kristylyn

I guess every Dr is different. Mine isn't so strick. As long as I lost some weight, he didn't mind. Plus most of this weight loss before surgery is just to shrink the liver and to get your mind ready for a very big change in eatting. I hope your Dr does it for you. To me a Dr shouldn't be THAT strick on his patients before surgery. I mean if we all can loose the weight by this way, then what do they have the band for..Ya know?? I mean this is just my oppenion. yeah I was on a 4 week diet also after sugery. But 2 weeks into it, my Dr let me start on scramble eggs to see if I can keep that down. Believe me, at that point I LOVED EGGS!! They were my best friend. But just do what your Dr wants you to do. Keep up the good work!!

When I was on my 2 week diet of liquids, my Dr told me that If I feel like I am starving, then at night I can have either a grilled chicken or baked chicken 3 oz with a salad. Believe me I drank everything for 2 weeks and had my salad at night, I still lost 16 pounds before surgrey. Now I have lost a total os 31 pounds within 1 month of surgery. I was banded on April 14, 2008..I have also had my first fill, and getting another one next week. For everyone on the liquids, It will be ok. Just ask your Dr if you can have something at night. Then you have to stay on that liquid diet for another 2 weeks after surgery..It's rough but you can make it.

Hi there Yes I am the same way. Especially when you eat something that is kind of dry or gets dry like sometimes beans and you can't drink. I have gotten use to not drinking. My problem is the wait for 30 mins after you eat..The only thing I don't get is what's the difference on not drinking while you eat verses eatting cerial and milk?? That's just like eatting and drinking?? I never understood that but I guess I will just have to ask my Dr that question. You will get use to the drinking part. I sometimes take little sips if I have to. It won't hurt you. It's not like you are drinking a whole glass..

When I started my process with the lapband, I was 430 lbs. I just really couldn't believe that I was that heavy. I don't weigh myself. That was back in March. Then In april I had to do my 2 weeks diet, I dropped 16 lbs, 414 I weighed going into surgery which was April 14 2008 and now I am down 31 pounds as of may 31. So I am proud of myself to be under 400. I weight now 399. I don't tell much people my weight, but sometimes I feel proud of myself to say " oh yeah I am under 400". Some people may say Oh you are crazy to be proud and happy to weight this much, but those are the people who don't understand that seeing the weight come off the scale like it is doing, makes you proud of what you have done. I hope everyone is proud of how far they come!

Hey, I think something is wrong with your DOCTOR!! Why he didn't fill you?? If that's what you need, then he should of did that. If he turned it back, then he shouldn't of let you wait 3 months for a fill and still didn't give you one..Is there something wrong with your band that he isn't filling it???? If my Dr ever did that to me, I would be asking questions.

Yes It is feeling good now this time around. Never hurted either since I been home. So I think the first time when it did hurt worst, that something was wrong. So I hope it's fine now, I will know on june 11 when I get my second fill and see if it flipped again or not..

Well I am so glad that things worked or should I say Working out for you. I just hope your insurance will pay for it. I only had mine for 1 month going on 2 and believe me, it's a life saver for me and I believe it will be one for you..

Have you gotton Filled yet?? Is not then they will see if it was flipped when you get your fill..Usually when you get your first fill they put you inder a machine to find the port at first. That's what they did to me and that's when it was found. But if you gotten filled already it is possiable that you can get your port flipped even though it's been a while. Yes its really nothing. I was a little nurves yesterday but really it's nothing.

I sent you a pm of my story..But I am sorry, You are more of a candiate with the lapband then you are with the Gastric..My dr and I don't like the Gastric. I have an uncle that did it and he looks terriable and is having problems with his by threwing up all the time. I was heavy when I got banded on april 14 08 and I am down 31 lbs and it'sbeen 1 month already. So please don't let the Dr tell you differently..He just wants more money..Mine cost me 14,000 and I was a self payer..Keep trying and good luck!!! Kristy

No it was free today. I have free service for 1 year with this Dr since I was out of pocket. So today was just a a normal free fill.With a little more machines..LOL.. That's how he put it.

Mine went great. I was there for like 2 hours. Went there at 10:30 am left at 12:20 pm. I just had a IV and they knocked me out for a little bit, recut me in the same area, fixed it and filled me and I had to drink some water before to make sure I wasn't to tight, then at 12:30 I was home. It wasn't really nothing. I also didn't have to pay for it either. or go threw Insurance. My Dr did it like it was a free fill, which it was but just had to do a little more..Plus I get free service for 1 year.. I go in 2 weeks for a check-up and another fill that he wants to do on me. So right now I have 2 ccs. Plus I am on 24 hour liquids. Which suck cause I am hungrey..I gotten use to eatting food..LOL....But It's ok. I am almost there..LOL....

