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October 22 2009.
Today I had my first fill. It was fine. Actually I can't tell a difference. I went there weighed. Lifted up my shirt. He stuck me with somehting like novacane but not quite. He poke me and probe me cause he couldn't find the port opening. It felt like two bones rubbing together. I finally had to lay down cause he couldn't find it. Once I layed down he found it right away. I got back up and as he put in the saline I drank water. Once it was at the back of my throat he released a little so that i could swallow. Once it was where it was comfy he took the needle out put a bandaid over the spot and told me to go drink two more cups of water. If I felt fine after that then I was free to go. I was fine. I don't think that I have enough in me cause I surely don't have the full sensation. Currently I am hungry and want to eat. That's not how others say they feel once they are filled. Anyway I'm on liquids so i am going to exercise and make the most of just liquids.  My next small wl goal is 245 by my next appointment which is November 30th.  wish me luck.

So it took me a little longer than anticipated to get better from surgery but now I am 100 as the kids say.  No pain at all. Even laying on the port side isjust fine. I have began to take my metformin(glucofage) again. It makes me feel very lethargic and naseous so I haven't exercised as much as I should have. I can only walk on the tread mill or elliptical at the moment.  My doctor said I could skip the mushy stage and so I have. I don't know if that a blessing or not. I am gaining weight and I am hungry. Granted I can't eat as much but because I am not "filled" I can eat more than I want to. Yes, I've ate bread and everything else that will soon be restricted. My first fill is 10/22. I'm now trying to get back to slow eating. I let it get away from me and I noticed that after I ate I felt overly full when I know I didn't eat much. It is not that I overate but I didn't give myself enough time to realize "hey i'm full". Instead I gobbled things down. I'm ready to lose more weight. I've lost enough to see a difference in my clothes. All in all this is definitely a work in progress.... The saga continues.

just friday, I wasn't  feeling very well at all. Today I'm a whole new person. No all the pain is not gone and I definitely can't pick up heavy things or stay up too long without being winded and sleepy but It is still so much better than what I was. So its been 10 days since surgery I have lost approx 10 pounds. I couldn't go another day without chewing on something so I had 3 tiny bites of scrambled egg. I don't even like eggs like that but it was just the best thing ever. Those few bites lasted me most of the day. I still drank protein drinks  and water, not because I wanted it. The miracle with this band is at this moment I don't want anything to eat. I've never been one to refuse food but now I can see someone eating and not begin to salivate. For example, I went to a party yesterday. They were eating alot of everything.  I was watching them chow down and while I had spoon full of hotdog chilli it had me think. Did I really used to eat like that? Because I was now looking from the outside it looked as if the consumption of food was massive!  How wide they opened their mouths and stuck half a hot dog in there.... Then it seems as if to continue for hours. Yes, that's an exaggeration but it seems that just the amount over the period of time was extraordinary.  Then I thought some more...-I've always ate WAY more than any of them- WOW!!!

Since the surgery on the 17th I have had my ups and downs. A lot of downs. It was more painful that I imagined. Especially, since I was told that one could be back to work in as little as a day. Reading several blogs and such, I now know that is the minority and NOT the majority. 
I started out taking vicodin so I wasn't  feeling too much. I was also sleeping too much. I slowly worked my way off of it because I intended to go to work tuesday. Well, it was not to be. I put myself back of the vicodin because the pain was horrific. Then wednesday I went without. I used extra strength tylenol. Thursday I was much better. I did more than I have all week. Slight pain and gas. Did you know gas could be so painful? Today, I am doing well. I have slight pain by the port but I haven't taken any tylenol yet.  I noticed yesterday that my blood sugar has been dipping. I can only assume that is part of the reason I felt bad for so many days. Now that I'm keeping watch hopefully I will have significant improvement by Monday. Maybe I can finally get back to work.

Well I did it. Everything went fine.  I arrived @ 6:45. When I was weighed I was 267.8. I was in an outpatient facility so I had a private room.  Once inside I got undressed and laid down. Then I was asked the same question that I know I was asked several times before. After 30 mins I was wheeled to patient waiting area until my doctor arrived. The nurses are a trip. Funny and entertaining it help relieve my tension. Especially cause some of them had the surgery and the ones that didn't they would sit right in each others face and tell them they neede to have surgery. Very hillarious and funny group. About 8 my doctor arrived said he had to pick up some bands that's why he was late. The nurses said he's always late. They wheeled me to the or where it was freezing. They started hooking me to stuff and before i knew what had happen I was out and in the recovery room. In the recovery room they kept asking do you know where you are and what my name is. When they were satified they took me back to my room where I slept on and off. I had to stay until I was able to take  an uppper gi x-ray. Well the radiologist were running behind and that didn't happen until almost 1. Then I had to wait for the results. I was cleared and was able to start drinking water. I slept and slept until I told them I was ready to go, which was about2:30. I got dressed and came home. Where I laid around slept, took pills and drank water. Yesterday I still had some pain so I laid around continued with pills and water. Today I can finnaly have any liquid so I opted for a shake that I did not finish. Today I have alot of gas so I am taking gas_x. I woke up really weak maybe from lack of liquids because once I started getting it back in my system I felt better. Not really any pain except from gas so I'm not taking my pills. Well there is my story.

 Tomorrow is the big day. I'm feeling ansy. I have taken alot of advice about what to take with me. I am praying things go well. I have never had surgery and I'm almost positive I won't be able to sleep tonight. Update you all on how I feel tomorrow.

My dr like for his patients to go to the hospital and get all the paper work done BEFORE surgery. I did that today. The admitting personel nearly had me running out the door as fast as my fat legs could take me. As soon as she got my paper work she didn't know what to do with it. The other ladies didn't want to be bothered with her so you could tell she dimwitted alot. Then she messed up entering it in the computer. He reation to that scared the mess out of me.  She doesn't seemed equipped for her job so what does she do try to handle two cases at once. Getting herself more and more confused. I was so afraid that she was going to put someone elses paper work with mine and I was going to end up with one leg. she shouldn't be there is she cant do her job. It made the whole company look bad iin my eyes. Fortunately, my dr is not apart of the staff there. We are just using the facilities.  Thank God!

9/6/09 I like this site and will continue to come over here but I found a site just for banders. I do like to know which type of surgery each person is having this site lets me know it for lapbanders. www.lapbandtalk.com

Sept 2, 2009 Today was my pre op appt. Today I had to get blood work complete and a few other tests. I was told that I need to start an extreme low cal diet. I've explained this before, Liquids and a small meal at night. Good news though I was told that after surgery I can do the liquid for two weeks like every one THEN I can skip puree and go on a low carb diet. Excellent news! 

8/31/09    My doctors told me today that my appt is scheduled for sept 17. I have to fast now until that date. Wish me luck.