Scarlett

Removed my question since only one person out of 80 wanted to answer!!:phanvan

Thanks so much for checking up on me! I check in every day but having nothing positive to post I just fade away. I had my *third* complete unfill last Tuesday. I was checked and my band has not slipped but it seems I have become VE R Y sensitive to fills. We are starting Monday to fill it again but we are going extra tiny this time. Office said this will be a chore for me ( and very expensive) but I really have no choice...this has to work. When the band is working it is great but on the flip side when it is not....! sorry to say I am falling back into bad habits again for comfort. Monday is a new day and I hope a new start on my road to sucess.

Just checking in...not a lot to yell with joy about. On the positive side the exercise is doing great but on the flip side the eating still sucks!! Still trying and will never give up. Counting the days until restriction!!

Well working with no restriction is really blowing me out of the tub! I am trying to drink all of my Water.. count all of my ww points to make myself accountable Try so very hard to stay away from chocolate..my drug of choice My gole is to lose the next five pounds I managed to find:cursing:

Thanks so much for the welcome!! Lisa..I can feel your pain. I was like you filled tight but my dr. took everything out. I had to wait 6 weeks then try to refill. I was up to 2 then had to have everything taken out again because of the same tightness. They are slowly filling it again but in the mean time I have found my bad habits due to no restriction, christmas holidays and just plan depression.I am an intelligent person who knows what to do to control these eating emotions so it is baby steps and a big thank you for any support you can throw my way.

Hello ladies...my name is Scarlet ...may I join your group? I feel like such a loser(not in a good way) and wonder if I can get my act back on track again. I will try with small baby steps and check in often to find my way. I had my surgery March 07 lost 70 pounds, not very steller but I was happy. Then 08 was a bad year with a 5 month platue and then a tight fill which brought on 2 complete unfills. I am just hanging on by a thread but will not give up!

Thanks so much for your responce!! This is what I am doing keeping a handle on the problem. I go again next week for a follow up. Guess I just thought with all of these bands in this site maybe someone else might have run into this. Thanks for the time to respond!!

I have posted 2 other times about port infections but no one has answered me!! Surely someone has had or heard of this problem. I have an infection on the port incision which I got about 2 weeks out. It started the day after the nurse took the strips off. It got very sore and angry red, hot to the touch. It was about 1 inch around the whole incision. I went back to the doctor and he cut open the edge to cut a stitch that was poking out. I am finishing my third antibiotic. I think it is looking better but still sore and red.. I KNOW I did not do this to myself because I was very careful to keep everything clean. I asked my doctor what caused this and he kinda hummed around with no answer. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what caused this? Thanks...

Thanks Tammy... Got lots of drugs today from the doctor so hopfully things will be back on track again. From the lack of comments from others I guess this is a rare thing to get:sick

Gosh not one comment!! Glad everyone else has not had this problem!!:phanvan

Well can I be so lucky?? *NOT* I have an infection in my port!! It so hurts!! I went to the doctor last Thursday for my check up and she took off the little strips which did not come off. She said my skin was a little red from the strips but no big deal. Well the next day it was bright red around the port incision and you can see a stitch poking out. They wanted me to come back in Friday but I could not make it, it is over an hour one way. I am on major antibiotics and going back Monday so they can dig what ever is in there out.:girl_hug: Kinda mad because I was doing so good eating most everything except hamburger and steak with ease and really feeling excited about my band. Anyone else hear of this and what did they do?

I am laughing here because that is what I did!! I went for my 2 week follow up and the nutrionist was surprised at how good I was doing. I am eating a lot more along then their chart. I told her I hated protein drinks they made me puke so I had to experiment to keep my strength up. I told her I am not stupid and would not do anything to hurt my band but protein food comes first in my book. Anyway she moved my fill up 2 weeks...yippy skippy...it is April 18th. I had lost 10 pounds since surgery day,actually it is 11 neeked, lol. Not bad in my book.

