kosam01

Hello everyone, You know I've been using computers for half my life, but yet, this is the first time I've ever decided to join a chat forum. I'm currently living in the St. Louis area and decided last year that I would take control of my weight. Its always been an issue for me, but over the past two years things had definitely taken a turn for the worse, both physically and mentally. I could no longer walk without pain, no longer smile and woke up every day asking myself if this would be the day I'd have a heart attack (heart disease and diabetes runs in my family). So at 322 lbs I decided to take action and since gastric bypass was personally not an option for me, I decided to look into the LapBand procedure and what I can say, except that I'm very happy with my results. I had surgery in August 2006 and as of today (4-17-07) I'm down 128 lbs! I've never been happier. I do have my ups and downs and am still trying to "work out" the "kinks" mentally, but physically I've never felt better! The doctor I decided to go with was Dr. Darin Minkin at Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Wonderful man, wonderful team. I would recommend Dr. Minkin to anyone, at anytime. Couldn't be happier, well unless I won Powerball!

I noticed on the talk board people talking about PBing, what is this? I'm new to the site so I haven't had a chance to really look around. But, one of the reasons I'm here is to find out if anyone else ever has issues like below: Today for lunch I had a piece of chicken and some sliced carrorts with almonds. I will say I ate really quickly, but now I have the worst pain in my lower back and I feel really gassy right above the band. What in the world is causing this? I've noticed this is happening more and more lately; at least once a week. Is something wrong or am I'm just plain eating to fast and gulping in a bunch of air? It really hurts.