Banded

[pickleberry]

Hi Everyone!
Well i had my op on the 28th September and i feel great.
I am going for my first fill on the 5th November and i'm starting to worrying a bit about it and i don't know where they have put the port.
I lost a stone on the pre-op diet which was more than i thought i would do. I have lost 2 stone since i stopped the fizzy which has made such a big change in the way i feel.
Did anyone find that they couldn't handle any drinks with sugar, even sugar free drinks since their ops?

Bee

 

[Red 42]

Hi Bee...well done on having your op

your port is usually close to your biggest scar/wound...mine is just below the breastbone and I can easily feel my port, but depends on the surgeon as to where the port is located....where is your biggest scar?

as for drinks, it took me a long time after surgery to tolerate fruit squashes and mainly I stuck to water and hot drinks...I didn't really drink fizzy pop anyway.

 

[topboi2009]

Well done.

Interested to hear what banders say about the drinks they could handle after surgery.

 

[j.u.s.t.l.i.z.]

the port is located near the largest scar, i chose not to do any fizzy drinks for the 1st 12 months as the fizz swells the pouch and can make u vomit, still dilute orange or fruit juice was ok. i can now do fizz if it has ice in it as it kills the gas.

 

[thinkbethin]

Well done on the weight loss Bee. I can manage fizzy drinks as long as I sip them. I have just had to change from full sugar coke/pepsi to diet or pepsi max. I don't drink it like I used to drink it but just have it as a little treat now and then. I stick mainly with plain old waterxx

 

[Neen]

Like Gaynor I am fine with fizzy if I sip, though the diet ones are full of crappy chemicals anyway and I wouldnt touch regular with a barge pole so I have not bothered for ages and I am happy with plain old water and milk now.
My port is centre chest and my bra covers it, I know some people have them lower down so yes your biggest scar is going to be where its located as Yvonne said.
You'll be allright lovey, I had trouble feeling mine at first and as you lose it is easier to feel. (I tend to not prod it though as it still feels a bit strange sometimes)

 

[POPPET]

hi Pickleberry,
Well done-great loss - in such a short time!
Were you banded at Salford Royal?

 

[pickleberry]

Thank you everyone for all your advice and questions.

My biggest scar is near the top of my tummy but not as high as others. I am sure that i can feel the port when i lay down as the scar becomes a lump and sticks out a bit.

Yeah i had my op at Salford Royal, i was on ward B2 and the nurses were great.

I am loving crusher milkshake mix right now it's the only drink that i can handle.