Anyone else having a fill at TLBC today?

[susansilver 0]

Hoping to meet some more folks. My appt is a 9:30 this morning.

[peaches9 3]

Hi Susan;

I am not at the fill stage yet, but would love to hear your comments about the folks at TBLC as my surg is scheduled for next wed. july 11th

how much wgt have you lost so far? what are you eating now? are you on solids yet? what are you tolerating well.

[susansilver 0]

Hi Susan;

I am not at the fill stage yet, but would love to hear your comments about the folks at TBLC as my surg is scheduled for next wed. july 11th

how much wgt have you lost so far? what are you eating now? are you on solids yet? what are you tolerating well.

Hi Peaches,

I have had really good experiences with the folks at TLBC. I adore Dr. Yau and had my second fill with Nancy today. Good luck on your upcoming surgery!

I have lost 25 lbs - but most of it was preop. I was banded May 2nd, so I have been on solids for a while. My first fill was two weeks ago and initially I felt restriction and then lost that about a week ago. She put in another .5 cc today, so hoping that will help.

This really is a learning process. I have had to relearn to eat! I always took big bites, chewed twice and washed it down with Water before quicky taking another big bite! This does NOT work with the band. As a consequence, I PBed alot after my first fill. Now, I am learning to eat properly. I cannot eat fresh bread at all. Rice does not go down well, but I can eat Pasta and toasted grainy bread. I also had a toasted pita that was fine. I have had no trouble with any meat, fish or chicken even dry. I have found that the only type of lettuce I can eat is icebeg. Everything else gets stuck. No fibrous veggies either. Generally I eat my Protein first and then a few bites of veggies but not always. Last night I had a grilled sausage in a well toasted bun, but I only ate about 1/2 the bun and then had some edamame.

My best advice is to be PATIENT! Follow your instructions post op and remember that it is a time to heal. Do not worry about your weight loss at that point. You will be living with this the rest of your life - so follow the rules, learn to re-eat and when you are properly restricted your weight will come off for sure!