LauraG.

Suzzzie- when you were saying your right side and back were hurting after you ate all that the other day was it hurting really bad -like cramping and take your breathe away pain? Just curious because I have been having pain on my right side quite a bit. Have you ever had that kind of pain before? BTW don't beat yourself up about it, I've have evidently been overeating a bit myself. Things seem to go down pretty good and only a few times have I had a stuck feeling and have never thrown up. However maybe they are not going down as good as I thought and I'm eating to big of bites and not chewing well enough or just overeating, and that is why my right side has been hurting. Is that gas pain I wonder? Okay this may be a really dumb question but what causes gas? I mean I know certain foods do but is it because they are not digested well? Or are there other reasons why food can cause gas pain? Does eating to big of bites not chewing well, and drinking too fast? Thanks for any insight on this. I just have never had gas issues before this surgery Laura

Toni,when you say you can't tolerate some foods-what happens that you know you can't tolerate them? Thanks Laura

Hey-just wondering if other peoples Dr. or nutritionist says no pasta, rice, bread, potatoes or fruit til you have reached your goal weight. And to avoid red meat, pork, venison, veal and raw vegetables for the first 6 months. If you have restrictions to certain foods, what are they and why? Thanks Laura

I know how you feel, I had my first fill last Friday and I don't feel much difference. I can eat more then a cup of food. I can't wait til I have that feeling of being full after eating a small amount of food. My Dr. doesn't do a second fill until 4 weeks after the first. I will say though that even though I don't have the restriction yet that I am so axiously waiting for I have been eating much healthier and smaller portions.

Bigbaby - I am so sorry to hear about your port flipping, Did the doctor say if this happens often? Hang in there, I'll be thinking of you and you will be back on track soon!!! Insubordination- I know exactly how you feel, the past few days I have been down too. Can't really explain it. Might be because I lost 20 lbs from pre-op to two weeks post op and then only 1 or 2 lbs in the next 3 or 4 weeks and then knowing even after the 1st fill I still may be not be restricted. I know I just have to be patient and it will happen. Plus after my first fill I had to do liquids for 3 days-that certainly did not help my mood:rolleyes: We'll get through this time and we will feel better. We can do this:)

I got my first fill Friday and am on liquids for three days, then tommorrow I get to start blended for 3 days, I am hoping to feel restriction tommorrow when I eat, I can't really tell right now. Should I be able to with liquids? I am so ready to start losing more weight i have pretty much been at the same weight for the last 3 or 4 weeks. Did anyone else have to be on liquids for 3 days after their fill? Just curious. Hope everyone is doing great:)

I would be up for a trip to Vegas. Never been, sounds like fun! Would be great to meet all you guys:)

I had my first fill today, wasn't so bad, just the pressure when putting the needle in the port was kinda weird feeling. I really don't feel any difference he put 1 cc in my 3 or 4 cc band.He had 2 cc in and when looking at the band through the floroscope (I think that's what it was) while I was drinking the barium he said that was too much restriction so took out 1 cc. So I am on liquids for three days and then blended for three days and then if I can tolerate solids I can move on. I am very curious to find out if I have any restriction. If you are able to tell by liquids than i don't feel any different. I am only down 1 pound since my last visit two weeks ago. 261.6

I had my first fill today, wasn't so bad, just the pressure when putting the needle in the port was kinda weird feeling. I really don't feel any difference he put 1 cc in my 3 or 4 cc band.He had 2 cc in and when looking at the band through the floroscope (I think that's what it was) while I was drinking the barium he said that was too much restriction so took out 1 cc. So I am on liquids for three days and then blended for three days and then if I can tolerate solids I can move on. I am very curious to find out if I have any restriction. If you are able to tell by liquids than i don't feel any different. I am only down 1 pound since my last visit two weeks ago. 261.6

I went to see my surgeon yesterday and I am down seven pounds from the last visit. 262.8 My incisions are looking good and I get my first fill on July 27th. I can't wait because I am hungry seems like all the time. I must say I am doing pretty good to not snack and just eat my three meals, but it is not easy. My goal is lose 2 or 3 more pounds until my fill in 2 and a half more weeks. 261.0

I went to see my surgeon yesterday and I am down seven pounds from the last visit. 262.8 My incisions are looking good and I get my first fill on July 27th. I can't wait because I am hungry seems like all the time. I must say I am doing pretty good to not snack and just eat my three meals, but it is not easy. My goal is lose 2 or 3 more pounds until my fill in 2 and a half more weeks. 261.0

Nashville Tennessee

WATERS- you are too funny I love what you wanted to put on your sign, thanks for making me laugh:) MARIE - I too have felt like what the hello have I done. But it gets better, and I would guess there are quite a few of us who have experienced that feeling at least once. What a HUGE change we have just made:eek: We will get used to it, but it takes time to adjust and We will !!! It really is so nice to be able read on this forum to know we are not alone in some of the things we feel and experience. Thanks Laura

Holli, I noticed you are from Tennessee. What part of TN? Who is your Surgeon? I am in Nashville and my Surgeon is David Dyer. Laura

I know exactly how you feel, I became a little depressed when after a week out from surgery I still did not have much energy and felt like I could not keep up, which of course I couldn't because my body was still and still is recovering from surgery. I am feeling better and better everyday and I finally feel like i have energy again. I do also feel like I might get the "well, you wanted this""it was your choice" But I know it's just me being paranoid, because everyone is very supportive of my decision. I said to one of my friends one day "I think i just need a good cry". And sometimes I really think we do.

