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Well my ins approved me in about 9 days...im sooo excited, got my medical clearance from my pcp...just waiting for this ulcer to heal!

Use banded yesterday with plication. Is it normal that I feel like I have the worst heartburn and chest pressure ever?! Is this gas?? I can't even eat broth or jello and it's hard to keep my water down

I feel you! My doc said not to eat while cooking, don't eat while drive and don't eat watching TV. It is funny how now I watch the clock and chew chew chew chew chew... The hardest thing for me is eating slowly but this is the reason I watch the clock!

I was a pop addict, too. However, I've not had a single one since surgery and my roommate in the hospital made sure I never will again. She was in there because she had been regularly drinking pop and prolapsed her band. Yes, the carbonation not only expanded her pouch but actually prolapsed her band. She was in there to have to new band put in. She also gained 40 pounds during that time as well. Hearing her story was enough to scare me from ever drinking carbonation again. It's just not worth the risk.

Thanks! my surgery was for april 18th but now i have to have a repeat egd on may 25th so i will have to wait till after that...taking the extra month to get a head start on my weight loss! might as well turn something neg to something positive

My doc also said no carbonation. It stretches your stomach out due to the bubbles, just like white rice. The issue is if you don't stop drinking it, your band will eventually, years down the road, be unable to help you anymore because it can only be adjusted so much. I cut it out totally a year ago, and I was a 2 soda a day at least kinda gal. At first it was so hard, I could smell the bubbles from a mile away. Now - so glad I gave it up bc I know how it helps my weight loss. Beer, I do miss sometimes though. But since we can't eat & drink at the same time anyway, Id almost always rather eat. Haha. Good luck.

Banded in December, but you say nothing about your band. Any fills? How much? Have you ever had any restriction? I have dieted for 30 years, and everyone started out good, but the failed miserably, sometimes gaining back more than I lost. That's why I needed surgery! Just because I had surgery did not automatically change my behavior. Not at first. It took a few fills and a lot of restriction to force me to change.

Ft worth banded yesterday 4/2. Doing ok. Gas pains are the worst.

I have only been banded a short while, but will relay my Aunt's story to you. She was banded three years ago at the same time some of her friends got the sleeve. She is still maintaining within a +/- 10lb range of her goal weight while some of her sleeve friends have started to gain again due to the aforementioned stretching. She did warn me about PB's, and did have some problems with her band due to being severely ill twice, but she still loves it. I like the fact that I have all my anatomy still, and that if something happens, it can come out. I also like that I can lose weight normally and so it is less obvious to people who don't know I've had it done. Also, I think it's important to note that the recovery time for the band vs the sleeve is much less. This was really important to me, as I manage a restaurant and could not be gone for too long. Since starting a low fat diet about three weeks before surgery and then transitioning to a pseudo liquid the week before surgery, I have almost lost 30 pounds. I am happy. I have been a slower loser post-band, "only" losing about 9lbs since my weigh-in on surgery day, but I am over the moon.

I don't count carbs, because a lot of good foods have carbs.. I have gotten rid of bad carbs, like bread, rice, sugars, pasta.. I allow carbs that are in veggies and protein, as far as fruit, I don't really eat it because fruit is high in sugars.. I eat very very little if I do, just 2 bits or so and it's just about 1 x every few weeks or so.. 15 is low for carbs.. from what I've read on line, 100 grams or lower is good per day is good..