Re: 2nd Fill Yesterday

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Hi Greg, well hang in there because as everyone has told you

sometimes your fill can take a bit to fully kick in. But I looked at

the end of your email at your weight lost and you have lost " ALOT " of

weight for when you had your surgery!!!!! like 57 lbs!! that is

super great!

You know for me the whole " feeling full " sensation has been so

different from my pre banded full feeling. One of the only foods

that gives my tummy that warm full and fullfilled feeling is warm

mashed tators and gravy. Oh that is the best for giving your tummy

that full feeling. But for me, other than a few foods like that my

full feeling is so different. when I know I have started to reach

the " to much " mark it is more of a discomfort of stuck in my throat

feeling. and I try to even stop before that, because sometimes when

you get the " stuck in your throat feeling " it is to late to turn

back. So, all this to say being full after banding is such a

different ball game. And so hard to gadge sometimes. I rememeber pre-

banding I could sick down and chow and get that awesome " oh I am so

full, couldnt eat another bite, lets sit back and chill feeling " .

But it isnt the same sensation pre-band at all. I very rarely find

alot of satisfaction in being a nice comfortable full. I watch

comercials or t.v. shows and I see these people indulging in food

with no restraints and I think " they just dont know how lucky they

are " . But we cant have it both ways, because then we would never

loose this darn weight. so for me it is a huge sacrifice with

my " love " for food. But it has been one that is worth it!!! so, all

this to say I hope you find yourself feeling fuller and able to eat

way less! :-) But as far as weight loss goes, you are doing really

great!!!!

take care,

hugs,

dob 10/6/06

(342)322/278/160

>

> I went in for my 2nd fill yesterday. (3 weeks to the day after my

first

> fill) The first time they put in 4cc's and this time the Nurse

> Practicioner came in. She wanted to give me 2cc's more, but she

seemed a

> little hesitant. She went and talked to the doctor and he only

wanted to

> give me 1cc more. I don't know enough about how much you can get

without

> hurting yourself to even have an opinion, so they compromised with

each

> other and split the difference. I got 1.5cc's added. The

nutritionist

> weighed me and said I was doing great, but everyone agreed that

since I

> could easily eat more than a cup of food without even chewing it up

all

> that well, that a fill was needed.

>

> I noticed a difference this time. Before I went in, I could down a

1

> liter bottle of water all at once on the drive from Lexington, KY

to

> Cincinnati. After the fill, I had to drink it in 5 smaller

portions. I

> could feel the coldness up above the band for a little while before

the

> water drained through. So I've got more restriction now, but my

guess is

> that it will take 2 or 3 more fills. to get it right.

>

> In the meantime, I have to be honest and say that since I had the

> surgery on Nov. 6, 2006 I haven't felt full except for the few

times I

> have gone off the strict calorie level and protein diet like around

> Christmas, New Years and a couple of weekends ago at a convention

in

> Louisville. I have some amount of willpower, but obviously I don't

have

> enough to continue like this indefinitely or else I would have

never

> needed this surgery in the first place. I am just hoping that I can

hold

> out without gaining a bunch of weight back and hold out for long

enough

> to get my fills to the right level and get the feeling of fullness

again

> before I go apesh*t crazy and do something stupid like try and eat

a

> whole pizza. I know I couldn't even do it now, but that's the kind

of

> thing I used to do after letting myself feel continually hungry for

> months at a time. I'm not craving any particular kinds of food. I'm

not

> a big sweets guy. I don't even have a special craving for

particularly

> fatty foods. I just want to feel full.

>

> I wonder if a couple of cups of that nasty 0% fat cottage cheese

would

> be the right consistency to stay in my pouch long enough to make me

feel

> full? I'm thinking about something that my body could process, that

I

> could eat without gagging because it tasted so bad, that had little

or

> no nutritional value, but could fill me up.

>

> Who knows? I'm not bitching and I'm not whining. I'm just trying to

get

> myself psyched up for what looks like maybe another couple of

months to

> get to where I need to be. I'm positive. Really I am.

>

>

> DOB 11/06/2006

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>