4 months!

Jun 10, 2009

I can't believe that it's been four months already! Some days I feel as though I am still a fresh newbie with the band and still learning. But you know, that's just it...still learning! I have learned each month, with each fill, how to roll with it and learn to adapt living with the band. This last month, I got a .5cc fill which brought me up to 6.5cc in my 10cc band. I have to go in tomorrow to see the dr. and I might actually ask to have just a little taken out, like .25cc. I am getting extreme restriction and lately, in the last week, it almost feels like it has gotten tighter or something. So I can't hardly get down but a couple bites of something and get pain in my chest. Not extreme, excrutiating pain, but enought to deter me from wanting to eat anymore. Granted, I realize that you should stop eating when you feel satisfied. But this isn't that sort of feeling....it's pain. I haven't thrown up and I am very careful to chew my food well and try to take enough time between bites so those things shouldn't be an issue. And like so many others that I have heard about, I feel the most tightness in the morning. But it's so tight sometimes that while my stomach is growling and I'm hungry, it's hard for me to even drink fluids. And with my upcoming trip to Austin in a couple of weeks, I really don't want to push the issue so much or end up in an ER situation while I am down there...I just have a gut feeling that I need to have some taken out. My husband actually asked me the other day if my reason was so that I could eat more while I am in Austin but the answer is "No". That's not a concern of mine at all, actually. I just don't want to feel as though conversation with friends over dinner is compromised because of the pain. Plus, I don't want this to be an issue that should have been addressed and it end up giving me problems such as a slipped band or erosion down the road. I want to avoid that as much as possible! So, yes- going to ask for a teensy lil unfill. If it happens to be that I need a fill next month, then so be it. But right now, I think that this is the best choice.

Anyhow- I will try to post after going and seeing the doctor....and will try to also post something before and after Austin, as well! I can't wait!!!!

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