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I think your passion & desire for change is 90% of the fight. The other percent is the physical & physiological which I'm sure you will conquer. Keep in mind that food is often used to comfort us when our emotions aren't managed. I strongly believe everyone should have a psychologist just to vent with & say your deepest thoughts & feelings without worrying about repercussions or hurting anyone's feelings. I do this now as my upbringing & life experience is similar to yours presently. Positive thoughts lead to positive feelings with positive outcomes. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

EXCELLENT explanation!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hello to everyone & happy New Years. I'm wondering if everyone that has Aetna insurance has to go through 4 months of nutrition, gym 3x a week, psych clearance, & upper GI before even getting a surgery date? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Great idea..... does everyone's doctor do that for their patients?? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Lunabugg20 don't beat yourself up, that leads to guilty feelings which may lead to binging & gaining weight is a reason to cancel surgery because it shows no change in eating habit. People probably don't realize that if we don't change our eating habits (type of food) we can & WILL gain weight even after surgery. But anyway, if it was one time I wouldn't worry but I wouldn't disclose it either Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

You won't be able to please everyone all the time, just do you. Some people think Bariatric surgery is the "easy way out" & that all we have to do is diet & exercise not understanding it's not that simple for some. So say your prayers to whatever or whomever you believe in & step forward to a new healthier happier you! They will come around when they see the change in your demeanor. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

As a scrub nurse that assists in surgeries I can tell you to think positive & know all will Be well. Best wishes, I wish it were me. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Wow thats awesome! I wish I didn't have to wait 3-6 months. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Vyvanse is an amphetamine & used for treatment of ADHD not for dirty to check(but the anxiety eating is gonna be the thing to focus on. I'm so sorry I know this sucks but you can do this. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Yes the LAPBAND CAN easily slip. I had a similar situation & started waking up in the middle of the choking on this "phlegm" or so I thought. Turns out the band had slipped, the port eroded I aspirated & almost died!! To be safe please tell you provider asap so he can evaluate your band. Good luck Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I was banded on 11/2011, currently have 5.5cc in my band & have had restriction the last 4-5 months. I've lost 55lbs & really happy about that. However, I have really bad reflux & can't lay down flat. Should I take some fluid out or should I be worried that it slipped????

I've heard drinking causes the LAPBAND to erode does anyone know if this is true or just a myth? If its true, where can I find factual information about this? I tend to sometimes choke in the middle of the night if I lay flat & in the morning sometimes I wake up with a liquid that comes up & it has a bad after taste. Anyone else have any of these issues? If so, what do I do to remedy any or all of them.

I got banded 11/4/11 at which time my doctor put in 2cc's. The first 5 days I lost 10lbs & honesty didn't miss food nor felt hungry which was great.now I'm on day 10 & I'm hungry all the time & I've stopped losing ANY weight!!!! I'm on mushies eating things like kfc mashed potatoes no gravy, sf popsicle & fudgesicles, whey protein shakes (4oz) w/slim fast mixed together for flavor, lots of juices, scrambled egg (1) & cheddar/motz cheese cubes. I get my fist fill on 12/3 & I'm really hoping it will restrict me so i continue losing weight. I don't know how to tell when I'm restricted. Can someone please tell me how this feels & what sign & symptoms to look for so I know? I don't want to feel like I'm starving & depriving myself because that leads me to binge & fai.

I don't tell people because I don't fee like dewing with the judgements or comments that comes with it specially because my BMI was low (38). There's a mentality that people that have weightless surgery are cheaters and take the easy way out. If only they knew how hard it really is but since there's so much ignorance I prefer to leave the educating to others. I guess it really depends on the person asking and the person telling. I don't have much tolerance or patience for stupidity and knowing my temper and character it's just better I keep my business to myself lol. There's nothing wrong with WLS and I'm definitely not ashamed of it it's just best for me to keep my journey amongst my closest more trustworthy friends and family members. Whatever you chose to do, tell or not tell, is your provacative, there's no right or wrong answer just YOUR answer!! I've your life the best way you see fit.

EVERYONE is entitled to feel however they feel about themselves & they can chose to describe themselves as cows weighing 199 standing 5'4!!! I mean geez who the heck is anyone to tell other people how to feel or how much they should or shouldn't weight or when they should or shouldn't get the band or ANY other typpe of surgery??!! I'm 5'3 and my weight was 180 when I decided to regain control of my health, my body & my life!!! Now I'm weighing 157 & I still have 35lbs to go to get to my goal weight. Do I care that someone bigger is mad because I CHOSE to not let myself get outta control b4 doing something about it? NOPE cuz no one here pays my bills or has top live inside MY body but me. So to all those low BMI people that got banded, doodles to you all!! I commend you for getting a jump start! If ur "friends" act distant & isoated, blow it off or away lol.... Do you!!

Unfortunately the reason surgeons here in the USA don't want to touch patients banded in Mexico is because off the liability. Once they take you as a patient & do a "simple fill" not knowing how the original surgeon implanted the band, if it's sewed in or not, where the catheter is placed or port is facing, he is responsible for ANY damage done to your entire band therefore liable for the costs to replace it. No primary physician unless a bariatric one is really willing to do fills or touch the band. I figured some people needed to know this before continuing acting so Darmstadt astonished & surprised lol.

Erosion & band slippage DO NOT occur or have anything to do with fills. Just thought I'd correct this in case someone else read this & believed it.

Lynnette, If you are a medical professional like myself, you can do your own fills but the preferred method is having another medical professional do it for you. Theres no reason for al the slander you are getting from everyone & actually I find it extremely immature. We are all adults on this site & if we don't agree with what you are doing then no one needs to reply, I mean really people???!!! After all you are going to do what you want to do anyway. Having said that, please please please make sure you re-sterilize that needle each & every time you use it. You can boil the needle for a good 5 mins then let it air dry on a clean surface(wiped with alcohol is good NO BLEACH). I wish you didn't have to do this & I wish you the best. Understand if you don't use sterile technique you can get your port infected which can run up your tubing & eventually get to your band itself so please proceed with extreme caution. I know people who got banded in Mexico & what they have had to do is basically lie telling the new doctor that the one who originally did it is no longer doing it or is not available for your schedule. I'm not condoning lieing or stealing or self-medicating but I do understand its going to happen. Good luck!!

I'm glad your feeling better. I have noticed I burp & pass gas alot, which I never did before the band. It's extremely hard to eat unless I eat veeerrryy allow but that's the bands job so I'm dealing with it. Let's hope I lose weight now.

I'm excited & just signed up!!

Oops sorry my reply above is for coco bean NOT Joel :0

Oops sorry my reply above is for coco bean NOT Joel :0

@ joel, Thanks for clarifying this but your still losing a significant amount of weight. I did p90x last night for 40mins & thought my hard work would b reflected on the scale this's morning but it wasn't, the scale didn't move!! Lol @b-52 Lol well I've lost 1 pOund since 11/10/2011. It's ok though, just like our inspirational buddy above said we need to focus on eating right, getting enough exercise & being happy. Eventually the scale will move in the right direction.