It has been 14 days since my son had his surgery. In the past week he has started eating chicken fingers, french fries and manicotti. I am not sure how the band works, I know with bypass I didnt eat for 3 months.
Granted, there isnt any saline in the band right now so maybe since the swelling is going down he is just not feeling any restrictions. However, he is still making poor eating choices. They tell you with the band you can eat what you want (except milkshakes) because it restricts the amount you can take in.
I keep telling him to take his protein shakes but he doesnt because he cant stand the taste. You know, he is 18 and I cant be his babysitter. However, I do wonder if he is still too immature to have this done and understand all that is expected of him to be successful with it. He seemed to know and understand before hand but he isnt implementing them.
I am impressed with him that he started walking 2 miles a day 3 days after his surgery. after 14 days he has lost a total of 25lbs so far. Hopefully, since he is young, he will be able to burn it off rather quickly.
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