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Beckie, I am so sorry to hear that. My prayers are with you and your friend's family.

At first I thought it might be something I was eating but these last few times I hadn't even eaten yet when it happened. Since you mention it this most recent time was right before my period starting also. I will have to make notes and see if there is a pattern.

I have some weird thing happening lately and I was wondering if any of you have experienced it or have read about it on other threads. I call them "attacks". They start out as a pain in my lower stomach area and progress rapidly into an intense pain. Worse then the contractions from when I had my son. I have to go into the restroom when I have them. I am in so much pain that I break out into a sweat (so bad that I have to shower afterwards) and feel like I am going to get sick. It last about 20 minutes and the pain goes away. I brought it up to my doctor in February after my gall bladder was removed and he didn't say what it was or act too concerned about it. But, I have been having them a lot since my last fill.

I have some weird thing happening lately and I was wondering if any of you have experienced it or have read about it on other threads. I call them "attacks". They start out as a pain in my lower stomach area and progress rapidly into an intense pain. Worse then the contractions from when I had my son. I have to go into the restroom when I have them. I am in so much pain that I break out into a sweat (so bad that I have to shower afterwards) and feel like I am going to get sick. It last about 20 minutes and the pain goes away. I brought it up to my doctor in February after my gall bladder was removed and he didn't say what it was or act to concerned about it. But, I have been having them a lot since my last fill.

Congrats Big Baby! I too was at 200 for what seemed like forever and finally a few days ago I got to 199. It feels great.

Okay so you got me, I am a lurker. I make sure that I keep up on all the postings. I usually do not have much to say but today I will share. After months and months of going to the doctor and them not wanting to give me a fill I finally got my second fill yesterday. They only put 3/4 of a cc in so I am not very optimistic. The last time I had a fill I had to go back in a few days later and have half of it removed because of the pain I was in and how much weight I lost in those few days. In the last 7 weeks I have only lost 9 pounds. The doctors had me trying to eat more because they thought that with how much I was working out that maybe I wasn't getting enough calories in. Well I tried that and it didn't work. So, I am trying not to beat myself up right now because I am not gaining and still have lost weight. It just isn't good enough for me, I want to be down at least 10-15 pounds a month. I really don't have restriction and have to make myself stop eating which I know is what we should do anyways but if I have this tool then I want it to work for me! Sorry for the long post.

Steph ~ I know you have posted information about the protein bars before but I don't want to go back and read through everything. Can you order the protein bars online?

I can relate. When I look at photos of myself I can't see a huge difference. My husband says there is a points out stuff. I think it is just our mind set, we are so used to seeing ourselves big.

When I went in for my first fill we found that my port had flipped. Since the revision I have had only one fill and I had to go back two days later to have half of the fill taken out. I have been in twice since then and they have recommended that I don't get a fill because I was doing so well. It really depends on your restriction and your progress with your weight loss. I am very happy with my results as I have lost 103 pounds since June 1st.

Dr. Sasse was my surgeon also. He doesn't do the fills a nurse does. I saw him once after my surgery for the follow up and now I see a nurse.

It took me almost 6 months to lose 100.

Add me to the group also. I was banded June 1st and reached my 100 pound goal on January 31st. Now I am on to my next big goal!!!

I wanted to let everyone know that I made my first major goal. As of this morning I have lost 100 pounds. These last two months have been hard for me and I am just so happy to be at this point now. Hopefully when I go to the doctor in February I can get a fill with no problems.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to check in and give an update. I have been stuck in my weight loss. Since 12/28/07 I have only lost 5 pounds. I work out at least 6 days a week and I think I eat good. I can eat more than most of you say you can but it still isn't very much. I was hoping to be at 100 pounds lost by the new year but that didn't happen. I am trying to stay positive but this is very discouraging to me. In December when I went for a fill the nurse said she wanted to wait 6 more weeks because of the problem with my last fill and having to get half of it removed. I don't want to wait longer because I am not losing!

I make sure that the jerky is pretty tender and I chew it really good. I can eat shredded beef also but I haven't tried a steak yet.

When I snack I eat beef jerky, protein bars or soy nuts. Nothing bad. I do exercise too. I haven't stopped losing I just seemed to have slowed down some. I guess I will worry about it when I actually stop losing. BigBaby you are looking great! My bandiversary was December 1st so I will try to find some pictures to post.

I have to ask you all a question. My doctor has been telling me that I need to eat about 5 small meals a day or at the very least I need to eat 3 small meals and 2 snacks in between. When I started doing that I feel like I eat all day and my weight loss has seemed to slow down. Do you all eat in between meals? If so, what are you eating?

Thank you all for the congrats! It helps to hear that from people.

I had a fill on Wednesday and that night had a shake for dinner. I had about 6 oz and was very full even when I woke up today. I had chicken broth for lunch and for dinner had more soup. I have a weird pain by my should and chest. It feels like it did after I had my surgery with a hernia repair. My question is will this tight restriction pass or will it get worse?

I have a question for those of you who have been banded already. I had my first fill at the doctors office on Wednesday and the nurse said that i had to be on liquids for about 3 days as I was walking out. After the liquids do I have to go to mushies and then solids? I would appreciate any help.

I am very happy so I thought I would share with you all. I went in for my first fill since my port revision in September. I am down 75 pounds! I was also excited that they found my port okay and did the fill with no problems. I hope the fill works because since I have been working out so much I feel like I am always hungry and can eat more than 1/2 cup to 1 cup.

<p> I tried to do crunches also by they make my port area hurt too. I was doing Tae Boe (don't know correct spelling) after my surgery but I think that is what pulled my port out of place. Since I had my port revision in September I am scared to do any abdominal work. Just exercise in general makes my port area feel like it is tighter and a little sore. I would love some suggestions also.

I have a question for all of you who have had fills. I just got my first one a month ago because my port needed to be fixed. When I went for my follow up after surgery last week I asked the doctor how much he put in and he said "probably 1 cc". I will have to call the office and see what size band I have and exactly how much it is filled. My question is normally I think I can eat more than all of you say you eat. Now when I work out I feel hungry all day, like nothing will satify me. Does anyone else have that issue?

I was banded June 1st and had to have my gall bladder out on September 7th. I was kind of mad at the doctor because I asked him to look at my gall bladder when he did the first surgery. By the time Setember came around I ended up in the E.R. because of the gall bladder. I can't see how it would have gotten so bad in a couple months, it had to have been bad before.