Week Fourteen . . .

Well, it's been awhile since I wrote about my surgery. It's just been rather uneventful until this past week. I met the new doctor, Dr. Davis, a month ago but because he was waiting on his Idaho license he was unable to do any fills. So, I went on and on waiting for anything to happen. It was not fun and you know I'm the patient with the least amount of patience it definately wasn't fun.

He finally got his license and I finally got my first fill. I really couldn't tell any difference. The whole procedure wasn't a lot of fun either, they numbed the port site with a little tiny needle and then they inserted the saline solution with a great, big, humongous needle. He had me lift my legs up and hold them while he adjusted the amount and then I had to sit up with the needle still sticking out of me and drink a bottle of water to make sure that the water was going down without any problems. He only put 2 cc's in me and he told me that should be enough. It wasn't.

I didn't feel any restictions at all and never seemed to feel full. I worked with that for the next month and lost two pounds for the month. I went back a week ago and had another fill. I told Dr. Davis that he put in 2 cc's and he said no, that he always put in 4 cc's and then if more is needed he would do 1 cc at a time. I told him I must have been wrong but when he got the needle in and withdrew the saline, guess what? There was only 2 cc's in there. He said I wouldn't have felt like I was getting full very fast, very often. He put 4 more cc's in and had me drink a bottle of water. I told him I didn't feel any restriction and so he added a little more. I still didn't feel any different so to make a long story short, after three bottles of water and a total of 6 cc's he was done. I could finally feel the restriction I was suppossed to feel. It's not a very comfortable feeling and sorry to say, I've felt it a few times since. Rice seems to be the hardest thing to eat, it gets plugged very easily. Bread and rolls are also hard to eat and I am learning to eat slower and chew my food forever before swallowing it. The hardest part still remains the no drinking for 1/2 hour before or after eating. I have to admit, I cheat a little there. It's hard not to.

So far, I've lost a total of 39 pounds. Not too shabby but as I said before, I'm not a patient person. I know it took thirty years to put it all on so I can't expect it to all come off over night. I see him again in a week or so but I'm not decided on whether to have him fill it again or just continue with this amount for a while again. Any way, we'll see what happens in a week or so.