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I had surgery in 2005, lost about 30lbs after surgery, and now am 30+ pounds at my highest weight before surgery. Last fill 2006. Never went back because I am ashamed and don't think this is working for me. I am considering converting to full gastric bypass. What should I do call and go in for a fill? Make a consult appt with my surgeon? ( I really don't want to do this) I don't care for my surgeon. I am so discussed with myself. I think I need a heads up. Please advise. Thanks. Michelle

Thank you everyone! I have been in denial for a long time. I am going to make an appointment and take one of my cheerleaders from home with me, (my mom or my other friend that said she would go with me to the doc) and get a new fill, follow a better eating plan and do what my friend does each and every morning even on vacation, gets up and either runs, (not something I ever think I'll do) bikes or powerwalks. She takes 1/2 hour to herself every AM and it is her time away. I think this would be good for me also. Thanks for letting me back in to this board and your helpful answers. I am looking forward to my 1st 20lbs to feel refreshed and renewed! Along with more comfortable clothes again. Thanks again, I plan on being here for encouragement along the way. Thanks again! Schel

Anyone have a 10cc band with more than 8cc in it? Schel

Hi, Havn't been here in a long time. I had my band put in in 2005, and not a fill since 2006. I know I know I need to get my butt back in to get a fill. Anyways after this morning I will not be on anything but liquids. Went with my son for Breakfast and we shared a meal since I can't eat a whole on anyways, had about 3 bites of hashbrowns and started with pain and pain and then eyes watering and then slime, PB city!! Went to the bathroom and proceded to PB and slime, went back out to table miserable and urged my son to finish up quickly, got a to go box for the rest of the food, paid and went out to the truck and proceded to puke out there really freaking my son out. Anyways it was the longest trip home pulling over every other mile to spit up slime and when I got home still throwing up. Starting to get worried at this point because this is the longest I have ever done this. I have had a handful only of times PB'ing in my past this by far is the worst. Wish I would have known about the pineapple juice before, not quite sure it would have worked at that point though. Thought I was going to die!! Not planning on eating the rest of the day, Protein shakes and liquids only. So tell me am I doing the right thing with liquids? Thanks Schel

Ok so I already posted here and this is my first day back and baby steps. I resisted the cupcakes on my counter at home... I resisted the m&m cookies someone brought into work and ate my grapes... I exercised 15 minutes on my Gazelle when I said I was only going to do 10 this morning. I have had an egg and egg white, 1/2 cup blueberries, coffee with my Sugar Free cream, A Boca Chicken Burger minus the bun, had a 2% slice of cheese on it with a fresh garden tomato cut up on it. and Now I am still at work and all I can think about is food and that it is 6:31 PM and I should not be eating before going to bed. I do not get out of here until 7:30 PM and have to be back at 8:00 AM tomorrow AM. Ok, I have wrote it down and now am going to make sure I do not mess up the first day back!!! Thanks for letting me vent. Schel

Havn't been here in a long while... Banded in November 2005, and 5 fills total in my history of my band. Have an appointment next week to go for a fill, however am thinking of canceling for the 5th time now in 5 months.... Scared of my surgeon, scared to be scolded, scared to be told theres nothing else they can do for me... lost at first, and have gained all my weight back including 7 lbs...So I am above my presurgery weight. My last fill was June of 2006 and have not been back since. I do have restriction and even PB at times. Scared to have a larger fill and not be able to eat only the bad stuff which goes down to well. What should I do? My mom thinks I should go in for the fill and said she would go with me for support. I really need some words of wisdom. Please be honest with me and tell me what you think. Thank you. Schel

