deyanne

Hi all has anyone heard of the procedure. bio centric intragastric balloon. It was on my local TV news station last night.... (Channel 9 Perth in Australia) My understand of what it is , is a balloon being inserted into the stomach and filled with liquid to reduce the amount of food being absorbed. It is a temporary weight loss treatment, designed for obese people needing to lose weight for surgery or as a step for the lap band.... it suppose to remain in your stomach for up to 6 months then removed. has anyone had this process, before getting banded or heard of it and know any more, i cant seem to find anything on the web about it. any comments welcomed....thanks Dee

hi all I havent posted in a long time...was the day b4 being banded in Sept 2005 but ya get that hahaah... been going well, so far have lost about 21-25 kilos depending on wot scales jump on hahahah.. have only had one fill but that been my choice so far, might go back for another one in a few weeks....( the thort of the needle been putting me off) plus been losing weight steadily so figured was right for now...but it has died off in recent weeks so must be time for more torture from my dr... loving the comments im getting , it only in recent weeks that i can actually start to see it coz my clothes getting too big which is a wonderful feeling... well that is my update at the moment...cheerio Dee

I had barium meal the next morning and thort it the most grossest thing i had....i shivered and the radiologist told me off for moving hahahaahah... Dee

hi i was banded 2 days ago....29th sept and i know exactly wot you going thru....it is very painful, the gurgling noises weird...but to me that just indicates Fluid is getting thru my system be it as annoying as it is.....i also get burning pain up to my sternum but have sipped on some anti acid liquid and that helps slightly....havent eaten any food for near on 4 days now and i honestly dont feel hungry. just taken some liquids and finding out which ones seem easier....(forget v8 vegi juice with tomato that an oucher) i know the first week or so gonna be the worse....man im just grateful i woke up out of the anesthetic....that was my biggest fear....and boy did i pray...and im not much for praying but some one listened to me haahah.... you just gotta think of the longer term picture, wot made you want to do this in the first place, for me it was to be around to annoy as many people as possible for longer hahaha no seriously i have a little boy and i dont want him to grow up without his mumma ...so the weight has to go.... just think of it like a painful marriage...once ya get rid of the pain ya fine ahahahahahaah

Im in Australia and getting banded tomorrow....i have gone in as a public patient and it is covered under Medicare here. i have only so far had to pay for dr visits of which a portion is returned back by medicare.... I only had to wait a few months for a surgery date from when i first went to the dr.so this is certainly the lucky country.....to be honest if i had to pay full cost myself i wouldnt be able to get this done....so i am extremely grateful for this i can tell you. now it a matter of saving for any possible tummy tuck might need once all weight is loss....coz that not covered by health cover from wot i can gather....if it is someone let me know hahhaah.... cheers Dee <?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><v:shape id=_x0000_i1025 style="WIDTH: 315pt; HEIGHT: 55.5pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://tickers.tickerfactory.com/ezt/d/3;0;133;1;1/c/128/t/65/s/136/k/4515/weight.png" src="file:///C:/WINDOWS/TEMP/msoclip1/01/clip_image001.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape> <v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><v:shape id=_x0000_i1025 style="WIDTH: 315pt; HEIGHT: 55.5pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://tickers.tickerfactory.com/ezt/d/3;0;133;1;1/c/128/t/65/s/136/k/4515/weight.png" src="file:///C:/WINDOWS/TEMP/msoclip1/01/clip_image001.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape>

Hi ya all i am being banded on 29th september 2005 at Joondalup Hospital in Perth Western Australia... My start weight was 136kg current weight is 129kg - as of 25th september and losing still yayyyyyeee Goal Weight is 65kg Surgeon is Dr Kevin Dolan looking forward to it, problee change my mind on day of surgery ahahahaha....its taken 20 yrs of bad eating habits to get to this weight....i had a medical scare at beginning of year and that is wot has spurred me on to lose weight and found this site and one in australia that is fantastic for comments and information. i have told all family ( surprisingly my mum took it extremely well) most of my work mates know and it is good as we are all trying to lose weight and spur each other one etc...added bonus a gym has just opened across the road from work so we is all gonna head over there after work a couple times a week...and im very lucky as i have a special friend ( i call her my guardian angel) and she is going to look after my little boy while im in hospital ( he only 2 and a cutie if i say so myself haahahaha) and im sure she will make sure i dont over do it when i come out tooo haahahah...mind you she also got a hubby and 6 kids herself to look after....bless her cotton sox..... looking forward to seeing ya on the slim side of fat hahahaahahaahah cheerio Dee xx

