Nykee

This is what I have found through experience. You cannot drink while you eat (if your restricted well) THe drink does NOT force the food through or make it go through any better (unless you like pain in your chest for foods sake) Its just impossible.. It hurts like heck and its just not possible (unless you wanna PB or something) I have been experimenting with drinking while eating for all the months i have been banded and IF I can drink, I WILL.. I have an addiction to drinking milk and juice and gladly choose it over food.. BUT, lately.. I have not been so tight.. AND my MIND has figured out that IF I ONLY NOT DRINK.. I CAN EAT. AND I ACTUALLY have been like eating.. ACTUALLY choosing to eat, and forgo ANY drink JUST SO I CAN Eat.. this is a crazy new thing... lol EXAMPLE: IF I go to the china buffett at like 9pm, after I have been up all day and I was active that day as well (otherwise its impossible) AND I AVOID ALL KINDS OF DRINK.. then I can do what they call "FILL MY POUCH" and it isnt painfull untill its full.... THEN, as long as I dont drink for a long time afterwards.. (letting th pouch empty) then that works too. Thing is.. its almost not worth it.. yes, i did like going to the china buffet and actually eating last month.. BUT I cant see wanting to do this everyday.. I rather drink.. and THATS NOT a good thing to need or want with the band.. I dont think the band and me were meant for eachother

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My experience is.. As long as I can drink sips of any liquid. I am fine.. I dont care how long it takes (well all I ever did it for was 3 weeks) IF I am having chest pains or spitting up.. on my own saliva.. and sipping warm liquids is impossible... then I need an unfill so I dont risk my band. OTHERWISE, I would let the fill calm down... be it a few days or a few weeks.. (AS LONG AS I DONT HAVE ANY PAIN OR SPITTING WHICH I DONT CUZ I DONT ALLOW IT) BUT, this all PISSEs me off.. (I am stressing out now that a fill is a week away).... I swelll so much, that I dont end up getting a good fill.. Well, I didnt last time.. I DID the time before and I realize I was real lucky cuz there is a fine line between chest pains and spitting up your own saliva (NOT OK) to being able to sip in the AM and drink liquids in the PM (OK for me) So.. SOMEHOW I have to come as close as possible and not go over.. ITS STUPID.. But its the only way I will lose weight.. and thats been prooven so far.. People said when i looosened up.. I would lose weight.. But I stopped loosing just like I thought I would. I dont see anything wrong with never eating solids again.. DONT MONKS do it or something?

I did a quickie on fitday and got an approximation of 2400 calories.. and almost 300 carbs.. gawd I need a fill.. is what I say,. But really, I need to eat right.. I been drinking alot of chocolate milk and candy.. whenever I can. STUPID.. I am soooooo lazy, I wont even have Soup as often as I can... Whatever.. I will get this fill and then see.. i sure need to shape up. I PLAn on making a huge batch of potatoe free (low carb) chicken soup with onion, celery and carrots..and chicken stock. I will freeze some broth only bags... some NON chicken mush bags and some regular soup with the chicken. INSTEAD of tomatoe tomatoe tomatoe soup.. I will have the broth.. Instead of KFC mashed potatoes and gravy, I will have the mush AND instead of my nighttime snacking, I will (TRY TRY TRY) to fill up on the hearty and Filling LOW fat, LOW carb chicken stew.. I am not one to care about variety.. or quantity... so, whatever. The other things I will have on hand is low sugar sherbert (my favorite) and lite grape juice and skim milk (both of whitch i am addicted to) asn throw away the giant nesquick I bought at costco a couple months ago. I lost 30 pounds in two months with a good fill and I am so ready to do that again.. but be alittle healthier about it..

