WOW that was a big fill !!!

Hola people! Wow it's been a very busy week so I've been neglecting my blog a bit. Final exams are coming up soon, so really focusing on those BUT there have been some happenings in Bandland!!

Let's see today is OFFICIALLY my 3 month bandiversary !! OMG ! I can't beleive that it's only been/ and has already been 3 months since I took this wonderful step in my life. I will post my comparison pics either later or tmrw ( have a paper to finish first, which I should be doing now !!). In these 3 months I feel like I've come so far from what I used to be not only physically but mostly mentally. I still astonish myself when I make certain decisions on what to eat and what to say no to, that I would have not even considered 4 months ago !! Halloween would have been a completely different night had I not had "lucy" to help me through !!

I did have my 4th fill on monday and that one was a very DIFFERENT expereince then all my other ones. I went in having 6 cc's in my band and considering that I hadn't had a good loss the previous 2 weeks from the 6cc fill and that I am STILL hungry every 2-3 hours and able to eat anything but untoasted bread, my nurse decided to be a lil adventurous and gave me a 1.7cc fill....well....I sat in the waiting room sipping on my water and was feeling that this was NOT gonna be good. After 10 minutes and only 2 sips it was pretty much obvious that that fill wasnt gonna work. When I went back in and laid back..oh boy !! Can we say ectoplasm release !!! Luckily it was only water !! He took out .25cc and left me with a fill of 1.45 and boy was that such an instant relief !!! So I know officially have 7.45cc in my band and I'm feeling that this might be getting close to where I should be. I know it's hard to tell until I hit solids for a couple of days but even 2 days out liquids are STILL gurgling through my band.

Sailing through my second fill

Had my second fill today with a different nurse and although I was a bit hesitant since my last fill went so smooth with Frank, I have to admit that my fill with Gaspar was quite easy. I got an extra 1cc in my band today for a total of 5cc and unlike last time there wasnt any weird feeling of the fluid going through the tubing, it was over in less then 2 minutes. I also got my "official" for the months weight loss to 7 lbs !!! Their scale is a little different than mine but hey I'll go with the 7 !! YAY !!
I was hungrier earlier today but I had about 3/4 cups of soup and am totally full. My next fill is scheduled for Nov 2nd. It looks like their keeping me on the 4 wk fill scedule for now.

2nd fill is tommorow

My 2nd fill is scheduled for tommorow afternoon which means I get a really good lunch and then zippo for 2 days ! God I hope I get somewhat of restriction !! I had some restirction right after the first fill but then it went away. I currently have 4.5 cc in my band and am still having all the classics symptoms of no restriction, the head hunger, getting hungry after 2 hours and the cravings.  My last fill with one of the nurses was relatively uneventful, there were no issues in finding my port and getting the saline in ! I'm REALLY hoping tommorow goes just as smooth. The good thing though is that I have been able to keep my portions down and have been doing extremely well with not craving the sugary stuff, so we'll see what happens after this fill.