aussie_jode

Hi everyone, I got a fill two weeks ago, and it was tight, i could feel the swelling for a couple of days, but i could keep fluids down. Then i became very ill and was hospitalised and dehydrated due to gastro and another virus last week. I am still suffering but the dr thinks we could be on top of it all now. What i am worried about is all the vomiting and stuff, not keeping fluids down because of the illness. how might this have affected me and my band? ALso, I am still only on thick fluids and am scared to go beyond that. My throat is sore from all the vomiting. How long should i wait for any swelling to subside before i decide whether my band is too tight, after my illness has passed?:help:

Thanks again for your replies. I am pleased to say that I successfully had a mini lunch today, some curried chicken, peas and mashed spudswith carrots. :hungry: Its all stayed down and i got on my merry way. Yay! I am a little nervy about eating the same thing at night because i had been suffering a bit of reflux, but nothing the last two days, so maybe its linked to the swelling and gastro stuff too. Fingers crossed!

Thanks for that. I did get some maxalon from the dr and that has helped heaps. I am well on the road to recovery and can consume more and more as the days go on now which is nice. I had a severe bout of gastro, and now DS has it so hoping i don't get it back again! Unfortunately I can't go easily to get a fill or unfill. I live in remote Australia and it is 1600km (1000miles???) to my fill and surgeon. Just trying to get a little advice before I worry about planning a trip back to him.

I have just had my first fill in a year and a half! I am SOOOOO glad for it, it has made a huge difference! I was told not to eat lunch (1.30pm app.) and then soft foods for a couple of days. That was on thursday. Yesterday i tested it out a little and i will stick with the soft foods/liquids for a few days. I jsut had some camembert cheese (which i have only recently discovered!) and one and a bit littel pieces is all i can do. It took me quite a while to have a cuppa this morning, but i haven't had a pb yet today, which i did yesterday cos it took me so long to remember what restriction is! LOL I am amazed and disappinted i din't go back sooner. thought i was doing ok, as things did get stuck a little on the odd occasion, but now i realise i was probably over full. I could eat a LOT before this fill, though it wasn't like that at the start. Now i find myself simiilar to what many of you manage, just small amounts and full for ages.:car::clap2:

Hi Ladies! Congrats to you all. I had a band baby last May(2006) He is very healthy and happy now, but was a little small at birth. (not REALLY bad, but we had to stay in an extra week till he gained more weight) 6lb 2oz.... Umm I reckon he was small cos i never had an unfill and was sick a lot. But he just coulda been small...all my other pre band babies were nearly 9lb. Anyways, he still breast feeds at this point (much to my apprehension these days) is VERY healthy and even large for his age in stature not mass. Everything went great really. I did gain, but only a 'normal' gain for pregnancy which is a first for me! 3 others i gained more than twice the 'norm' I am still trying to get rid of that baby weight, but i haven't been too regimental about it. Getting stuck into to it this month though as i have had enough! GOod luck to you all and can't wait to see the outcome!

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Thats a great idea! Congrats on your band babies too! I have one myself...=D

:cryI used to be a fan of low carb and to be honest don't remember doing it while being banded but i may have before having a baby and losing my mind! LOL I have a HUGE carb addiction, and need to knock it on the head. NOW! If you do low carb how strict are you? Do you think there would be any probs with me say doing the Atkins induction for a few days till i get the rubbish outta my system? Has anyone else tried this? Did stuff get stuck? Please help, I am at crisis point! (up 1.2kg this week - no losses for more than two months only gains....:think)Yes i think i need afill too, but i know i have a sugar/carb problem and have had for sometime.:hungry::hungry:

Kellie i have made a very similar post. I too am trying to get sorted out. Chocolate and other carbs being my downfall. I have to say that if i cut these out i wouldn't be on a diet though. I eat TOOO much of it to be a part of healthy eating and therefor cutting it out is just getting healthy again. Today I had my first carb free day which i will continue for another few days till the cravings are gone. I also jumped on the tramp for 10 mins (not much i know but it just baout killed me LOL)which is the kick start to my bandwagon! Hang in there and it will all happen, thats what i am telling myself and it seems to be working. I have been determined to get my act together for a few weeks and finally got back here to LBT and am now on my way. GOODLUCK!

Hi Everyone, I am an ESL teaching Principal in a small school in the middle of Australia (literally)! I am new to this school this term and have trouble with the 30 min lunch break too. Like the soup idea! will have to get something organised. Look forward to more discussions here you guys!

Woohoo! I got on the trampoline today! DOes anyone know if thats good or not? I was puffed and my legs were like jelly for about 20mnins after LOL:biggrin1:

Like the others have said, you have not had a fill and so have little to no restirction. Don't worry yet, just stay healthy and wait for your fill to happen. Congrats too by the way!

