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Hi! God, I don't know how to explain thi... lol So I've lost quite a bit of weight. I'm only halfway there but it's still something like 60kgs... So anyway, last year I found out to my delight that I could buy pretty large size bras, and that I was a DD or D depending on brand. So I bought lots of sexy bras, simply because they made me feel like a 23/24 year old... Anyway, all but one appeared to have gotten too big so I figured they'd stretched. So I went back to the store. I am now a c cup. Don't get me wrong, I like them, but since I was 12 I had that large size, even when I was lighter, and i learnt to get around the back pain problem. I always said I wouldn't mind smaller but now that I have them smaller.... And worse still, it's IMPOSSIBLE to find a c cup bra in my size. :sad: They're all D and DD and E cups... Has anyone else experianced this? What did your doc say? Did anyone manageto get plastic surgery to restore them? Is it selfish of me to want to put them 'right' again? Can I still breastfeed in the future if I get them? No wonder why my bras aren't supporting them anymore. I'm amazed by how upset this is making me! lol I mean, I always knew there might be a need for skin reconstruction, but boob reconstruction? Shesh!

lol I have the hungry beast too now. And they want me to start the 2 weeks of pureed (2 weeks liqued, 2 weeks pureed, 2 weeks mushy/wet...) but I feel so ready for something heavier already, like scrambled eggs or something. *breathes, tries to stay patient* They won't fill me for about a month. hehe No, that makes sense! Bread and red meat are the hardest to eat! I know that it's unique for everyone but for me, untoasted bread was okay... if it had something like eggs on it... but toasted bread (unless it had egg or something on it) and red meats (except mince) was really really hard to deal with. If I were you, I'd hold off on those two beasts >.> Also, peas and corn were hard for me. Yay that you're healing! Hopefully the gas will go soon :wink:

I might be mistaken, but it seems to me that there's an increase of chemicals in my food and it makes me suspicous, that perhaps the chemicals added to our foods also increases the risk of complications? But how do we fix that problem? Or sometimes it's just how it is, there's no pattern or reason.

They're about half a cup to a cup in portions, ideally. Three times a day only... though I think a lot of docs disagree on that, some go for five small meals. It all depends on the doc. Mine wanted only three meals.

I never started worrying about them The docs stopped worrying when I left the hospital, however.

Well, counselling is also a good idea. IN fact I'd suggest it for anyone who has a lapband anyway. :thumbup: Fat isn't just physical, it's in the mind too, and we've gotta change so much of ourselves... I wouldn't recommend it for you if you can avoid it, but I won't say no either. :wub: But before you head for the operating theatre, try the counseller. You could start to behave as if you already have the band? We have to do things like buy smaller plates/bowls to make the portions smaller, eat reeeaaal slow, no drinking during a meal or for half an hour after. Get smaller meals when you eat out. That sort of thing. Your body would get used to the changes with or without the band, it'd just take a bit longer.

Yay both of you! That's it, just keep moving when you can, and sit upright as much as possible :thumbup: You're past the hardest part now.

It was simple, I didn't know about the gastric sleeve at the time! I don't think it was even being offered yet in Australia. But I would have chosen the lapband first, simply because it was the easiest to reverse. I always knew that if things didn't go well, I could fall back on the more extreme gastric bypass (or now that I know about it, gastric sleeve first) but the lapband was going to mess with teh body the least.

Urgh, don't bring that woman into this debate. Or forum. Or internet. She gives me the willies.

