jenc87

can anybody tell if the sleeve is better option ?

im sorry for ur sis she should support u she must feel really inscured to discourage you like that glad to know you dont let her get to u and u should never

i believe u should consult with ur doc and that happen to me and i lost 19 pounds and i just could take it anymore first time he took out to much when he filled me out again i was conerned with fact i didnt want to be to loose so he only took out 1 cc so u have to tell the dr ur concerns and that way he can do whats best for u when he took out 1 cc he also told me to come back in 2 weeks instead of a mth so i can continue my weight loss so u might want to request that and be a lil forceful ur just prob swollen hot tea with honey could help or room temp pineapple juice even pato soup will go down smoothly good luck

me too that sucks u have to drive that i sometimes feel that way too and they just told me to give it a day or 2 for the swelling to go down keep and liguids if it continues i hate to say this but u might have to come back to dallas im pre med so if you have any questions il be more then happy to answer to the best of my knowledge good luck

so true bandster buddies i have a friend like that i made a mistake to tell her about my band boom tells her sister when i told her to pls keep it prvt i call those kind of ppl stabbers !!! bc they dont care and they will do anything to put u down so you wont continue weight loss

thanks im starting to feel the same way about this lil band i call him duckie so no one knows what im talking about i feel more impowered and like ive changed more then my weight which is better for me wish you all the best

im 25 years of age and i was banded march 30 2012 it is very different for me i can admit that i as a female have a relationship with food and over the course of time ive learned to control that emotion but not always i still have my moments of eating and not chewing as slowly as i should ive lost 80 pounds and scared that i could gain it back as i have before but this time i feel different i use my band as a learning tool a change in life that will help me the for the rest of it god willing its not like jenny greg were i lost weight then gained back lost then gained back hopefully i can be strong enough to keep going the only problems i do have is being a lil too tight then when i get unfilled too too lose due to allergies some days are worse then others i have ppl asking me how am i losing weight and others saying i should of done it on my own the problem for me was never losing weight it was keeping the weight off and fast food cokes evil lil red can full of sugar but encouragement always helps so if anyones needs a friend or vice versa lets help each other on this journey

thanks bandster buddies ill give that a try

ive lost 80 pounds and take vitiams but im still losing hair what can i do?

14 pouds is great i started off with 11 pounds and i was begging for food lol my hubby poor hubby is all i have to say i told him dont eat infront of me and stay out if my way lol during those first moments it was hard for me just bc ive been over weight for a while up and down with my weight and food has always been there and with the lab band im certain that the weight wnt come back unless i get my self unfilled which i dont intent to unless for surgery i orginaly wanted the sleeve and saw more success but thats perment and with me being young as they put it i might want to have kids and its harder with sleeve bc you cant eat enough and band unfill and ur ready to feed ur baby i already have one lil handfull of heaven 2 yrs old and i gained 55pounds with her too boot i have a hernated disk due to being at my highest weight with her im sure once you start getting more fills u will find bread will be out coke wnt go down if they arent already if you find one day are a lil to tight i found pato soup is very good and it went down smoothly and tasted like heaven also if you havent already they have been telling me to take allergy medicine cause of the band were pron to havin more allergys so i take zrytec every day and they pretty much said for life im proud that youre doing well on ur journey my dad to wants the lap band he encouraged me to get it i hope youre dad is doing better and continues on his path as well bandster buddie jenny

thanks ill do that

thank you all of the comments are helping me its touched my heart to know that there are people that feel what im going through

why do u have to have ur fluid out tho and once you do get it filled did u ask why it didnt feel the same to youre doctor that was one of my conerns and he told me he would fill me up pass 10.5 as much as i need to be in the green zone

80 pounds he wants me to go back valentines day but i gotta think about that one i wanna enjoy valentines not suffer through it after you have more fills maybe around ur 5 or 6 your going to feel even more resctriction even if you did all the band rules such as chewing slow and chewing 20 times i was to frustrated each time i went my weight loss kept going lower lower and lower now im losing 6 to 10 pounds a mth and for the moment not excersing as much just regular walking in my small group of ppl that know i have the band is my parents and bf no one elso knows for reason being ppl that dont have it dont understand and judge a lil harshly i had one aunt tell me if i did choose to have the band i should consider doing it on my own first its like wow if i did that maybe we wouldnt be having this conversation if you dont mind me asking what made you decide on the band ?

insurance might pay

you could complain about ur back to get ur breast lefted

ive went to group thearpy and they have all said that it helps the food slide down as water is just plain water it will just sit there also hot tea in the morning right when u wake with honey will help tons wait an hour start eating perrrrfect breakfast with all your chewing in use and small portion good to go and no trip to the bathroom i did that and went to a steak house i must say i ate pretty good that day with no intruption and i have 8 fills good luck !!!

thanks whats the difference between the band and the sleeve

i will give that a try thanks

today i feel so tight in my band and cant get anything down any suggestions

ill have to try that is it good to drink warm liguids right when u wake up ?

i feel like it every day because i dont look like a skinny person

im about to have surgery ive been banded since march of 2012 i know they have to unfill me may i ask why u choose lab band i was going for sleeve but i was cash patient and only had for lab band my insurance woulnt cover it

hi my name is jenny ive been banded for almost a year march 30 2012 lost 80 pounds i didnt feel restriction till my 6 th fill and after you swallow a large amount u will feel your chest get tight that bc your food is having a hard time getting through the band or the wrong kind of food is trying to pass either let it pass by drinking room temperture pinapple juice or it will come back up

hi my name is jenny im new to all this ive almost been banded for a year march 30 2012 80 pounds and i know how you feel i only told my parents and boyfriend i said no one please dont tell no one i just wanted no one to know i didnt want any judgements or like i didnt need that or why or my fav you could of done it on youre own but my boyfriend tells his sister thats was such a disapointment because its like he dis missed what i asked him to do its just some people dont see the band as needing it they see it as were to lazy and were wanting an easy way out is there way of thinking which is sad bc my support group is small my parents and my boyfriend all the the best to ya hope all is well