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Hi everyone my name is Nickie 26 and I have been banded for 2 1/2 years the first year was great did great and since then Ive really been off of the wagon I am ready to get back on that wagon stay on it and continue to change my life my question is what do I need to do do I need to start all over if anyone has any advice plez let me know or email me at nlacy1983@netzero.com and plez tell me what to start with all advice will be greatly appreciated God Bless you all on your journey

Hey we were banded 2 days apart in the same year I hope and pray everything goes the way you want it dh 27 and i 26 have been ttc were giong into our 15 month now and it is a long road I am currently 3 days late and af has been regular for a year now I have taken 2 preg test and both neg so I dont get my hopes up I write it up to as me gainning a few lbs and my cycle is screwed up again bc I have never had a reg cycle untill I lost weight and was put on infertility med and I have been off of the about 2-3 months I finally just threw my hands up and come to find out my ob may have not did all the test to find out whats going on so dh is insisting and I am to on finding another ob so Im calling monday may all of your hopes and dreams come true babydust also preseed is wonderfull its lubercaint thats great for ttc it doesnt hurt the swimmers go to babyhopes.com thats a great website u can also email me at nlacy1983@netzero.com bye

Congrats I pray all goes well and you have a speedy recover with wonderful out comes.

good luck in the morning it will be a life changing experiance for you I was 24 when I had mine done and weight was 343 morning of surgery I also comend you on the weight lose of liquids you did great good luck and may god bless you like he has me hope you will keep me updated on your progress my email is nlacy1983@netzero.com bye.

I comend you on praying about it that is what I did and have been banded 2 1/2 yrs and I am 26 yrs old I have also been over 400lbs to dont think of it as a device controlling your eatting bc if u really want to eat something u will find a way and I dont recommend that bc that is where I am now Im off the wagon and may not be no help to you but just wanted to let you know that I will also be praying for you and the lap band has given me my life back and more may God Bless you on your journey.

Hi everyone my name is nickie 26 and dh Tim is 27 have been banded for 2 1/2 yrs I did great the first year but since then its not been so hot I love the band would not take nothing for it bc it has given life back to me but still not where I want to be I have been struggling with my weight my entire life but my health started to decline in 2003 when my mother who was 50 passed away of colon cancer and I was only 19 since then I have had neumerous health problems and was almost bed ridding for almost 2 years due to my weight and the problems that it has caused me I have a very dear and wonderful husband who has been right beside me all the way and most of all the Lord has gotten me thru it all right now we are in our 15 month of trying to have a baby and my weight is starting to creep back up I have even went as far as diet pills again and I know they dont work I am an emotional eatter and eat out of bordem right now I just need to get back on the wagon bc we are wanting a baby very badly we have been married 8 yrs next month and I know if I could lose some more weight that it would help tremendously and help how I feel about myself right now I hate myself but am the thinnest I have been since I have been married so if any of you have and helpful advice it would be greatly appreciated thank you for letting me vent and introducing myself please email advice at nlacy1983@netzero.com God Bless you all on your journey

Hi guys this works for me just about everytime something gets stuck I get a coffee cup and pour some tea in it put the cup in the microwave for 2 mins becareful when you get it out it is very hot take you a small spoon and sip on it I also have a bottle that I can throw away bc it will make you slime alot. hope it works for all of you.

ok I go tommorrow for my 6th fill and today I am sore when I eat I have had trouble here lately I got my 5th fill about 4 wks ago and only lost 1 lb bc I did not fill restriction and could eat alot and now I feel more restriction and this is a little personal but I have had trouble going to the bathroom so took some pills and still not working how can you tell if it has slipped and what will work for my other problems thanks.

Hi everyone it has been awhile for me but everything is going ok my question is I was banded March21,08 as Oct. I have lost 57lbs very happy and I have had 5 fills which is now 6.5cc in a 14cc band but my 4th fill was my best I lost 14lbs in a month with it when I got my 5th one my Dr. tried to put in 2cc and couldn't well he tried 1.5 still wouldn't work finally he was only able to put .5 cc in very upset and not I have no restriction at all I stay hungry constantley like I have no band I have came off of my Depo shots thank the Lord so I don't know whats wrong why could he only put .5 cc if i lost 14lbs with #4 plez help.

I had my 5th fill almost 3 wks ago and nothing has happened I am starving all the time and just about eattng all of them times to uggg my fault I feel like I have no band and I know when I go back that I will probley have gained weight and I am always so hard on myself when I fail I feel like a failier at this right now I have a 14cc band and only have 6.5 on my 4th fill I lost 14 lbs that month had good restriction but since then it has been down hill I dont want to gain back any weight help plez.

ok I just called the Dr's office to see if I could bump up my appt. to mon. and they told me know they were booked mon and to just keep my appt for wed ugggggg I am as school teaching and could eat a horse I mean no restrision uggggggggg all I want to do is eat wanted and earlier appt. so I wouldn't do to much damaged grrrrrrrrr feel like the worlds biggest loserrrr:frown::thumbs_up::frown:

no he didn't that I know of I do not think my dr. does that I think he goes on what he had put in the last time, I am going to him wed. as scheduled but I am eatting everything I am so terrified that I am gainning weight I look in the mirror everytime I pass by it and tell myself look you have gainned weight, I do my best about eatting but when I think that I am gainning weight I want to eat more I know that I am an emotional eatter but I have no restriction could I have lost more weight with eatting what I feel like is so much????