I haven't lost any more weight since I started stage 4. i didn't start exercising until yesterday though, so humh maybe that has something to do with it. I'm finding that i am hungry more and more and have totally lost that feeling of not feeling hungry. So it is has been very hard not to eat like normal,but I haven't for fear of stretching my stomach or gaining back any weight i have already lost. I go see Dr. Dyer on Monday and hopefully will find out when my first fill is.I hope it works and I won't be so darn hungry all the time. This is a very hard time for me in between surgery and my first fill, I feel no restriction, however, I haven't eaten much over 4ounces at a time even though i feel like I could eat more. I guess if I ate more than that there would be more restriction then before the surgery. Well, hopefully now that I am exercising I will drop a pound or 2 this week. I was really good the first week of mushies keeping a journal of my food and i was not even getting in 600 calories a day. I'm not sure how many calories I have been eating this past week, but i am sure it has not been over 1000 if even that many.

I haven't lost any more weight since I started stage 4. i didn't start exercising until yesterday though, so humh maybe that has something to do with it. I'm finding that i am hungry more and more and have totally lost that feeling of not feeling hungry. So it is has been very hard not to eat like normal,but I haven't for fear of stretching my stomach or gaining back any weight i have already lost. I go see Dr. Dyer on Monday and hopefully will find out when my first fill is.I hope it works and I won't be so darn hungry all the time. This is a very hard time for me in between surgery and my first fill, I feel no restriction, however, I haven't eaten much over 4ounces at a time even though i feel like I could eat more. I guess if I ate more than that there would be more restriction then before the surgery. Well, hopefully now that I am exercising I will drop a pound or 2 this week. I was really good the first week of mushies keeping a journal of my food and i was not even getting in 600 calories a day. I'm not sure how many calories I have been eating this past week, but i am sure it has not been over 1000 if even that many.

Toni How many calories are you getting in a day since your fill? Suzzie I am sorry you are still having pain and having to sleep in the recliner still. What does your doctor say about that? I really hope you feel better soon!!! Since yesterday I have been having a little pain at my port site seems to be a consatant dull pain. If I bend over I can feel the port and a twinge of something. It's weird and kind of hard to explain. If I push on my stomach I can feel the port.Anyone else experiencing this?

Hey Heather my date changed from the 14th to the 15th. Thanks so much for doing this!!!:eek:

Well since my post op visit where the dr. took two strips off only one has come off. I'm starting to wonder if they will ever come off without being pulled off. I am so ready to be able to clean all those areas.I've got one more day on my blended foods and then on to the stage 4. I'm still feeling very low on energy however seems in the afternoon I will get a bit more, but in the morning wow I usually feel like I am moving in very slow motion. I am eating my 3oz of protein and 2 tbsp veg at each meal and nothing more, however I could eat more because I don't feel full, but I don't want to get used to eating more and then when I get my first fill, have to go back to eating small amounts again. The good thing about this is that I am not hungry, and I pretty much have to make myself eat each meal. I finally don't have that bloated feeling anymore, my stomach is starting to feel like normal again. My weight today 262.4 21.6 lost since pre-op diet-June 9th

Well since my post op visit where the dr. took two strips off only one has come off. I'm starting to wonder if they will ever come off without being pulled off. I am so ready to be able to clean all those areas.I've got one more day on my blended foods and then on to the stage 4. I'm still feeling very low on energy however seems in the afternoon I will get a bit more, but in the morning wow I usually feel like I am moving in very slow motion. I am eating my 3oz of protein and 2 tbsp veg at each meal and nothing more, however I could eat more because I don't feel full, but I don't want to get used to eating more and then when I get my first fill, have to go back to eating small amounts again. The good thing about this is that I am not hungry, and I pretty much have to make myself eat each meal. I finally don't have that bloated feeling anymore, my stomach is starting to feel like normal again. My weight today 262.4 21.6 lost since pre-op diet-June 9th

