Two Steps Forward, One Step Backwards

Today I had my first doctors appointment since the surgery. After a quick upper GI, I was off the doctors office for a weigh in. I actually gained 5 lbs since the last time I weighed myself. ACK!

Actually, it wasn't much of a surprise. I have been eating like a horse and many of the wrong things. No ones fault but my own. Some of it was stress induced, but I got to get on with it.

So, Dr. Patterson gave me a "fill". A fill is where they add saline to the lap-band to constrict it around the stomach area a little more. It's pretty normal not to feel any restriction at all the first month or so. I generally would feel some restriction after eating some bread. Sometimes I would throw it up because if felt like it would "get stuck".


You start to learn what works and what doesn't. So far, chicken, bread, rice, and pork are off my list. They tend to get stuck and well, you know you have to get rid of it somehow, and it's not going to go down!

A couple of years ago, I had a problem where many foods (it didn't matter what kind normally) would get stuck in my esophagus. I would have to regurgitate it back up to get rid of the pain. It was very painful. I finally (on advice from a friend) went to the doctors and they performed an endoscopy.

This is performed by knocking you out and pushing a camera down your throat and seeing what is going on. They found that I had done so much drinking and hard living that my esophagus collapsed in a couple of different places and all the nerves were worn out, so it was no wonder why I would never have indigestion or any kind of heart burn. The problem was easily fixed by "inflating" those areas that were collapsed to make them larger and less restrictive. I also had to take medication since so the nerves would heal.

Well, when I eat rice or chicken, it has the same feeling as when my esophagus was collapsed. Funny that I would choose this surgery to help lose weight. Same type of issues, but at least I understand what to do and why it happens.

Well, that's it's for now. Please leave a comment if you like.