Today I went back to my dr. for my 10week check up and I knew that this would eventally happen but why today I gained 4 lbs and don't know what to do I don't know what I am doing anymore and my dr. does not take the time to sit down with you and explain stuff it is he is in and out in 2 mins. lately when I wake up when my husband comes in from work which is about 1:30 am I am very sick at my stomach and then all of a sudden I am starving like the kind of feeling I am going to get sick if I don't eat so I asked him what was wrong and he said that he didn't know that my body isn't suppose to be awake at that time of night and that i needed to sleep then walked out of the room. what do I do.

Ever since yesterday about 12:00 pm I have had some pain in my left side of my stomach it is at the top part of my stomach not near my port and I am afraid that my band has slipped and also yesterday I feel like I have no restriction whatsoever I am on my 7th week and get my first feel Wed. and I can usually feel a little restriction but now it is like it has gone am I in trouble or am I just worring over nothing I have ate pretty good at some of the time I may have ate some to much but it is bc I didn't feel the restriction so what could be going on.:confused2::confused2::confused2:

Hello everyone my name is Nickie I was banded on March 21,08 and have lost 23.6lbs as of last Fri. and I will be getting my first fill on Wed. May 7th and what I need some help with is what should I be eatting I know somewhat what to eat but I am trying to stay low carb and I hope that is what I should be doing if not plez let me know what you are doing and what you are eatting.

I was banded on March 21,08 and when I got to the blended stage I started putting tuna in a blender added a little mayo and dill relish blended it up and ate that for lunch or dinner and in one can of tuna you get 28grams of protein and the best thing is that they are no carbs in mayo or dill relish, also I can not drink any type of protein drink at all it makes me very sick the reason being is that I can barley handle cough syrup and have always been that way and I talked to my Dr. and he said as long as I was doing what I was doing that I would be just fine b/c I am eatting about 2 cans of tuna a day and that is 56 grams of protein by itself and add you a boiled egg and you will have a total of 62 grams good luck.

Thank you all that replied I did start feeling alot better by lunch time yesterday and it had not hurt me since, it could have been gas but if it was it sure was a pain lol anyways I go for my first fill tomorrow and I am nervous about the needle and the pain, also I have not got sick yet off of any food and I really am scared of what it is going to feel like when food will not go down .:ohmy::tt1:

Well I understand where you are coming from I am a substitue teacher and do not like to eat in front of people but since the surgery I carry tuna salad with 2-3 small thin slices of cheddar cheese this has alot of protein in it but being a veg. I am not forsure what to tell you b/c one thing you will need to do is try to get in the protein that is needed and you may be able to drink the protein shakes but I can't they make me sick and I can't stand any of the powder to put in your food even the non flavor just carry you a salad I am sorry I am not help at this one but I wish you the best in the world I weighed in today and have lost 27lbs and have been banded for 6wks as of today I feel so much better whoo hooo!!!

Yes if you can stand to eat this it has alot of protein in it even though I am on solids I put it in the blender to mix it up really well I drain a whole can of tuna put it in my blender with 1 TBSP mayo and some dill relish I eat this a good bit b/c 1 can of tuna is 28 grams of protein and it makes you full as one meal I also eat a boiled egg with it with gives you a total of 34 grams of protein with is great bc I can not tolerate the protein shakes I can barley take cough syrup with out getting sick so my dr. told me that as long as I was doing what I am doing that would be good enough and it was ok with out the nasty shakes and since the surgery my hair feels even healthier I don't think I was getting enough protein to begin with I wish you all the best and I thank you for replying.

Thank you both for your reply I have eatten all of the food that was listed on that last post now what I am trying to do is eat healthier the problem is that I was on a diet all of last year see I did not find out untill Feb 7,08 that my insurance even covered it I was trying to lose the weight on my own and ever since then my body is so sick of salads, and vegs. but I do want to eat right I do want to lose the weight how do I get my body out of this mode and what are some ideas of what I can eat.:confused2::confused2::confused2:

I was banded on 3/21 at mmcs they were great loved the day surgery nurses, I had a choice to either stay over night or go home and I decided to stay over night they put me in the new womens center loved the room it was huge and so was the bathroom, also had a flat screen tv, bed couch and everything, I have lost 17lbs in 2 weeks went and weighed in at the hospt. today I am finally getting the hang of it, but this week has been really hard I did not know what to eat how much or anything I was so confused untill yesterday and it hit me and it was only bc of the Lord also I got the paper thru mail yesterday we have a support group meeting on April 22 at Surgical Associates office at 6-7:30 with a guest speaker which is a plastic surgeon bye guys.

Hey guys thank you for all of the replys they help me so much, I went and weighed in today and lost another 8.8lbs which brings me to 17lbs lost I was so thankful when I got on the scales I looked down then looked at my husband looked down at the scales again and got off cleared it to zero and then got back on it again it told me the exact same weight I was tickled to death and it was all because of the Lord without him I am nothing and can not do this also as of yesterday I feel like I have more control over what I am eatting and if I am really hungry or not I only had 800 calories yesterday alot better than I have been eatting also I will be getting real protein powder soon thanks alot guys bye!!!!!!!!!!

I need advice from anyone out there who is going thru what I am. I am two weeks out and am totally freaking out. I dont know what to eat, drink etc.....My doc is no help. Someone please help me so that I can feel like I have some control??????????? I have lost 8 lbs but with my size I feel like that is absolutely nothing. Yesterday I ate 1885 calories. I had Soup (cream of Chicken), eggs, oatmeal, and thats it. But I am having alot of head hunger but also my tummy is really growling. What do I do? Am I eating too many calories this far into this or should I change up something? What are you guys eating at this stage and how do I keep my calories down and still feel full. I am drinking CArnation Instant Breakfast as my Protein shake...(5 grams protein per serv.) My doc says I can only have 1 Protein Shake per day. Please help me I feel like I am failing at this?????:confused2::confused2::confused2::confused2: