Think I may be finally falling in love with my band.....well just a little bit

[mum21baba]

Hi all,
As many of you have probably read I have had lots of regrets about choosing the gastric band over the sleeve. I have managed to put on a stone since my surgery in February and was beginning to fall back into my old eating habits again. I had my first fill at the end of March under X ray, so I had 7ml in 14ml band. I had very little restriction and could eat bread, pasta rice etc. I have had to wait quite a while for a second fill as my provider does all fills under x ray. So today i went for my second fill. The band was still in perfect place etc. which was a relief (i was worried that i might have no restriction because it had slipped etc.). The gent put in 2mls and i drank the barium swallow but he said that the band was to tight. He withdrew 0.5mls so I now have 8.5mls in a 14ml band. At first I was a bit disappointed as i thought he hadn't made much difference but i just tried an omlette and could only eat a quarter which is a massive deal to me. I think I may finally be on the right track

 

[Sharonimo]

Glad to hear you now have the right amount of restriction and are starting to like your band !!

Altho I have had the sleeve when I eat a certain amount of (soft) food, I start to feel restriction / tightness ..... it actually feels like my new sleeved stomach has a band round it going all the way down.

For me, that is my first cue that I am very nearly full up, the next is burpies (!).

 

[JO28172]

Hi all,
As many of you have probably read I have had lots of regrets about choosing the gastric band over the sleeve. I have managed to put on a stone since my surgery in February and was beginning to fall back into my old eating habits again. I had my first fill at the end of March under X ray, so I had 7ml in 14ml band. I had very little restriction and could eat bread, pasta rice etc. I have had to wait quite a while for a second fill as my provider does all fills under x ray. So today i went for my second fill. The band was still in perfect place etc. which was a relief (i was worried that i might have no restriction because it had slipped etc.). The gent put in 2mls and i drank the barium swallow but he said that the band was to tight. He withdrew 0.5mls so I now have 8.5mls in a 14ml band. At first I was a bit disappointed as i thought he hadn't made much difference but i just tried an omlette and could only eat a quarter which is a massive deal to me. I think I may finally be on the right track

That's great news and only the start! Trust me you will slowly love it more each day ...aaah! at least you're lucky in that they seem pretty heavy handed on the fills, most only add in .5 or 1ml quantities...so go steady as I head a 2ml at your stage and on solids it really woke me up to my band

 

[mum21baba]

Yeah I am lucky, they do all fills via Xray. Its good that I know theres no problems etc but I do have to wait quite a long time inbetween fills because of the radiation etc.