How r u feeling now?

Keep in touch and let me know how u get on! i was sedated for procedure but slept through the whole thing so didnt feel a thing! hopefully the sickness will only last a day or two with you like it did with me! it will all be worth it in long run!

Did you get your balloon?if so how did it go? i've had mine in 9 days now. weighed myself after one week and have lost 4lbs. yaaaaaay! i read on this forum people who have lost more in the week but im happy with that, if i can keep it up thats a stone a month!

Hi Everyone,

My Balloon was put in on Wednesday...I have had a rough few days to be honest and felt awful. The first 24 hours for the sickness was pretty awful, but the trapped pain was worse. The sickness has eased today, but the pain still there, just trying to breathe through it. I hoping it will pass soon and my my stomach will get used to it
I have just been drinking water since Wednesday, although I did introduce some Melon yesterday and Apple and Blackcurrany Jelly, it's staying down, so far so good.
Anyway I'm due for a weigh in on 25th March, will keep you all posted

Cornishgal x

Hi Guys
I am really struggling with the water. If I drink it, I get heart burn, if i stick to pineapple juice I'm absolutely fine. Now I am watering it down and hoping that helps but I really feel I should be drinking more as I'm struggling in the elimination dept! Haven't lost any more weight but have stayed the same since day 4 at 7lbs down, so I'm still pleased. Lost inches though as I can comfortably wear "thin day" jeans.

Hiya,
from talking to the nurse at my clinic it seems the water issue for the first few weeks is tricky, u have to drink so much fluids but ur damned if u do and damned if u dont, she did say fresh fruit juice was ok but i suppose its the sugar content thats not great you would probably have to be substituting meals for juice then to balance it out, amazing really if I drank oj on a normal day i would be killed with heartburn i hope when i have mine in the water i drink gallons of daily does not turn on me like that.

Great to know the jeans are slipping on I have a lovely pair at home that would benefit from a half stone loss.

Only 5 more days till my balloon goes in.

How long have u had the balloon in for? has anyone done theres through hospital group?

Hi,

I will appreciate if you share your experience with ballooning after 2 years.


Thanks,

hi,

have you had a balloon fitted? can you give us some motivational tips or advice in how to achieve weight management when the balloon is removed after the initial 6 months because nobody in this group wants to fail after paying this much money and going through the various uncomfortable side effects- faith in ourselves is what will get us through the next 6 months along with positive thinking and support from people in the same situation, to err is human and thats all we are but we have to believe this will work for us and take it one step at a time and not think too far ahead for now.

Thanks

Well I'm on day 6, after having the Balloon fitted. Its the first day I have felt ok, but have had a rough ride...I weighed myself this morning and I have lost a stone, which is amazing, but I am sure some will go back on as I start introducing proper food again..
Is anyone else at this stage or near to it, would be great to share the experience, as it's so hard..
Thanks
CornishGal x

Hey cornishgal, im on day 13 and have lost 6 lbs so a stone in 6 days is amazing! makes me think im not doing as great as i thought! how much do u aim to lose? i would like to lose 2 stone and i suppose of i carry on the way im going i can achieve that. have a consultation with the dietician on thurs so looking forward to that. how are u coping? solids yet?

Nope, I didn't.
I am thinking to fit balloon, but honestly I am worry about weight management after removing it.
I didn' t find that much info about that.

Pleeeease share your experience after removing balloon.

Hiya

Aww I'm looking to lose about 4 stone, but need to lose 6 to get to my ideal weight. I think my loss has been because I was so sick, I will expect to put some of that back on
Started solids about three days ago, just some melon, strawberries, potatoe etc...(Not together, lol)
Just not hungry at all, well mentally...although my body says I am, so I am trying to listen to that more
Would be great to keep in touch my e-mail address is jo@jcw.me.uk x

there are some people in and out of this forum who have had the balloon removed but not many, I too think of the long term results and weight maintenance, i suppose for those who have just had it and those who are getting it done soon like myself we have to hope that we re-learn our eating habits over the 6 months to make it easier to maintain our weight after the balloon is removed, I have always said that if I lost all my weight then I would keep it off so I hope that will ring true in 6 months. Getting mine in on Saturday at major expense so financially that loan hanging around my neck is a motivator too

your recovery sounds just like mine, awful sickness and pain. thats why I was shocked recently someone on here barely was sick at all after their balloon insertion.

heres my weight loss chart, I lost 9 pounds the first 2 weeks and it never came back on, but I know someone else who lost a lot and put some back on. You have lost a lot the first week so its hard to say if you will keep it all off. The weight loss is much slower after though and can be dissapointing after loosing so much the first few weeks. I look forward to following your journey!


MY WEIGH IN

Starting weight: Was 194/195, but (after cutting down the week of the procedure and 36 hours on liquids) the morning of surgery, Friday Jan 16, was 192

Friday Jan 23: 6 pounds down: 186
Friday Jan 30: 9 pounds in total down: 183

Friday Feb 6: 9 1/2 pounds in total down: 182.5
Friday Feb 13: 11.2 pounds in total down: 180.8
Friday Feb 20: 13 pounds in total down: 179
Friday Feb 27: 13.4 pounds in total down: 178.6

Friday Mar 13: 12.6 pounds in total down: 179.4
Friday Mar 20: 14.4 pounds in total down: 177.6