I did a quick check on yesterday and I had 2500 calories easy.. no wonder I dont lose.. BUT I ate 4000 easy BEFORE.. this just isnt fair

yikes jak your the opposite of me as far as getting educated on this diabeties thing. thank you

good question i feel like I may be in this race to lose before I erode or something

i really need to see how many calories i am eating the thing about fitday is it never has the foods i eat

its kinda hard to answer those questions.. I did my best

I dont notice any differnce.. at all.. ALTHOUGh I have not tried to drink when I was really tight yet.. I went out last weekend and I had to drink ALOT.. (AS ALWAYS) and I wish I didnt have to.. I guess after my fill (soon) I should try and see what happens...

wow thanks guys you really made me think about this more seriously.. Lianna, NO, I have never noticed anything happening to me cuz of my diabeties... and I dont check my levels on a home device. If that is happening to me (YOU described it perfectly!) cuz of my blood and sugars ... I will just hate myself for being so ignorant.. I went off my meds but that was months and months ago. And I never saw any reason to be on them except to lower this number my doctor wants to stay under 8.0 or he wont let me have the prednisone I need. I dont notice that it has anything to do with my food.. or when I eat. I eat weird especially now that i am always asleep, my band is always tight. Like today (or yesterday) I woke at 7am, and ate nothing.. by 11am I was passed out and dreaming till 7pm.. and at like 10 pm I ate reses Peanut Butter cups, chocolate milk, potatoe Soup and cheetos.. (HORRIBLE I KNOW) and I went to bed about 3am (normally, not passing out) and got up around 6am.. and who knows what will happen.. peir< I am totally going to make a small diary... but he will be sure to notice my HORRIBLE food choices.. Oh well, he isnt my band doctor in anyway... I wont get in till friday even if I tell them its urgent.. so thats a good idea.. I mean if its not my blood and sugar stuff, its something else.. I kinda HOPe it IS my bloods and suger, that way I can stop being so ignorant about it all. I will lwt you guys know.. THIS place is WAY supportive..thanks so much!

Here has been my experience. I am prescribed one little morphine pill twice a day (60mg a day) that is time released and can not be crushed. Sometimes depending on tightness (fills) it was too big to go down in the mornings. I got a patch.. The Patches always fall off, never cover my pain and cost me alot of money cuz they are not covered like the pills are. IF I am tight tight, and desperate, I will put the patches on in double dose but this has so far been futile and I will never attempt it again. And I experimented with crushing them.. and found it was fine to releive pent up pain. It sucks for all day pain, but at leaste you can get some releif sometimes (I dont reccommend this, its a BIG no no..and until I was facing the ER, I thought I would never try it..) Otherwise I would just take one or double up at night.. Now I happen to be open enough to take one in the morning.. I feel it, But I dont choke on it or nothing. BUT I am getting a fill again. ............... Plus, i took 4 to 6 viccodan a day... I thought I could not live without these and I crushed them like mad, these pills are huge and the powder made is massive and I was often so tight, I couldnt possibly get the powder down be it in liquid or applesauce or ANYTHING.. and after weeks of trying and months of trial and error.. Fact is now I take on average of one a day, usually at night.. I either take nONe or one.. and not every day.. Cant explain it.. JUST dont need them like I thought I did.. NOt willing to crush and go through all that trouble I guess ???? ............... I take valium when I need to sleep.. maybe once a week, only 5mm.. and they are no problem cuz its always at night and they are small and crush well.. ............. prednisone.. I take this when I have things to do and NOTHING can stop me... I dont care how tight I am.. I am never too tight at night, so.. even if I am hyper all night, its worth it since I cant move much unless I have this.. .;............ Metformin.. UM.. 4 HUGE arse pills a day... I gave those up long ago.. my diabetes has never been that bad and well honestly, I COULD take 2 at night and at leaste that would be SOMEthing.. BUt I dont.. I am not saying this is a good thing. THere.. THATS what I did.. ITS hard.. (FOR ME) I am a ton more pain but somehow mentally I am able to handle the pain better cuz I know I am on the road to recovery.. (i get fusions in my back after I lose 100 pounds)

ohhh.. I will tell my doctor and he will do what?? Prolly nothing.. Maybe check my thyroid though.... at leaste do my lab, maybe check for something else .. check some extra boxes on the lab sheet.. sometimes I feel I am just being stupid.. and I go to the doctor with that attitude.. But this is seriously weird.. I cant deny it.. I have 4 kids and HELLO.. I KNow when I am all fluckerd up.. I keep saying "I am depressed" to the kids.... But How does one KNOW that?? I see the commercials about depression and sleeping.. and I have a BS degree in psychology and I am NO stranger to depression.. BUT there is that ONe kind of horrible kind where you literally just pass out and dont get out of bed cuz you sleep.. and sleep.. ???? HOw can my household (I dont have a bedroom, I sleep in the living room) just go on around me as I sleep heavily in dream.. when I have never been able to sleep for years even at night. I would just hope he wouldnt assume its my pain meds (they been the same a long long time) But I willing to let him mess with them.. I am no stranger to pain.. Oh well thanks for letting me vent;.

seems like MY banding made my family think and lose on their own.. I dunno.. My sister went from 220 or so to 165 in these months. My cousin from 170 or so to 125 and even my littlest sister is littler too. (she got lipp) they are like making me feel like crap.. even though thye arent meaning too.. and I am totally happy for them these are people who have NEVER lost that much weight.. EVER and not been those sizes in over 10 years.

I had to NOT buy any cerial this month and tell the kids TOO BAD.. cuz its something that goes down too easy and I take advantage of (at nights when my band is open) I actually DID buy corn flakes and rice crispies and didnt touch either one.. but heres a shock.. neither have the kids.. Sooooo.. bye bye cerial.

wow.. kelli, I am so jealous.. I want to be back in school, I want to do it all over again or go on for the masters.. (have more kids too) (husband this time around would be a challange.. lol) I miss it.. Good luck to you..xoxo

My doctor said he would "leave" the inside of me if my liver didnt show the weight loss (or liver shrinkage)... cancel the opporation after he already got inside of me.. this made me think it was impossible to lie or fake him out... I lost the 40 pounds terrified that would happen.. and I would owe all this money and not even get the band

Hi sandie, I hope it all works out for you! ummm I hope so.. I HAVE to have one.. after I lose 100 pounds, I was told I could have my back fusions.. and so.. yeah, better be ok.

whats the cost?

yeah.. after my perfect fill, I couldnt eat anything solid for 3 weeks... and after that solids to me was sherbert and cheeetos.....then after about 6 weeks, it was fish flakes that seemed to go down the best.. Good luck, just try try try, not to let your self PB.. My rule (but I guess my only rule) is not to let it happen and do far it hasnt. I am so scared with all the erosions and slips to irritate it at all. I cant wait for my fill next week, I just HOPE HOPE HOPE it is a good one and one I need so bad to start losing again.

What I personally mean by swelling.. the kind I CANT deal with, is the kind that has me choking or having chest pains on my own saliva.. I wouldnt complain about anyother kind, as I like to be as tight as possible with out risking my band,

I had a sweet fill... and then I lost 30 pounds, opened up and have yet to get back to a sweet spot again. I am going next week... I am at 1.7.. I am gonna ask to go to 1.9.. I swell ALOT.. or else I could go to and easily live with at least 2.2 I coulda been at 1.9 all this time.. but GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr the swelling.. just pisses me off! As I have sat here and beent he same weight for months.. I I had 150$ in extra cash a month, this wouldnt be a problem. OR if I didnt have a swelling problem

This was me last Halloween with a black wig on.

I have a pretty big problem with aging.. looking old.. being old. I just turned 35. I been so scared of looking older.. Then someone pointed out that I dont have wrinkles and that made me feel good for a minute.. I may not have wrinkles but I already have this loose skin on my face (I wont show any pics of what I mean) and I think its goona be real BAD.

That jello doesnt saticefy me.. I wish it did.. I think its all in my head.. it should be just fine!