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Paul McDonald's Journal - 07.12.04

One Month Post Surgery

I don't know if anybody reads these journal entries, but if you are reading them, then I hope you are getting something out of it.

It is now one month since I had my lapband inserted and so far I have lost over 10kg. I am off both my gastric reflux and cholesterol tablets and have got my walking up to 14 minutes a day 5 days a week. I'm starting to feel more energetic and just better in general.

I'm eating normal food again (yippee!) but only about a third of what I consumed previously. I feel like a food critic now. I chew food for a long time and notice all the different textures and temperatures. It's quite fun tasting all the foods I eat. Previously I inhaled them.

I am a tad concerned about my first adjustment in a weeks time. After all, it involves a needle being inserted into my portal and saline injected. However, I figure thousands of people have had lapbands now, they got through it ok and so can I!