PGOMEZ62

Like you I was scheduled last week of Nov, and I got a horrible cough/cold so we post poned. I was so POSITIVIE on having it and then the week that followed I was like should I or not? I too read stories and blogs and had people tell me the negative sides of the surgery. However I have a neice who did it last year. She went from 240 and is down to 118. Dont think its a 'majic pill' or ' majic make over'. YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH IT TOO. Having a small pouch does not mean you can eat donuts and potatoe chips and all this junk food and think weight is gonna drop off. You will have to eat healthy and the lap band helps you to lose weight because you arent eating as much to make you feel full. Im no expert as its only been just over a month since mine so I'm still learning to eat. I dont have a problem eating healthy... So far my problem is eating SLOW and chewing my food 20 times before swalling. If you practice that I promise you wont throw up. And the throwing up is not that awful...you only throw up a little , its usually the last bite you took. Also if you feel like something is going to come back up...dont think drinking water will push it down..it wont. If you dont chew it well, it gets stuck...the rest of the food cant go anywhere and you may start to hiccup as I do and I know then STOP eating wait for it to go down... or come back up. Again, chew chew chew small bites and you wont throw up. I have lost 19 pounds my first month! GOOD LUCK!

Hello, I had my first fill about 4 weeks ago, and yes I my tummy did feel a little swollen and when I touched my side I could actually feel the port. So what I did was put the icepack on it for about an hour that evening and I was fine by morning. I'm due for another followup/fill next week. Good luck to you. I lost 19 pounds in my first month. I'm truly excited and glad that I had the surgery.