Yes I found out yesterday that my port was flipped when I went in for my first fill. THis morning, I went in the out patient department and my Dr went in there and fixed it. IT only took about 30 mins to ..They put an IV in your, knock you out for a little bit threw there, no mass or nothing, cuts you in the same cut you have fixes it and your done. Then He fills it while he is in there, when you are awake, he give you water to drink to see if you are not to tight or not, then in 1 hour you go home. I was there from 10:30 to 12:30 am and Now I hope everything is good...I go in 2 weeks for another fill and hope it is not fillped....and I didn't have to pay nothing for this..

I am glad that I am not alone on this, But to me if this always happen, then they need to find a easy and sercure way to put these ports so they don't move on ya. Question for Lesile2Loose: How come yours is in your shoulder?? I never heard of that before?? You must have a long card to go all the way up in your shoulder?? Mine is right next to my belly button.

. I don't know what band I have but I know it's a big one and that they sew the port in the muscle area next to my belly button.

After surgery My port area was always hurting, like for 2 weeks straight, then one day it just stopped. So I went like this for like 4 weeks, then yesterday was my first fill, and they do the xray machine to first find it, and then they did that, they saw that it was flipped..So I am not wondering if they whole time I was in pain for those 2 weeks, that my port was flipping and undoing.. I don't know when it flipped..But yes My port area was hurting..

My insurance didn't pay for it either. I had to go threw a loan that my Dr goes threw and it's called surgeryloans.com So now I have a bill every month. So maybe you can try them and see if your Dr is on there....

Don't worry about the number of CC's he gave you..My dr told me that's just a number. You might have a big band like I got. If you are not having restrictions then call your dr and tell him/her that you want more. It won't hurt you to get more. At least that's what I am told.

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone on the weight lost!! I myself lost 30lbs so far and I am getting my first fill on 5/30 so I am a little nervous on that. Keep up the good work everyone!!!! Kristy

Hello everyone I had the lapband done in April and I keep reading that some people are eatting certain amount of calaries a day. Like 1400 to 1600 or etc...Anyway, My question is, Are we suppose to eat so many calaries in a day for use to have the weight lost?? My Dr never told me anything like that. Any help would be great..Thanks!! I only eat until I am full like my Dr told me to..Is that why I am having a slow weight loss right now. I don't have my first fill which it will be wenesday. I can't wait...Thanks for any help any body can give me.. Thanks Kristy

Oh I don't eat alot..I eat only a 1/2 cup of food at each meal. That's all I can eat. I bought me a kiddy plate and thats my plate that I eat on. I am a chocolate eatter, but I barly eat that anymore. That's my one time a week treat for me. Usually it's on sundays at our get togethers..I just like to hear how people are looseing there weight.

Thanks for everyone help. I don't count the cal. or fat grams or anything cause I did that while I was dieting before and When I stopped writing them down or counting, that's when I got off my diet all together..So Now I just eat until I am full. But I eat my protiens first. My nutritionist told me to fill up on protiens, then If I have enough room to eat vegs, then fruit, then carbs..So far I lost 30 lbs by that way, so I guess I can keep doing what I am doing.. I just hear everyone doing that about the calaries and I thought I had to do that.....Thanks again everyone!! Kristy

I am SOOO late on this by my 1st month was May 14th and I lost a total of 26 lbs and counting..CONGRATULATIONS to everyone and there success!!

Hello everyone! I was banded in april and I was told to take flintston chewables. Well My OB Dr told me that I should be taking other Vitamins also like b12 or some kinds like that and one of them is the one you put under your tongue to desolve. My question is what kind of Vitamins should I get or take?? What is everyone else taking?? Thanks for the help! Kristy

Hello everyone! I don't get my first fill until may 28 and I was just wondering if anyone else was eatting to much? I am not eatting TOOO much I just fill that I am eatting more every day and I don't have a fill yet, but is it common to do or feel like this?? I just hope I didn't put on my weight. I don't weight myself at home since I don't have a scale, so I weight myself when I have my appt. at the Dr's office. So the day of my fill I will weight myself and so far I lost 26 lbs but afraid that while waiting for my fill I put on some weight. Thanks for the help! Kristy

I have the same problem too with family. I bought myself a baby/childs plate to eat off of. The ones you get with charaters on it with some of them that have the 2 parts to put either catsup in or vegs or what ever in it and they look like ears on them..well anyway, I bought me one of those so I can seperate my food and they are small enough well one day I was eatting and it looked like alot of food on it cause I was eatting pork-n-Beans, well I didn't drain out most of the juice out of my spoon, well my dad comes up to me and said " OH no you can't be eatting all of that, are you? You will threw up for sure" I just looked at him and said " This is not alot, just let me eat and when I am done then I will let you know" Well I felt so small, that I was half way threw the meal and couldn't eat anymore. It was like he put me on the spot or in a hole. So you are not alone with that part about friends and family. Plus I got my grandmother always calling and asking me How much I lost? I know they mean well but sometimes they can make you feel small. So when we have a gathering, I just take one or two pieces and put on my plate and eat like that. I hate to tell him something but I don't want to hurt his feelings. My mom is not like that. She wants to know if I ate enough.. I hope it gets better for you and for me. Kristylyn