No restriction. Whatsoever.

[ocbutterfly 0]

HI! Unless your band has fill in when you had surgery, you won't have any restriction. The restriction you feel right after surgery is due to swelling. Now that you are healing, the swelling is going down and you are able to eat. You just need to be patient and wait until you get a fill for restriction - and even then you might not have much restriction. It takes a few fills to feel restriction for any amount of time - it's different for different people. Just be patient and don't try anything stupid!!!

:thumbup:

Indeed, thank you :laugh:

[BetsyB 9]

Ok.

Thanks for everyone's opinion's/lectures, but I just want to be clear on one thing. I was not gorging myself silly or eating huge amounts of food.

What kind of response did you expect to get, when you've posted

I'm about 13 days post op and on Fri I decided to see how much food it would take for me to feel full. I ate... in my opinion... a lot. I was able to eat chicken [grilled on a BBQ] just fine. Beef jerkey just fine. Pretzel Thins [ i was scared to try but did so anyway] just fine. chips and Salsa...just fine. I even drank Water with the food and still nothing! I just would feel full, not overtly full.

???

You got a great deal of reassurance that it's normal not to feel restriction for quite some time post-banding, and some very mild suggestion that you stick to the rules, 'cause there in place for a reason.

How were people supposed to respond?

[ocbutterfly 0]

I wasn't expecting anything and actually meant the "thanks".

In all honesty, I did want to come off defensively after reading a couple posts, but it all came down to the clear and obvious fact that I should not test my band, no matter how curious I am. The truth is, I do have the tendancy to self sabotage and while I didn't like what I read [at times] as far as some of the posts go, I had to realize it was the truth.

After some time off of the boards and really thinking about it, my confession and the responses [negative or mild] helped me get back on track anyway.

What have I done to ruffle your feathers?

Edited October 12, 2010 by ocbutterfly