I am really sorry about this, I really am. I WANT it to be pro-choice for me, and I used to be that way, but ...I just have learnt too much about a fetus's devolopment before that cut off 24 weeks. They are aware and functioning, even if their lungs aren't ready, long before that. I can only accept it in extreme cases or if it is very early in the pregnancy, 8 weeks or earlier. :tongue_smilie: After what I know now about the early devolopment of a baby... anything else would be heartbreaking. I mean... we here worry about the pain of surgery, how much would it hurt a fetus 15+ weeks to be cut apart so that the mother gives birth to it easier? arrgh. I also can't agree with the idea of aborting a baby just because it has a disability. (I suppose the fact that I'm in Australia, with public healthcare, makes it easier for me to feel that way... Aussie families who have a disabled child get free healthcare for whatever that child needs, physical or psychological. I imagine that in America it would be a much harder burden without that help.) Some of the most beautiful caring people I've known have had a disability. I grew up with a kid who had spineabifita and now, as we both reach our mid twenties, he's coming to the end of his life. But if you asked his mum if she wished she hadn't had him, hadn't had to be his constant career when her husband left her, change nappies, save and scrape for his wheelchair, have more time for her other kid, she'd say no way. I guess it always depends on the circumstances, though. There are times when the health and safety of the mother, mental or physical, will be most definatly threatened and as a training Naturopath myself I'd never question or object to an abortion under those circumstances with my patients.

That's what I had to do both the first surgery and this time, 2 weeks liquads, 2 weeks pureed, 2 weeks mashed. I'm just about onto the pureed section... Though I must admit, I snuck some blended chickpea dip (just chickpeas, olive oil, garlic and water) because I was so desperate to feel a real food again... and I have been having a few nuts >.> It feels like my body can take it and I haven't been forcing it. It has a harder time trying to handle so much of this stupid Fluid diet! 1.2 lts of Milk a day! Anyway, getting there *wriggle* :tongue_smilie:

Hey! *sends many hugs* :frown: Remember... the nurses and doctors are going to be 100% for you in recovery and till you can walk out the door, you'll not be alone... any problem, any discomfort, nasua, anything.... you tell them and they will help! And the best way to get over the surgery is to get out of the hospital bed and walk as fast as you can. :sad: Even if that walk is just to go to the bathroom... just get up and move yourself, it'll wake your body up fast. Yeah, there's problems, and it's totally natural to be spooked about them... but remember, you are in a hospital with all resources at hand and every special kind of surgeon just down the hall so if anything goes wrong you're in the best place to be helped... and nothing will go wrong! As you're being put out, breathe and tell your body that it'll be okay, every nerve and cell knows your mind... *sendsm ore hugs* I'm almost 2 weeks post op and I was seriously scared like you were- two weeks ago it was the night before the surgery! Keep talking and let us know how the recovery is going, and feel free to complain about anything big or small. Or tell us your stunned amazement as you recover faster than expected!

Milk. lol I have to drink lots of low fat milk.

I've only just gotten out of hospital (last night) and I feel really ill and sore. Just taking a couple of aspirin makes me burp painfully... and my lungs have phlegm in them which makes breathing hard... and my shoulders, neck and back feel aweful as if I'd been hit by a car. (I think it's to do with my sleeping position yesterday and last night.) And of course there's the problem with my voice which is now soft and sore. Anyone else been through that? Ideas for anything to make some of it feel better? I'm not regretting it at all but it would be nice to have some coping mechinisims till this all settles!

Well, I had a slipped band and medicare covered the surgery I just had. :scared2: a You've gotta get to a doctor asap and say 'I have a lapband, need to check if it has slipped with a bartric swallow'. Get them to refer you to the nearest hospital with a banding thing for your cover type (private or public) at the same time. Trust me, surgeons will get you on the table as fast as they can. And public does cover fixing it, esspically because it can be life threatening.

Hehe, you'll be banded! :scared2: I suppose this site has become very commercial now... anything to do with American healthcare is very much money directed, isn't it? I still can't comprehend the lack of public healthcare over there. It always seemed fair enough that if I was sick, I'd have help ...which I have needed many times... so why shouldn't I pay an extra tax for others who are sick?

