July06Bandster

I was wondering if anyone has gone scuba diving with the band? I plan to ask my doctor about it when I see him on the 30th but just wondered if anyone else out there has any thoughts or comments? My husband just thought about it and asked me today since we did spent some $$ on our equipment. Oh well, I will follow the doctor's orders.

Hi, everyone. I am two weeks out tomorrow. I am in the soft foods stage and I was wondering if - since I am unfilled - is it possible to damage the small pouch if I go over the 6oz limit for food? Will the small pouch stretch and/or slip? I am thinking it won't since the band is not filled. I have eaten too much on two occassions. I am using the Protein powder but I am getting hungry. I hate this stage and felt better last week when I was swollen and on liquids! I bet that sounds crazy. My first fill isn't until 8/30/06. I have had no problems whatsoever. No PBs, vomiting, or slimming. I feel ready for regular food right now. If I strictly controled my portion size, what would happen if I tried regular food as tolerated? Has anyone done that? Thanks for listening.

Thanks for replying. I called my doctor's office and they said I had to do one more week of soft foods and then I could start one meal a day of regular food the following week. I do not want to do anything to hurt the band or pouch. This is an opportunity that I take very seriously.

Hi, everyone. I was banded Wednesday, July 26, 2006. I live in Houston and my doctor is Hadar Spivak, M.D. I've come to this site many times as a guest when doing research and got so much good information from all the postings. Thanks to all of you.

Thank you for replying. Things are going really well and I'm doing the "mushies".