mckennashere

I am with you. I don't know what full is, I kept telling my doc that, how will I know? I got my third fill last Monday and at first I thought I was too tight. Until then I could pretty much eat normally except for that really thin packaged lunch meat which was the first food I had to give up after my first fill. It wouldn't go down and I learned what slimming and a PB was. But if you stuck a steak infront of me I could eat it. I hadn't lost any weight since my surgury but my doc was okay with it cause I didn't gain any either because I didn't have any restriction. Anyway back to the third fill last Monday. After two days of liquids I tried to eat a lean quisine type meal at work I was okay the first two bites then on the third bite I thought that if I took another bite I was going to lose it. I lost it anyway, did that with everything I ate on Wed so I called the doc office on Thursday. They said I could come in for an unfil but I decided that I would press on through the weekend and adjust my eating habits (which I didn't have to do until now). So after puting into practice the chew chew chew and slowing down by Monday I was able to eat between 1/4 to 1/2 cut food and it is getting better every day. Trust me you will know when to stop when you finally get restriction. Trust me you will think if I take one more bite I will lose it and you just might a few times before you lean how to live with this. But you know what I know what full feels like with this now. Not what I thought it was going to feel like but but full is full. Drop me a line if you need any more help.

I had my surgery on a Wed. Thought I would go back on Monday but I had a problem sitting up straight for long periods of time. I went back on Tuesday but only made it to lunch time as I couldn't sit up straight for that long. But then on Tuesday I was fine. I guess I should have taken that extra day to heal. My port site was the only place giving me problems. I had been reclining the entire time I was home and did not realize how uncomfortable it was to sit up staight.

:thumbup: Why is everyones diet different. Liquids for 3 days, 2 weeks, 4 weeks? I haven't lost a pound since I was banded and I tried to tell my doc that I think my body is in starvation mode and I need to up my intake, and he gives me this spiel about torn stitches and whatnot. Mean while another doc has their patient eating on a totaly different progression. While I know it takes time for my tummy to heal, Exactly how long does it take? Why does one doc do one thing and another do differently. It is very frustrating to me. I lost 30 lbs on my pre-op doing high protein low carb and here it is the beginning of week 3 and I am consuming around 400 calories a day and haven't lost a pound and only have another two weeks of liquids to look forward to when if I had picked a different doc I would be onto mushies by now. Does anyone know how long it takes for your tummy to heal? Its not like I want to chow down on a burger or anything but some type of pureed food would be nice.

I was given the same talk and then told about how well people who have a bypass do. I figured that being that this is technically an elective surgery that the more surgery that the doc's do the more money they make. I would imagine that the self-pay clients have decreased in todays economy so they try to hardsell us insurance customers by down playing the less costly options. But, it you keep up with the boards there are many many people who are sucessful in meeting and exceeding their goals, and I intend to be one of them.