can i ask....when you reach your goal weight....how do you stop from losing more...i have yet to go to dr for inital appointments. how do you stabilise you weight after losing so much....cheers Deyanne

donali....thanks muchly for the links....you are an angel....cheers Dee

you should do it if you want to.....they prefer girls to drive those really big dump trucks. coz the girls aint so ruff on them like the guys....and ya get good money...kalg is a wild town, real mans town....hardly anyone local there anymore, people from all walks of life, it funny when ya lived there for so long and knew so many people that when ya go out now down the street or in the pub everyone a total stranger....some stranger than most hahahaah.... they still got the girls in the starting stalls there too...you can now take a tour of the brothel....it a big flash one....where once they just looked like horse stables hahaah... but all in all it not a bad town.....heck it dragged me up just fine hahahaahah... hope you feelling alright now brissy.....take care...look forward to hearing how you went in hospital... Dee

shite ya im ocker ....i was dragged up in kalgoorlie West aust....cant get much more ockerish than that in all that gold covered red dirt.....hahaahah and not to mention the millions of pubs in that town....man wot a pub crawl.......dem was the days.....(not that long ago really ahahaahah grew a brain and greweded up a bit.) well that the illusion i tell everyone....mmmmm illusions can drink a jug full or two or five....shite i betta get a damn good drinking session in b4 i get banded hahaahahah coz then i will only be a cheap drunk instead of just cheap hahahaahahahaahahahaahahh

oh brissy babe......you will be fine im sure....just pray kath and kim dont come and visit ya in hospital hahahaahahahahaah imagine them as nurses hahahaahahaahah run for dem hills girlfriend ahah... if ya hear any one say loook at meee look at mee in hospital....ya know you is booked into da wrong one hahaah.... seriously all the best for your op and i wish you all the best....let us know how you went.

yeh northerner...that what was said on the tv program....can have multiple balloons inserted one after another... the dr on the tv that was talking about it, is one of the first in australia, or in western australia to do this op.....I think it has been done more in america.....we wait for your drs to experiment on you lot and when they got it right ....our aussie drs do it haahahahahah but there isnt much info on the net....could only get a short explaination of one site i visited....even went to this drs site in aust to check him out but he didnt mention it as one of his treatments so it must be really new or his IT gurus for his site aint doing their job and displaying it hahahahaahahaha so if i find any more info on it i will post a thread so it can be a handy reference for others, as a prequel to lapbanding, or as a short term weight loss thingy....better than no weight loss hahahaahah... ok cheers...Dee

vines queen......a walkabout is very rare and only for the aboriginal population....(it a cultural thing for them to do)....when us other aussies attempt to go on a walkabout it usually ends in death....coz most tooo silly to really take note of the countryside around them which is very dry and hot and hardly any Water....it usually a touristy thing to attempt.....2 guys just recently died from travelling on the dirt roads in the out back here in western australia....they perished in the desert with no water ....they walked to look for some but headed in the wrong direction and if they had walked about the same distance in the other direction they would have found some...poor buggers...so it is not a highly recommended activity unless you really know wot you are doing and are very organised with heaps and heaps of water.... aussie food tastes so much better with heaps of good old dead horse on it.....( that tomato sauce or ketcup in your language hahahaahahaha) . cheers Dee

oh for sure rachel.....i think the only aussie thing is the barbeque...which in australia you american girls is totally outside.....and contending with the damn flies and mosquitoes hahahaahah....and ya gotta make sure the meat is really burnt.... it the only time the men folk seem to bond around food.....but they think they so clebba cooking on the bbq....but if ya really think about it it usually us stoopid women who prepare the food, take it out to them, remind them to turn the meat.....as we handing them another endless can of beer.......it is us that brings out the salads, them to put the meat on the table and grunt and groan of wot a great bbq they cooked....then it surely not them doing the dishes and cleaning up hahahahahaahahah Men ..... that about the only aussie meal i can think of......like Rachel says heaps of asian/indian and italian food here in aus.... we aint all like crocodile dundee.....hahahaahahah

thanks donali much appreciated...cant find much info about it....so spose will just have to wait to see my dr to ask him ....thanks anyway....cheers dee

thanks rachel....i know .....thats why they call it the lucky country......hahahaahah yeh if we could all lose weight easily we wouldnt be going thru this process......derrr on them....haha.... with all those appointment times can see how quick it would come about.... bobby the outback is this big beautiful country of ours.....in the remote regions, deserts, small country towns.....it not classed as outback for the cities ...... we sure have some strange words here....but then we is upsidedown compared to everywhere else hahaahahahaahah take care all....Dee

