The First Fill

Today was my first fill. I was happy to have it done, things have been a little to easy the past few weeks.

I have been a bit depressed lately which is a trigger for me to eat. My appetite has been full on recently and I have been able to eat just about anything and the portions have been getting larger too. So needless to say I was ready for today!!

I weighed in 4 lbs higher than my last visit, which brought me to tears in the office. Dr. Malley said that this was normal and good news because it means that I am healed. I think he was just being nice :)

The fill itself wasn't painful at all which was a relief because I am not a fan of needles!

What is a fill you ask? The plastic band has a "pillow" along the inside of it. The band also has a tube attached to a port. The doc injects saline into the port which "fills" the "pillow" to make the opening of the band tighter. This will allow less food to pass through and to make me feel more full more quickly. This also could mean that some foods may not be able to pass at all so I have to learn what will work for me and what won't. I am back on soft foods for 2 days after my fill and I go back to the doc in 2 weeks to see how things are going.

I hope to snap out of this funk soon :)

Keep sending happy thoughts my way!!

kv

Week 4

This is the end of week 4 and things have been pretty interesting. First of all I feel totally back to normal. I know that my doctor said that it would take a good 6 weeks or so to be totally healed but I do feel good. I have pretty much tried most all kinds of food just to see what would and wouldn't work. Sadly I haven't found anything that doesn't work. My band hasn't been "filled" yet so the passage way is larger than it will eventually be. So the things that I am able to eat now will probably not work after I get my band filled. I go in May 24th for my first fill. I have started walking this week and am going to start doing more in my work outs. I haven't lost any more weight so that is very sad, but it is my own fault. I just wanted to "test" the waters to see how I would do. I am seeing a difference in my portion sizes.

I will update after my first fill. I am sure it will be very different!