Hi Everyone. I hope that you are all well. It is one week now since I had the balloon placed and I have lost 2 1/2 Kg. The first night and second day were really awful, I wasn't able to get enough fluid so my doctor gave some glucose infusions once a day for the first three days and by day 4 I was feeling much, much, much better. I have started eating normal food but am very very very careful to eat slowly and nothing too difficult to digest. We went out for lunch yesterday and I was able to eat some shrimp and grilled vegetables with lots of chewing, and only ate about 1/3 of the plate before I was FULL. My
body feels hungry, but my stomach does not. My
goal is not to starve, only to use the balloon to have control. I have started writing down all of my food and when I get to 1000
calories (not there yet), I am going to join Weight Watchers to make sure that I keep moving forward.
Those first days without food are like
detox and I am really glad that I got the extra infusions to keep hydrated, I think that without them I would still be sick, sick, sick!
I did research before getting it done and if I was in the UK (I am in Athens) I would definately go the National Gastric Balloon Center... despite the costs, they have the best information and the best support and that is MUCH more important than the balloon.
Good Luck everyone!
KENZ
