KristyT

I'm 9 days post op and still feel drained. They kept me in for 4 days. Seen Dr yesterday, she says my fibromyalgia is probably making it hard for me to have much energy. I also think because I am not getting much Protein... I felt like I needed a wheelchair Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A using the BariatricPal App

I have not been on this site for a long time and I hope i do not get negative comments for this post. I was banded in august of 2011. i started out at 272, got down on my own to 249 the day of surgery, i lost very very slowly, doing everything they said to do and exercising, i got down to 222 last summer, then everything halted. My surgeon is rude and was very irritated with me for not losing more weight and I tried to explain to him that i have other conditions that affect my weight loss , mostly pcos, pcos makes it very difficult to lose weight, he litterally said that was bull sh.....t. so i have not been back to him for 7 months. i can either eat right or i throw up. i have gained weight back and am back up to 244 almost what i weighed at surgey day. im disgusted with the band, i feel like a fat bolemic person. i eat like a bird and throw up constantly. i gain weight even though i dont eat and when i do eat it is healthy food. I am going to a different surgeon and discussing a revision from band to sleeve. i was wondering if anyone out there has had a revision. and please no negative comments. i did what i was suppose to do for the band, it just doesnt work for me. thanks for listening.

you are very welcome, questions are the only way to learn things and I try to answer any questions i can. as far as pcos with lap band it is a good thing that i am not gaining weight but the weight loss is very very slow

pcos is poly cystic ovarian sydrome. it is a meatabolic and hormone disorder in females that have cysts on their ovaries, it usually makes you insulin resistance and metabolic disorder of diabetes, it causes delay in periods, it gets your hormones out of sync and it causes you to hold excess water. it makes some women not be able to have babies, it makes some women grow hair on their bodies where there should not be hair and it also makes some women balding of their hair on the head. it is a very disturbing disorder that is hard to control and very hard to lose weight with this syndrome.

birdy, i am right there with you, i have pcos and i was banded in august of 2011 and i have lost a total of 50 lbs, but 25 of that was prior to surgery, since the band itself my weight loss is 25 lbs. i started recording my weekly weights and the effects of my menstrual cycle, due to the pcos i seem to only be able to lose weight 2 weeks out of the month, the 2 weeks that i am affected by my menstrual cycle and the pcos along with the insulin resistance and diabetes, i tend to gain anywhere from 4-10 lbs during the 2 weeks then back down, lose for 2 weeks then back up. i discussed this with my surgeon and he states that pcos has nothing to do with losing weight but i know better, my primary dr told me it is going to be very hard no matter what i do, the key is exercise, i noticed that when i started exercising the weight came off a little more but still very very slow. i am also meeting with the nutritionsist next week and i also purchased a book about losing weight with pcos. it is very difficult and very frustrating, i wish you the best of luck

you are welcome, i am constantly looking for any and all help i can get, i have an addiction to food and it has caused me to be obese, i chose to do something about it last year but the fat girl always wants to poke her head out... lol i am still learning and trying to adjust to this new way of eating and lifestyle, it is by far the hardest thing I have ever had to do. good luck to everyone

i also am in the same boat as you, no port correction and you have lost more weight than myself. what i did was go to my surgeon and was honest with him that i was falling off the wagon and needed his help. he has me write down all my food intake for a week and come back yesterday for a fleuroscopy of my band and he gave me an adjustment with barium. i was able to see the band and the liquid going down which helped me better understand the band. i guess i always thought i should be able to eat 2 bites and the band will make the hunger go away. after i saw how it actually works, i see that the food moves through slowly and the idea is to eat food and when it fills up that pouch it hits those receptors and gives you that feeling of no longer being hungry, it doesnt stop you from eating more, you can wait until it empties and shovel more food in and more and more and more, the idea is to fill that pouch up and then stop so the hunger pain goes away. now that is the hard part. i seen it under feuroscopy that the band is doing its job, it is me that is not doing the rest of the work. i plan on getting back on track and researching more about how the band works and what my role is in making it do its job in the best possible way. good luck to you and pls talk to your surgeon and ask for suggestions, i am also going to see the nutritionist next week. god bless

thank you all, i did make it through yesterday thank goodness, i did the protein shakes and went to sleep. LOL sleep is always good. today I am going to do a bit of mushies even though he said liquids for 48 hours but I am going to wait until the end of the day. thanks again, just being able to post and type about my feelings helped me over come that battle yesterday. god bless

i fell off the bandwagon so to speak and have not being doing what I know I should be doing, luckily I didnt gain any weight but I didnt lose any either. I went to surgeon last week and cried and he suggested I go for an adjustment under fleuroscopy so he can make sure I have a proper adjustment well, no eating 3 hours before so I was scheduled at 12 noon, got up at 9am so i didnt get to eat. he did the procedure, band looks good and he gave me another 1 cc adjustment. my problem is NOW im starving. i had soup, soup and more soup. he says liquids for 48 hours. protein shake isnt helping, im about to eat some solid food, I need encouragment and suggestions of what I can do to not feel like im starving. I am also diabetic so this is making me feel nauseated, I dont want to fall off the wagon again when I just got back on it, but im so hungry. -sigh-

ok mrs highness you are correct the horse is dead and it has been dead but I feel the need to clarify something. for starters, I know how to spell interpret, my daughter was interuppting me when I typed the first message and I was trying to say to you to begin without being just down right blunt is that your posts seems very rude, insulting and down right nasty. did you even read your post, you were making suggestions and accusations that just were not true. and yes, I am probably just as bad for responding to you in this way but your tone in your post was insulting to me as I am sure it was to others and most specifically helen. all i was trying to say is that you are correct in posting your own opinion but maybe you should read your post and attempt to not insult people when you convey them and again your highness, i apologize in advance for any "typos" or mispelled words I may have typed not to your liking, I am a nurse and I type very fast and use alot of short hand. and as far as I can remember this is a forum post for lapband not english 101. as to clarify your first message please feel free to read below. oh and BTW it still "sounds to me like you like to argue" wink wink That's quite a leap and reckless to write about this... inuslting I believe it is not advisable to challenge the instructions most every one of us have received from our individual doctors about NOT eating and drinking at the same time. she never challenged any physicians instructions, simply stated her opinion and her research I would challenge your statements and say that it would take many more studies on this same topic to statistically validate the accuracy of the information you shared. Anyone who has a background in statistical evaluation knows that ALL studies are flawed in one aspect or another. ONE study which publishes their findings is not the "gold card determiner" of the accuracy of the rules as we know them to be. this statement is true, but again she is not stating that she is challenging any other reserach,, she simply states there is "new" research Please validate your writings with citing additional sources and studies prior to telling ALL if us to change the rules. she never told anyone to change any rules ..BTW, when and from what university have you earned your MD degree????? insulting maybe just a little bit?????????????????? I will also continue to follow the instructions given to me by my surgeon; that is fabulous, she never told you to do otherwise he seems to be quite knowledgeable on the topic, again, insulting? implying that she is not knowledgable and most importantly, we get good results with weight loss if we adhere to those instructions

sounds to me like you just like to argue, good luck to you

I just read all the posts regarding this eat with the lap band and I feel that helen was not telling ANYONE to drink and eat together, she simply stated that the research she has states that YOU can, not that YOU should. I think people should take the time to read things and interrupt them for what they are stating not for what they think they are stating. I dont feel that any comments on this forum should matter if you have a master degree, bachelors of MD, it is a forum that is for posting to help each other, not argue with each other. what you choose to do as an individual is your choice but I never read anywhere that Helen was stating to drink and not listen to your surgeon. the reserach is interesting and its nice to read that there may possibly be a different way of succeeding with the lap band but by all means do what is best for you and consult with your surgeon first. good luck to everyone

if you are uncomfortable and pb'ing, throwing up and cant eat certain foods, then you are either A too tight or B eating too fast. the band should not restrict what foods you eat, it should help restrict how much food you eat. the band is no about restriction, it is a tool to help control the amount of intake you need to be satisfied. i can eat bread, rice , Pasta but it depends on when and how I eat it. in the morning I am too tight to eat much of anything so I opt for soft foods like oatmeal or scrambled egg. in the afternoon and night i can eat breads but small bites and chew well, if i eat fast and dont chew i get stuck. that is not the bands fault, it is my own for eating too big a bite too fast. my surgeon says no foods are off limits, he says not to count calories, fat grams or any other part of the food, he says eat until you are full 3 times a day and stop. he says no liquids for meals, no liquids as meals and do not drink for 30 minutes after a meal. if i follow these rules i lose very slowly about half a pound a week, i started exercising the past 3 weeks and I have lost about 6 lbs but have no changed my eating habits. I think we all have to experiment and find what works for us, but I dont want to count calories and fat and all that, too much like a diet. I want to eat what I want but less portions and so what if I lose weight slower, Im still losing. if you are losing weight you should be proud of yourself and not focus on how much you have not lost yet, just focus on what you have lost and how much better your life is now. good luck to you all

also if you have any questions, pls feel free to message me, good luck

RN here also in Louisville KY, banded in aug. 31st 2011, congrats on your decision, best choice i have ever made for myself other than my job and family. good luck to you on your new journey

you keep your head up and just remember that its all about what you are willing to do for yourself. you are already on the right path with a insulin resistant diet the band will only make it easier to follow that diet. now do remember that the band is slow in the beginning because right after surgery you will be very swollen and healing so you wont be able to eat much for about 2-4 weeks but after that when the band heals, the stomach goes back to normal and you can eat like a pig again. lol but be patient and keep on your diet until you get the right amount of restriction which took me about 5 months to finally get in the green zone and then dieting becomes much easier with the help of the band. i wish you the very best and im going to go to the gyno myself here shortly about this pcos because no matter how much weight we lose it is still so frustrating to have pcos. good luck and god bless.

a fill will help with the hunger, also maybe modifying what you are eating, proteins help keep you full longer verses carbs or other foods. if you are eating solid foods and plenty of protein and are hunger before 4 to 5 hours then you need a fill. good luck and congrats on your weight loss.