beckett

I was banded 8 weeks ago and my stomach still gurgles a lot. It's just air moving around. Mine gets worse when I am hungery or drinking lots of liquids.

I haven't officially lost any friends yet, but I think I will lose one in a matter of time. She was totally supportive. She even went with me to surgery ( I had to travel 6hrs each way). She would always say things like "when you get skinny you'll be so hot", but now that I have started to loose the weight she never even bothers to call. It makes me wonder if she liked who she thought I was going to become and not who I really am. I guess oh well. I have however had several people at work who once they found out I had the band are very interested in learning about it. They are considering it and are very supportive. I think most of them understand the need for the band and what it means to loose the weight.

I went for my first fill and after several attemps and x-rays they were inable to give me a fill. Now they want to do it under fluro. They say my port is perfect and right where it should be. With fluro will they be able to get it right the 1st time or is there a possibilty of several sticks again. Also they were talking about a new way of doing fills where they insert the needle, have be stand up, fill it till I'm closed off and then back off a little bit. They say it should prevent the need for several small fills. Has anyone had this done? I live 6 hrs from the Dr. so if it will work I am tempted to do it.:help:

I was banded on the 31st of May. I am already on a regular diet and everything is going well. I just have the sensation that my stomach is growling all the time. It's like I have a tons of air still trapped inside and the only time any of it comes out is when I eat or drink. The problem is after about thirty minutes my stomach is growling again and if I don't keep something in my stomach it starts to hurt. Did anyone else have anything like this?:cry

Hi I'm Rebecca and I was banded on May 31, 2007. I live in reno nv but had to travel to fresno, ca to get my insurance to approve the surgery. My first fill is scheduled for July 10.

I am in Reno, NV. It took 8 weeks to get the approval and I had to travel to California for BCBS to approve it but I was approved on the first try.