Tgirl

Hey, just wanted to share one more thing. You said that your doctor pulls out the needle and flushes it clean and then refills?? Is that right? My Dr. doesn't do it that way. He has the syringe already filled, then he inserts it into the port, drawers out the fluid & then injects however much he wants to back in. But there is only one initial shot. Never a withdrawing of all fluid, then flushing then readministering. I wonder why my Dr. doesn't give more saline on a visit I sure wish he gave more aggressive fills. I've had 12 fills now & I'm only up to 1.9 cc. Oh well, maybe things will get better down here in lower Alabama. Just thought I'd share that info with you. Have a happy day, Tammie

Thanks for the info. I went to the Dr. last Thursday and the fluid didn't reappear, but no more has dissapeard either. I now have 1.9cc. I just hate that I had finally worked my way up to 2.6 only to be knocked so far back. I knew there could be "some" absorption" I just didn't know there could be that much. And I thought that if it was going to be absorbed that it would be during the very first fills. I've had about 11 now. Oh well, on the bright side, I had an upper GI last Thursday & the Band (thank God) is still perfectly in place and my pouch hasn't stretched or anything. And also, the nausea is gone, YAAY!!! I've decided the nausea was due to a change in prescription medicine a couple weeks prior to the starting of the nausea. Oh well, thank you so much for your feedback. Have a blessed day. Tammie:smile:

I need help!!! Ok, here's my story, I was banded 6-19-07. Ok, I have lost about 35 lbs but I don't give all the credit to the band seeing how I have absolutely NO restriction. Ok, here's where my trouble begins, about 3 weeks ago, and after about 10 fills, I was finally at 2.6 cc. in my band. For whatever reason, my Dr. refuses to give me more than .2 at a time. Ok, anyhow, I went in for my big .2 fill and new that I would then graduate up to 2.8cc, right????? Well, instead, I was told I had 1 cc in the band.WTF. So, he gave me a 1/2 cc, to make me at 1.5cc. Well, where did it go? So, the next appt, which was 2 weeks later, the 1.5 was still there, so he added guess what, .2. Ok, so now I'm at 1.7 cc. He told me that sometimes when you lose weight on the outside you will also lose on the inside so the band will shift & cause it to be difficult to extract all the fluid. Two weeks prior to this he stated I may have a leak but now he's giving me this so called reason. First of all I haven't lost any weight in months. Secondly, I though the band was sewed in place so that it shouldn't be shifting. Ok, for the past four days I have been totally nauseated, & my question is this, If my band is leaking, could it be causing this nausea??? I go back tomorrow . And I am very interested to see whats in the band now. And I will certainly mention this nausea that I can't get rid of. If anyone has any input, It would be greatly appreciated.

Well, today I went to have another adjustment. As of 2 weeks ago, I had 2.6cc in my band. Well, I've been able to eat whatever I wanted and was not happy about this, so today I was going to share this with him. As I received his usual tiny bit of .2 cc's of saline, I asked him how much did I have in my band? Expecting him to say 2.8, you can imagine my sad surpirse to hear him say "1.5"! Holy crap!!! No wonder, I've been so hungry. When he withdrew the saline from my band, it only had 1cc in it. So he added a .5 to it. WHAT HAPPENED????????????? He said it may have a leak in it. YA THINK Sherlock???????? Love him, but not so happy right now. Has this happened to anyone else? :omg:

Well, today I went to have another adjustment. As of 2 weeks ago, I had 2.6cc in my band. Well, I've been able to eat whatever I wanted and was not happy about this, so today I was going to share this with him. As I received his usual tiny bit of .2 cc's of saline, I asked him how much did I have in my band? Expecting him to say 2.8, you can imagine my sad surpirse to hear him say "1.5"! Holy crap!!! No wonder, I've been so hungry. When he withdrew the saline from my band, it only had 1cc in it. So he added a .5 to it. WHAT HAPPENED????????????? He said it may have a leak in it. :eek: YA THINK Sherlock???????? Love him, but not so happy right now. Has this happened to anyone else? :omg:

WTF is wrong with me??? I am just eating all the time, because I'm hungry all the time. Should I have gotten Gastric Bypass instead of the band??? I am going for like my 10th fill on Thursday. I'm at 2.6cc in my band, and I just can't really tell I've even got a band. I'm seriously worried. I think when I go to the Dr. on Thursday, I'm gonna ask him for a diet pill perscription. Ain't that freakin stupid!!!! Just really bummed out. I have 2 bad hips and am supposed to be having surgery in the very near future on my left hip and maybe then I will be able to start some form of walking or excercising. My dr. only likes to give .2 cc's at a time, but it's just not working for me. I had such high hopes. And I hate it when people come up to me and ask, so how much weight have you lost? Im like, wtf???? It's like they are more dissapointed in me than I am. Will I eventually get to where I can't eat much? Or is this as good as it gets?:rolleyes So very sad, Tgirl:help:

