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robgoblin, I can relate to your situation. I was banded in march and have not lost anything since then. I havent gained anything but i continue to struggle. i have a 10cc band and have 2.7cc in it. my fill nurse will only fill .5cc a fill. so far i have had three. i feel some restriction some times but can still eat anything in any quantity. i think that we just need to hang in there and not give up and continue to get fills. at my rate it may take me a while to get the kind of restriction that i think i need. i do try to make good food choices but the scale doesnt seem to move down at all. take care, keep the faith, it will be worth it in the end. Joan B Banded 3/12/07 reno, nv

robgoblin, I can relate to your situation. I was banded in march and have not lost anything since then. I havent gained anything but i continue to struggle. i have a 10cc band and have 2.7cc in it. my fill nurse will only fill .5cc a fill. so far i have had three. i feel some restriction some times but can still eat anything in any quantity.

hi there all you 10 cc bansters. i was banded in marchof 2007. I have not lost anything since then. i lose a few and gain it back. i do not feel any restriction. i have 2.2 cc in my band. my Dr. will only fill .6cc at a time. each fill cost me $277 out of pocket. i go in for my third fill tomorrow. I hope to feel something different. I am trying to stick to mostly protein and veggies in my diet. i will see what the scale says tomorrow. every one hang in there, we have to reach our sweet spot some time some where.

Hi every one. Is anyone going to go to the support group meeting on Thursday at South Meadows. They say the are going to have a guest speaker. I could not get the flyer to open on my computer. Might be informational. i'll see you there if you can make it look me up! Joan B Reno

Welcome Robin. Good luck with the liquid diet. Good luck with the surgery. The staff at south meadows were great when I had my surgery in March. let us know how it is going. I go in next tuesday for my 3rd fill. Joan B Reno Banded by Dr Ganser 3-12-07

hi reno people. ia am a reno resident. i was banded by dr ganser on 3-12-07, i havea 10cc band. i have had 2 fill to equal 2.6 cc. i am not doing too great. no real restriction. go in for another fill in 10 days. maybe that will help. glad i finally found the nv page of this site. take care and good luck every one. joan b

this is a great post. I guess this must be the kind of band that i have. i was told my band holds 10cc. my md only fill at .6 cc each fill every 6 weeks. It may take me FOREVER!!! to feel any restriction!! how discouraging. i have sticking from time to time but if food doesnt stick i can eat anything at any quantity. not what i had planned or hoped for. it is not just the money but the time it may take to get to the SWEET SPOT!! thanks for all the info Joan b Reno

I had insurance that did pay for the majority of my surgery. they paid for the first 90 days post op visits. of course the first fill for me was scheduled for day 92. it cost me over $275. i have had 2 fills so far with no real restriction. i too was aslo hoping to not have to spend thousands of more dollars to feel any benifit from this surgery. very discouraged joan b reno.

I agree with the others, It does not sound like gallbladder problems to me either. Call the doc, get it checked out. Joan B RN Reno Banded 3/12/07

Welcome to the group. There is great information provide in these chats. Keep up the diet and following the rules. For me once I started cheating with extra food or the wrong type of food it was really hard to get back on track. Good luck on your journey. It has only just begun. Joan B Reno Banded 3/12/07

hi there, please add me to the list of april bandsters, joan b banded 4/12/07 reno nv

i feel the same way. I was banded on 3/12/07. i feel very little restriction. I have had 2 fills, 6 weeks apart, for a total of 2.2 cc in a 10 cc band. I am getting disscouraged that this seems to be taking a long time to see any results. joan b reno

dear bummed, i am about 2 and1/2 months post op. i can drink carbonated beverages some times and not at other. soda from a can that is realy fizzy doesn't work well. flat soda works at times. i too have found that i dont miss diet coke as much as i thought i would. enjoy the options in beverages out there:) hang in there joan from reno

dear bummed,

I am glad to read this thread. I had my lap bad on 3/12/07. I felt no restriction proir to the first fill. at 6 weeks they inserted 1cc more of Fluid. I fill slight restriction at some times. I can still eat anything and also discouraged that i have not felt more restrictions. I sometimes feel things sticking in my throat. does any one know if this is normal? is ti sticking in my throat or is it the restriction in the stomach? i asked the doctor and did not get a straight answer? with another fill will this sticking get worse? is this the result I am looking for? i would appreciate any feedback:) Joan

I have been banded since 3/12/07. Not loosing any weight yet to speak of. I just had my first fill. I don't know what I am feeling? I feel like things get stuck in my throat and I cant swallow!! Is this sticking? Is this the what it is supposed to feel like? If anyone has any ideas let me know. Thanks for all the great posts here on line. joan B

I had my surgery with dr ganser. I think he is great. It is the7th so I hope you are home and doing fine. good luck, take it slow, breath deep and keep walking. joan B reno

Hi there, I to have port pain. I was banded 1 monkth ago today. I feel my port almost all the time. It doesnt matter what I do. I really try not to bend over much due to the sticking I feel. I have heard that it could take months for the pain to subside. Glad to here I am not the only one experiencing this. Joan B

Hi, I am 20 days post op. I have had very little problems so far. I am eating real food. I am looking forward to my first band filling in about 3 weeks. I would like to loose another 100 lbs. I lost about 30 lbs prior to surgery. Good luck to every one jb

Hi there, I am so glad to here that others out there have not really felt a restriction. I am 20 days post op and have been eating real foods since day 6 or 7. I thought maybe my stomach has no active fullness sensors in it to feel the fullness that I expected. I have my first feel in 3 weeks and hope to feel some sort of restriction? I hope that if you take it slow and advance your diet more slowly that it will get better. Hang in there JBacher banded 3/12/07

I personally have tried the Flinstones and the Centrum silver chewables and the centrums have a much better taste than even the flinstones. Jbaher banded 3/12/07

My doctor recommends the his patient drink at least one protien drink a day to ensure that they are getting enough protien. If you cut back too much on your intake of protien your body will digest protien from itself in the form of muscle loss. We all want to loss fat and not our lean muscle mass. Try to get your recommeded amount of protien each day. Good luck and hang i there, JBacher RN banded 3/12

Hi every one, It is possible that you had a catherter inserted during surgery, Sometimes they do it after the patient is asleep and remove it prior to waking up. Or the other thing is when I had my surgery they gave me amega dose of antibiotic, Antibiotics sometimes kill the good bacteria that protect us from yeast. Just some ideas Jbacher RN banded 3/12/07

pacupatty, I was told by my doctor that if the pills were smaller than a pencil eraser they shold be fine. The first 2 week post op I cut mine in 2-3 pieces just to make sure. jbacher banded 3/12/07

I was told by the dietician at my doctors office that your body can only digest 30 grams of protien at a time. Any thing more than that is apparently passed on through. fyi jbacher