Hi Jared, I copied and pasted this from another thread, I probably should have put here under support. I am going through this myself right now and have an idea of how you might be feeling right now. I am basically starting ALL over. Baby steps for me. I hope you can get back on track as well as hope I can get back on track I will start my morning with 2 glasses of H2o and at least 10 minutes on my Gazelle I just had to have and it now collects dust... Keep me informed of how you are doing. Schel So here it is for you to read, what we said... I need some advise... Havn't been here in a long while... Banded in November 2005, and 5 fills total in my history of my band. Have an appointment next week to go for a fill, however am thinking of canceling for the 5th time now in 5 months.... Scared of my surgeon, scared to be scolded, scared to be told theres nothing else they can do for me... lost at first, and have gained all my weight back including 7 lbs...So I am above my presurgery weight. My last fill was June of 2006 and have not been back since. I do have restriction and even PB at times. Scared to have a larger fill and not be able to eat only the bad stuff which goes down to well. What should I do? My mom thinks I should go in for the fill and said she would go with me for support. I really need some words of wisdom. Please be honest with me and tell me what you think. Thank you. Schel And Cindilou29 said… Schel, you're not going to like my answer but I think you need some tough love here. You've got to get your head back in the game. If you eat junk, it doesn't matter what they do for you, you're going to gain it back. This is an opportunity for you to re-commit yourself to this band. Get the fill, tell them how you feel and talk to a nutritionist to get back on track. Really, you need to figure out why you don't want to use this tool that you have. There's a reason and only you know what it is. Do you really want to lose weight? There's something holding you back from achieving that weight loss. You can PB and not be too tight. If you don't follow the rules (ie you eat too fast or take bites that are too large, etc) you're going to PB even if you have just a teeny bit of restriction. Keep your appointment. If a fill is not right for you, then he won't do it but you owe it to yourself to give this another try. Tell him what you're feeling. Tell him your fears. Trust me, it won't be the first time he's heard it. And don't be afraid of a little scolding. I'm sorry to say this but maybe you need it. Let your Mom go with you so you can lean on her for support. This won't be an easy thing but you have to do it. Did you go through all of this to give up now? You're stronger than that. You can do this, Schel. I know you can and more importantly, somewhere in there you know you can too. You never would have done the surgery if you didn't think you had it in you to succeed. Please don't cancel the appointment again. You owe it to yourself to try to get back on track. Cut out the junk. If that's too hard, then just cut back. Every baby step is getting you closer to your goal. You just have to DO it. Remember, a journey of 1000 miles begins with one single step. You can take one step, can't you? That's not overwhelming, right? Tomorrow, try to eat following the rules. If that's too much, eat one meal following the rules. Then the next day try for 2 meals. YOU CAN DO THIS. Keep us updated. You're in my thoughts and prayers. And I said… Thanks! I will keep my appointment. I think I just made my 1st right choice. Yesterday when at the store, my son was begging for cupcakes. So I gave in and this morning when I got up, what did I do? I grabbed them was going to open it up and pushed it away and came to the computer instead. Feels good that I did this, but the evil voice in my brain is still saying go eat it! Wish I could put a band around the evil voice in my head! I will not put one bite of the cup cake in my mouth and will have a healthy Breakfast with my son this morning before going to work. Thanks, I know this is just a baby step, and everyone here will be hearing from me a lot more as I need to get away from the food, I shall type type type! Thanks. Schel

Thanks! I will keep my appointment. I think I just made my 1st right choice. Yesterday when at the store, my son was begging for cupcakes. So I gave in and this morning when I got up, what did I do? I grabbed them was going to open it up and pushed it away and came to the computer instead. Feels good that I did this, but the evil voice in my brain is still saying go eat it! Wish I could put a band around the evil voice in my head! I will not put one bite of the cup cake in my mouth and will have a healthy Breakfast with my son this morning before going to work. Thanks, I know this is just a baby step, and everyone here will be hearing from me a lot more as I need to get away from the food, I shall type type type! Thanks. Schel

Not sure whats going on. Have not been here in a long time. Things have not gone real well with my surgery. Not sucessful at all. However, the other night, I PB'd on roast made in the crock pot, and now can not eat very much at all. (That's good, I thought, maybe I might actually loose some weight now) I feel really full to the point of uncomfortable with eating only a small amount and liquids go down, but slow now. Does anyone think my band could have slipped? What sx are there for slippage and erosion? Schel

Havn't been here in 7 or 8 months. My anniversary date is November 21, 2005. Havn't lost a thing since surgery. My fill is at 8cc in a 10cc band. (Is there much more room for any more fill?) Havn't gone the doc in shame I am, from not loosing. Yes I have it coming. Some tough love. So I need it! Let me have it. I should NOT be where I am. I need to exercise I know. Please let me have it because I think I need a reality check!! Why have I done this to myself? Feeling very frustrated. Schel P.S. Before I did this thread, I made my fill appointment. I promise I will go and not cancel.

