My First Fill

I went in for my first fill this week. It went great! I'm down a total of 27 so far! Dr Neal says I'm doing good, healing just fine, and can start my water aerobics again. I even got to hug him and thank him for the great job he did. It's a funny feeling to put your life in someone's hands and not remember any of it. I feel so good and the incisions are small, even and healing nicely. I didn't have any infection problems, or even oozing or splitting-- which I've heard is fairly common and normal. I highly recommend Dr Neal as the lap band surgeon of choice!

The fill was done under fluoroscope (like an instant mini x-ray). I was told it would feel like a pinch or bee sting but I couldn't even tell if the needle was in. The worst was the taste of the barium I had to swallow. Yuck! You'd think they would find a way to flavor that stuff by now. LOL Anyway, I watched on the screen and could see my pouch and stomach. It was very interesting. Because I drove so far and the barium on an empty stomach made me a little sick, I waited ten minutes in the lobby to make sure everything was going to stay down.

IMHO, I wouldn't get a fill without fluoro and the Iname special needle. I've heard several horror stories lately of fills gone bad and just don't see any point in risking it when the process I went through was so EASY.

"Thanks again Dr Neal!"

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Week Three Post-Op

I'm doing great! I'm healing and feeling good. My incisions are healing nicely and the tape/glue has all peeled off. I will probably start putting a scar prevention cream on them-- I just haven't decided which one yet, maybe Mederma.

I got the OK to get in the spa again. That felt great! Now, I'm dieing to get back to my water aerobics, but have to wait for the approval at my four week post-op appointment with Dr. Neal.

I'm eating mushy food, but it's pretty normal stuff. So, I don't have cravings or miss any particular foods. However, I confess it's probably not the best food I could choose. I keep a daily food journal. It starts two days before my pre-op diet and continues through now. I was at well over 2,0000 calories to start, 1,000 a day or less for pre-op diet (lost 14 lbs in 2 weeks), about 300-700 calories on the liquid phase post-op, and I'm now heading back up to 800-1,0000 a day. I'm getting hungry again and looking forward to hitting my "sweet spot" of restriction.

I am counting down the days to my first fill: 4 days 23.5 hrs from now I will be back at Dr Neal's office for my first fill :-)

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