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I burp from my toes and it last longer than a Justin Timberlake song!

Molly firstly my sincere condolences on the loss of your dear mum. Please don't be too hard on yourself. I know if it happened to me 30 pounds would more than likely be 100. So think to yourself well I survived the year from hell and I only put on 30 pounds. And the beauty with this band is there is not time limits. So we dust ourselves off, go and get a fill, look the doctor straight in the eye and tell him what he needs to do to help you. Then recommit to the basics. And if you would like a friend to help you along the way then from the other side of the world you have me. After six months of better than sainthood type behavior with eating and exercising I stupidly thought I could handle one little chocolate which spiraled out of control and after my 5 day binge I am sooo sick and don't ever want to feel like this again. So today I stand up and say I am ready to recommit to the sane healthily lifestyle I know I need. Wanna join me?

Yep I went in for my first fill and had exactly the same problem. It really felt like a scraping on metal inside me. I must admit it so icked me out I haven't had another try and I have been banded 6 months. I am white knuckling hunger at the moment so will have to go back and have another try. I too was worried about a flipped port but he said it was very unlikely.

I have gotten good at sort of towering my food, as in piling a couple of bits of meat etc on top of each other. That way my plate looks like it has empty spaces on it. And honestly most of the time people don't even notice what you are eating.

I was so hoping I wouldn't as I am terrified too. But 60 odd pounds down and my inner thighs are looking so awful. And my belly still has a long way to go and its not to perk up with out the surgeon unfortunately. But I would rather be wrinkly and healthy than fat and unhealthy.

KBINAZ I don't think anyone here was saying they were better for NOT having a fill. Its just a fact - some of us have not needed one yet. But I will certainly be having one if and when I need it and won't think anything less of myself if I do. At the moment the sheer act of getting the band has been enough for me to make some big life changes. But 40 years of failing at diets makes me very aware that this may not last. So please do not think we are making less of your achievements of struggles.

I was banded 7 September 2007 and haven't had a fill yet and have lost 61 pounds. I do get hungry but a small amount of food will fix that. I can eat anything including steak, bread sometimes gives me trouble but thats it. I like knowing I can go out and never pb or slime so I work hard by exercising every day and keeping my cals to 1200 per day. My doc keeps shaking his head and says I am his only patient to ever not want their fills and loose at such a good weight. I don't know - just being banded has been enough for me. But if the weight loss stops I will have it done. Just really hoping I never need it.