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Anyone Has Dr. Eric Rau In Houma Louisiana? If So I Have A Few Questions!!

I'm trying hard not to get fustrated, but I really really really feel sad. I know "just be patient" "it takes time " "it will come off" My question is when???? I have been banded since 9/5 and I have been hungry since two weeks after that. I also have put on about 6lbs since that. What is wrong with me ?? I'm eating all the right foods. I'm following my dr. orders to eat until I'm full and I am so embarassed that I have not lost weight and other people notice it too. Espeacially the peple that know I had this surgery!! What do I do??:help:

Well this is my second fill and I have gained 6lbs , so I would be satisfied with one lbs a week. The dr. said to be pateint. But it gets hard at times.

The dr. is the one that told me to eat until i'm full. But at first i was eating lean quizine and he told me not to eat that, to eat regular foods until i'm full. I did that and gained 5lbs. But if i don't gain any weight he thinks everything is good. But its not because of the band. It's because I walk, walk, walk. I'm thinking about joining weight watchers.

I think the Dr. realized he didn't put enough, but i called and asked a few days after"when will i feel some restriction at all, that's when she told me to come in today. I have heared of the horrible stories of being filled to tight, I don't want that to happen to me. But i really need to feel some kind of restriction so I don't get tempted to go back to my bad habits. But i have a question for anyone out there! Is anyone ever gained weight after being banded, got first fill and still gaining ?? It's scary!!

Hi lapband friends, I can't wait until I get my second fill(only been a week since last fill). I was very dissapointed with my first fill, I hope this one gives me a little more restriction than the first one. I think about how much pain and money that i have spent on this band and to see know results yet is fustrating. I know the Dr. has to tke it slow and i undrestand that, but i don't want to have to keep leaving work early every week just because the dr. is scared of a over fill. Some people might can afford to do that , but i have to work to pay for this band!! So hopefully he get enough saline in the band today!! wish me luck!!

I CAN RELATE TO ALL, I HAD MY FIRST FILL 10/15 AND I CALLED THE DR. AND TOLD HIM THAT I WAS STILL VERY HUNGRY AND FELT NOOO RESTRICTION!! I GET A LITTLE FUSTRATED BECAUSE I HAVE PAID ALL THIS MONEY AND HAVE GAINED WEIGHT INSTEAD OF LOST. sO THE DR. TOLD ME TO COME IN 10/22(ONE WEEK) AFTER MY FIRST FILL. I HOPE I FINALLY GET A LITTLE SATISFACTION.

You Guys Aren't Alone, I Had My Fill 10/15 And I Still Could Eat A Horse! So I Called The Dr. And I Will Get Another Fill 10/22. So I Really Hope That Do The Trick. I Was Self Pay, So I Don't Want To Feel Hungry At All!! That's Why I Got The Band In The First Place , So I Can Not Feel Like This!!

Well, my fills are free for a year , then after that i have to pay for it myself. So i can't help but wonder if the dr. is trying to make my visits a little longer so i will still have to go to him after a year. I only need to lose 75-80lbs,and i was hoping to do that in a years time. But if I continue to get small fills i will go over that time. Ya see, i'm probably all wrong about my dr. intensions, but he make me feel like he can't tell me about the fills for a reason!!

That's right!! I need to tell him I pay his salary and I call the shots!! But I'm still scared he might hurt my bow-bow if I tell him off!!!(smiling)

Thats a good idea. I really wish I didn't have to go through that . He is my Dr. and if I ask him how much you put in then I should get a answer without any questions asked. Then I have to turn around and go back to the dr. in 1 week. because he didn't put enough last week. I have to leave work early and I don't like taking time off if i don't have to.

Idon't want to get him mad with me because he really can make my life with the lapband miserable. But i really would like to keep a record of it .

Went for first fill yesterday, I am still HUNGRY!!I don't know how long it is suppose to be this way, but I have paid alot of money for this band and I have been hungry since two weeks out . I am doing liquids today, but tomorrow i will be able to eat soft foods. But my dr. will be hearing from me if I don't start feeling some restriction SOON!!!:whoo:

I was hoping someone had this dr. besides me! he is a good dr. he just like to take things a little to slow for me. I ws banded yesterday and he didn't hardly fill my band at all. I really think he is to slow with this. I have been so hungry and a few people in the waiting room with me said that they were going to him twice a month because he was not giving them a big fill. Who wants to go to the dr. every two weeks? lets just do it right the first time and I'll see you in a month or two!

My dr. told me he wasn't putting alot when I got filled because I only gained one pound. I have been dieting and going to bed hungry because i didn't want to gain all that weight back,and it has been hard. And all that for nothing. Went to get my first fill and he only gives me alittle fill only because i didn't gain weight!! How could this happen??

I'm not sure how much was put in my band, but it really don't feel like much!! My dr. acted like he didn't want to really tell me how much he put, but i will call his office today because i really decided to keep a jounal with that info!

Thanks, I needed that!! I just want this to work. I don't want to fail again. I've tried soooo many diets, I just need this to work for me!

Tomorrow I get my first fill. I was suppose to call my Dr. on friday, but got busy at work and forgot. My question is, Can i eat food that day before my fill? I'm not getting filled until 2:00. So sholuld i eat lunch? Or should i eat soup? Someone please give me a reply, because the last thing i need id for the Dr. to tell me "he can't give me a fill" because i ate the wrong food>>:help::help::help::help:

Congradulation on your first fill. I also will be getting my fill today! I'm a little nervous about it all. I hope that I get filled enough because I have put on a few pounds! So, wish me luck!!

I 'm going today for my fill. I can eat anything!!! I hope my band has not slipped, becuase I have had know resriction at all!! I get so fustrated because i have spent all this money getting banded, and feel hungry all the time. I stopped weighing myself because I feel like I have gain all my weight back before the surgery. I really have been eating all the foods the Dr. told me to eat, but I eat until i'M FULL, and that could be 2 cups of beans. So i can't wait to get filled.And I hope I have some restriction. I have heared it could take more than 1 fill before feeling restriction!!

Hi NewBeginnings, I had the hernia but didn't know until after my lapband surgery was done. I only knew I had it because the Dr. took a picture of it. and I had to pay extra money because he had to repair it,"just my luck"!!

Wendell, I Saw Your Photos You Look Great!!! And Thanks To All That Responded To My Emergency!!

Sorry I Meant I Won't Get Filled Until 10/15

Hi, I was banded 9/5 and won't get banded until 10/15, and can't wait. I am hungry all the time. I even ask the Dr. to come in a week early, but he said no!! I have started walking 2 miles a day, after realizing that i have gain most of my weight back. I also decided to only eat a cup of food per meal disregarding my dr. to "eat until I'm full" that's how I gained all this weight back. And like I've said already. "I'm FUSTREATED!!

I WAS BANDED 9/5 AND HAS GAIN MOST OF MY WEIGHT BACK BEFORE SURGERY. I'M AWAITING TO GET MY FIRST FILL 10/15. THE DR. TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY IF I GAIN THE WEIGHT BACK THAT I'M STILL HEALING. BUT I THINK WHILE YOU WAIT FOR YOUR FIRST FILL THE DOCTORS SHOULD TELL YOU HOW MUCH TO EAT. MY DR. TOLD ME TO EAT UNTIL I'M FULL. SO THAT IS WHAT I'M DOING AND EVERYDAY I GAIN MORE WEIGHT. I STARTED CUTTING BACK BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GAIN ANOTHER POUND AND I WALK 2 MILES EVERY DAY BUT IT IS SO SOOOO FUSTRATING!!!!!!:help::help::help::help::whoo::whoo::whoo: