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Wow you look fantastic, i can't imagine i will ever get into a bikini, but you have done a great job, you must be so proud of yourself Cheers Jane

Ok feedback from my visit to the doctor, thank you for your support. I am now able to eat again, my surgeon was good this time and i didn't have any problems with her, but that was because my body was in starvation mode, she took out all Fluid and there was 4mls in there, i thought it was only meant to be 2.2mls so idon't know where the rest came from, she replaced 1.5mls and now i feel as though i have no restrictions, it is so good to be able to eat again and not spend my time feeling so awful, i go back in about 3 - 4 weeks to get a top up and in that time giving my body a chance to recover, i still have NO energy and i am trying to replenish the fluids. So bottom line i was overfilled and there was no way things were going through. my fear at the moment is the weight gain, but i just have to work through that and get back on top of things. So thank you from a happier me Cheers Jane

Ok feedback from my visit to the doctor, thank you for your support. I am now able to eat again, my surgeon was good this time and i didn't have any problems with her, but that was because my body was in starvation mode, she took out all Fluid and there was 4mls in there, i thought it was only meant to be 2.2mls so idon't know where the rest came from, she replaced 1.5mls and now i feel as though i have no restrictions, it is so good to be able to eat again and not spend my time feeling so awful, i go back in about 3 - 4 weeks to get a top up and in that time giving my body a chance to recover, i still have NO energy and i am trying to replenish the fluids. So bottom line i was overfilled and there was no way things were going through. my fear at the moment is the weight gain, but i just have to work through that and get back on top of things. So thank you from a happier me Cheers Jane

Thanks Dana No there is not someone near by i will have to go about 350km away to see someone else, i am going to see how i go on tuesday when i see my surgeon, i think i am going for a total unfil to give my body a chance to recover, i am scared as i don't want to put weight on again, but i also can't keep going this way, i had a really bad day yesterday every thing and anything was coming up, today i just didn't try to eat as i couldn't have another day of vomiting, i am not having fun and i don't know what to do. i would just love to feel comfortable and steadily lose weight, lets hope things will change soon. I will keep you informed. Cheers Jane

Thank you for your thoughts and support, i am so unhappy at the moment, i am yelling at my kids and it isn't there fault, i am still making the daily visits to the hospital for the 1 litre of fluids, i still find it hard to keep anything down, today i just stopped trying, because yesterday i threw up so much it wasn't fair, and i was only having a spoonful of yohgurt or something minimal and i would throw up about 3 times each time for having nothing much. I took my kids out to my folks today for a roast lunch and Mum asked me what i could eat but i just couldn't face another day of vomiting so i went without, eventually i was able to have a dry biscuit. It just doesn't seem right for the body to be going through this and i am sure that this whole banding thing is not about starvation, is it?? Two days until i get some Fluid out and then hopefully it will be a lot more comfortable, i don't want to give up on this, but i also don't want to keep going on like this. Cheers Jane

Thank you Socalgal, i am throwing up everything, it is not as bad now i am having the drip, but i think that may be more because i have stopped eating... I see the surgeon on tuesday and my doctor tried to take all the Fluid out on Thursday but was unable to work it out, hense the drip until i see surgeon, i think the idea will be to take out all the fluid, i have said to the surgeon before that i would rather go backwards in order to go forward again, i don't think she likes to take any out but hey this is not fun at all. i wonder what it is doing to the insides of my throat to the banding, as i have had a lot of problem with reflux in the past especially when i was pregnant with twins. I am off to hospital now for my daily dose Cheers Jane

thanks Jacqui I don't think what i am going through is right but the surgeon doesn't want to know i am having trouble. Is that you in yr avator(s?) Can i please ask what PB ing is?, i have read it i don't understand it Thanks Cheers Jane

