Chrissi

July 25, 2009 I am still at my office job and am now starting to feel comfortable wearing lower cut tops. It has taken me about 2 years to get to this point. I am not talking sleaze, just some cleavage. I am feeling better and am thinking I am actually "proud" I still have boobs after all this weight loss! I think I am finally getting that confidence I was lacking for so long! :smile: I know I am not that obese 243 lb person anymore. I am for sure not fantastic, but am satisfied if I never lose another pound I will feel fine. I get below 170 pounds some days, but can't STAY BELOW it. My upper body is VERY toned. I lift weights and am proud to say my arms and shoulders and back (not butt) look as nice as they looked 20 years ago. That is from exercising. I go to the gym 2-3 times a week for one hour and 15 minutes. I still need a tummy tuck and boob lift, but boob lift will not get done. Tummy tuck will though. Band news: I cannot have more than 1 cc in my band without having reflux. The conservative doc I go to will not adjust or do another fill until I am reflux-free. This is so hard! What I've done the past 2 years at least 5 days a week is wrote down everything I ate. That is how I keep track. It isn't pretty,:thumbup: but only I see it. It is like a diary of food. The people I work with have no idea about my band. They know I sometimes have stomach trouble and the problems I have with my stomach aren't on a consistent basis. That is all they need to know. Hang in there everyone, you can do this!

July 25, 2009 I am still at my office job and am now starting to feel comfortable wearing lower cut tops. It has taken me about 2 years to get to this point. I am not talking sleaze, just some cleavage. I am feeling better and am thinking I am actually "proud" I still have boobs after all this weight loss! I think I am finally getting that confidence I was lacking for so long! :thumbup: I know I am not that obese 243 lb person anymore. I am for sure not fantastic, but am satisfied if I never lose another pound I will feel fine. I get below 170 pounds some days, but can't STAY BELOW it. My upper body is VERY toned. I lift weights and am proud to say my arms and shoulders and back (not butt) look as nice as they looked 20 years ago. That is from exercising. I go to the gym 2-3 times a week for one hour and 15 minutes. I still need a tummy tuck and boob lift, but boob lift will not get done. Tummy tuck will though. Band news: I cannot have more than 1 cc in my band without having reflux. The conservative doc I go to will not adjust or do another fill until I am reflux-free. This is so hard! What I've done the past 2 years at least 5 days a week is wrote down everything I ate. That is how I keep track. It isn't pretty,:thumbup: but only I see it. It is like a diary of food. The people I work with have no idea about my band. They know I sometimes have stomach trouble and the problems I have with my stomach aren't on a consistent basis. That is all they need to know. Hang in there everyone, you can do this!

Thank you. Some days are great lilith, others I just can't get over things!

So, the conservative people at my work think I am way too conservative with my dress. I think, this coming from male and females, jeesh, am I a freak or what? I'm wondering what I can wear that doesn't make me look sleazy. I'd prefer people not to just look at my boobs, I have a mind too! Jeesh! Rant, I know. I do have some low cut tops, not work attire in my opinion. I'm really upset that I can't go to any support group meetings in my area. I am absolutely devastated. I now go to a doctor out of state instead of in-state. This is wrong that I must do this.. Everytime I get done there, at the new place, I throw up. I have to take a day off work every follow-up appointment. This is truly not fair. Because of this, I am still upset. I have zero closure and will never be ok with refusal of care. I pray noone ever gets refused care after their lap-band surgery. when I think about it I sob..... It is an absolute nightmare. I don't even want to think about this lap-band anymore. I'm really upset today. I can't stop crying.

So, the conservative people at my work think I am way too conservative with my dress. I think, this coming from male and females, jeesh, am I a freak or what? I'm wondering what I can wear that doesn't make me look sleazy. I'd prefer people not to just look at my boobs, I have a mind too! Jeesh! Rant, I know. I do have some low cut tops, not work attire in my opinion. I'm really upset that I can't go to any support group meetings in my area. I am absolutely devastated. I now go to a doctor out of state instead of in-state. This is wrong that I must do this.. Everytime I get done there, at the new place, I throw up. I have to take a day off work every follow-up appointment. This is truly not fair. Because of this, I am still upset. I have zero closure and will never be ok with refusal of care. I pray noone ever gets refused care after their lap-band surgery. when I think about it I sob..... It is an absolute nightmare. I don't even want to think about this lap-band anymore. I'm really upset today. I can't stop crying.

I can eat normally after an unfill and a fill. If I can't eat normally I eat soft foods for a day or so, that usually does it!