Question for bandsters done on the 15th... Is anyone hungry yet? Yikes I am so hungry all of the time! I guess this means my swelling is just about gone. I was liking the tightness it held me in check. I can swallow just about normal but I am still watching what I eat and going by my doctors list which seems a little easy compared to some of your lists. Thank goodness...I would be dead by now if I had to still be on liquids. Forget to tell anyone who is interested...I never filled my pain meds from the hospital. Just used liquid tylenol. I do not like the way drugs make me feel.

Sara mos...are you English? A couple of words you use tells me this. I am English, living in USA.

Hey guys.. Been a busy week with little time for me to write. I have been wanting to answer someones statement about maybe they did not think *this* through. *SECOND THOUGHTS* I so understand where you are coming from and I have indeed thought this way. I have never smoked or drank so eating was my recreation. When people could enjoy a nice glass of wine mine was a lovely dessert. I am finially in the stage of my life(kids raised) where I can afford any restaurant and what do I do. I am missing my best friend (food) who was there for me in any mood to give me strokes. Some people are able to have their pleasure in a couple of tastes but I am a all or nothing girl and for a while I am going to have to go cold turkey (parden the pun) on some comfort foods. Yes I resent this **BIG TIME** I am also mad that I brought this on myself..keep thinking if only I would have done this or that!! I also resent not being able to get out of the car without shuffing like an old lady because of arthritous. I resent not being able to get up of the floor when I play with my grandson, having to shop in the big ladies ugly clothes, being treated liked I am a moran because of being heavy, being told have you tried to diet etc etc. Well you all get the picture. I do resent this but I will enjoy my second chance at being the real me that is screaming to get out of this body. My body is only a shell of the thin healthy person that is inside. I am ready to meet her again. Sorry for the ramble...hope this makes some sense!

Did anyone have a hernia surgery when they had their lap belt put on? Will it take longer to heal, is there more discomfort, and how did they fix the hernia? Thanks for the answers!

Thanks for the answers. I also had problems breathing deeply for the first couple of days and coughed up gunk. I thought that was my lungs from the surgry but maybe it was from the hernia?

Tammy.. LOL LOL noooo...that is my band talking about the salmon!! I am on creamed soups and yogart and I think I can start a smothie today. I just want to know how much to eat when I do get to eat. Sounds like you are doing super!!

Pam.. I just love your posts, full of information. I am feeling kinda punky right now. I just know it is from hunger. I am a big chocaholic and have not had any in over 8 days and what do you think I am craving?? Salmom!! Go figure...my band likes salmon!! Okay heres the question for anyone. What is the amount we are supposed to eat? Half a cup for the whole meal or half a cup of protein and half for veg etc. I am scared to eat to much so have been sticking to half a cup.

Pam.. Thanks for the reply. Glad it is normal!! This is day 5 of just liquids. My stomach is making some horrible noises...I think it is crying what the heck happened to the food. :welldoneclap: Still feel a little punky but can feel every day is getting a little better. Wish I could stay off the scale!!:clap2:

Thanks for the reply...makes me feel a little better to know someone else has had this.

Finially on the band side of weight loss!! Looking for the day when I can eat normal food. Something is giving me the runs and I do not know if it is the protein drinks,popsicles, surgery or just me. Anyone have this happen to them? Also looking for the day when I can go shopping in my closet again for a smaller size. I am going to throw these bigger sizes away!!!

That was my fear also because I did do that in my last surgery. I told the doc of my fears and they juiced me pretty good. Everything turned out okay. **QUESTION** for anyone. Has anyone had the runs since surgery? I do not like milk and I think it might be the slimfast mixed with extra protein or the liquid Tylenol? I have had a couple of popsicles also. Think this is normal? With all of my problems I am so glad to be on this side of the band. *FORGOT*..I also had to have a hernia repaired! Anyone else, and does this slow down recovery?

Hey fellow bansters.. I had my surgery yesterday and was home by 1 the same day. I slept in my recliner to get a little comfort. I am so glad everything is over with. The wait was the hard part!!! I had only clear liquids the day before surgery and clear liquids day of and the same today and I am not hungary!! I have never gone this far without food. Yippy skippy!! Will check back later to see how the others are doing.