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Good Luck Traci. You will do just great.

Hi. I have flown 3 times since being banded and I have had no problems. That being said everybody is different and if you are worried about getting too tight just don't eat very much beforehand and drink some hot tea or coffee.

Meltini, I don't know about yours but my doctor told me to not to get pregnant for 18 months after surgery to give the band time to settle in properly.

I hear ya Jo. When I eat I will hiccup and then burp. This usually happens 3 or 4 times. It can get embarrasing.

I also have the 10cc band. I have had three fills but only 2.5cc so far. My dr is very conservative with the fills which is a good thing because my last fill was on 10/25/07 but boy can I feel it. And she only put in .5cc more. But before this fill I was eating alot more than I should have been able to. What I am trying to say is everyone is different and the more weight you lose the looser the band will get and you will need more fills. Good luck.

Thanks ariel. I hope it gets better. I told the doctor that I was going to tattoo a bullseye over the port site to help.. Kidding. She did measure it so that she can find it next time without fluoro. Tammy

Has anyone had a hard time getting filled? The first time I went on the 19th the doctor was mashing and mashing on my stomach trying to find the port, even used a sonagram and could not find the port. And did I say that all that mashing was painful, felt like some was stabbing me. And at the same time she is mashing; I am supposed to be doing a situp with my feet in the air because it's supposed to be easier to find the port. So then she starts sticking the needle in amd moving it around to find the port and she never did find it. Luckily she had numbed the area with novacaine, I then had to make an appointment to do it under fluro which was today (24th). Found the port just fine but was not able to inject the Fluid. She kept poking and poking. Another doctor came in and suggested that maybe the needle was not long enough. That is probably why they couldn't find the port before, because the needle was not long enough. So they used a bigger needle, that darn thing looked like it was 10 inches long. So he starts poking around and I could really feel it. It felt like bees were stinging me inside, but they finally injected 1.5 cc's of saline. Finally. I am now feeling some restriction. Sorry this is so long but has anyone else has this problem? Tammy

Me too. Is there anyway to fix it. Tammy

Hi marylou. My surgery was on the 13th also. I am feeling pretty godd except some tightness round my port incision. That is the only thing really bothering me right now. Except I am craving some eggs. But I have to be on a liquid diet for 2 weeks so I can't have any. Good luck to everyone. Tammy

Serena your welcome Tammy

Serena go to userCP at the top of the page click on it and then go to edit signature and delete one of the message lines. Tammy

I have just a litle bruising and gas for only about a day maybe. But my tummy is sure grumbling alot and the roof of my mouth hurts like the dickens when I eat a frozen popsicle or anything frozen. Has that happened to anyone else?

Well, it has been 4 days since I was banded. Doing o.k. Feel alot better this morning. Not very hungry but I am sure that will change. Tammy