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of course i over ate before surgery, but im still battling that when im hungry feeling i want to eat the fridge for appetizer feeling. Thats the hardest part for me, but now i have learned that pain and vomiting was absolutely not worth it!!!!!! everyone learn from my mistake please! its not worth it!

i was praying this day would never come, due to my irrational fear of vomiting. The fat guy inside my head made me eat to much lol and i paid the price... Oh the pain and discomfort, the vomiting was actually a blessing. The whole episode lasted for what seemed like a half hour until i guess my stomach had gotten rid of what it needed to , to chill out. I feel much better now, just sad because dinner was so good oh well lesson learned! DONT GET COCKY and eat to much like me!

so i was just banded on may 23, 2012 and im doing great! finally the gas pain has pretty much gone comes and goes depending upon what i eat. I have been trying to eat really healthy, alot of veges, and stir fry type meals with some chicken thighs thrown in and i like my cheese. I have been eating much smaller portions but i still am finding my self getting hungry etc. Just wanted to see if other people had this before their first fill? i think im hungrier because the swelling in my stomach is probably minimal if at all so i probably opened up more. Im not eating alot of food, just more then i thought i would be banded( thought i would eat like half a cup of food and be full ), although some days i feel it and some i dont, i guess its just the adjustment period.

im a fairly blunt person when it comes to conversations about anything and everything so im just going to spit it out but im not trying to be gross. I was banded wednesday 5-23-11 and all ive been able to do is basically fart and ALOT, i can barely burp. I mean sometimes i do burp but they are so little its like a infant burping. I feel like i need one of those just funneled 2 beers burp but for the life of me i cannot make it happen. Ive been taking the gas ex strips etc. Has anyone else experianced this?? meaning one route seems to be working over the other etc? or just not able to burp like prior?

oh i know lol i dont mind passing wind at all, im actually quite please with the increase in quantity and quality i mean what guy wouldnt be, but the not burping thing is getting to me, i really want to just stick a tube down my throat into my stomach like a vent haha i wonder if i will ever burp normal again

banded wednesday, still have all mine, but some are partially on, my surgeons office said they will just "fall off" when they are ready, so i figure either he will remove them when i see him tuesday or once they get to the point of barely being held on ill just remove them my self.

i was banded wednesday and still having gas/bloating. Its not bad its more or less just annoying i cannot get my self to burp no matter what i do, but gravity has been helping remove the gas if you catch my drift. i would give anything just for a room clearing burp right now, hang in there!

ugh man am i in pain! this was my first surgery and boy is my stomach, or atleast the abdominal wall hurting. standing up my gut pulls down and makes the pain worse. i just cannot wait to get over the healing process and be better. i feel like i have to burp but cannot, trying the gas x strips for the tongue only had a thing of jello today so that hasnt helped either. Hopefully in a few days things will be better. anyone else have these issues?

actually starting to feel alot better, thank god!

thanks i just feel like its never going to go away, my anxiety takes over which doesnt help

tomorrow May 23, 2012 i have to be at the hospital at 545am for my realize band! So many mixed emotions, i cant believe the day is here, i cant believe i finally decided to go through with it, i currently weigh about 455 and am 27 years old. I hope everything goes well tomorrow and i can finally start to enjoy life and get out of this hellish trap being morbidly obese my entire life has held me in! NEVER EVER LOOKING BACK!

hey everyone....so heres the deal everyone around me is having the gastric sleeve operation done. I am starting to feel like the odd man out. The meeting i attended a few weeks ago i think only 2 out of 50 were banded if even that. I fully understand all the risks of the surgeries as i have been researching them for years. I also understand ultimately it is up to me since its my body but my main question here is: 1) How many people here are 100% satisfied with the band? 2) Is there anyone else who wish they went with another option, if so why? 3) have any of you had any slippage issues? 4) How common is vomitting, and if you seriously watch what you eat and pace your self can you avoid it entirely? i would like peoples input who have already had the surgery as i feel i am now at a cross roads in my decision...as of right now im scheduled for May 23, 2012 for surgery. HELP!!

Ok so i met with the nutrionist about 2 weeks ago and she told me to start a meal replacement diet. For the first week replace one meal a day with a protein shake, then on week 2 start with 2 meals a day ( im a big guy ). My probelm is for the last 2 weeks have i been completely faithful to it, no, but as everyone on here knows im sure you too have also not stuck to the diet 100% as it becomes almost a task after awhile. That being said, i think my biggest dilema is the actuall " not eating" part, ive never just drank my meal before to be honest i dont like it at all. I know i could also eat some things with the shake as it is only 30 grams per shake, but i dont know how much i should eat with it as well. I am going to try to get a hold of her sometime this week, but was just wondering if anyone had any pointers. FYI im just replacing my breakfast and lunch, and this week im determined to really stick to it.

