jenbug

I got my first fill Monday. Ouch!!! You feel like a pin cushion. My doctor does not use numbing cream. He found the port on the first try. I thought my band was empty but there was 2cc in it already. He added 1cc to it. I guess most people find the right spot at about 5 1/2 cc. So I have another fill next month. I just wish I could lose weight faster so I could see all the pain I went through but I have ruined my metabolism and coming of slow will help from wrinkles and possible sagging skin. Hope all is doing well.

I am stuck. Same weight for the past 5 days.We have had a lot of rain so I have not been walking. I guess I have to get the treadmill out and dust it off. Yuck - I hate hamster exercise. Everyone sounds to be doing good. It is inspiration to get exercising:mellow:

Do not eat oatmeal my doctor said no oatmeal ever again. Ceral like Cream of wheat or malt or meal. Jenn

Shammrockgirl60. Good for you. I am almost at the 2 week mark. I still am a little sorry around my port site and bending is difficult. I can't wait to start puree foods. I am so sick of ISOPURE!!!! TasteS like soap to me. I have tried some soups - that have been very tasty but I feel like I am starving - I am afraid when I get to regular foods I may gorge myself. I have lost some weight but I still feel a little bloated from surgery. Take Care

The liquid egg was awesome. Best Egg I have ever tasted.

Just got back from the Doctor and he won't budge on the diet. He told me to puree everything to the point of liquid. Because I am on liquids. Hot ceral like Malt-O-Meal and even Eggs ----so I will accept that. I can't wait to go home and make an EGG. This is the hard part for me. Everything went great at the doctor. He said I was Textbook. I have lost weight. My goal is gradual. I don't want plastic surgery. He said Exercise is the key and lose about 2 pounds a week. He stressed Strength Training. CAN"T WAIT TO EAT MY liquid EGG.:wink2:

I have to admit I have cheated a little. I took one egg on Sunday and fried it and puree it. I am suppose to be on liquids. I could not eat all of it but it was good. I have been sticking to Soup. I had torilla soup last night and the broth was just enough. I wanted to eat everything else in the soup but I was full. I am going on vacation in 2 weeks. I hope that I am on regular food by then. I can't eat much but just something. I get really tired when I walk. I hope to step that up a little more this week. I this Isopure tastes like SOAP. I bought 8 bottles of it thinking I would be so good and drink them. I haven't even finished the first one. YUCK!!!

I am starving. I am one week after surgery. I have a little pain around my port site but all in all I feel fine. I go back to the doctor today for my-post op visit. I have lots of questions. I was put on a diet of clear liquids the first week after surgery - - then liquids for another week and then - - puree. I want to go to the puree today. I can't drink large amounts of water but cold water does affect me. Very difficult getting the protein down - it tastes awful. I would rather eat a an egg. If I could go to puree I think I could do it but need help with this. Hope the doctor has some give.

I was banded on Monday August 11th. I actually wake up now and wonder if it was a bad dream. Did it really happen? I recommend anyone if you can to stay overnight. Do it. The hospital makes a very good cocktail for pain. All and all it was not that bad. Nothing like a C-section I had 2 years ago. I am at home now. I feel very tired and I do have a lot of gas trapped in my chest. It helps to move around. I think this was probably the easiest part the 6months and then surgery. I think for me it will be difficult to learn to eat in small portions and retrain my habits. Good Luck to everyone who is still getting banded. I still feel it was worth it. I have no regrets. But I have to admit - when I was waiting to go into surgery and they had started my IV - I started talking myself out of the surgery. (In my head) I just kept saying am I this out of control with food. Before I knew it the Dr. injected some medication into my IV and I was out. I woke up on the other side.

I get banded at 8:30 am tomorrow. Only 10 hours to go. I just really want it over so I can move on to the next phase. Thanks for all the stories to put me at ease. I had a C-section almost 2 years ago. Nothing can be as bad as that. I have only told 2 people in my life I am doing this and ALL OF YOU. I really appreciate all the inspiration from everyone's stories. I will log on in a few days and hopefully I can help someone else through this time. See you all on the other side.