Banded 4.12.11

[Minnmor 0]

Hi everyone ~ I am new to this website so still figuring it all out! I got my band on April 12th and have had ups and downs ever since, but each day is a new day and each step forward is one that I look to! Three weeks post op, I am still not eating too much which I think it's contributed to anxieties of the fear of getting hiccups or it coming back up. A week post op I did get dehydrated and had to get fluids, after that I was great for a week, until those hiccups came after my post op appointment .. spent 4 days in pain from those as they caused an air bubble that was huge. But my nurse at the doctor's office is great, she got me on the path to recovery and now I feel great, I even have hungar pains today. I switched from a milk based Protein shake to a juice based and I am doing so much better getting Protein in each day! Each day is a new day, I look forward to the years I have ahead of me to be in good health and spend with my family and friends. I started my band journey 3 years ago, researching and waiting on insurance. My insurance finally came through this year! A year ago, I was 314lbs, today I am 258, and my first fill isn't until May 31st. I am proud of that accomplishment.

If anyone has had struggles during their first few months, please let me know I am not alone. My doctor actually talked to me yesterday about removing my band becasue of my highs and lows with they way I have been feeling since my post op. (Those dang hiccups) - I emailed him and the nurse today to let them know my new nectar Protein I started yesterday made me feel much better and compared to yesterday I am 100% better - again highs and lows! I can do this, change is good, and the new journey every day is good.