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laurigee, that was very good advice...now i wonder if i can take it. it's already been 8 days. i admit i am dong it as a booster.

It only lasted a day, but thabks for your concern. I was tempted to wait it out longer but I'm breastfeeding.

Hello Everyone! I was banded March 2006. I did great the first 6 months and haven't lost anything since. I did liquids for the first month and lost 36lbs. By 6 months with still no fill I had lost a total of 81lbs! That's when my weight loss stopped and my fills began. I have since had a baby and am now ready to start over. Last week I went in for a fill. I could not swollow my spit, but I was loving how the restiriction felt! I did not get hungry at all that day. I went in the next day and had 1cc removed. I am hoping to replicate when I first got banded, so I plan on doing liquids for a month. I'll weigh myself once a week. Today, I am somewhat hungry but I still want to see how far I can get on liquids. I have 70lbs more to lose. I plan on sticking around the boards for a while, cuz that was my downfall leaving the community.

Yes, I am desparate! I have had the band for 2 1/2 years. I lost 30 lbs the first month and by the 6 th month I had lost 80lbs. I did not get a fill until I stopped losing weight after 6 months. My band in practically filled. I had a baby and I am really trying to get back on track. My restriction isn't great. I can and do eat a lot. I don't monitor my portions because I get very hungry. I am nursing. I usually grab easy food because with the baby I don't get a chance to even sit down and eat let alone eat properly (small bites...chew chew chew). So whatever is easy and goes down smooth I eat. They do the gastric balloon where I live and I am desparate! Maybe I just need an encouraging word. I think I'm about 220lbs now. I had got down to 190lbs before the baby.

thanks everyone, i have no restriction even though i have not been unfilled. i lost my initial restriction 6 months after surgury and haver had about 5 fills since then that have done nothing for me. i'll try sipping the inger ale if i can find any. also thanks for the ginger tea recipe, i already had it in mind but didn't have a recipe.

Hi Everyone! I'm four months pregnant and my all day sickness is killing me! In my other pregnancies I dranked Ginger Ale. I have not had carbonated drinks since being banded. I read the whole debate over it, and most say they drink diet after the fiz is gone, but with morning sickness I think the fiz is the point. From the discussion I get that soadas don't harm the band. but I have read that some suffer fron awful gas. Any advice? Can we PLEASE get a pregnancy board?

Can we get a pregnancy board here? I was banded in March of 2006 and lost a lot of weight fast!. I lost almost 40lbs the first month. By August I lost all I would lose so far and have been going up and down 10lbs. Each fill I lose the 10lbs I gained in between and then I stop losing! I usually lose that while on liquids after the fill. I am pregnant now and I honestly do not recall ever being this hungry in my life! I am not dieting, not eating like a bandster at all and am afraid to blow up. I really want to go in for a fill. What do you guys think? I'm only about 6 weeks preggo.

I don't know why I found Dr. C comment on bandng pigs so funny! I just sitting here lol and smiling. Eric, I have the Swedish band too and lost most of my weight the first 6 months with no fill. Now I am struggling to get the right restriction and continue to lose. I have not really lost anything since August. I really do hope things work out for you.

Carol, you've done great. what are your portions like. With good restriction how much do you eat. I have basically been eating 2 cups of food (4oz protein 1cup veggies or salad) for lunch and dinner and a pack of oatmeal for breakfast. At least that is what I ate the first 6 months. The last 2 months I fell off the bandwagon and have only maintained my weight with a slight gain. I am still on liquids from my last fill but am hoping that I get full once on solids on 1-1.5 cups of food.

I live in Saudi and you can find someone to do it at a hosptial in every major city.

Hi, I have the SAGB. I recently went for my 3rd fill and am at 5.5cc. I'm wondering how much others have and at what point did they consider their 'sweet spot'.

Hi Health1st. Sleepyjeans advice was very precise. It really was how I was feeling. Here is the update I just posted on my OH profile. I went in for my 2nd fill tonight, one month after my first tweak. When I called my dr last week to ask if I could come in he said he does them every two months...policy. Well after waiting patiently for a week, I decided that I did not have WLS do suggle like this. I mean I wasn't starving or anything and surprise surprise I still managed to lose 2lbs this week, but it was taking more will power than I had. I now have a total of 3.5cc in my 10cc Swedish Band. Funny thing, was that as soon as I called dr to say that I could not go another month without a fill, and he said come in tonight, then I got this strange tight restriction. I told him when I got there that I felt really tight all of a sudden. He said, not to worry he would check it out on the flouro. He said I was not tight but wide open and laughed when I said that I must just be crazy. I asked him to try a total of 4cc and to go from there. Same as the first time, 4cc was just sitting there and not moving. I said please do not take out so much this time, try .5cc. So he removed .5cc and it started flowing out. I hope this is a good restriction level for me. I'll try to stay on liquids until Ramadan starts, which is less than a week away.

I also have the Swedish Band. I'm in Saudi so I can't help you. If you don't mind me asking, why didn't you get the Inamed Band or look into fill doctors in your area prior to banding?