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i took Ibuphrophen for swelling and it has worked. I think the fill just swelled me up too tight. I will give it some time. Did not eat today.....no clear liquids and not too hungry. I have just remained really calm and know these symptoms too will pass. It is the swelling I know. Today i was pretty uncomfortable but tonight after the ibuphrophen I feel better. Thanks for your post

I really benefit from one on one support and want to begin a support group. I am looking for a walking partner too. Give me a shout fellow bankers!

Hey girls don't count me out. I live in south Austin and need the one on one support. Please include me. I am a good sense of support to others. I would also like to make some walking buddies. Please let me know soon. I am struggling right now with intense swelling after a fill this morning. Can't wait to meet you all.

Hey girls I am in south Austin trying to make some banded buddies. I would like the support as well as giving support. Were either of you at True Results?

Oh my gosh!! Are you telling us you are human!!! You are human and your are not going to eat perfectly all the time. You can have chocolate from time to time so don't think it is out of your life forever, but you can not have it often and can not eat too much or you are eating around your band. A nibble savored brings as much satisfaction as a mouthful. Have great patience with yourself dear. With patience will come perseverance. You will feel better soon and begin to make better choices. We have all been there! I am miserable right now after a tight fill. Having trouble keeping water down from the swelling but I know fills can feel too tight after the fill and with the swelling and not keeping water down and having nothing to eat nor clear liquids I am pretty miserable right now.........but I can handle anything I know it temporary. Feeling bad after eating Kit Kats is temporary...you will be back on track. Thanks for sharing.

I am an Austin girl and would love to talk more. My doctor was Esquivel at True Resuts and I was banded May 15th.

Oh yes dear! I sound like I have a frog in my throat and I gurgle all the time. Sometimes the gurgle is hunger so I drink more water. People around me hear the gurgles so I just laugh. The band is worth a few frogs in my throat.

My tid bit is to remember the pain of surgery and recovery. Remember how hard the pre-op diet was because I believe we have to have great respect for this band. My first band was very successful but I did not respect it. I ate around it because I couldn't adjust to not eating and enjoying like those around me. Still I lost all my weight and maintained it for 5 years. Then I got cocky and got the band out. I gained almost all the weight back. Now I was just banded again May 15. This time it is different. I am committed to the rules of eating. Surgery was painful and I am remembering that this time as a motivator to have respect. I am losing slow but I will get to 130 pounds again because living there was so sweet and I was happy.

I have no motivation to walk. Chin splints that hurt so I started with 15 minute walks. It is hard. My thighs rub together and we have really hot and humid summers. I am hoping as the weight comes off I will soon feel more like walking. Was it like that for you? I am hoping after I get a few more pounds off I will feel more like walking.

Surgery May 15 and today is July 2 and I have lost 11 pounds. I am discouraged. I have had two fills and can still eat bread, steaks, tortillas, potatoes. I have to eat really slow but I get these foods down. I am starting to walk for short brisk walks often. Long walks make my chin splints hurt. I am hungry but have not overeaten nor binged. I am a little afraid of my fill tomorrow because I have heard stories of a tight band being really hard to handle. Any suggestions? I am happy that I can cross my legs now but my inner thighs still rub together when I walk. Need some support form you bankers out there...please. Jenn

Go back and tell the team exactly what you have said here. The band really works but you have to work toward the green zone. Preparing for the band and going through surgery to get it makes you very brave already. You will succeed but make the team here and at your doctors office come up with solutions. I am 7 weeks post op and my band is not where it needs to be. I have been told by my team it may take up to 6 fills and adjustments to find the green zone. I won't stop until I feel the green zone because I deserve it. You deserve it to so call your doctor now and take the step toward feeling better. I can cross my legs now after losing 11 pounds!! That is a non scale victory. I get down on myself thinking 'only 11 pounds' but hey it is 11 pounds I have lost with little help from my band yet. I will be patient. I will be persistent and so can you!!! Jenn

Yes I have been craving water all the time and when I drink it....lots of it, I never seem to have my thirst quenched. I am super hydrated. I don't understand the constant need for water. I am handling it by carrying water with me every place I go, but yeah.....I understand your thirst for water.