joemcg

Hope you are feeling better by now. I was experiencing the same problem since my first fill last Thursday. After the fill the Dr gave me a glass of water and it didn't go down so easy but I had no idea what to expect & just assumed that was normal. I hadn't been able to eat anything since and even a spoonful of oatmeal was causing a lot of discomfort. I called the Drs office and they paged him & he called me back 5 mins later & told me to meet him at his office. This was Sunday afternoon. He originally put in 4cc on the first fill & removed 2cc and the relief was instantaneous. Been able to get down some soup & liquids. Very happy I called & that I have a fantastic Dr.

Congratulations on making the decision. I was originally scheduled for the operation July 21 and started my liquid diet 2 days ago. I was using the Atkins Day Break shakes and they worked great. Had a shake & a couple glasses of water & felt full for a good 4 hours. Try out some different protein shakes & powder mixes now to get an idea what tastes good to you and what curbs your appetite best. GNC has a great website with customer reviews of all the different products so you can avoid what people say tastes terrible. Surgery got rescheduled to the end of August now but I am hoping to keep going with the shakes til then. Best of luck with your surgery!

Getting banded July 21 and starting my 10 days of liquids. Have picked up some Atkins choc & strawberry shakes and the choc is tasty. Also have a gallon of water with me today. Any other shake suggestions would be appreciated.

Got a call from Dr office that the insurance couldn't get approval by july 21 so surgery rescheduled to aug 28. Better than a flat out no. Proved to myself I could go 2 days on liquid diet and think I will stick with the protein shakes for breakfast & lunch until then. Best of luck to everyone getting their bands soon. Will join you in 6 weeks or so.

Thanks for the help all. Will be headed to GNC this afternoon. Have been very happy with the Atkins shakes past 2 days also. 1 shake and a big glass of water is keeping me satisfied for about 4 hours so doing its job.