Hi I feel i am in a lot of trouble at the moment, i am having daily trips to the hospital for a litre of fluids through a drip, and i get to see my surgeon on Tuesday, I have been having a lot of trouble getting through to her that i can't eat or drink enough, i have 5 kids to look after on my own and spend a lot of time throwing up after eating. I had a ct scan the other day that showed the band is in place, i am losing weight but it is by starving myself un intentionally. My surgeon thinks i am a sook basically and my dietitian thinks i am not get enough food in for me to be well. What can you eat in a day?, i am at the point where i think it is all in my head coz my surgeon keeps saying that i think that if i don't eat i will die, and that custard, vegies and a biscuit and cream cheese is enough, although i can't even eat any of that now. I can eat about 2 spoons of yohgurt and feel it in my chest for 20 - 30 minutes before i feel comfortable again, and that is if it doesn't come back up. I stuggle drinking more than a sip or two at a time, i don't get even 600ml of Fluid in in a day. I was banded in may i have 2.2 mls in, i did have 3ml and i couldn't even swallow my saliva, she reluctantly took out .5 ml after 2 1/2 days of constant vomiting and in that time i lost 7kgs. She took out another .3ml a week and a half ago and that still nade no difference. There have been times that i have been able to eat with no problems but then i would have trouble getting food in again. I am so confused, i have changed my life for this and i now exercise constantly but i am having so much trouble and a surgeon who isn't listening to me at all. I need to know what a normal lapband diet is for others and how they feel. please i would love to get some feedback here. Thank you Cheers Jane

Hi I feel i am in a lot of trouble at the moment, i am having daily trips to the hospital for a litre of fluids through a drip, and i get to see my surgeon on Tuesday, I have been having a lot of trouble getting through to her that i can't eat or drink enough, i have 5 kids to look after on my own and spend a lot of time throwing up after eating. I had a ct scan the other day that showed the band is in place, i am losing weight but it is by starving myself un intentionally. My surgeon thinks i am a sook basically and my dietitian thinks i am not get enough food in for me to be well. What can you eat in a day?, i am at the point where i think it is all in my head coz my surgeon keeps saying that i think that if i don't eat i will die, and that custard, vegies and a biscuit and cream cheese is enough, although i can't even eat any of that now. I can eat about 2 spoons of yohgurt and feel it in my chest for 20 - 30 minutes before i feel comfortable again, and that is if it doesn't come back up. I stuggle drinking more than a sip or two at a time, i don't get even 600ml of Fluid in in a day. I was banded in may i have 2.2 mls in, i did have 3ml and i couldn't even swallow my saliva, she reluctantly took out .5 ml after 2 1/2 days of constant vomiting and in that time i lost 7kgs. She took out another .3ml a week and a half ago and that still nade no difference. There have been times that i have been able to eat with no problems but then i would have trouble getting food in again. I am so confused, i have changed my life for this and i now exercise constantly but i am having so much trouble and a surgeon who isn't listening to me at all. I need to know what a normal lapband diet is for others and how they feel. please i would love to get some feedback here. Thank you Cheers Jane

Congratulations isn't it funny to be excited about being "overweight" keep up the good effort Cheers Jane

Hi Karyn, i am a lot better now i have had 1/2ml taken out and felt an immediate release, and i was able to drink a glass of Water, i had lost 7kgs on her scales in 2 1/2 days and i thought that was really scarey, then she told me off and made me feel like a child, and i was not happy with that, today i can drink and eat small amounts, it is so good to be able to drink, i am exhausted now, and i hope this is a better way to go, i managed to get there safely and return home safely, don't want to have to travel that far again, i can usually see her closer to home, only 80km one way in comparrison to 200k's one way thanks for the support.:clap2: , how are you going with everything? and i will pm you Cheers Jane

Thanks Karyn, i now have an appointment this afternoon to see the DR, it is 200km away, that i am not happy about but i will just have to go, i am obviously overfilled and when i got on the scales this morning my weight had dropped 6.5kg since monday night, so i think that this is not the way to loose the weight, i would just dearly love to be able to have a drink at the minute without it rebounding immediately, but i should be back on track tonight, so i will let you know how i feel later. Cheers Jane