jennifer1

Good explanation of what stuck feels like..hate that feeling..but it is usually self inflicted..lol

70 pounds is amazing..i feel like that about my band sometimes i feel i can get a horse then the next meal of day i cant eat any of the same exact food..i have justcome to aacept that mybandis fickle and somwthing i am going to have to deal with...as long as i am losing weighti can deal with it..hope some things said here help uou feel better.

I was more freaked out about the fills than the surgery...lol now 4 fills and 1 unfill later i know there is nuthn to be worried about..they numb the area..very small prick..place a needle in a place in the fluid.have u drink to make sure it goes down..mine is donewith flouroscopy..and thats it..all of 2 minutes

Burping and hiccupingare my body's newway of telling me to walk away from the food..kind of anoying butif i dont listen i will pay dearly,

Those are normal jitters...u will be fine.:-)

I ate instand mashed potatoes for the convience mostly, Not sure about thw vinegar thing. I used fat free mayo in my tuna...i didnt really like the taste so i added a lttle mustard I loved refried beans and a litle cheese..also loved scrambled eggs I could feel my port..it felt like awtack of nickles..i was obsesed with touching it to make sure it was still there..lol I was able to shower about 2 days after surgery..i had glue thoough Hope this helps:-) Jennifer

ok i am going to keep this brief...after a lot ofpleading and phone calls i finaly got my first unfill..just curious did other who got an unfill do liquids for a few days..i am petrified to eatnow since i had so much trouble after my last fill

Thanks....think i am too scared to tryanything..but i feel soooo much better.

I had my third fill at the beginning of july....I reached my goal of a size 16 for my bday in august....problem is I haven't really lost anything since then...I am scheduled for a fill on Monday...the past few days I have been really tight in the morning and can't really get anything solid in till after 10am..by then i'm starving..also I am able to eat larger portions and am hungry again in 1.5 to 2 hours....my concern is should I get a fill being so tight in the morning...but I feel lie I only need it for after noon....what do u guys think

Ok idecided to get the fil..but it ended up being to much and i ended up in the ER to get 1cc taken out..praying this is a good fill this time.:-)

I will be a self pay since my company has excluded all WLS from our policy. My surgeon is willing to adjust the price for that reason, however I still will need to finance the surgery. I was wondering who people have gone through that offers good low finance rates? I live in Illinois, not sure if that makes a difference. Thanks for any help offered.

I have hypothyroidism and it didn't effect me getting surgery at all.

Wow.you guys make me feel like I'm doing nuthn...sad face..I got banded may 20th..down around 28 pounds..clothing from size 20 to 16.. just got my fourth fill..I am super tight..got my period too..I think I need a slight unfill..but of course its the weekend so that's a wrap..i,'ll be on liquids all weekend..the only plus is of course the pounds are flying off now and I'm not hungry..but I know I need a slight unfill cuz I can't live on liquids..best wishes to all my, may buddies

I had a 10 pound weight lifting restriction foe4 Weeks after surgery. So unless ur ball is that heavy u can just go on how u feel..u should always refer to ur doc though.

Wow..sorry u have to deal with this..I am a therapist so I see this often..it's a nasty bug that is in ur feces..if you don't live alone..well even if u do they key to getting rid of it any not spreading it is handwashing and cleaning things.mostly bathroom with bleach..its the only thing that kills it.it transfers very easily..this was one of my biggest fears when I went for my surgery..make sure u stay hydrated since u will be using the bathroom often..an antibiotic will clear it up. Hope this helps

Glad I saw this post..I got a fill on Monday and I feel really tight..I was able to get some soft things down but then my cycle started and now I can't get anything but liquids down. I paged my doc and he hasn't gotten back to me and its the weekend. I'm praying that the reason I'm so tight is cuz of my cycle..I've been banded 5 months and never has it been this tight.

Hi..I got my fourth fill on Monday and now its Friday and I can still only really get down liquids and pudding. I paged Dr. Elli to see if I could get an emergency unfill..but he has not called me back...has anyone ever paged him?

i was not smart enough to take measurement either! ugh! but i have the same problem. i was banded on may 20, 2011 and i have lost about 24 pounds to date, but my clothes have went from 20 to 16's. the only thing that keeps me from jumping off a ledge is that i have a goal size and not weight! LOL! i work with a trainer 2 days a week and workout alone another 2 days. i dont think i'm gaining that much muscle mass but who knows! as long as some numbers somewhere are going down be it blood pressure, cholersterol, scale or inches...i'm learning to be grateful....trust me it took a while to get to that point! jennifer

hi i live in the south suburbs near indiana. i've noticed that my band feels tighter in the morning or when it rains..havent felt it when it's cold...guess we will be finding out together! LOL! where did you have your surgery? Jennifer

Mine was 2 years ago so I don't remember exactly what they did..but I know I didn't have to take my hair down..they worked around it some how...just so you know don't actually expect to get any sleep!

Oh girl I had to have a sleep study and I have just got a sew in/lacing with some remy hair!!!!!! I didn't have to it down but I was soooo pissed they put that guck in my hair! So I feel you:-)

Nikkii feel your frustration. Although i have lost clothing size i've only lost about 5 more pounds since my pre op diet, i'm going in for my third fill. I felt i had restriction for about a month and now i' m getting hungry soner. I feel you on being embarrassed aboutppl who know i have the band and are looking at me like why are u still fat, even more frustrated that i work out four times a week..twice with a trainer.. I know i,'m not eating 100% but I know I'm not eating like I used to. Hopefully with next fill the ball will start rolling again. I am right there with you, hoping we get results soon.

i wanted to ask you how do you define "restriction" i know i had the wrong idea of what it was. i thought i would be able to eat like 3 teaspoons of protein and feel like i was gonna throw up if i ate another bite...well to my surprize that's not was restriction is. lol i found out the hard way that true restriction isnt necessarily about how much you eat, but about how long you are satiated between meals. sometimes before i got restriction i would be hungery like 2 hours later. now i can go anwhere from 4-6 hours before i am truley hungry and not just "head hungry". (boy is that a hard lesson to learn as well.) I feel your frustration on the weight gain to,. i was about to jump off a bridge whenever i gained one pound! but i've figured out that my weight is gonna fluctuate a few pounds and now i just focus on how my clothes fit. Hope something i said helps. Keep up the good work. Jennifer