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Is it normally 2 cc's? That's great if they do but I thought it was just 1 cc to start off with.

Oh, so they did num you , I hope they do something for me, I hate needles with a passion and bruise like crazy, I know I'm a big baby. lol

Why does it take a few fills to notice? Why don't the doctor give you the amount you need? Is it to make money?

Well the butter is what Quick Weight loss said when I was going to them before the ban, it did seem to help and to me made sense.:-)

Hair loss is caused by losing the fat that holds your hair in, so I was told that 1 pat of butter per day would help keep your hair from falling out. You can mix it in your eggs when cooking them. Now if you lose a lot of weight at one time you may need additional help to keep it in. You need some fat in your diet, but not too much.

Well my first fill is December 20th I've lost 50 pounds on my own and now I'm to the point to where I just can not lose any more no matter what I do. I mean this was my whole problem to begin with I would lose a little bit of weight give up and gain it all back plus more. That is why I got the ban I mean I know I have a problem with eating too much and I know a lot of people say I need will power but really if it was that easy I wouldn't have needed to get the ban. I say all this because I've only lost 5 pounds since my surgery and I'm afraid that when I go for my first fill my doctor's going to be pissed. Have any of you guys or gals experienced this? if so please comment. And if so was your doctor pissed?

I had hernia and lap band surgery on November 8th. I have been hurting off and on, on my left lower side of my stomach. Does anyone have any ideas why? Is this normal? Is there anything I can do? Sometimes the pain is very sharp, but it doesn't really hurt if I am still, but does hurt if I burp or stretch my lower abdomen. I have my first visit with my surgeon since my surgery tomorrow, but I would like to get some sleep tonight, I have been using a heating pad but it doesn't work. Please offer any suggestions if you can. Thanks

Ok, so when I said Old Timers I was talking about people who have had the ban for a while not literally someones age. You can be 23 years old and be an old timer. So please forgive me for not making myself more clear. I respect what you say cause you've been there and I can learn from you.

Yeah I guess you're right. It would also would help if people who are frustrated from reading the same questions over and over not comment, because it comes off mean after reading their comments they made on the other threads.

Minimi that's good advice which I understand, and I am in it for the long haul. The beginning of my thread was a simple question, not you but some people on here want to act like us new bandys are week and have no self control and are uneducated about the ban but that's not it, it's just real time and we are finding out it's a little harder then we expected. 4 years ago I went from 250 pounds to 155 pounds and kept it off for two years without the ban. I use to run all the time then I had to have surgery on my ankle and I had to have a bone marrow transplant and thats when I started to gain weight up to 300 pounds. I know thats no excuse but life happens. So I looked into lapband for over a year, went to classes got educated as much as I could about it, even read blogs tweets just like here on this site about how great it was, and how many people lost weight. So I know what to do, I just thought it would be easier thats all.

Good job carolinagirl. Why haven't they given you any fills? Is it because you're losing weight without fills?

2muchfun and anyone else who has forgotten. I understand what you're saying and I know that this is tool and not a magic pill , but the band is worthless and just a piece of crap without anything in it! alot of you old timers that have had the band for a while have seen to forgotten how it is with an empty ban, and instead of giving all the new Bandys a hard time, try to give a little more support! for after all that's what they're looking for. That's all I'm saying if you had the band for a while you know what I'm talking about because you have been there that's why it's called band hell and yeah I'm sure it is a lot easier when you got something in your ban to help with your restriction that seems to be the key to success that everybody credits.

what can cause a slip?

Dec.20 till first fill. When is this supost to get easy? Will a fill make that big of a differance? I starting to think I'll aways be fat!

I had one done also but on the 8th on Nov. My hurt there too for a couple of weeks, mostly because I didn't rest and I picked up things I shouldn't. But better safe than sorry, go to you doctor.

Vitamin C and a lot of it 2000mg a day to help build your immune system up.

I TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE FLU!!! I'm so miserable!

I got the shot but it didn't do much good. Doctor said it maybe another strand, she said I was the 6 th case today and it runs a high fever. Mine was 102.6 !

:-(

Thanks, CHEZNOEL