batkitty

hi all, well the dust has finally settled on my band and fill. had a VERY successful fill two weeks ago and have a good amount of restriction, I know I need more ... BUT .. I won't do it at the moment because each meal is a lesson in chewing ... It sticks everytime, I am so hungry ... so the first mouthful goes down without chewing, gets stuck and then no more meal. Is anyone else having problems chewing and food getting stuck?

Skinny2B, where are you moving to in Aus?

Peek your on for coffee, end of FY over and School Holidays done with I'm all yours, back on track now I think, feeling some restriction ... have booked in for a bit more of a fill in a week or so and we start round two of IVF in 2 weeks. it's all good here

good luck Sim, keep us posted with your recovery ... this site is invaluable for that time.

Nat congratulations!!!! I know the feeling, I turned the treadmill up ... and instead of trying to walk REALLY FAST .... I started lifting my feet off, it's the Cliff Young shuffle but I'M RUNNING! In fact when I went in to speak to my surgeon pre-op, he asked my why I wanted to lose weight, I said to him that if he had asked me 10 years ago I would have said skinny, look good, clothes etc etc ... but now? I want to RUN, I know I can do it, I even see myself running, I can feel it, I just need to get rid of some weight so I don't reak or strain anything .. would love to do a half marathon or a fun run one day.

Hi Nat, thanks a million! I'm pumped for my Port fix, and can't wait to get back on track. I've kinda felt like an outsider, the band is in there but without restriction I felt for a while that I couldn't contribute to the site, like a bit of a faker! but faker no longer woohoo

Toast is the only way, for me it has to be really well toasted (basically no moisture left in the bread to make it doughy) but as for the Cheese, I tried toasted cheese, I double toasted the bread to make sure it was extra crunchy then I got a glob of stringy stretchy cheese stuck for at least 15 mins ... maybe I did something wrong, but my reccomendation for toast topping is well toasted good quality bread , ripe avocado, salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice! always use good quality bread, multigrain or sourdough, mainstream brands or bakery franchise brands I have found are too doughy. Who would have throught we could spend an entire diaitribe on BREAD!!!!:biggrin:

Hi Mel, I go to the Avenue and I can vouch for at least one other surgeon who doesn't use a local, but to be honest, even though I have had issues with my port, I have never felt pain from the needle, only what they ended up hitting on the other side. (back of the port because it flipped) Welcome to Melbourne btw... if you want to grab a coffee don't hesitate to send a message :biggrin:

I agree 100%, there are some absolute morons out there ... and to be honest some of them are as slim as they think they are! But I can't agree more, we can lose weight, but these poor sods are stuck with their moronic thoughts and narrow minds.

Well guys it's been the ride of my life since being banded 28th March! I started IVF the following week and was monitoring intake. First fill was a non-event and ended up having to be done by X-Ray, only got .5 fill which wasn't enough, by the time I got back in to see my surgeon to tell him that that .5 wasn't enough he realised the port had unhooked itself! so I would have needed to go back under the knife, only problem was .... we had a positive pregnancy result! so Ultrasound was my only option for a fill. But I would wait until the next scan to make sure, and as bad luck would have it the pregnancy wasn't looking good. So I waited for the next scan, and again not looking good so I put of the ultrasound for fill again. Sad to say that we lost the pregnancy and I'm now booked in for the readjustment next Friday for a repair to the port and hopefully a bloody good fill. The it's round two for IVF! Basically at this moment in time I can eat pretty much anything I want to, just not as much, but I feel very little restriction which bothers me NO END! So fingers crossed girls, fill and adjustment are successful, I lose a bit more weight, get back into exercise and IVF round 2 is a winner! hopefully we are back on track!

Nat, I have noticed that same .... I used to be able to consume water REALLY quickly, now if I do gulp is 'bubbles' down ... like if you pour something too quickly into a tight hole and it bubbles up as it drains through. Also I know I have mentioned this on other posts but oh the burping! if I drink anything quikly (ish) burp burp burp burp!!!

hey girl, hang in there. how close to your incision is your port, mine is miles away (well it wouldn't help that it seems to be floating around by itself!) Do you feel you can eat what you want?

You know you are losing weight when .... 1. You can finally zip up last years winter coat. 2. You can fit into those jeans you bought on sale in some dream like state that "one day I might lose weight". Well now I am ....