☠carolinagirl☠

enjoy your hotness enjoy better health and better life and i enjoy our friendship so very very proud of you and beyond happy 4 you

first stop being what you call a bad bandster you know what you are doing by just what you wrote if you cant eat (no ice cream) then you need to go to dr and have them remove Fluid...having a band should not mean not being able to eat real food and only being able to drink...that is not a way to live eat great quality foods in your dr advised amounts losing weight and getting healthy is great and it can happen with the lap bands help but you are doing everything possible not to make that happen...advice, look in the mirror and look back at that gorgeous person in it......YOU have to decide what to do...we all have to each and every day....agree with sage, get your butt to your dr..tell them what you wrote here if you cant eat real food, you are too tight get back to the band basics which is changing what you eat.. you can do it if you want to

great news...happy for you

mis is right, after surgery you are very swollen so little amounts of fluid/soft foods fill you up as the sweling subsides,it easier to eat...the purpose of the band, in my opinion, is to help you eat less.....not let you not eat..that is the wrong way to go...some people though keep it soo tight they cant eat or hardly drink so they (can) lose weight...that, again in my opinion, a disaster in the making read missys link she provided........it makes alot of sense and just because you can eat (more than your alotted dr advised amount) does not mean you should

a great example to anyone reading this thread that its vital to remain on the lookout for any pain/infection with the band or port......its major surgery this doesnt happen in all cases but some...the best way to make sure this and things like this dont happen is to be watchful of your body and follow the dr's rules i feel bad for this poster and sure hope you get better...i feel bad for you just looking at the pic

for the first month, my port was tender (yes bending, sneezing, moving) i asked my dr and he said it was the scar tissue forming felt like it was pulling/stretching...a weird feeling to describe it does/will get better......however if it red, warm to touch, oozing then get get your butt to the dr it will get better hang in there

if you are exercising, you are losing inches (aka weight) even if the scale is not moving or staying still and turning to eat bad foods because of that is only hurting yourself and not doing anything but make you back where you started when you began this process when the scale slow and hardly moves, this is when want power comes in continue to eat your allotted amounts, good quality food and keep on keeping on cause if you dont, no wls will help...mis was right on calories...dont eat more then you can burn off

everyone here gave good advice/comments i also have a 14cc band and i also asked my dr if any Fluid was put into the band.....it was a (primer) to see if fluid would go in and if it was working........whether or not they removed it or left it in, i have no clue.. being still very early out of surgery, you are very swollen still and i agree that eating/drinking too much, too fast can cause it to be incomfy...in fact it still does...i agree with mis, go back to dr, tell them what you wrote here and let them decide if they need to remove fluid or not to answer your thread question, why did you do this for? same reason i did, to lose weight and get healthy..

day i started pre op, was the last time i had diet soda and beer it was a matter of me deciding to do without in order to be able to have wls so i did it.....it was hard but i made it.. the first 4 or 5 days, i had a headache but now 15 months post op, dont miss either and so will you..

hope you feel better now ally

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use this as motivation to keep on trucking forward esp when/if the loss slow down (and it will)GREAT job, so happy for you

i am reading all the things you know is wrong but continue to do it..(drinking soda, eating soft fat calorie foods/liquids because you are obviously way too tight) and you seem to be doing everything possible to not loose weight.. ..you need to go back to the dr, (as its vital to stay on touch with your dr), and start eating better quality foods as by what you are not eating is what made us need wls in the first place..ice cream does NOTHING...i started at well over 300+ so i know where you be coming from eat your allotted amount of food, drink alot, focus on Protein, veggies and fruit and exercise ....having wls to be (thin) is the wrong way to think.......it is about having better health....

well i cant say why they reacted that waysome do it because they dont truy understand it or what it is (and finding after reading these posts on the forum here lately, neither do some new banders just banded).....i think maybe alittle jealousy (esp if they are overweight themselves)...its hard for reality to hit one in the face when someone decides to make themselves well and have wls..they are reminded they are unfit also....they fear themselves...a few ladies i know, who were my size/bigger no longer want to be my friend....no, not because i am mean or flaunt my (success), but because i am no longer living my life as a super morbid obese woman...and you know what, it wasnt me who changed.....i am still the same person..just now 140 pounds lighter...like my friend sharp said, YOU be the example of what better health looks like you will get there you got a fantastic hubby and you got me

i left mine on til they fell off/came off...at around 3 weeks, they were gone

i so enjoyed reading your thread this morning...job well done honey

like others said, they can give you meds to help with this my dr said they gave me some when i went to sleep plus those nifty/sexy behind the ear band aid like things to help.....and some dissolve on tongue things that i carry with me every where.to my understanding, vomiting/throwing up is to be avoided at all costs....granted sometimes people get sick but best not to if you can..........talk/discuss with the doctor and let them advise you

like karen and others said, they can give you meds to help with this my dr said they gave me some when i went to sleep plus those nifty/sexy behind the ear band aid like things to help.....and some dissolve on tongue things that i carry with me every where.to my understanding, vomiting/throwing up is to be avoided at all costs....granted sometimes people get sick but best not to if you can..........talk/discuss with the doctor and let them advise you

yeah i real that earlier on daily mail uk..unreal totally unreal.....i cant comment on my true thoughts on whom i feel is 100% responsible... as i am totally disgusted

june 6 2013 banded with plication as of today, lost 140 pounds...no fills yet as always, all the best to us junies

congrats to you who is just as beautiful as these roses i put on here for you and to answer your question..my goal is better health and my reward is being able to walk......

no issues...if you make them runny enough, slide on through no real quality or filling but me being a carolina girl put some sugar and ketchup on and give me some too

this sounds soooooooooooo good..sorry you cant enjoy i must be weird because i am able to eat everything i want....did you think of grilling it...it makes it softer......sprinkle some cinnamon on it....ummm good