Like that unwelcome demon in the scary movie whose name I can’t recall my hunger is here again. Don’t worry, it is totally normal for this point post-op to start to feel hunger again! Still, I can’t help but feel frieghtened by it. Hunger bothers me like it does some people, nails on a chalkboard, or in the case of my poor-long-suffering-husband – styrofoam. Of course I tease my love by playing with styrofoam whenever a bit comes into our home, just as he eats and eats all night long. So what am I going to do with this hunger of mine while it remains – pre-fill.

What is pre-fill? Sounds like something that you put in your car before you pump gas in it… and in a way it is similar. The fill is the reason that I chose to go the route of the band. The thing is adjustable. When you have just had surgery, and are going to swell, they do not fill it up.  Later as the swelling goes down, they fill it up and try to get the amount right depending on your body. My swelling is going down now so this is why I start to feel hungry. I will feel hungry now until I get my fill which is done FOUR WEEKS after the  surgery. The fill will tighten up the balloon in my band so that food takes longer to digest and the feeling of satiety stays with me. It typically takes a few tries before the fill is exactly right in each patient, but the objective is the same with each patient. Give them the feeling of satiety that they experienced (for the first time) post-op.

I am pre-fill, so I start to feel hunger again, you see? Now… it is my job, to stay in control, stay out of the cheesecake and cookies, chocolate bars and treats as not to undo how far I have already come since my surgery.

The question is, do you think I can make it?  I am pretty darned hungry!