I went down to Mexico yesterday for my first fill! Everything has been great with the band so far except that I've been able to eat more and more since surgery!

Fill time!

Traffic was bad so I had to drive quick on the empty parts, but I ended up getting there on time.

And having to wait because the xray room was backed up.

I had only had a Boost shake and coffee all day (liquids only on fill day!), and I was very nervous so... after they...

christy

Most people take a week off after surgery. I went back to work Thursday afternoon (2 days after surgery.) I work with teens and I really needed to be at the meeting that night. I worked about 5 hours that day, and a few hours on Friday, and another 2 hours on Saturday.

I think it was a bit much, and I probably wouldn't recommend it, but it also wasn't awful.

I started a new job yesterday, and I felt fine... it's been hard explaining my strange eating habits though!...

christy

Woke up very early on Monday morning, September 25th. Everyone else getting surgery on the 26th would be there around 2, but I'm not very good at fasting, so I wanted to get the tests over with so that I could EAT.

Took 3.5 hours to drive down to Mexicali, and of course my radio was busted. Crossing the border was no problem, and we had no problem finding the hospital once we were in Mexicali.

We got there around 9am, and my appointment wasn't until 9:30, so the patient...

christy