bethm

hi all! I'm at 272 this morning

Cool :tt2: I had my first fill today and I was a wreck worrying about it but it was a piece of cake. Lidocaine hurt less then getting blood drawn. Then the pressure while he poked at the port which was uncomfortable but not unmanageable and I know now what to expect and think next time will be fine. I won't be nervous. I got 3cc in my band today. Not sure what restriction feels like but I'm on liquids today.. mushies tomorrow.. normal food cautiously on sunday. I'm not super hungry and all I've had today was a coffee and some Water. Now YESTERDAY and the day before I was eating like a champ.. all bad for me stuff. So this came none to soon!

I weighed 280 this morning so down 9 pounds.

Hi Singing.. I'm not sure when you can partake of the communion altar bread wafer. I'm sorry to admit it's been a long time since I was last in church. I'd be interested in hearing the answer but my guess is as soon as you go on solids. Ask your doctor for the liquid equivalent of all your meds. The ones that aren't in liquid for you can usually cut in half or a quarter if you need to. I went right off my gigantic diabetes pill the day I left the hospital from surgery. My other 2 are small enough that I don't have a problem.

It's not the easy way out for me. I lost 31 pounds from Dec 1 to Dec 22nd (preop to mushy phase) then stopped. I walk. I don't drink with food. I was eating 500-700 calories a day. I'm always hungry. I have no restriction. I moved my calories up to about 900-1000 a day now. I am a newbie but I'm following the food choices my nutrionist recommended (bland and unexciting for sure). It's by willpower alone. I'm proud of myself for what I'm doing but I did expect the band to be a more useful tool. Right now it's not doing anything. (I hope/expect it to change with fills!) So my opinion is this is definitely not the easy way out.

I'm on solid foods now. Here's what I ate today: B: unjury vanilla Protein shake L: Smart Ones 180 calorie thingie S: 1/2 an Isopure Protein Drink D: 5oz filet mignon with an onion. <-------- The filet mignon went down fine. I'm not uncomfortably full. Nothing got stuck. It would have fit on the little plate my doctor told me about but it was 5oz. I figured I would be full before I finished but nope. Is this bad? Normal? I'm getting a fill in 2 weeks so I'm hoping it will help restrict food a bit. For now though i feel guilty I ate that for dinner. But I am hungry *all* the time now. I'm not drinking with meals or any of that. The smart ones dinners don't fill me up at all either. How are you all doing?

Today so far: B: 2 scrambled eggs with a slice of cheese, 3 bites of sausage S: coffee with nonfat milk and splenda L: 4 pieces of turkey and 4 pieces of cheese rolled up and dipped in grey poupon I went on solid foods yesterday so I'm not really sure what I should be eating yet. I haven't gotten anything stuck or been uncomfortable at all eating. I don't have a fill in yet. I get one in 2 weeks but I don't really think I feel restriction? I haven't eaten until I was hurting anyway so I don't really know. I eat about 1/2 to 1 cup of food a meal.. sometimes a little less.

The grande (medium) is 270+ calories. If it was me I'd avoid that like the plague. Drinking your calories is bad.

The band goes around your stomach forming a small pouch above where the band is. Fills restrict the band so it tightens around your stomach narrowing the hole that food passes through into the larger part of your stomach. Restricting the hole from your pouch to stomach makes you feel full with far less food. Your stomach has fat on it. Say you go to get a fill and it works great for you for a few months and you've lost weight.. you've also lost fat around your stomach and will probably need another fill to restrict your stomach again. I was banded Dec 11th with no restriction. But because my stomach is big to begin with I still get full on less then a cup because the band is restricting my fatty stomach naturally. I'll probably go for a first fill to maintain a full feeling longer then I have now when I hit between 6 and 8 weeks. I'm not an expert but I hear that it can take a few days for the liquid to settle properly in your band to feel the exact restriction from a fill. You also will probably go on liquids for a day or two then mushies then solids after a fill to let your stomach/brain adjust. There are far more experienced bandsters then me but this is what I've learned from all my reading.

maybe try benefiber?

Hey :thumbup: Don't sweat it. I'm sure everything will be fine. I don't even remember being weighed when I went in for mine. You could be retaining Water. I gain around 5 pounds in water weight around my period and a couple/few around ovulation. Just nest and get your space ready for when you're home and recovering.

Do they knock you out for a port revision in the hospital? Or do they operate on you in their office?