Miki

I had surgery on March 25th and started at 241.2 lbs. I'm a little over 5'4" tall. As of this morning, I am down 64.7 lbs (176.5 lbs.) I have been having a lot of problems since the summer with my band - a lot of throwing up, fills, unfills, making sure the band isn't prolapsed - still experiencing lots of issues right now - I think that's what's been responsible for such a "good" weight loss - I can't eat:frown:

I've lost 55 lbs to date - banded March 25th. There's been a lot of back and forth this summer with fills/unfills. I thought the summer would be very difficult and challenging as I was spending the summer back at "home" - on vacation, going out with friends, etc. - I still managed to lose almost 20 lbs in that period - but as I said, lots of problems. So, unfortunately, while I am thrilled with the weight loss - a lot of it was because I could barely eat. When I saw my dr back here he told me I was getting too skinny:rolleyes2: I will say it was a lot of fun coming back to school after summer break and so many people noticing - fellow teachers, my students - one of them called me "slim Jim" yesterday:laugh: Keep up the great work, Shamrocks!

Today is my birthday:biggrin:I was hoping to hit Onederland today - I am so close!!! Today - I saw 200 lbs on the scale!!!! So, as of today, I am down 41.2 lbs!!

I am 202.5 right now! So anxious to get to onederland - last week I gained a 1.5 lbs and was up to 206.5 due to be unfilled too much from a too tight fill. Sooo frustrating to go be going in the wrong direction, but have gotten it back down to 202.5 - so close but feels so far!!! My birthday is in 10 days and my goal and supreme birthday wish is to be in onederland for it!!

Congratulations Lonestar!!! I am 2.6 lbs away from onederland and am eager and anxious to get there too!!!

Hey date buddy! Can I ask what you put on your dog tag? Thanks!

Hi Karri! Saw your post and I am looking for a mentor. I also work with crazy high schoolers (guidance counselor), live in South Florida, and am 34 years old and married, no kids. I was banded 3/25/08 and have been doing decently with the weight loss. These past two weeks have been difficult - I'm up in NY for summer vacation (my hometown) and needed an unfill right before I left due to issues. You guessed it - no restriction, weight gain, and I had to see a doctor up here in NY. I am just feeling at a loss right now and need to get back on track. I feel like this is so hard to "get right" and would love to feel like I'm not doing it on my own. If you're interested, I would love to buddy up with you!:ohmy: ETA - My birthday is July 3, so I will send birthday wishes for a successful surgery!!!

I know it was suggested that we get Medic ID alert jewelry - although I haven't as of yet. I did put no NG tube on the back of my license though. Anyone get theirs? What did you put on it? Think I may go with an anklet so I do not have to where the same bracelet everyday...

Hey fellow New-Yorkers! I moved to Florida from LI last August and had my surgery done in March in FL. I am now up in NY for the summer and it looks like I am going to have to get a fill. I thought I would not be able to find a dr up here to do a fill on someone they hadn't done surgery on, but luckily, that doesn't seem to be a problem though - however it is $$$$ to get it done up here - consult visit fee, fill fee, etc. Actually cheaper to fly back to FL to get it done, surprisingly, but certainly easier to get it done up here. Does anyone have any info/reviews for Dr Galadeta who is out of North Shore? His seems to be the best price so far. I've seen reviews on other doctors I've called - Geiss, Garber, Ren - but no info on Galadeta. Any info you could share or any info regarding cheaper fills in the area would be greatly appreciated!!

Hey all - Tell me what you think... I had my third fill under flouro on Monday. My last fill before that was in the doctor's office on May 14th and only 0.2 cc. My surgeon probably wouldn't have filled me so soon, but I am going to NY for the summer next week... Anyhow - he put in 1 cc so now I am at 5.2 cc total. Under the flouro, you could see the liquid slowly going seeping through the band. Since Monday, there have been two days where it seems that I could eat anything I wanted - everything went down fine (Dr only wants us on liquids day of fill and then back to normal). The rest of the week has been everything getting stuck and I am in agonizing pain - the food eventually goes down, but the pain is horrendous, brings tears to my eyes, and takes a long time to subside - I've never had pain like this. I have not tried anything different than foods that I was already eating successfully. Also, for the first time yesterday, I had to throw up twice in one meal - the food just would not go down at all. I made an appt to see my surgeon this Monday, but do you think that's what this is? That I am too tight and need to take some Fluid out? I have not lost any weight because I don't think I've been getting enough food in to keep my metabolism going and I am constantly hungry, because I can barely get food down at a meal. Any thoughts? Thank you!!

I love all of the progress pics - you ladies look amazing!!!!!

One of my girlfriends bought me a cute tank top back in the fall that she thought I would like. It is a cotton/lycra blend so it is stretchy and form-fitting! I tried it on when she gave it to me and said to myself, "No way!" I've tried it on once or twice since then - still no go! So - I had a concert last night and decided to try it on and it looked so different!! I wore it to the concert!:leaving:

Yeah - I'm going to call on Monday- but my surgeon seems very conservative from what I hear...don't know if he'd want to do anything yet... Do you know how they can tell if there's a leak?