Well its finally over with. I had the lapband put in on the 19th. Everything went good. I'm recovering good. Still a bit sore but I'm up and about almost normally. I feel so much different since I got it done. Not physically, mentally. I've got a ways to go but I feel like I've changed. A bit hard to explain but its a good thing.
I have 5 small cuts on tummy. I don't really feel the band much but its not been "inflated" yet. 6 weeks is when surgeon will start putting the saline in the little pouches so it will start restricting food intake. I'm eating (well mainly drinking) soft foods like pudding and soups. I'm on stage 2 diet. When I see surgeon on the 3rd, I may be moved onto stage 3 which is where I'll be allowed to take regular foods and blenderize them so they are soft.
Sue and I are going to come up with different ways to follow diet but make foods a bit more interesting. I'm doing mostly bland stuff. I haven't really felt hungry yet but I'm also sipping a lot of water and doing 3 small meals (if you want to call eating some fat free, sugar free pudding and brother with couple crackers meal lol). I'm still having a hard time with the multi time a day eating but its getting a bit easier.
Lady that was in same room with me had the actual gastric bypass done right before me (like couple hours) and I told her I was doing this journal and when we exchanged numbers, I asked her if she'd be willing to talk with me about what all she's going through etc and she said she would. So hopefully we keep in touch and I can use her to help show the difference between the 2 ways.
Well getting tired so gonna have to stop. I'll try to give more details on what I've gone through so far etc over the next few days so hopefully won't have long books but frequent chapters lol
More to be written later.
