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JKPenny - Responding quite slow to your post as I haven't been on the website for probably 9 months. I found your post and connected because that is where I am at right now. Did you ever go get that fill since your post? How is it going? I really need to get back on track. I got this band for a reason and need to work it. Would love to hear your experience.

mcox - did you ever find a fill doc in Tulsa? I just moved here myself a month ago and also am looking.

Ooohhh....my turn! I was in my bosses office the other day (we are also pretty good friends) and I sat down in her chair. I asked her if it was the same chair that had always been there and she thought about it for a minute and then said, "well, yeah. Why?" I smiled real big and said "my BUTT FITS!"

Congrats!! I am so happy for you, Triser72. Keep up the good work!

I asked my dietician today at our support group and she said that I could eat something about 2 hours before the fill, and that was because the food should be digested in 2 hours. Whew! Just in time! I go for my 2nd fill in the morning at 9am!

this is very interesting! My doctor never told me what to do. The dietician said 2 days of liquid and then 2 days of mushies and then back to normal foods. She never said to start that morning. I specifically ate some string cheese immediately before going in for my fill that afternoon so I wouldn't be too hungry. I even told my surgeon when I got there and he chuckled. Didn't seem to think it was an issue. Go figure!

Vegas, Vegas, Vegas! We go at least once yearly and I am MORE than ready to go for this wonderful get together! The nice thing is that there is so much to do with our new friends that if you don't like to gamble (like me) there are plenty of other things to do. We have to make this happen!

I have seen this thread for days now and just never opened it up. What a mistake that was - I have been missing joyful tears all this time! I am so moved by each and every one of your posts and am so happy for all of you! And I'm happy for me too and just want to share - pretty much the same NSV that the rest of you have reported, but none the less, exciting! 1. I FEEL my husband's arms go around me just a bit tighter and I LIKE that! 2. I have noticed the last week that I have sat in a couple of chairs with arms, like at the doctor's office waiting room, and I SLIDE down into it! Still snug, but I SLIDE!!!! I don't have to fold myself into it. (By the way, I'm crying right now...tears of joy!) 3. People that don't even know I had the surgery are saying to me that I look so happy - if they only knew!!! Thank you so much for sharing you NSV! It's an exciting new life, isn't it?!

Huggie bear, I am down exactly 35 lbs as of today also! Congrats to all of us!!! And yes, your story is very similar to mine. My pants are fitting perfect now, but that is because I STUFFED my extra 35 lbs into all my clothes for the exact same reason as you did! haha... but now they fit like they should have been all along. I think another maybe 10-15 lbs and will have to go shopping! (ah, how sad....NOT!) Yes, my port is bothersome when the waistband of some of my pants hits it. Oh well, just readjust. But definately something to keep in mind when going shopping for that next size down - don't get them too tight even though I would like to to save money down the line. I have trouble still laying on my left side in bed because it iritates the port area also. Keep up the good work, All!

Hey Iluvlongnecks - what do you mean by "you get stuff stuck but don't have restrictions"? I thought getting stuff stuck was a restriction. Help! :-)

I had my first episode of PBing and sliming this morning over scrambled eggs. They are now OFF my food list! I got them down fine before my first fill, but apparently not now! Very, very interesting experience, that's for sure!

Someone on a different thread found the website that had the band sizes for multiple different bands. Turns out mine is 10cc just like yours. I think I remember my surgeon saying that I had 1.5 cc in there from surgery and then he added 3.5 at my first fill. Today was my first day to know true restriction.....I got the PB's after about 3 bites of scrambled eggs. I won't eat them again!!

Thanks for the link. It answered my question on the size of my band. Thanks much!