Well my drive to the dentist wasn't bad at all, glad i went. I went to my post op appt. yesterday and I am down 2 lbs from when I weighed right before I went to the hospital. I don't know weather to count the 8 I gained in the hospital or just go by what I weighed before I went. So he said my incision and little punctures looked good. I was hoping he would take my little strips off but he said to leave them on til they fell off could be another week UGH! They are starting to itch .I feel good as far as pain I don't think I have taken any pain med since Monday. I just don't have a lot of energy. I am sleeping on my stomach now and have been since Wed night . I was able to sleep on my side about 2 or 3 days post op., which was sooo nice because I am not a back sleeper at least not ALL night. He told me I could move to blended foods :clap2:I am so very thankful I just don't know if I could have another cup of broth. I go back to see him in 3 weeks. So this morning I had two scrambled eggs with cheese, and let me tell you just how good they were. I ate slow ,and chewed and chwed even though they were pretty much already mush. (Practicing for the real thing). I am so afraid I will forget and swallow a big unchewed bite and suffer the consequenses. I didn't feel full probably could of eaten more but I didn't. I am going to buy some canned spinach today and add 2 tbsp to my scrambled eggs tommorrow. I could of had 2tbsp of a low carb veg from MY LIST but didn't have the spinach. For lunch I will have 3 oz chicken (white meat) with some lowfat mayo and blend it up in my wonderful new Magic Bullet. , with some blended green beans. For dinner probably the same thing since I'm opening up a can of green beans I hate to waste the rest of the can, and the chicken is already pulled from a roasted chicken. I will continue this stage for 4 more days which is a little sooner than the 7 days it says in the book, but for some reason I was told to move on a little sooner. I am going to walk today for the first time, I could have been walking sooner and I guess I should have. But will start slow and work my way up.I am down to 266.8 which is a loss of 17 lbs since my pre- op diet 2 weeks ago.I am very happy with that but I just don't really feel it. I guess when you are as big as me it takes more than that to really tell, or maybe because I am still a little bloated feeling from the surgery. 266.8

Well my drive to the dentist wasn't bad at all, glad i went. I went to my post op appt. yesterday and I am down 2 lbs from when I weighed right before I went to the hospital. I don't know weather to count the 8 I gained in the hospital or just go by what I weighed before I went. So he said my incision and little punctures looked good. I was hoping he would take my little strips off but he said to leave them on til they fell off could be another week UGH! They are starting to itch .I feel good as far as pain I don't think I have taken any pain med since Monday. I just don't have a lot of energy. I am sleeping on my stomach now and have been since Wed night . I was able to sleep on my side about 2 or 3 days post op., which was sooo nice because I am not a back sleeper at least not ALL night. He told me I could move to blended foods :clap2:I am so very thankful I just don't know if I could have another cup of broth. I go back to see him in 3 weeks. So this morning I had two scrambled eggs with cheese, and let me tell you just how good they were. I ate slow ,and chewed and chwed even though they were pretty much already mush. (Practicing for the real thing). I am so afraid I will forget and swallow a big unchewed bite and suffer the consequenses. I didn't feel full probably could of eaten more but I didn't. I am going to buy some canned spinach today and add 2 tbsp to my scrambled eggs tommorrow. I could of had 2tbsp of a low carb veg from MY LIST but didn't have the spinach. For lunch I will have 3 oz chicken (white meat) with some lowfat mayo and blend it up in my wonderful new Magic Bullet. , with some blended green beans. For dinner probably the same thing since I'm opening up a can of green beans I hate to waste the rest of the can, and the chicken is already pulled from a roasted chicken. I will continue this stage for 4 more days which is a little sooner than the 7 days it says in the book, but for some reason I was told to move on a little sooner. I am going to walk today for the first time, I could have been walking sooner and I guess I should have. But will start slow and work my way up.I am down to 266.8 which is a loss of 17 lbs since my pre- op diet 2 weeks ago.I am very happy with that but I just don't really feel it. I guess when you are as big as me it takes more than that to really tell, or maybe because I am still a little bloated feeling from the surgery. 266.8

Today I am not feeling as bloated as I have been, seems I'm able to drink more at one time then before. I am now back to what I weighed the day of surgery. I don't feel like I've lost any weight though. I have been very good about taking all my vitamins and supplements and getting in the min amount of protein drinks. Oh eggs well never taste so good-can't wait I'm not in much pain at all just if I bend over it hurts a little. I've still had no shoulder pain Thank goodness!I do feel like I have gas in my stomach though. I still have to remember I had surgery Friday because I tend to want to do to much, and then I get really tired. I'm going to the Dentist today about 35 minutes there,and then35 min back. I hope I don't regret being in the car that long.

OMG you are so lucky!!All I have had since surgery is broth sf jello sf popsicles and crystal light with my protein powder. I just don't get how our diets can be so different you would think they would all be the same. I'd love to know what your stage 4 diet consists off.I can pretty much tell you mine in a nutshell. Fish, chicken,eggs, yougart, lowfat cheese, lowfat cottage cheese,skim milk (that's for my protein). 3 oz per meal. Then I am allowed 2 tbsp soft cooked vegetables from my list which consists of Carrots,beets mushrooms, spinach, squash, green beans, asparagus and turnip greens. If I am still hungary I can have 2 tbsp of either green peas, acorn squash cream style corn, skim milk, or carb masters yougart..Okay the not to have at all until I have reached my goal weight So we are talking about a year No pasta, rice,fruit, potatoes or bread products.And no creamed soups. I am curious to know if anyone else has this same diet.