a challenge. I guess this is where "patience is a virtue." Still a little hard to bend or stretch, also trying to keep up with a regular exercise routine. Since I am on the road a lot it's hard to come up with a snack I can eat while driving on the road. When I eat small meals consistently I seem to do much better. Kind of tired of liquids! Looking forward to down the road with weight loss. I wrote the NC site and they gave me some suggestions on eating, basic answer avoid carbs! I was referred to the LapBandTalk.com site on forums>food specifically dylansmoms listing. That site has a list of foods that help, great information. :nervous