RAINWI

Well girls thats freaky same band date and both pregnant with twins!!! Weird.

Great job Veronica, Im stuck and even gave up the scale. Which is big for me b/c I used to weigh myself like 5x's a day. Im a little annoyed and hopeful for my upcoming appointment.

Vicki, Thank God what a small relief that they caught that in time. Im 33 as well and always get my yearly exam. Thanks for the reminder. Rain

Vicki, Im sorry to hear about your daughter. That must be very hard especially since she is not right around the corner. Im still up since the unfill also. My appointment is on the 8th and Im up three lbs since they took away the fluid. Good luck to you, I hope you can make your appointment maybe a little more fill will do the trick. Rain

Hey China, I see that your tracking your food on another post. Good for you. But what about that fill, too tight? Keep us posted Rain

Rcruz is correct the nurse at my hospital just said that can happen if you guzzle down too much water

Well I'll answer for Rain. I feel frustrated. I havent really lost any more weight since they took out my fill. I have an appointment on July 8th and hope to get a little of my fill back. How are you Shar any restriction?

Bugs, I think you will be fine, a little sore/tender and you wont be able to eat but you will most likely have a fine time.

Just wanted to share. Today is my one year bandiversary. Im down a total of 60lbs with the band and went form a sz 24 to a sz 14. I wish it was more but Im happy with my progress.

My cpap machine was 40.00 a month after insurance and I returned it after surgery. I dont think I had sleep apnea so I didnt need it.

Eileen, I agree I think that eating and being overweight is a self esteem issue. Its also a vicious cylce that leads to more eating and lower self esteem. Thats why I like to think that my stomach wasnt broken but my brain is whats broken. Fixed the stomach but still working on the brain.

Hi Eileen, I knew you could do it. If you dont want to quote someone just scroll down to the last post and underneath it on the left it says Post reply. Just press that. P.S. if anyone wants a weight loss ticker, just click on my ticker or anyone elses. When you get to that page theres a line that says creat your own ticker. Just go from there. Hope that helps Rain

I should be there tomorrow. Vicki, I agree that 5.5 is the magic #. Im at 5 and to loose and was to tight at 6. I hope to get that .5 back at my appointment in July Rain

I cant believe that the support group meeting is this week. How fast does a month go? Im pretty sure I will be there.

Linda, Its nice to hear that there is nothing wrong with your band. Have fun at the conference and fill us in if you learn anything. I wonder what kind of food they will have hmmm.. Rain p.s. your right its NOT the easy way out its damn hard!

Jill, That sounds exactly like me. I had a fill on May 13th and it was pretty tight after about a week I thought it was getting better but if I didnt take the smallest bites and chew I got stuck. After 3 weeks like that I couldnt stand it anymore and I got 1cc taken out. Im now a 5cc and still have decent restriction. I didnt want to jepordize my band by pb all the time and risk slippage so I called the dr. It seemed to me that it wasnt worth it to get stuck at every meal even though I was losing decent weight. Good luck to you and I hope you figure it out.

But on a more serious note Vicki, I do understand its kinda like being freed from food jail. You couldnt eat it before b/c of the band but now you can eat it again and you missed it. Unfortunatly the band did not fix the food issues in our heads. My only advice is to think we dont want to be where we were in the first place so go on S.B. until Dr H can fill you. Its only food and we can live with out it. Good luck I lost one of the lbs I gained and know in my head that getting to 199 is more important than eating ( or so I try to tell myself) Rain

Vicki, Two words for you. THAT SUCKS!!!!!

Ok Vicki, I feel ya. Ever since my slight unfill Im up 3 lbs since Friday. We just have to focus. We can do it togther. Im trying to do just what got me to lose the first 70lbs PROTEIN. Eggs for breakfast, chicken salad for lunch. Cheese sticks for snacks.

You know sometimes this band is a pain in the butt. Its so hard to get it just right. I guess if any newbies are reading this its a lesson that its not a miracle and it takes some hard work and patience.

Shar, yeah I lost 5lbs sine May13th but it wasnt worth it. It sucks to be stuck after two small bites of food. Not everything got stuck but the majority of stuff did. I spent more time in the restroom at a restaurant than at the table. I will let you know if I have any restriction from this unfill. I sure hope I do. I only wanted Laurie to take out .5 but she took out the whole 1 cc.

Just got back fro the drs, I got 1cc taken out and am now at 5cc total. Hope this helps Im nervous it was too much taken out.

Well you girls convinced me. I think Im too tight and have been getting stuck a lot lately and barfing, so Im going to go get an unfill. Hate to do it but I dont want to end up with bigger problems.

Vicki, Yikes. Too bad they didnt help you sooner like they should have. Like Shar said maybe you should have been seen sooner. I know it would be really hard for me to eat healthy but just think you need to heal your band so you can get back on track. Good luck and keep us posted.

Vicki, I totally agree with Shar I cant believe that they havent done something to help you sooner. That is awful that you have had to suffer so long!