GingerRenayd2

yes its fine:} but the email just said you posted..

Okay- I have been banded 3 years this past October. I have lost all but 25 pounds of my weight I wanted to lose.. My husband and I are going to try to have another baby. I'm 35 and my clock is tick tick ticking..LOL:p I have so many questions about how my band will hold up.. It has been 2 years this past December since my last fill and I still have an awesome fill and wonder do I get the fill removed while I'm pregnate? If I DO NOT what will happen? If I do will I gain everything back? What about my port?- I can really feel the location of my port with each pound I lose.. In fact if I wear a tight fitting part of jeans when I take them off you can see the ring(port) How much weight did you put on? Did you have a C-section or natural? I really want to have another child. My husband got fixed back in 97 after the birth of our son and this past SEptember got it reversed.. My husband is in Iraq right now but will be home on 2 weeks R&r in march and we will be working on it:} I just want to make sure I will be doing the right thing for my body and have a healthy baby!! Thanks

Okay- I have been banded 3 years this past October. I have lost all but 25 pounds of my weight I wanted to lose.. My husband and I are going to try to have another baby. I'm 35 and my clock is tick tick ticking..LOL I have so many questions about how my band will hold up.. It has been 2 years this past December since my last fill and I still have an awesome fill and wonder do I get the fill removed while I'm pregnate? If I DO NOT what will happen? If I do will I gain everything back? What about my port?- I can really feel the location of my port with each pound I lose.. In fact if I wear a tight fitting part of jeans when I take them off you can see the ring(port) How much weight did you put on? Did you have a C-section or natural? I really want to have another child. My husband got fixed back in 97 after the birth of our son and this past SEptember got it reversed.. My husband is in Iraq right now but will be home on 2 weeks R&r in march and we will be working on it:} I just want to make sure I will be doing the right thing for my body and have a healthy baby!! Thanks

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Hey~ This is my band buddy posting.. She has been a real fighter and I knew someone on here could help her.. Thank you! I feel so bad for her:{ I don't want her to go to one problem to another by getting the RNY. This past year has been so hard for her- We were both banded in Indiana and have a great doctor. Kathy- She has no fluid in her band and still gets sick. I have not been on here in over a year and not sure if Donneta is still on here? But I know their has been a few people on here that have in the past had the band removed. PLEASE anyone that can help her Please write soon. Her surgery is Wes. and has to choose by then..BOO HOO Thanks so much Ginger

YOU LOOK SO AWESOME!! Wow! you should be screaming from the roof tops..LOOK A T ME!! Congrats!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I do feel good about myself these days and it is hard. My husband is in Iraq and the kids and I are living on post at Ft hood. I am from Indiana, away from my family and friends. I have days where I just wanted to pig out on anything just because I was stressed. I can't.. I told my husband if I did not have the band I'd be over 300 now with him being gone. The days are long but the nights without him are endless.. Old habits are hard to break! THANK YOU for all the post!! I really needed it this week-I'm really missing my husband

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY Today is my 1 year anniversary of having my lap band. I started out at 275 and I have lost 72 pounds total this year. My total BMI before surgery was 42 today it is 33. I have learned so much over this past year; My band is a tool and not a quick fix. My band might like food one day and tomorrow it might not! Losing 1 pound a week is better than gaining. Bread will not be my friend ever again. chips and dip go down but a piece of chicken might not. It is all about choices! I have had months where I snack everyday on candy. I don't work out as I should and as I hit my 1 year mark the weight loss could have been more.. BUT.. my goal for 1 year was 70 to 75 pounds down.. I"VE DONE IT! Next year I'll lose the other 40 pounds to be in the overweight/healthy USA guild lines. I have no regrets about getting my band, sure I'd love to eat like a normal person but face it if I was normal I would not have the band in the first place. Goals I gave myself a year ago that I have done: Fit into my leather pants-11/11/03, fit into my white pants 12/29/03, ride a roller coaster 6/04/04, not use a seat belt exstention on an airplane 6/29/04, be under 200 pounds-SOON! fit into my wedding dress.. Well, I have a few more pounds to lose to fit into my dress but I can now get it on over my boobs! Total inches lost; Chest 7inches Waist- 11 inches Hips- 13 inches Next years goal: BMI in the 30 to 25 range Fit totally into my wedding dress Run a mile Be off all my meds I have pictures on my family website www.jgejdavis.com Under pictures and on my journal page. Here is to another year of weight loss..