Im in! 35 minutes on my Gazelle! Schel

Thanks for the support. I am going to get on my Gazelle this evening!!! Schel

:sick Hello! I have a nasty case of GI sickness not sure if it was something I ate or a bug of some sort. Anything I should be aware of with this? I have diarrhea and thankfully no vomiting. ( Which is good because then I'd be afraid with vomiting, slippage of my band. ) Let me know and thanks for your help! Schel

I had my band placed Nov of 2005. Fills went very slow, and until recently when finally getting to 8cc, I am finally starting to loose very slowly, but at least not staying the same any more. Schel

Well hello! Havn't been here for a long while. I started selling Pampered Chef and have been consumed with that. To make a long story short, I have only dropped 24 lbs since my banding in November 05. I am scheduled to go for a fill on Thursday this week and at this point I feel that the band is not working for me due to slow weight loss. I am totally embarrassed to show my face at the doc's office, because of my slow loss and I think I am going to get yelled at. Thing is, I can't eat large amounts. I eat small amounts and at least do not gain. I just don't know what to do. Any one got any input? Thanks. Schel

Just want to let everyone know, I think I know what my "sweet spot" is finally. I have no desire to eat and if I do, I am full and satisfied after about a cup of food and not hungry for a long time. Thanks again for the great advise to get back on track and go for my fill. Schel

Liquids and protein.... Protein Shakes and meat/cottege cheese protein. Fruits and veggies. "Nothing White" (carbs, bread, sugar, rice, etc...) I guess Oprah is right about the "Nothing White" thing, seems like my cravings for the naughty stuff is much less after 2-3 days without it. Sugar Free EVERYTHING!!! In my coffee, my cream is sugar free and 1/2 skim milk, and a pkg of Carnation Instant Breakfast SF(chocolate) Makes it a low fat sugar free skim milk latte! And satisfies my sweet tooth and caffeine craving. AND...... at least..... 64oz. of water or SF Ice tea. because, water gets old for me. To my surprise, I did very well at the doc. today. Down 4 lbs from last weigh in on the docs scale, they (always weigh more seems like) but at least I am going in the right direction now! Take care, and Thank you everyone! Schel

Hey everyone! To my surprise... I got on the scale today and am down 8 pounds. Imagine that follow the plan and it works!! DUH!..... I need to keep it up though! I have a goal, 15 lbs to go to fit into my dress for National Conference for Pampered Chef in Chicago!! I am going do it! Schel :biggrin1:

Well, my day was a sucess. I only put good things in my mouth and no "white" stuff. (as Oprah would say) I have a major sugar withdrawel headache! It will be better tomorrow though. Thank you again for your words of wisdom and tough love! Now for Thursday.... not looking forward to that. So I'll go with my tail between my legs and raise my head high and suck it up!!! Hopefully get another cc in my band which will put me at 8cc in my VG band. Michelle

Thank you so much for the "tough love" speech!! I needed it really bad! I also am going to face the music, see my doctor and start using my "tool" as I should have in the first place! I started today out with a skim milk latte with milk chocolate sugar free carnation instant breakfast. I also am having my 16 oz. of water this AM. I am now going to my new Tony Little Gazelle for 10 minutes to start, and 10 minutes 2 more times today. I am not mad at what everyone told me, I think I needed to have a bit of reality sent my way! So... THANK YOU!!!!! I will keep you informed on how my fill goes and thank you again!!! Schel:)

HELLO! I go Thursday for a fill and am scared to go because I still havn't lost a thing! Status Quoe....Same-ol Same-ol... At least I havn't gained. I need some encouragement, I have even thought of canceling my fill because of pride and not wanting to be a failure in front of my Doc. Thing is, I feel restriction, but 2 hours later I'm hungry. So maybe I am just eating the wrong things. I have to admit, I do have this terrible sweet tooth and wish I didn't. Like now, I am sitting here and had 1/2 cup of broccoli and 2 chicken strips. S-T-U-F-F-E-D!!!! Not to mention the chicken didn't want to go down, PAIN!! Well, I have til Wednesday to change my appointment and think about it. So I'll let you all know what I do. Schel

I have the VG Band and have had 3 fills. 1st- @ 4cc total 2nd- @ 6cc total and... 3rd- 8cc's total done yesterday. Don't know if I have real restriction yet, but I hope this does the trick. I know it is so frustrating. I did feel some restriction with the 6cc fill but nothing to brag about. I hope that this extra cc does the trick. Schel

And I thought it was only me!!!!!! Schel

Well, Went to my appointment and all went well! Got another cc, so now I am at 7cc's in my VG Band. Can't really tell anything yet because I am still on mushies til tomorrow. So we'll see. Thanks for the support. Schel

Yep! I've done that, more when on Pre- diet though. I don't do that when I can avoid it though, I will usually swallow also! So why bother, I am better off not even putting it in my mouth to start with. Willpower is not one of my strong suits. Schel