Hi Rachel, thanks for the response...... I had to postpone my appointment had car trubble and couldnt get to the city, so now i have to wait another month for the next appointment....oh well gives me time to explore things a bit more, so with all the appointments you said, how often did you have to have appointments, did you have to go on a diet for them to prove you can/cant lose weight. i live in small country town (only live in york ) so will have to travel to perth each time, but that no big deal do it all the time hahah I will be seeing Dr Kevin Dolan have you heard of him, at joondalup hospital did you go to a few drs not that there that many in perth anyway.... it seems unbelievable that there are no expenses....hey you american girls should come to aust for the ops then .... im so impatient i want this now, but cant afford to coff up the dough, so will have to bide my time and wait like a good little vegimite hahaahah cheers Dee

Slang allert! What the heck does "the full bottle" mean??? vines queen.....sorry... full bottle means having full knowledge of a situation etc..... so by doing lots of research on lapbanding while waiting a fair wait it seems ....i should be very knowledgeable on it by the time i get one fitted.... struth stone the crows.....cobber, digger maaaaaaaaate.....hahaah us aussies have a great language....

hi girls...thanks for your info brissy babe... guess will find out how long from when i go to my appointment on wednesday coming...would have to wait on medicare time frame, couldnt afford to go privately to get it done, so will be the full bottle on the process by that time hits anyway hahaah yep i been doing heaps of research, feel like it a biology assignment for school hahahahaah....i have a million questions scribbled down to ask the dr hahahaahah he aint gonna know wot hit him. Rachel, can i talk with you more about the WA processes if you got any time.... hey a trip to USA...cool Zoe....you yanks wouldnt know wot hit ya if a bunch of Aussie gals hit your shores hahahahaahahaha hey Aussie girrrls, shame that most would be banded now so no chance of drinking anyone under the table hahaahahahahaah ooooh the good old days teee heeee.. you are all doing great, well done all......Dee

when ya kids are using your bra as a sling shot and ya undies as a parachute hahahaahahaahahah

when i was pregnant with my first i ate....strawberry yoghurt and saltnvinegar chips as a dip....gross...... but my sisters and brother had the grossest thing when they were little......cornflakes on bread with tomato sauce on it.........THAT TOTALLY grossed me out even as a kid.... And for all the biscuit dunkers in their tea or coffee........ the one thing that turns me off food is soggy anything.....a friend of my mums use to dip arrowroot biscuits into her coffee....that normal for most people but she went one step further and use to scoop the soggy biscuit out of the cup when she finished.....man i was only 5yrs old and to this day that still grosses me out hahaahahaha

hi rachel, Brissy gal im also from Perth, and am going for dr appointment on 13 april.....was nervous as anything just making the phone call.....hahahah. Yes i also hear can get it on Medicare, with minimal cost outlay.......wondering wot the catch is spose i will find out in the next couple of weeks. If it on medicare, is there a waiting time then?..... oh well least then could have ages to practice eating small mouthfuls slowly hahaahahahahaah Cheers Dee

absolutely amazing , you look great....thank you for sharing your pics.....i am yet to have a first visit with my dr's but every time i get on this site and read more about this lap band procedure i just cant wait..... so many years of bad eating and bad food,it so hard to change practically overnight, but to me the key is to want to change and that is wot i am gonna do, and going by all on here even with the horrid puking you all talk about and possible complications from surgery etc.....still hasnt put me off, so bring it all on i say hahahaahahaha..... thanks again for sharing your pics......

cant you just crush up the tablets and take them with honey or something like that...? to disguise the bitter taste if nothing else ....that should work

thats just great to hear for you ....good onya....brought tears to my eyes thinking of your obvious joy....wow now there wont be any stopping ya....you go girl...aint nufink like GIRL POWER i say hahahahaaah congrats....