donricardo

I'm a Lap-band to sleeve conversion. I was very successful with the lap band but had complications. The main point is, it seems it takes a lot of effort for most sleevers to get in even 2oz or a half a cup of food early on, many struggle getting in enough protein. That is not the case for me. My doc used a 40fr bougie. I am worried my sleeve is too large.

We all had this surgery because of one or more reasons we were not able to consume less calories on a regular basis to loose and maintain to our desired weight. With that being said, the sleeve is supposed to physically restrict the amount of food our stomachs can hold. I am 6 weeks out and I am shocked and scared of the amount of food I can get down. I have been trying to do my part, but the actual restriction I was expecting is not there. I started eating chicken and realized I could eat a whole chicken breast. And yesterday I was able to eat a double cheese burger and a few fries. I know I shouldn't eat that, so please spare me the comments on that and how just because I can eat that much doesn't mean I should....Please! If I could eat right on my own, I wouldn't have needed the sleeve and neither would you. Sorry, but I've seen so many people get judgmental and nasty on these boards. I see these people saying they can only eat an egg white or two and are stuffed and I'm wondering if I'm the only one who can eat this much this soon? Anyone start off being able to eat a lot and the restriction kick in later?

I need an unfill due to dilation and I'm worried about weight gain. It took me 6 months to get to the green zone at first. I know I could gain a lot of weight in another 6 months. I'm thinking a prescription appetite suppressant like Adipex or some the new ones (Qsymia and Belviq) may help me as I get back to the green zone. The problem is I'm at my goal weight and they aren't supposed to be used in people with a normal BMI. Has anyone had any experience with this? Thoughts?

When I have tried to drink beer it does not feel well. It seems like the beer goes down fine but the burp can't come out from beneath the band. So just imagine feeling like you need to take a nice big beer burp and not being able to..... not worth it to me. So I just had to accept life without beer.

You may want to try the liquid Children's Motrin. This is a non-steroidal anti- inflamatory. It helps me.

I would compare what I feel to when I was pre-op and would take a a big bite of a dry chicken breast and it going down. It can be very uncomfortable, and often I just get tired of that feeling and stop eating even though I'm not full. Tonight I tried to chew my food even more than I had been and that seemed to help with that feeling. Maybe that has been the problem all along. I still feel like I may need a bit more to get to the green zone to feel full on a half cup of food.

OK, so I was banded on 6/3 and have had two fills so far. I feel restriction, but it just feels uncomfortable as I feel the food going down. I can still eat almost as much as pre-op so I don't think I'm in the Green Zone yet. It seems the more restriction I have the more uncomfortable it is to eat. Has anyone else experienced this as you approach the Green Zone? I'm curious what the Green Zone feels like when you swallow your food. Does it get better?