:clap2:Thanks so much you guys...thats just what i needed to hear. Support is few and far between for me here and your feed back means a lot! LB i agree that carbs are not the enemey, but right now for me they are...and today i haven't had any processed carbs only a few berries - the rest Protein. I am feeling it now already, but fighting through it. WBB Going without for a few days is exactly what i started this morning. I am like you and the others too no doubt...its all or nothing...I had to get DH to hide the Cookies i baked for the kids yesterday! BLAH I wouldn't have stopped until they were gone! Denise technically there is no room! But I can make chocolate fit i am telling ya! The thing is to control them, and i have taken that step today. Gosh it feels good to just be able to chat about it! Dh thinks i am weird because i have these cravings...he has no idea what i am talking about and thinks its just an excuse...wish it was:( Anyway, the good news is that i have just about made the whole day through, a couple more hours to go.:huggie: I even got out on the kids trampoline today for 10 mins (and collapsed in fits of hysterics..LOL and I also ahve a touch of the flu developing i think..)which is more exercise than i have managed in a long time! Its a good workout for your legs too if you didn't already know!

Well this is just what i need! I am a full time working mum too. I have found every excuse in the book. I have an exercise bike but my excuse not to use it is that it hurts my BuTT LOL I was thinking lastnight that i can do steps on our steps to the verandah. Even just a little will be better than nothing... Thanks for the question and the responses!

Hey phili i just sent you a pm...

Ok, I am going to be daft and say...where are all the gorgeous pics of Susannah? I wanna know what you all know!

LOL... Did i make it sound like my kids were topping up on junk? Not really...just me! We bake muffins (usually fruit of some description)and when i haven't eaten the choc bits then we add choc bits to the muffins or biccies. Like you we bake for the lunch box. I have a policy that the kids don't actually take ANY prepackaged foods to school. we don't even have museli bars. They always take a salad sanga, 2 pieces of fruit, and for recess they will have a muffin or a cookie along with their fruit. 3 days a week and crackers and cheese the other two days. The muffins and Cookies we bake are from the simply to good cook books, so they are pretty healthy, low in fat and sugar. The only problem is that although they are rationed, I am not. LOL This week will be a good start to change things around as the kids are sick with the flu so no lunch boxes to worry me. There are no more choc chips left to nick and i won't be buying any more! You have my word on that! When I looked at my signature the other night i realised that I haven't had a fill for more than a year...that probably isn't helping how much i can eat also...hmmm Thanks for the kick up the butt though!

Hey ho! How are you all? Lots have happened since i was last here. I am seriously grateful for the reminder emails that kept saying...we haven't seen you at lapbandtalk.com. we miss you LOL Every time i saw one I would upset myself. I got onto a good wicket a little earlier in the year, then got really stressed at work. I turned to the wrong foods and now need to snap out of it. We have moved and i have gotten rid of the stress but not the bad habits. (chocolate and milo and biccies and muffins!) After having my baby a little over a year ago now, I had gotten down to 82.5kg! YAY btu then the stress and bad habits have taken me back up to 87:faint:. I need to stop it now! before its too late.:help: :thinkanyone been through something similar with the band? I really need support right now and i know you guys will help out. I am not really exercising and would love to know how to get that fitting into my schedule... i am a teaching principal with 4 kids under 7. I leave for work at 7.40 and get home on sunset most days. I have to seriously try and get the exercise in at school i think. Maybe a 40 minute routine with the kids. Its not my forte so i really don't know where to start. How do i get rid of that rubbish without my kids suffering???(the stuff i am eating is what i bake for them for lunches etc...the choc is the choc bits for baking!:omg::help: Somebody please slap me back to reality! Jode

Hi guys, thought i would pop in and say Hi. Life get lonely out in the world with out others in the know. Hoping to stick around and make some great friends. YOu all seem to be a pretty friendly bunch! I am a Mum of 4, (last one is a band baby) I am a working Mum and live in remote Central Australia. I love my band, but think i need a fill. I also love scrap booking!

I know of a couple of people over fifty who have been banded (both relatives) and they have no issues. Of course their goals are not as far reaching as younger people for different reasons, but they are both happy and healthy now. Good luck with your decision. Don't let distance be a problem, I had to travel 1600km to have mine done. Its the best 1600km of my life!

Yay, I am so excited. I got a fill for the first time in a year and a half and finally have restriction again! I have already lost 800gm since Tuesday when i got it!:clap2: :clap2:

Yay for you lil!

Hi Jess1:)

:help: :help: How the heck do I get them out of my system? I am going for my first fill in 18 mths ( after having a baby) and my eating habits are just rediculous! I am addicted to carbs (not the good ones)and try my hardest to get them out of my system but by 48 hrs i can't stand it and find myself getting something I shouldn't be. I want to get on the straight and narrow I have a lot to lose again after pregnancy and a long delayed fill before it. I want to be the healthy weight I was before i got pregnant after banding. HELP

Hi all, Not sure if i am doing this right, but i am putting up some picks of my kids including Maikia the band baby! I haven't been around much cos life is kinda busy right now...