lologard44

Hey all! I need some help or advice! I lost 53 pounds last year with my band. I hurt my back and was very limited on my exercise and ended up gaining back 15 pound the past 4 months! I have had one fill in the last 4 months and somedays I feel constricted and other days I feel nothing! Has anybody else gone through a weight gain and what did u do to get back on track??? #frusterated!

What happens if your port flips?

I am 4 months post op. I have been doing well with my diet and band although on my last fill my dr didn't find my port right away like the last two fills he had to jam around then found it, ever since then I have had soreness around the area and it has been 4 weeks since that happened. I also have pain lower than my port but every once on awhile. My port is on my left side about 2-3 inches from my belly button and just above. Any suggestions or has this happened to anyone else?

Anyone else having hair loss problems? My hair used to be so thick and nice and now I am having handful of hair every time I comb through it. And it's really dry and not the same! Anyone have anything they are using for growth?

I had a fill last Wednesday so a week and a half ago. I have been doing really well until the last two days and barely can keep food down after the first go round. I tried to eat my salads for lunch and instantly get heart burn and then toss it all up. After about an hour I'm good and can eat a little. Also had trouble at supper but tossed it up then ate again. Weird! Am I too tight! Anyone else go through this? Not having any trouble with fluids though. Any suggestions?

I have my 3rd fill on Tuesday the 30th. I have a 9cc band and already have 5cc in. I'm a little nervous or maybe I don't get it but what happens if its filled and I am not satisfied?? I went on a 5 week vaca and am up 4 pounds since my last fill! I think I'm to anxious but my first 30 pounds came off so quick and easy my goal is to lose 75 more pounds. I workout daily and not just walking but running and lifting. Anyone with some suggestions and/or experiences would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!! #feelingfrusterated!

I had a fill last Tuesday I believe he told me he put 3cc's in. After almost a week I have felt no restriction. I called and got in to him tomorrow, because I am headed on vaca for 5 weeks and don't really want to go month and lose nothing! Has anyone went back in after a week to get more? Any suggestions?

Any advise as what to expect on my first fill? I am down 20 pounds since my surgery and am overly anxious to drop more and more!!! Adding exercise now has been amazing to my energy level. I feel that I can eat a lot and it kind of scares me. Do you get to choose how much to fill or how do they know what u need? Any advise would be great!

Anyone have any suggestions on stomach pains? Feels like has pains but hasn't gone away all day! Haven't really had a full bowel movement but my stomach feels crampyish....don't really know how to explain! I was banded on 4/13 so I'm finally on my normal diet but its not going well...please help!

Hello all! I was banded on 5/13. I am struggling a little....I started at 287, I'm down to 266 already. But the first week the weight flew off on the liquid diet and now this week I'm fluctuating on losing a pound then the next day I gain a pound and so on. How quickly in the first few weeks does the weight come off? Am I on track? Should I be down more this week? Ughhh! I'm think I'm too eager to loose it and not patient enough! Will it come off easier when I get my first fill? I don't feel the fullness and sometimes feel I am over doing the 1/2 cup of food... Suggestions? Help!

I am a little upset. On my first visit to the weight loss institute, I went in they weighed me. I was 277 and they asked my height and I told them 5'11. I was a college basketball player and always told people I was 5'11 so that was my first thought. They never measured me. As we went on with my visits I told my nurse that I was not at a 40 bmi and I didn't think my insurance was going to cover. I went on to tell them that I haven't been measure in several years...so they measured me and sure enough I was 5'9 and some. So they said they were going to put a note in with my submission to insurance....well sure enough I was denied. When I called the insitute they had no recalection of all of this, which means they put me in as 5'11. Anyway I went and got measured at my family dr. office and I was 5'9 there too. So they wrote a letter and it is being inputted in the appeal. Has this happened to anyone? Or, has anyone got denied and then appealed and then it get approved? I am really wanting a lifestyle change and feel this is my last option!!! I feel as if I have tried everything! Please advise! Thanks!!!