I just want to be filled

nursenora16 · 03-16-2006, 05:04 PM

Hi everyone!

I need to vent! I just got off the phone with my docs office and was told that I would need to reschedule my fill (yet again) because my doc has meetings tomorrow. Unfortunatly they wont be able to schedule me again for a couple weeks and I don't think I can wait. I have been so hungry since my second day post op. There is nothing that I can't eat and I can eat the same amount that I did before surgery. I'm going through the whole what did i do to myself struggle. I was a self pay too so that is making me feel worse. Please tell me that i'm not alone in my starvation and that a fill really helps! Thanks for reading this! Nora

princess_n_thep · 03-16-2006, 06:09 PM

Geez, that really sucks. I was really starving and ate like a horse too before my first fill. I just tried to "diet" and be good. I really would have been pissed though had they rescheduled.

If it makes you feel any better, I am eating big too right now and I need a fill, but I am just too damn busy to go right now. Plus, the money thing (self pay too). So right now I am just concentrating on maintaining like I have been. Plus, I have to admit that I am somewhat enjoying being able to eat again and not doing the small bite, chew chew chew, swallow and pray method.

**Jack** · 03-16-2006, 06:25 PM

nursenora:
Let me understand here....you were banded less than a month ago, are down over 10# in SPITE of eating 'everything'.....

....you have heard that no Bandsters to date have actually STARVED to death in the first month, yes?

Yes, fills help. And more, as we adapt to our new little Symbiant, we all undergo changes, perhaps subtle at first, but ever more powerful....start making those changes you know about from other threads here....

...Whenever I start feeding my HUNGER instead of eating to SATIETY I too get the jitters....and the wonderful truth is, I have found far more often the satisfaction that less really really really REALLY does work better...all the time!!

Are you not on the 'liquids then mushies' plan? What is your actual surgeon telling you to eat?

...and every day does get better from a 'what have I done' perspective....

It took most of us decades of lousey eating habits to get here...and I urge you to evaluate whether you are following the old 'gotta feel FULL' habit...

We must find ways to change our eating behavior. Be prepared to have a lot of extra time and energy on your hands....cause you won't be needing to spend so much time and money in 'fast food' lines either...

nursenora16 · 03-17-2006, 10:40 AM

Thanks for the tough love Jack. Its true that I would never have lost anything had I not had the band. The two reasons that I got banded however did not have a lot to do with losing numbers. I got my band to hopefully cure my type II diabetes (i;m only 25 and my sugars are out of control) and to kill the feeling that I am constantly starving. I thought the hunger would go away and since it hasn't I've been disappointed. But hopefully all will be better after a fill.
Happy St Pats! Nora

PhotoNut · 03-17-2006, 10:56 AM

Heyas Nora - Jack the wise old sage has given you some excellent words. Now, if I might, I'll add this...

During the first six weeks of post-op, your body is recovering from extreme shock. There is a lot of swelling and adjusting going on in that tummy of yours. It is important to allow this time for all of the swelling to go down for many reasons. The primary ones being that you heal properly and not put stress on your stitches. Almost everyone feels this way at this point in the journey but rest assured that you'll be just fine even if you gain a pound or two before your first fill - that is very normal. In fact, everyone is told that -any- weightloss at this point is merely a bonus. If you're hungry, go ahead and eat more, but just make healthy choices. Don't drink when you eat - you might be washing the food right through your band, leaving you empty and hungry again. Eat your proteins first, don't fill up on carbs - they burn off too quickly and will cause you to be hungry quicker. And get a minimum of 60 grams of protein per day - animal proteins like fish, chicken, tuna, milk, cottage cheese, cheese.

I know all too well, that feeling of anxiousness. You waited to get the surgery date, you waited to heal and get back to feeling semi-normal again, and now you're ready to see the results! You didn't get where you are in one month.. allow yourself time to reverse all that your body's been through.

Hang in there. Everything happens for a reason. Perhaps your tummy needs the time for healing before any stress is put on it. *hugs*

shackdog · 03-17-2006, 11:12 AM

Hey way to say it photnut, I agree with you and your wisdom, the waiting game is tough. I a preop and still waiting for the surgery date?????? But hearing all the testimonies here is really helping so yes I agree hang in there............

**Jack** · 03-17-2006, 02:46 PM

re: "got my band to hopefully cure my type II diabetes "

I've been on insulin shots bid since 1990.....up to 200 units the past few years....until banding!!

I've had 6 shots now since Thanksgiving...TOTAL of about 60 units!!!

and my A1c is now 5.9!!!!

hang in there nursenora!!!