Hello all, i today just started my pre-op diet which as of now is just a Meal Replacement diet until i get closer to surgery date ( May 23 , 2012 ). As of today im substituting one meal a day with a Protein shake and my dietitian wants me to next week start replacing 2 meals a day. I will be keeping a very detailed blog about my jounrey for all those who are interested, i will post on it as often as i can. My goal with the blog is to give anyone who is thinking about it or behind in the progress i am my personal step by step process, feelings, thoughts etc. Its going to get very detailed with progress etc as time grows closer and will continue after surgery. For anyone who is interested here is a link to my blog, not much there now but i recently just started it! ( the title is a refference to the movie " Step Brothers" ) http://teabaggedyourdrumset.blogspot.com/

MY FAVORITE rish recipe which i make from time to time is broiled/baked cod! I usually get two nice sized fillets ( not currently banded, but in process) spray some non stick pam butter spray onto some tin foil then i use emerils SOUTHWEST seasoning and generously coat the top of the fillets and i cook them at about 350 for like 20 minutes or until the fish starts to flake apart without much effort, i personally find it delicious i tend to only like white type fishes, but have only tried this with cod, dont know how it would be with flounder etc..goodluck!

So as of now i have scheduled my surgery for May 23, 2012. I am having all my pre-surgery clearences being done next month and also hoping the gastro can accomidate me with the endoscopy that month as well. So far, i have the letter from my PCP and tomorrow i will have my psychologist get working on his letter and then a few dr appointments and i should be all set! Going to attend 2 meetings this month. I am quite excited because it has taken me many years to get the "balls" to finally due this. Everytime i put on a shirt that is tight or get depressed when i see a shirt online i want and it doesnt come in my size i do get bummed but they i think hopefully by end of summer my tight clothes will be loose and it will be like having a brand new wardrobe! because there is no way im buying new clothes until i have a really nice chunk of weigh off, or it comes to the point where it looks like im about to drown in my own clothes then ill consider it. Im not going to lie i am going to miss the **** out of food, in the sense of EXCESSIVE amounts. Those days are soon over with and it will be a bittersweet ending, but in the end food will always be dear to me BUT i will no longer LIVE TO EAT, i will EAT TO LIVE!!! I do plan on starting a Blog, not that anyone cares and i will keep extremely detailed logs of everything pre/post surgery. My goal is to be as brutaly honest and incredibly as detailed as one could imagine so someone like me who kicked around the idea for MANY years might be put more at ease and kind of live the experiance through my self ( yes i know experiances vary by person). Once i get it started i will post a link and all who are interested may view it! Goodluck banders, i look forward to joining you proving there are no hiccups in the process! Have a good day!

Bottom line is this, its ultimately your decision BUT once they cut your stomach out and suck it out of you thats it, your now perminantly altered for life so any further complications down the road you will have to deal with. With the band should anything arise it can always COME OUT. This is the EXACT reason among many others why i wouldnt get anything but the band, not even for a million dollars. My surgeon also said because of my high BMI the band might not be as successfull, but i told him flat out the band is the absolute only thing i will remotely consider and thats it and he didnt even argue with me about he said ok sure no problem. This is YOUR life, not your surgeons, not your familys its YOURS. Make the decision thats best for you, there are many pros and cons to ANY surgery, but the band is the absolute safest out of all of them and your far less likely to have a complication from it than the other surgeries! Goodluck!

Well Feb 14 has come quicker then i thought haha. Tomorrow is my first consultation with the surgeon to get the process started. i obsessivly think about it everyday, breaking the bond i have with food will prove to be the toughest thing i think i will face in life, i know many of you say it could be worse, but if your a foodie like my self and food is just about everything to you, you know how i feel. I am worried about the pre-op diet and i dont even know if i have one or to what extent it is if there is one at all. Most of all i am absolutely terrorfied of going "under"....i dont think they can give me enough valium prior to surgery to take the edge off. I suffer from at times extreme anxiety and am just dredding that moment in every imaginable way you can dream up. Anyone who reads this that is already banded, do you find after you get over the intial hurdle, you dont look to food like you use to? thanks for the venting!

those are basically the things im worried about lol, i just had the consultation it went good the dr is really easy going which is nice for once, and didnt b***h at me for being fat what a FIRST! lol...now i gotta schedule the endoscopy, and the other clearances and then i can set my date im thinking may-june....long road ahead but hey gotta do something! im really glad he didnt try forcing me into choosing the sleeve, id rather have the band for life then my stomach removed!

