Avalancha

I was banded recently, and am losing a lot of weight, but have a long way to go. My husband hasn't really been interested in sex for years. I've always suspected it's because of my weight--at my heaviest, I was nearly 100 lbs. more than when we got married. He swears it's not my weight, but I think that's just to protect my feelings. Now I'm worried, what if I get thin, and he still doesn't want to have sex? What have your experiences been? As you've lost weight, have your husbands/boyfriends/girlfriends/s.o.s gotten more interested in sex?

I was banded about 7 weeks ago. My surgeon primes the band with 2 cc at surgery. Things were going really well. I was feeling lots of restriction, and the weight was coming off, until I got my first fill of an additional 2 cc last Weds. Since then, I've felt little restriction, have been very hungry, and my weight loss has stopped. What the heck is up with that?

The guy who does it at my Dr.'s office is a Nurse Practitioner, and he did it by feel. There was a surgical resident in there who tried first and couldn't get the port. (That was fun.) But I definitely felt when the NP hit the port, and he pulled out all the liquid that was in there--2 ccs-- to confirm, then put in 4 in its place. Feeling a bit more restriction today, but not significantly more than I was with just 2 cc. Weird.

I actually feel LESS restriction after the fill. Technically I can progress to solids, but have been a little reluctant. Just tried a little salad tonight and that didn't feel too good. I am feeling more restriction today than I was yesterday, so maybe I was just having a weird day?