Well, I've been here since before my surgery so I would be sad to leave... But yeah, this place is now directly geared to Americans. :crying: It kind of makes me sad. I've been here so long but with adds lagging me all the time, and being told I can have a lapband free (Gee, thanks, but I already got one of those free lapbands in AUSTRALIA) all the time.... :scared2:

Hey :scared2: Well, my band slipped exactly two years and one month after it was put in so I've just been rebanded! I had a good loss in the two years, 50kgs, but it was slow to start... so this is almost like a second chance. mylapspirit: Yeah, when my band slipped, I could eat a lot more of things I couldn't eat beforehand... so I did eat a bit more bread all of a sudden, after months of barely touching the stuff... didn't gain much weight but didn't loose it either! It's normal, like opening the gates for a jumpy racehorse... we leap out. hehe as for clothes, I am in very old clothing now... but I'm not yet small enough for the cheap clothing! So I have to be patient till I get a bit thinner.

I thought calories and fat were two different things? It makes me laugh everytime I go to the shop, there's boxes of potato chip packs with 'Less than 100 calories in this box!' labels on them. Yeaaah but what about the fat? They love to do that. :scared2:

I had it on the same day! :scared2: But they glued mine shut. Staples are great though, as strange as it is, they have the least amount of scarring of any of them.

*laughs* Well, it was funny... I went to the toilet while I was in reception waiting, then finally got inside. It was literally as I was changing into the hospital gown I noticed that my period started! So somewhere in that 15min period it decided to show! I had to get a nurse to give me something. hehe was so embarrassed, and amused, because I'd been reading about this a few days beforehand here on the forum. As far as I know, they don't worry too much about it. You won't be allowed to wear a tampon because of the toxic risk it'd have for the amount of time you might wear it but you should be ok. Just have some 'extra large night time/pregnancy ones' if you know you'll be heavy. I think that for some of us, the shock and stress of the surgery in the system actully can stop it for a day or twoo, or delay it. Some docs might even stop it themselves with pills.

Technally this is my reposition date... but I'm also trying to make it a 'second chance' date too! #1. 9th Feb #2. Queensland, Australia #3. Dr. Bruce W. (Can't remmeber his last name! haha), Royal Brisbane Hospital #4. Public Healthcare. #5. 24, 5.7 #6. Currently 135kgs, would be happy with 70kgs #7. Iw ant to feel my age! (Whatever that feels like!) #7.Nothing so far :scared2: Unless anyone has some great liquid recipies!

I have a slipped lapband, that's confirmed, I go in for surgery next week to correct it. Very nervous. First problem is that I haven't been able to stick to the preop diet. I know that's so terrible, and the first time I was waiting for this surgery I did great with the preop (had to postpone due to having flu), but this time... It's crazy. I have no willpower. Don't know what to do with myself. Anyway, been on Optifast for a day... so late, such a late start >_< But for a while now though, I've been sick. I've started to vomit up food again, always undigested. A few days ago was when it got really bad. I was up all night one night .... I had to get it out, it hurt so much, I just swallowed lots of warm Water and it bounced back up with no effort. I found that when I flushed out my esophogus, the pain started to subside, but it took all night... I think I cleared out all the stomach and it was 5am before I was able to really sleep without pain. Can't say what it looked like then... I was so tired!... but now, I am having the same problem. Ate a stick of celery and some peas, and they had to bounce back up undigested... so much pain till they bounced out! There's also brown stuff in there. I am on a preop diet, Optifast, and I KNOW I've eaten nothing brown today! I can't stop vomiting... it's crazy, even water's hard to keep down. The band is loose now but it feels as bad as it did when it was tight and had slipped. What is it? I have been trying to contact the surgical co-ordinator but no luck... is it serious? Should I keep trying stubbornly? I have to admit, I'm half tempted to tell them to let my body have a break from the band for a few months... it really is unhappy at the moment, I don't know if restricting an upset and possibly injured stomach is going to go down that well, as far as body goes.

Had the surgery, and am recovering now. :thumbup:

hey :thumbup: I had my lapband replaced on tuesday so... that's monday in America, so it was literally the same day. hehe I think you're right though! Walking is the big key... the faster you can get yourself off the painkiller drip and walking, the better. The gas goes faster when you make your body start to move... it wakes up your bodys functions, I think.