Obsession

[BetsyB 9]

I got my fill Wednesday, and I can still drink as much as I want. Is that common with liquids? Will I feel different with mushies?

The first fill often does not effect much change in terms of restriction. I was on solid foods by the time I was filled (no mushy phase per my doctor's plan), and was still able to eat without any real discernible difference, once the swelling receded. (I had a day or two of feeling some restriction.)

The second fill gave me a bit more restriction. But it wasn't until my third that there was a really palpable difference in how my body responded to what I ate/drink.

Everyone is different. But if you're not feeling restriction with liquids, you may not feel them with food.< /span>

[montynic 1]

I had my postop check on Wednesday, which was day 15 for me, and I was supposed to start mushies that day. Turned out I got a fill that day instead, so I still had to wait 48-72 hours before I could have mushies. I told my surgeon, I had been REALLY looking forward to mushies! I'm not really hungry, I just want to CHEW something. I have visions of gnawing on a T-bone steak (I never steak like that, lol).

If you're truly hungry, wonder if you should have a fill? I told my surgeon I wasn't really hungry, but I kept reading about "sipping on Clear Liquids, 'try' to get down 8 oz. in an hour or so" - and I could turn up a Slim-Fast and drink it, follow it with another drink. He said since I was apparently feeling no restriction at all, I should probably get my fill a bit earlier.

Okay, so here's a question: I got my fill Wednesday, and I can still drink as much as I want. Is that common with liquids? Will I feel different with mushies? And a confession: I actually made a bowl of Tomato Soup tonight and I could have eaten the entire bowl at one sitting with no hesitation at all. I didn't, because I wasn't hungry, but it was going down, no problem... then I drank a glass of juice. So I'm befuddled!!

Lots of people don't feel restriction until after they have had a couple fills, so I wouldn't worry too much about the fact that you are having no problem holding down large amount of fluids.