Oregondaisy

Thank you Bandana! Ruth, I love it when I read posts about people who are first feeling restriction and finally getting the help from their band that they expected. I remember whining and complaining at support group when I first got my band until I got restriction. That is a good way to put it Ruth. We have a screw driver, but it's up to us to do the work. The band is a big help, and sometimes I have to remind myself that nothing is going to taste as good as skinny feels.

I had the best NSV recently. A guy at the gym asked me how I got my legs so toned. I honestly could not believe he was talking to me. I love that the band has taught me to enjoy exercise and what it has done to my thighs!

Isn't that the truth? People come to my support group all the time, asking questions that should have been answered before surgery, or at their first post op appointment. Some people don't even know what questions to ask. I always tell everyone to go to Lap Band Talk. This is the most informative lap band web site available. Honestly, numbers don't matter. Some people really like to know them though. I have seen people with the same size band and the same exact fill respond completely differently. Most people though, do not feel any difference after having lap band surgery until about the 3rd fill.

They call it bandster hell because your band is in but it's not really working correctly until you get a fill. Most people don't really get help from their bands even with the first fill either. You won't feel full from just eating a little bit until you have enough fill in there to provide restriction.

Thank God for LBT! I probably would have never survived as a bandster without this board.

Katy, I really hope they get this figured out for you right away. It makes no sense that you would be so sick unfilled unless there is a slip. You must be so hungry!

That's for sure. Fish used to be cheap and now it's not. Halibut is about the most expensive I have ever seen. It does not take long at all to bake it. I only buy it if they are having a really good sale. I don't have Stater Bro, Winco and the nearest Costco is 100 miles away. Lately we have been buying talipia. The first time I made it, I cooked it too long and it was dry. I learned my lesson. Orea, thanks for that website. I bookmarked it. I would do it without the mustard, but I think that would help and I would not need the fattening tartar sauce.

I am so sorry you're going through this. It would seem like you need something to help you sleep, that isn't going to make you nauseous, until it calms down. Can you get a hold of anything like Xanex? I think you can take liquid motrin. I think the thing with anti inflammatories is they don't want them sitting in your pouch. I would take it with saltine crackers.

I will go and look! Okay, so you didn't ask if they enjoy anal with wife/gf, what is it about it that they like. I would like to know if it is that it's tighter, or is it that they just like variety? I sure don't want to start another poll in there, but the one that's going can have more categories.

LJM are you not going to post any pictures on this thread? Susan, I am so sorry you're going through this. Can't the find a pain med for you that you can take without it making you feel icky?!

Not a guy, but I am on the Oregon coast

You can buy cat fish in the store? I've never seen it in the store. I love scallops. I don't know how you could not like halibut. It's not fishy at all. It's delicious. But then again, I live right next to the ocean, so everything here is very fresh. We are going to go crabbing pretty soon. There is nothing better than crab eaten right after it's caught!

What kind of fish do you eat? I really do like fish, and I like it baked rather than fried. But, I have to have tartar sauce! The rest of the stuff you mentioned, is exactly how I eat too. I have always been done a big freak out if there is any fat on my meat. I eat a lot of chicken breast and veggies with no butter, just a tiny bit of salt. I just realized I have been taking a medication that may cause weight gain. I looked on the info that came with the prescription last time I picked it up. It says it causes an appetite increase. I don't notice that, but I know some medications make it hard to lose weight. I am going to look into that.

Ha Ha! Now we'll have all the girls in the men's room looking for their answers. I am not sure if the girls go in there regularly. We only seem to have a few guys drop in our room now and then.

Sorry about the double post. I am not sure how that happened. One post like that is enough!

So for those of you who have had orgasms from anal, was it from clitoril stimulation? IF that is the case, then it makes sense to me. IT doesn't make sense to me that you can have one just from anal with nothing else being stimulated.

Janet, What kinds of things do you eat that are low fat? I have always counted my protein and calories, but maybe what I am eating is higher in fat. I always buy low fat cheese, and my main meat is chicken, but counting fat grams has never been something I worried about. I know you always say to eat low fat, so maybe I am consuming too much fat and that is why I am having trouble? I have done the pouch test diet, and lost 5 lbs and immediately gained it back when I went back to regular eating. It's basically 2 days liquids, 2 days mushies and one day of hard protein.

Katy, Would it be possible for you to have a revision surgery and get a sleeve? There are more and more people these days who are losing their bands and getting revision surgery. You can look at the bottom of the main page for all the people who have gotten the sleeve surgery. I know a lady who had nothing but problems with the band from day one, and is extremely happy since she got the sleeve. With the sleeve, there is no worrying about fills and unfills. They make you a tiny stomach from the non stretchy part of the stomach and that is the end of it!

You probably still have some swelling which will go down. Some people do get restriction from just the band with no fill, but most of the time, when the swelling goes down, you start to feel hungry.

I don't know why they call it pbing. Pb stands for productive burp. I have burped and some food came with it. I call what you are describing throwing up. There is no bile like when you have the flu, but to me it's throwing up.

I want to run, and I do jog on the treadmill. I have problems with my back and I notice if I do too much jogging, my back just kills me the next day. I am not sure how people run without injuring themselves.

I am so sorry katy.

My toes are like that too. This has me freaked out! I will definitely have to take a look at face book.

The exact thing was happening with me. I never had problems in the day time. I could eat anything I wanted without anything getting stuck. When I had an esophagram, the barium sat in my esophagus without moving down through the band into my stomach. It sat there for over 15 min. until the x ray tech called my surgeon who said to take out 1 cc. I don't know how it's possible to be too tight and not even know it. It would seem like there would be pbing in the daytime with certain foods causing problems. I have been having trouble maintaining my weight loss ever since.

I was on liquids 4 weeks post op and now that I think about it, I don't know how I did it. I think I am lucky that I don't have to cook for anyone else. I basically stayed home away from food. I am having a really hard time getting off the extra lbs I gained back. I wish I could get a fill. I am going to talk to my surgeon's nurse next week at support group. My band is no help to me these days. I remember when I felt full all the time and had no desire to eat and I want that back!