Banded in Indiana Live in Texas now.. FT hood/Killeen area still looking for a doctor that will take me and that does the fills under flo??

I guess you will find out too that chips go down but a piece of chicken from dinner did not.. Funny how the band works. I have never had a problem with eggs but today I puked my guts out after 4 bites.. CRAZY! I like the skippy queeze. It is the right amount and as long as I eat slow I can get it down. Somedays I can eat loads of stuff the next day I can't eat a thing?

Hi~ I live in Indiana and would love to chat with you about our Lapbands My surgery was on 10-08-03

I need a doctor. I was banded in Indiana and got a fill before we were stationed here in Texas but having a few problems.. I need a doctor.. I'm located at Ft Hood. Dallas or Austin ?? Where do I even look? PLEASE HELP!!!

Yes PLEASE!!! Thank you very much!

I guess I'm just going to have to fly back to Indiana to see my own doctor. I've been having problems since I flew around the 4th. I called my doctors office and they said it sounded like I have extra air trapped. I'm looking for a doctor here that does his fills under Flo but I called 3 and they do not. How can a doctor give a good fill without seeing how much he is putting in the band?? That just makes no sence to me, and if you have to keep going back for a cc here and a cc there that is just $$$ you could save if he used the flo. Just my view.. I need the fluid removed to get the air out and then all of it put back in. I have 3.00cc and it is perfect. With being banded in another state doctors just don't want to mess with a new person.. Oh well thanks!

Yeah I was out burping my son that was drink a coke and my daughter thought I was not being much like a lady and needed to stop. 10 year old princess..lol Oh well it is better tonight but it was so weird I was just talking burp. talking burp..Never done that.. My husband is in Iraq and we were talking online and I was using the mic and had to stop due to to much burping..He thought it was funny and that I was drinking a coke or something..NO had not had a coke in months.. Okay well thanks everyone for the advice..

Hey! Okay I am to far out to start doing this but since yesterday I can just burp all the time. It feels unconfortable and I need to burp. Does anyone else do this? HELP

The thing is I'm to far out.. I have never noticed this before?? I guess I'm full of Hot air..LOL My last fill was in May. Oh well I'll just start burping songs:D

thank kelly I called and they gave me 3 doctors in Austin..

AWESOME!! Doesn't it feel great? For men I'm reading they lose more fast so in a few more months I'll be jealous of you!! KEEP UPI THE GREAT WORK

You look so good. You should be very proud of your self.. Those pictures are great:}

oH After reading all this I was very scared about yesterdays Visit but thank the lord everything looks great. My band is where it is suppost to be and I'm watching everything now. I do not want to lose my band.. When I was leaving I saw a friend that was banded a month after me and she has been doing the same thing but it was bad news for her... Our doctor want to remover her band. They settled on a total unfill for a month to see if it fix what the puking has caused. I hope everyone has read everyones post because they were all so good. It is just so easy to fall in the habit of puking or PB after or during we eat. Thank you everyone for the great advice and please DishDiva keep us posted on you!

Question?? How often do you puke or spit up? I am pretty tight after my last fill in March. I just am wondering how often some of you spit up. I guess I do at least once a week..Sometimes once a day? I do not want any fill removed but I don't like getting into the habit of spitting up. Normall if I do spit up I'll then be okay and return for my meal and eat more than I 'd like to?? Does that make any sense? any help or suggestion please

GOOD FOR YOU! YOU GO GIRL!!! It feels great to lose and the sun:} It just helps so much to lighten the mood:} What are you getting if you get a tatoo?

You both are still healing and your insides might be swolen still. You could eat oatmeal- CoCowheat. Just go slow. You might only eat 1 ounce. Just make sure you are getting your protein in so your body will function. Don't worry you will be lose and ready for a fill in a few weeks. I have read that some people stay tight for 2-3 even 6 months with out getting a fill. But not often.. Just keep doing what you are doing and you will be okay!

Wow! I never thought about the frozen drink might have numbed you.. Good point. For me I used to drink a few drinks here and there but now a half of a drink and I'm drunk?? We talked about this last group meeting and I guess I'm not alone.. Funny how this band works... Alot of people can eat more at night -Not real sure why?