Debbie3sons

Well at least you didn't wait till it got REAL bad and you did the right thing by going to your Doctor , I am so glad you are feeling better .

I agree, but she does blog on Carolina girl WordPress, if you look back she said we could find her there, I did text her & let her know.

Thank you , Alex I now know this is the one I was talking about , there is a Chapter I guess it started a couple of weeks ago , but this past Saturday , for the Chino & surrounding areas , also , so I was confused , but I am sooooo going to try & make the one in April 2015.

You know if it didn't get better to contact your Surgeon , to make sure , I guess I didn't help , so PLEASE call and see if maybe they can do a fluro or barium swallow check to see , hopefully your not to filled, hope everything gets better & you are o k.

I think you were having the last meal syndrome yes it's a real thing , I remember my last meal for 2 days were Taco Bell & Dell Taco, oh and don't forget my favorite ,which I can't eat now & I did try once a few months after being banded it was chili cheese fries, well look up last meal syndrome on the site , you will see it is normal for us to eat something we know might be bad for us but males us feel good, however if we knew how to control our portions and eat right we wouldn't be needing help from our owls and we wouldn't be looking for help if WE could have done it on our own , so don't be discouraged, just make sure you follow what ever pre &post op directions your Doctor gives and says for you to do , good luck ,keep us posted , good luck on what ever journey you choose.

It's in this Month's bariatric pal newsletter, on the site scroll down to see the news letter, that Alex & his team post.

Did it help at all I hope you are feeling better today did it pass, be of eating, drinking to much at one time to fast or drinking with meals, those things are very important and the stuck episodes are no fun , but enjoy your journey.

All I know is if you choose the HMO then you have to g to those doctors and you have to get Referals for everything at least in Calif. and if you go with the ppo then you can chose any doctors that is just my opinion because as you know I have been trying to get my Mother on board , however I just found out that she has a hmo not ppo insurance and her pcp wil not authorize for her to have wls, so she would have to pay out of pocket , changing and making choices for insurance sucks , also there is a Lapband Surgeon 15 min. away from me and he wouldn't take me on , so now I drive a hr away for my fills , a lot of doctors won't take you if you have been going to someone else so take that in to consideration and do your research and ask questions if the other doctors are willing , and you also have to get your records so the new Doctors know , again just my opinion.

Hey just thought I would chime in here today , and let everyone know our Sweet Carolingirl is this Month's spotlight member, congrats to her, ok everyone bbq have a great fun filled day.

I think that it is Awsome that Carolina girl is this month's spotlight member, some day I hope to be a nominee or nominate my self & tell my story so I can pay it forward, someday, maybe after I get to goal & maintenance.

Oh and I hope I helped in some way hope it feels better soon, so don't worry unless it goes on for more than a he. Or a (couple) of days , but it shouldn't hurt your band .

Yes sounds like a stuck episode, don't drink or eat anything for about a hour, then try to take a sip, not a gulp, of cold water see if it stays down if it does take another sip , if it all stays down then you should be fine , but if you just got a fill recently and keeps up , then you know what we say call your Surgeon, those ,slimming stuck episode's are gross.

NO it will not hurt your band, unless it's on going, you are doing the right thing by sticking to liquids , to let it settle down , now my question is you say pbing, or do you mean slimming & being stuck has a lot of different factors , now the reason I ask is because all of it has happened to me at one time or another , and I know it feels awful, but I ask because maybe I can help or try to.

I didn't know about the plication when I got my band placed or I would have asked for it, however you can Google or look for it on this site if I were you I would ask the Surgeon to explain in detail , however I still have lost almost a 150 lbs , just my issues with thyroid and these last few lbs seem to not won't to leave my body & it was the best thing I did for myself , good luck on what you decide on your surgery & Journey, just remember to follow the pre op & post op your Surgeon gives you & you will do good.

My Mother just asked me the other night if I had any of my Atkins candy bars I told her know and when I do I have to keep them in my room ,because the whole family would eat them I found that out , when I bought a few different one's to try for my sweet cravings, I haven't had any sweets in a while except for sugar free non fat frozen yogurt, and , my Mother made the comment you haven't had any of those in a while I told her no I haven't ,but there at the store if you want some , she said that's ok I think we have ice cream , I told her feel free , that O would just get a big glass of water & that satisfied me .

Oh my gosh, sorry to hear that, hopefully it's not bad and maybe they can fix it quick , you have been doing so well I wander what could have caused your band to slip, good luck.

Hopefully I am going to try and make it, I live in the OC, area ,so maybe it's about only , 2 to 3 hours away that would be cool.

No there is nothing you can do unless you get them scrapped till they go away, or go to a professional podiitris, at least that's what my Pcp said about mine , I wasn't sure why this blister was hurting, hard & getting bigger, now I know it is plantar fasciitis or whatever it's called.

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Just my opinion but if she is a Real friend , then she probably feels a bit hurt and doesn't know what to expect and is scared , have a talk with her with a glass of wine before surgery and involve her , However like I was going to say if she's a real friend then she will stick around, some people do lose friends that were not Real friends ,I have not but some people, but in my opinion you should do what is best for your health ,body and mind, we always have & will think of other people before our selves , but once you do what you think is good for YOU ,then other things will fall where they should, good luck.

If you are any type of band patient then post in the banders section as there are a lot of different types of bands ,you are not a gastric, sleeve Rny or other owls patient but you are a band patient I have talked with people that have plication with band and some of us are interested in the types of owls they do with the band now & for future patients ,they may be interested also, so jump on to the band site.

I posted in selfies but thought I would post here ,because someone said something it made me feel Real good ,I don't think I have lost but the inches are falling and I am good with that. [ATTACH]46906[/ATTACH] So here it is almost 2 years post open in September ,yes I know it's the end of July ,but I was hoping to make goal by my banderversery and I may by it just made me feel good because I was having a hard time with my thyroid and other issues ,so here is a front and backside. [ATTACH]46907[/ATTACH]

Hey there's no love button or I would have pushed that , don't you just love that you can meet goals that you never thought you could do and have fun doing it.

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