WTF is wrong with me??? I am just eating all the time, because I'm hungry all the time. Should I have gotten Gastric Bypass instead of the band??? I am going for like my 10th fill on Thursday. I'm at 2.6cc in my band, and I just can't really tell I've even got a band. I'm seriously worried. I think when I go to the Dr. on Thursday, I'm gonna ask him for a diet pill perscription. Ain't that freakin stupid!!!! Just really bummed out. I have 2 bad hips and am supposed to be having surgery in the very near future on my left hip and maybe then I will be able to start some form of walking or excercising. My dr. only likes to give .2 cc's at a time, but it's just not working for me. I had such high hopes. And I hate it when people come up to me and ask, so how much weight have you lost? Im like, wtf???? It's like they are more dissapointed in me than I am. Will I eventually get to where I can't eat much? Or is this as good as it gets?:rolleyes So very sad, Tgirl:help:

Well, I was supposed to go back to the Dr. on Dec. 20th, however, I knew I was just eating way to much so I moved it up to today. Well, I seem to be finding the weight that I've lost. I gained 2 lbs since my last visit 2 weeks ago.:think Life sucks!!! I told him to wire my mouth shut. Instead he just gave me ANOTER .2cc's. What is the deal with this ".2" business. I want more, I need more, I have to have MORE! :faint:So, once again, I made another appt. in 2 weeks. This has got to start getting better. I can still eat a whole plate of food. The only way I've been losing any weight is simply by dieting. And my will power, (especially in the month of December) is really really really bad.:omg: Did I mention how really bad my will power is? LOL! Well, on the bright side, tonight is my last night of school til January 14th. Woohoo, yippeeeeee! Well anywho, Merry Christmas to all and Happy new year!!! TTFN, Tammie:kiss2:

Well, I was supposed to go back to the Dr. on Dec. 20th, however, I knew I was just eating way to much so I moved it up to today. Well, I seem to be finding the weight that I've lost. I gained 2 lbs since my last visit 2 weeks ago.:think Life sucks!!! I told him to wire my mouth shut. Instead he just gave me ANOTER .2cc's. What is the deal with this ".2" business. I want more, I need more, I have to have MORE! :faint:So, once again, I made another appt. in 2 weeks. This has got to start getting better. I can still eat a whole plate of food. The only way I've been losing any weight is simply by dieting. And my will power, (especially in the month of December) is really really really bad.:omg: Did I mention how really bad my will power is? LOL! Well, on the bright side, tonight is my last night of school til January 14th. Woohoo, yippeeeeee! Well anywho, Merry Christmas to all and Happy new year!!! TTFN, Tammie:kiss2:

Ok, so, last Thursday I went to the Dr. & he actually didn't want to give me a fill because for whatever reason I had lost 5 lbs in two weeks. However, I somehow convinced him to give me a little. So, once again, I got .2 added. Can't believe I actually managed to lose weight during the Thanksgiving holiday. Yaay me! However, what if there was something wrong with his scales?????:omg:Things that make ya go , hmmmmmmm! Well, I go back on Dec. 20th, I sure hope the scales keep going in the right direction.:clap2: TTYL & Merry Christmas, Tammie:kiss2:

Ok, so, last Thursday I went to the Dr. & he actually didn't want to give me a fill because for whatever reason I had lost 5 lbs in two weeks. However, I somehow convinced him to give me a little. So, once again, I got .2 added. Can't believe I actually managed to lose weight during the Thanksgiving holiday. Yaay me! However, what if there was something wrong with his scales?????:omg:Things that make ya go , hmmmmmmm! Well, I go back on Dec. 20th, I sure hope the scales keep going in the right direction.:clap2: TTYL & Merry Christmas, Tammie:kiss2:

Well, Thanksgiving was wonderful. All the family was there & everyone was doing great. Food was awesome! Actually ate more than I should have, (No Doubt) but still managed to lose a couple pounds over the last week. I've never been able to say those words during the holiday's. So, Yaay me:clap2:!!!! I am really starting to tell some differences now. The other night, shortly after eating, I decided to have a big drink of water, well, that was a mistake. It simply wouldn't go down. I actually had to spit the water out, go figure!:omg: That was just crazy. I go back to the Dr. on Thursday morning. Looking forward to that. I would so love to see onederland by Christmas. Can it happen?:guess Well we will see. Ttys, Tammie D.:kiss2:

Well, Thanksgiving was wonderful. All the family was there & everyone was doing great. Food was awesome! Actually ate more than I should have, (No Doubt) but still managed to lose a couple pounds over the last week. I've never been able to say those words during the holiday's. So, Yaay me:clap2:!!!! I am really starting to tell some differences now. The other night, shortly after eating, I decided to have a big drink of water, well, that was a mistake. It simply wouldn't go down. I actually had to spit the water out, go figure!:omg: That was just crazy. I go back to the Dr. on Thursday morning. Looking forward to that. I would so love to see onederland by Christmas. Can it happen?:guess Well we will see. Ttys, Tammie D.:kiss2: