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guess Iknow what I want for the next2 or3 Christmas's!!!! LOL

I was told that I probably wouldnt need surgery because I was losing slowly...............I am 57 Well wrong..............I've got skin drooping everywhere. Especially my face. I have always tried to take care of my skin and my face. Well faat people dont wrinkle. If you are 20 years old you'll probably be good..hydration does make a difference and I have started on fish oil helps with inflamation (fat cell) also helps hair from thinning out. I am praying that my insurance is gonna help with all this. With another 35 lbs I'll need Bungy cords to hold all the saggy skin up!!! lol

are these compression garments before or after your surgery? Are they like spanx? I have the horrible loose skin on my thighs also 1 leg is a little larger than the other. Have had several hip and leg surgeries on one side> I want to wear a bathing suit.....shorts. Does insurance cover this if its a walking problem? hope yours went well.

could you that have had the skin reduction surgery.......Did you wait till you reached your goal and stayed for awhile? Some people say they did it at about 75% done. Also did insurance cover any of it? ll this saggy skin is horrible. Does any exercise help?

I agree that you should hold off for atleast 2 weeks. It took me almost 4 months to get good restriction with 4 fills. Then on the last one it hit with a vingance. I started loosing really quicky because I DID have the restriction with the inability to eat alot of food. It def told me when to stop. It lasted about 6 months with continuded loss. Slow but steady. I did however develop a B-12 deficency. I have never been one to do the shakes ect.........I eat normal food just not so much of it. I do however notice since the B12 shots I dont crav carbs. I guess I have enough energy now. lol. Anyway..I had 2 more fills sincee and this last one is rather tight. Last week end I actually got something stuck. NOT something you want to do. I was about 1 hour away from the ER but it finnally came up.( i know yuck). But now I dont seem to have as much restriction as I did before it happened. Sooooo i guess my point is that your restriction can fluctuate between fills. Give it sometime and if It dosent tighten up deff go back. I dont know anything about the Mexico protocol I am sure its probably cheaper than here you just may need to take a trip a few weeks at a time till your adjusted properly. Dont give up it will work just may take time...

i was just going thru some post and came across yours and the replies. My office has actually told me to get more cardio type exercise. As one post said.......burn more than you take in??????simple math. I have lost 70+or- a pound or 2. I havent really exercised at all. I have loose skin now that i dont think I would have had if I had started working out earlier. Muscle burns off fat. Muscle is also smaller in area. Yea it may not look on the scale like a loss. I f your office cant understand that they need a few more classes in nutrition and excersise . Also most of the Lap Band procedures are followed for ever.Thats part of the package. I assume you had surgery here in US since you go to an office for f/u. You should see a doctor atleast a few times' PA's are okay sometimes maybe better, they will spend more time with you. How often do you get fills?? Does a doctor do that for you?. I have also had the esophageal spams just latelyas a matter of fact. It finnally stopped after a few hours. Not something you want to happen BELIEVE ME!!! So I say jog....walk ...run. What ever makes you feel good.

first how tight is your band? I could not swallow those things. So i just used other forms of protien. I had very little restriction at first, so I was lucky. I ate lots of smoothies made with greek yougart with splenda I actually found a non flavored whey powder i mixed into smoothies. when i started on mushy which I didnt really wait on but a week or so....I pureed soups with fiber and protien counts. Just experiment. ensure now makes a protien flavored drink that are fruity and special k makes a protien water. hope it helps

had the same problem, only mine was for 6 months...nothing. No restriction no loss. I had 4 fills before I had restriction. Then wholy cow It caught up with a vingance. When you stop feeling restriction you should call your doc. sometimes they will fill as needed.You sound like you've done great so far. Dont slip back into old habits!!

Dont feel like the only one. I have had the same problem since April. Somewhere on here It asked for my story I gave it but Now I cant find it. This is not the easiest web site to navigate. Any way.......I had surgery on April 18 2011. I have had 3 fills since then NOTHING!!!!!!!!! NO restrection no weight loss just nothing. I go back every month and they ask me a bunch of stupid questions that If I had the right answers to I WOULDN'T be there to begin with. I was hoping that I would find some help on here as to what to do with the situation. I used Insurance to pay for it so I cant go to another doctor for fills or such. I am stuck! Please if you find any answers as to what to do about this please let me know! Thanks.........Good Luck