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Well well well it's been a crazy long time since I've been on here think the last time I posted was wen I was preg now my daughter is 2 lol I wanted to do a catch up and ask some questions .. I've been having some issues and my dr believes I have IBS so he's Asked me to change my diet to IBS / lapband safe diet .. I'd like to know where I could get this info And or if anyone has the same .

Well.... i just went and saw my GP to ask him for a refferal to see Dr Dolan to get Lap Band surgery done, i needed the refferal so it can be covered by Medicare as i do not have Private Health Insurance. He gave me one so YAY ! lol i just called Joondulup Health Campus to book my appoinment to see Dr Dolan which will be on Wed 21st of May, to my dissapoinment though the receptionist told me that the minimum waiting period for the surgery is 18 months, i would have loved that i could have got it sooner but i guess i cant be piccy. damn it :cool: im one step closer just gotta hang in there and be patient lol :purplebananna:

wow in 10 months u lost so much congrats on doing that. I also have the big fear of weight gain during pregnancy but in know that i have not been as strict as i should and have been using pregnancy as an excuse and im accually fitting quite a bit of food in. My first few weeks of pregnancy i accually lost like 8 kgs which i was so happy about because i wasnt budging on my weight for so long. But i lost due to having so much morning/ all day sickness.. now that i have passed that ive been eating n eating and have put almost all that 8kgs back on. I was very upset as i know it cant be all baby. People are telling me to stop being so effected by my weight while im pregnant, but i know i could do better.

hey im also 20 weeks, congrats on your pregnancy.. i dnt feel a lump in my throat but i am eating like a horse and guessing that i have stretched my band. i have 5 mls in my band and i didnt want to unfill it because i was scared of weight gain. At the beginning of preg i weighed in at 101kgs but went down to 93kgs in first trimester frm being so sick.. now im 98kgs and its abit disheartning.

yay i finally found the preggy section. Im currently around 20 weeks pregnant with my 2nd girl. 1st pregnancy with the Lap band. I am wondering how things are going to go when the baby gets bigger, im having a real fear that my ports going tro be ripped out by the baby or something.??? Since being preg i havnt seen my band dr at all... tut tut because i really did not want him taking all my fills out. i have 5 mls in there atm and i feel i am eating like a horse atm maybe ive stretched it :S... im watching the numbers on the scale go up and even tho i know im preg it still dissapoints me. I just weighjed myself this morning and im 98kgs im like omg its heading towards 100. with my 1st pregnancy i put on wayyyy to much weight and im just so scared of doing that again.

when i was pregnant with my daughter i started out weighing 85kgs and then went up to 115kgs at full term, if my band was completely unfill id be scared to have such a huge weight gain again. I was so sick 24/7 for the 1st 3 months of my pregnancy and hardly gained any weight but once i felt better and able to eat its like my body stored all this fat after not eating really anything for so long. im just scared of undoing all this work

hello all again.... hmm now lets see what has been going on.. im now down to 100kgs from 128kgs but ive been stuck on 100kgs for a while now and it dosnt want to budge so it is a little frustrating. I have 5 1/2 mils now in my 10 ml band. A friend of mine had lost 60kgs in 1 yr with the band and i feel like im failing because it dosnt look like i will be losing that amount.. anyway IM ENGAGED! yay my darling bf proposed to me on the 5th of Jan .. such a gorgeouse ring ahh!... but its in at the moment getting resized so wont get it back for a week :sifone: i have a question about being pregnant with the band.. so u have to get the band unfilled ? for the record no im not pregnant.. as far as i know

ok.. eek ill put myself out there 24 mummy of 1 Western Australia

wow its been a long time since i been in here OOPS! scales say the weight is coming off, but i so cant see it which is frustrating.. Dr put 4mls in on my first fill and on the 11th i will be getting another fill. Not much has happend as in life.. besides me randomly chopping all my hair off and getting a lip piercing lol.. my mother thinks im living my teenage yrs now lol.. anyway ill scoot around and see what everyones up to.

i am not far off heading for my 3 week post of stage, very very over this liquid stage and very ready for the mushy stage. Would like to know what foods everyone was eating at this point, im ready to go food shopping! lol

mmm my mouth is watering, the dietition only gave my a couple of things to start with like soft boiled eggs. nice to know that i do have a few more options

mm i cant wait till i can get something in my mouth lol. Is it basically anything i can blend up i can eat?

yay..!! 1 week down 4kgs down..!! but to tell the truth even tho im not really hungry i am quick sick and tired of this liquid diet im sposed to be having 1/2 cup x 6 of sustagen and i have 2 if im lucky, i have to force myself to drink it. Ive been going round sticking my face ito all sorts of food just to get the smell, sounds abit crazy! Cant wait for the next week to be up so i can go onto mushy food cause i guess u can basically stick anything into a blender.

4 sure!............

Hey its wonderful to hear the great attitude you have, I was banded just 1 day b4 you so would love to follow your progress and compare.

My mum has bought me De-Gas Tablets becuase my chest is very tight from needing to burp, but i am not sure if i can take it as i am on a " liquid Diet " 2nd day post op, could anyone please let me know if i can or what my alternatives are, i have tried walking through the house abit but there is only so far i can go.

trying lac-dol ( lactulose solution )

ive stopped taking those gas tablets as they arnt doing anything, right now my chest feels so tight i feel so full that i cant fit anything in . My bowels have not moved since b4 surgery and starting to get cramps, im going to try some prune juice today hope that works because i just feel bloated and uncomfortable :rolleyes2: im open to hear any suggestions possible

thankyou for the feedback the tablets dont seem to be helping much with gas that i can notice but i will continue to take them my chest feels so tite it gets very annyoing. Im taking Pain Stop for children in liquid form the chemist told me to take it 4 times a day which is about 8hrs apart

ok its Day 2 Post Op, not sure exacly how im meant to be feeling but atm it isnt very pleasent , when im walking im walking around like a hunched over old lady i cant do much but lay down and even then its hard to get comfortable, it feels so tite up near my chest. so far i have drank some water some sustagen and some chicken broth, ive been taking pain stop liquid for the pain. When does this pain start to relive ?

eh 1 week till the Big Day.. had a break up the other day so feeling like shite... trying to collect myself and focus on good things.

Ok guys sorry to make me way into the MAN area but im guna take my chances to get some advice for u fellas about my little relationship issues that i have at the moment. My partner have been together for a while now this is accually the 3rd time round we have been together we were seperated for 6 months, when he came back into my life things were absoluteley wonderful, he was a veryu humble positive person to be around, he was very open about his feelings towards me and very affectionate. I felt like he was very proud to be with me and i was for the 1st time really with him feeling very secure in our relationship. At the moment we seem to be arguing alot, hes not affectionate at all really and we only have sex if i iniciate it if ofcourse he dosnt reject the idea. Its making me feel like he is bored of me, dosnt find me attractive ... i dont know.. we have just appied for a loan for a house, he says he wants to get married and have more kids.. but his actions dnt match.... help? what can i do? help me understand please?

Yes and i am thankful for all the advise that ppl took the time to give me and i was just explaining hjow i felt about them, i was not angry.