I think..maybe....

I just left the doctors office and got my second fill. He told me to eat soft foods the rest of today. So I get home and fix some mashed potatoes and lo and behold have only been able to eat about 5 bites. 5 little bites. We'll see how the rest of today goes, but I feel like this is a good sign!!!!!

Ready

I've been so busy this week, I've barely noticed my hunger... No not really! I was on call Tuesday and of course was called in due to JCAHO inspecting our hospital. So now I am working 3 days in a row plus Sat, which is great cause I need the $$$$!

I have an appointment Friday for my #2 fill. I just am so unsure of what is happening in my belly. If I eat too fast or anything bread or doughy I feel like an elephant is standing on my chest, but then it passes and I can continue to eat. If I chew slow enough I can eat just like I did pre-band. So I am guessing that this is NOT restriction...Right? I just can't wait to feel restriction and start losing again. At this point I keep losing and regaining the same 4 pounds. I was hoping to be in onederland by Christmas. I am praying that this fill will help!!!!!

Limbo

It's 2 weeks since my first fill and at first I thought maybe I had restriction, but i was wrong, wrong , wrong. The first day or so I did eat less, ut not much less. Now I really never have a feeling of fullness.The only thing I feel is a terrible someone sitting on my chest feeling if I eat to fast. However if I eat slowly I can eat whatever and how much ever I want. My second fill is not until Nov 18th. Hopefully that will do something. Right now I keep gaining and losing the same 4 lbs. SUCKS!!!!!

This is 30 lbs down.

First Fill!!!

I finally got my first fill today. It was absolutely painless. My doctor numbed the site and then filled it with 1.5 cc's. He then made me drink a cup of water to make sure I could hold it down. It was so easy, I think I was anxious for nothing. I had read so many different things. Some people said it hurt, but luckily not for me. I can't really tell if I have any restriction because I haven't eat anything solid yet. Liquids until tomorrow and then I should take it slow.


Oh...and I found out today that my band holds 14 cc and they do a fill every month. To me this seems a bit conservative based on other things I have read. But that's fine, I'll take it!!!

How lap band is inserted.

What now???

A week and 3 days sout from surgery. Not really sore now. There is a bit of tenderness of the port site still, bit only when I bed over or something. I am now on a thick liquid diet. That means pudding, yogurt, mashed potatoes etc. I am feeling hungry these days as well. My stomach isn't swollen anymore so I guess I now feel hunger. Sucks. I wasn't hungry at all the first week. What happens now? My follow up appt is Fri the 19th. I will ask about my 1st fill then.

Banded

I'm officially banded. I was banded yesterday and stayed one nite in hospital. Only had to spend the nite because it's a new procedure at this hospital. Doc said everything went wonderful. I have 5 tiny incisions and only in a bit of discomfort. I feel like I have done 4000 sit ups. Sent me home with liquid Percocet, which makes me oh so sleepy and itchy! I have been sipping on H2O all day today and have had 2 oz of protein drink for my meals. I am using Unjury protein powder that my nutritionist recommended. It tastes pretty good. It comes in chocolate, vanilla, strawberry and unflavored. It also comes in chicken soup flavor to make broth with. So far have only tried chocolate.

My weight today is 219, down from 231, this loss from pre-op diet. So tired!!!! think I'll go to bed now!

Approved

I had my appt with the surgeon today and my surgery was approved YAY!!!!! I'm going for all my pre-op stuff right now. More later.

Requisite "Before" photo.
In case you didn't know, I'm the fat one in pink.

Trying this out!

So I am going to try to blog about my lap band journey. I have a surgery date for Sept 3rd, pending insurance approval. This has all happened very quickly. Once I made up my mind to do it, it seems like everything has fallen right into place! My first appt with my surgeon was at the beginning of August. However, now that they have given me an actual date, I am starting to get a little freaked out!!!! Having all these thoughts about foods I may never get to eat again, liquids for 2 wks....can I really do this? For so long I have wondered what it would feel like to walk into a room and be noticed and now I find myself wondering if that will freak me out. I am so used to be unnoticed that being noticed is kinda scary! Then I ask myself if this will really work. Of course it will, but what if I am that person that it doesn't work for and then I've done all this for nothing? I have already lost a few pounds on my pre-op diet, when I weighed today I was 227 down from 231. Not a great drop, but at least it's something. Tomorrow I have an appt with my surgeon and all my pr-op labs. I will post news after that.