Hello all, i have a ton of questions reguarding food after being banded. I go for my conseltation tomorrow feb 14, and ill ask those questions there but i also would like to know from first hand experiance. Ive read a TON of stuff online reguarding the do's and donts if you will of being banded. My question is have any of you personally found you cannot eat ANY types of food anymore..IE..steak,seafood,veges etc? My logic behind it is, if you cut the meats or whatever your eating into insanely small pieces and chew as good as you can to mush it up, the odds of it getting stuck should become much smaller no? I know ive read to also stay away from like breads and rice type foods because they can get stuck in the pouch and cause pain etc. Im hoping to be banded by summer, and i obviously know EVERYONE experiance will vary when it comes to food, but i was just wondering as a whole are there any foods there are completely a NO NO? Also with the band is there any sort of intolerance to certain foods like i believe some people find out when they have the sleeve or bypass done, meaning they can no longer eat certain meats or dairies? Sorry for the nonsense rambling, just really want to know from people instead of a thin surgeon who has not been banded lol...thanks in advance

i really hope it is, i want to know what its like to be thin! haha and healthy!

i got for my consultation tomorrow! I too have done the research and there is no way in hell i would do anything BUT the LAPBAND!!! i dont care how effective one might be vs the other, god forbid something down the road happens to me i want to know it can be removed, all the other ways once they cut out your stomach its gone for life! no thanks!! i cant wait to get this done and finally start to enjoy life...and to those out there who feel like they are the only ones getting banded, dont ever question what your having done is right or wrong, its YOUR body and you get what YOU want...do the research and come to your own conclusion, reguardless of what the dr says its ultimately YOUR decision! hopefully by/during summer i will be banded! good luck everyone!

thanks everyone and no ive never had any surgery before of any kind, not even a "twilight" type sedation. I personally would prefer to just be knocked out and wake up when im all done lol. I will update tomorrow after my consultation, hopefully everything goes well and i can get an idea as to when this can happen!

Hello all, My name is Charlie i am 27 year old male and have been overweight since about the 3rd grade, so basically my entire life. I never had a tramatic experiance or significant event in my life that triggered this sudden obsession with food, that i can remember anyways. A little bit about my self, I live in New Jersey, my parents were divorced from each other twice with several seperations togehter inbetween that so my childhood was quite fun as you could imagine. Deep down i think alot of the stuff i went through with that has played a huge role in my eating but who knows. I have always looked to food for comfort my entire life whether it be for happy,sad,mad whatever i ATE. I am 6'0 and currently weigh about 450lbs(havent weighed myself in a few weeks) and have a consultation with a surgeon at a local hospital on February 14,2012. I have contimplated having this surgery many times in the past, attended 2 seperate seminars, learned aboiut the different procedures offered, even met with a nutritionist. Over the years i have always backed out due to my extremely high level of anxiety i suffer from and to be honest the saddest thing i could possibly imagine which is ending my "love affair" with food. I dont look at food as something to survive, i look at it for what it is...beautiful, delicious and can satisfy you in ways some things in life just never could. When i eat something i just cant put into words how great it makes me feel especially when its particularly tasty, im sure ALOT of you out there know/feel the same way i do and know where i am coming from! So why get surgery now? Ive basically come to a point in my life where i am just literally disgusted with my self, what ive allowed to happen and continue to abuse. Like any drug user, i need a massive intervention and i feel with the band in place i will be FORCED to stay on a diet, no more bad day binges, depression binges etc because i will physically be unable to eat the food. Another good factor is i do have a irrational fear of vomitting so i also think that will play a huge part in my success with the lap band in not over indulging due to the risk of vomitting. I know there will probably be some foods ill never be able to eat again due to them getting stuck in the pouch or things of that nature and as the days go on im trying to become ok with that. I know after i get this done i am going to have my good days and my bad days which will mostly consist of " what did i do?, i cant eat anymore :" i know it sounds stupid but this is a massive life change. No one wakes up in the morning and decides you know what today im going to work incredibly hard and continue to do so until im morbidly obese and have health issues just because. People who suffer from weight problems, like my self, dont really choose to be this way it just kind of happens. I mean granted im sure some people out there dont want to change bu I DO. I have been making a list of questions for my surgeon to ask him, im at about 50 or so haha hopefully he has some time to spare. I am scared to death of being put under as i have never had any surgery or even a procedure involving a :"twilight" sedation. The one major positive thing for me is as far as the liquid diet required i could eat Soup 3 times a day for the rest of my life, so i dont think that would be a huge issue for me, im mostly scared when it comes time for "real" food again what i will be able to tolerate etc. I know this is just a tool and only a tool, but its what i need to do. If anyone can offer me any advice, or some encouraging words to help me through this process it would be much appreciated as i am just terrified about everything, but it needs to happen and i WILL NOT back down anymore! Ive had high blood pressure since the 8th grade, i have sleep apnea for the last few years ( documented anyways), and over all am just a miserable person, mostly due to my weight and hopefully i wont become a diabetic( fingers crossed). I want to know what its like to be thin, wear normal sized clothes and do things ive missed out on my whole life due to being overweight and shy. Thanks everyone for letting me vent. Hope all are well, and i am looking forward to this journey reguardless of how tough it just may be!