Have had a very rough winter. I'm trying to eat better and of course am better mood wise with the spring. I have not lost any weight in a year. I'm around 173, sometimes 5 pounds less. I have this "wonderful" office job that doesn't allow me exercise like I would like. Life has gotten in the way of my band. It is a priority, but I think it has lots of problems. I've forced myself to get out more. This is incredibly hard for me. I still feel obese. How do I get over that feeling???? I pray for strength many days. Some days I'm ok, other days I'm not. So, I think having this band is so difficult. Definitely a diet. I am eating around 1800 calories a day and not losing. So, if this is it, than so be it. I'm not starving to lose- only to gain it back. I'm a size 12 pants and still quite large with shirts. I can be thankful I still have breasts, I guess. I can't do high impact exercise with my boobs though! I need a tummy tuck. I'm wondering if I'll go down a size in pants if i get it. I'd like to feel good about myself for once, having excess skin doesn't do that. I plan on having lots of fun this summer. I can't believe how conservative I am. I wish I were normal some days. I'm trying to be more stylish with my dress, less conservative, but I feel so sleazy when i do that. Gotta get over that. My boobs are so huge everything looks obscene on me.

Have had a very rough winter. I'm trying to eat better and of course am better mood wise with the spring. I have not lost any weight in a year. I'm around 173, sometimes 5 pounds less. I have this "wonderful" office job that doesn't allow me exercise like I would like. Life has gotten in the way of my band. It is a priority, but I think it has lots of problems. I've forced myself to get out more. This is incredibly hard for me. I still feel obese. How do I get over that feeling???? I pray for strength many days. Some days I'm ok, other days I'm not. So, I think having this band is so difficult. Definitely a diet. I am eating around 1800 calories a day and not losing. So, if this is it, than so be it. I'm not starving to lose- only to gain it back. I'm a size 12 pants and still quite large with shirts. I can be thankful I still have breasts, I guess. I can't do high impact exercise with my boobs though! I need a tummy tuck. I'm wondering if I'll go down a size in pants if i get it. I'd like to feel good about myself for once, having excess skin doesn't do that. I plan on having lots of fun this summer. I can't believe how conservative I am. I wish I were normal some days. I'm trying to be more stylish with my dress, less conservative, but I feel so sleazy when i do that. Gotta get over that. My boobs are so huge everything looks obscene on me.

wELL, I got my slipped band repositioned a few months ago. I had severe reflux and difficulty more with water than food, before my repair. The recovery for the band slip was very easy. Now, I would like to lose some more weight, but since I now have no difficulty eating, like I did when my band was slipped, I'm having trouble staying away from food! I have to make better food choices. I have lost over 75 pounds. So, how can I not be grateful for this band. Even though it is costing a small fortune, I'd do it again. I'm doing some research for a tummy tuck or panniculectomy. I have this band and the tummy tuck would involve them sewing my port back in place, I think? I mean, they cut the muscle in the stomach, and my port is sewn to the muscle right now. Anyone have a tummy tuck and have port issues out there?

wELL, I got my slipped band repositioned a few months ago. I had severe reflux and difficulty more with water than food, before my repair. The recovery for the band slip was very easy. Now, I would like to lose some more weight, but since I now have no difficulty eating, like I did when my band was slipped, I'm having trouble staying away from food! I have to make better food choices. I have lost over 75 pounds. So, how can I not be grateful for this band. Even though it is costing a small fortune, I'd do it again. I'm doing some research for a tummy tuck or panniculectomy. I have this band and the tummy tuck would involve them sewing my port back in place, I think? I mean, they cut the muscle in the stomach, and my port is sewn to the muscle right now. Anyone have a tummy tuck and have port issues out there?

Georgia Peach, The band can likely be repositioned if the surgeon has the surgical skills to do it. Mine was slipped for at least 6 months before it was repaired. Do stress to him, you do NOT WANT to lose your band during this surgery, and know it can be saved, as others have had this surgery (me) and had my original band saved. I must say, the costs of saving my band, I'd consider Mexico, if I had to have it repositioned again.

Yup, I had my slip repaired in the hospital and stayed overnight. It was far easier than the first lap-band surgery. I took no pain meds, I was just sore. I didn't have to go on a liquid diet before either. When I got unfilled completely back in January, I could eat good nutritious foods for like two weeks, then I had pain and restriction with most foods. That is what told me also, that I had a major problem such as a slip. To have restriction when I was unfilled, when I had no restriction when I was right after surgery unfilled, alerted me. Convincing the surgeon to operate was another matter though. He found the slip when he operated on me.

I too have had a slip. I had severe reflux, could only eat 1 oz of solid or ground meat on one time. Reflux was the worst with Water. I was too tight without knowing what "tight" is not supposed to feel like. I have heard an unfill will help with a possible slip, but most of the things I've read that if you have a slip, surgery is really the only answer. There is no need to remove the band. My band was re-positioned and my original band was used, there was no need to take the band out.