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JBoy, this is not some kind of coverup. I feel the same way as you do about Dr. Huacuz. I had a fantastic experience with him. I am the one who basically made the mistake in identity between Gadgetlady and Misfortune. I am really not sure how I screwed this whole thing up, but I wish you would let it be, and know that you are suspecting an innocent bystander based upon MY MISTAKE! I apologize if I fed your desire to uncover some big conspiracy... but unfortunately there is no truth to Gadgetlady being involved in ANY WAY to Misfortune. I don't know anything about Misfortune, but I do know that she is not the same person as Gadgetlady. Please accept my apologies.

Oh my GOODNESS!!! I feel absolutely HORRIBLE!!!!! This is my MAJOR BLUNDER and Gadgetlady is now suspect for no reason!!!! MY DEEPEST APOLOGIES GADGETLADY. To the rest of you, I am SOOOOO VERY Sorry about my confusion. I am relatively new to computers and chat lines, but after this mistake, where innocent people are having to defend themselves I think I would be best to never participate again. Gadgetlady and Misfortune are 2 totally different people. My original post was completed at 1:00 am and I was not thinking clearly, therefore I thought that Gadgetlady was Misfortune. SHE'S NOT!!!!! Please feel free to PM me, and I will gladly tell you that the only victim here is Gadgetlady and it's all my fault. I apologize from the deepest spot in my soul for all that I am putting you through Gadgetlady. I will be more careful in the future. Although, I really believe that I must leave these chat lines now, before I do further damage! Good luck to all, and please be considerate of both Misfortune and Gadgetlady.

Hey Gadgetlady, did you ever look at what time people are posting.... I have a theory, that most people don't really think clearly at this time of night! Hope you are well!!!! Thanks! Sorry to throw this in the middle of this thread.. I'll but out now! Carry on!

Hey Feb. friends... it looks like a few of us have been missing for a while. I hope you are all well! In response to your question, Janet, is anyone considering an unfill???? Here I am!!! I had a fill on Wednesday, and thought it seemed tight and mentioned it to my doctor before I left. He asked me to stay a little longer to see if it really was too tight, but I was concerned about getting back to Orange County from San Diego in time to pick up my 5 year old.. so I thought, I would just work through it. Yikes... let's just say, I hope he can see me Monday morning. I am soooooo tight I can't sleep at night. Every ounce of water in the morning and at night is being slimed back up! Mid day I have been able to get a protein shake down, and that is ALL!!!!! Since Tuesday night.... I have even thrown up the few things that I have tried to eat. I am really unhappy like this... I too hear the gurgling in my throat. I also burp from the minute I lay down on my bed... little annoying burps. Pray for me! I hopeyou are all well. I will try and do some reading and catch up on everyone's progress. Any suggestions besides hot tea???????????

I hope your health improves Misfortune. That must have been an incredibly difficult ordeal!

Hey guys.... I am finally back . The kids and I drove to Arizona for spring break to visit my mom and dad. I have missed the daily updates and just spent the last hour reading what you all have been up to! Janet has been.... Sewing??? Falling??? Recovering chairs and teaching online exercise classes. You amaze and entertain me everyday! Tammy has been suffering with God ONLY knows what!!!! I am praying for you sister!!!! My guess is that it is a cyst or something that they can remove EASILY!!!! (Not that I'm a doctor or anything) Hang in there! Becky is living the dream life of a bandster!!! I am so jealous... you have had the same experience as I have had all along... until now!!!! Go Becky! Anyway... I miss you all and I am glad to be back. My laptop is in for repair, I am on my husbands laptop right now... but I should be back on line as of Wed. Hooray. In the meantime... I continue to struggle with my ridiculous weight loss of 8lbs!!!! I must admit... I do not always maintain a real positive attitude. Afterall... as you all know, this surgery was NOT CHEAP ... and swimsuit season is only one month away... okay maybe two.... but I am going on vacation to the BAHAMAS May 15th and I have to be in a bathing suit in front of my husbands coworkers!!! UGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!! Pray for rapid weight loss. Another question... I have had what I think has been really good restriction, and yet very little results.. I don't want to go for another fill for fear of pbing and sliming even more than I do now!!! I may have to try your downloadable program.... I can't imagine I am eating more than 1,000 calories!!!! Okay, until Wed. Be good! I look forward to your updates!!!! Thanks for always being here!:clap2:

Lisa... typically Dr. Powell does not recommend more than one fill within a four week period... however, he was NEWLY trained... and I was his first solo fill... everything went fine... except... because I had never had a fill, I did not know what to expect and therefore did not know what a fill should feel like.... One week after my fill, I was able to eat a ballpark hotdog at my daughters softball game and a full quesadilla at El Torito.... I felt very much the same. (you should know that even after my surgery I had NO RESTRICTION)... anyway to make a long story short... After two weeks Dr. Powell had me come in and tried to extract the 1.2 he had placed in my band... only to find that it had "disappeared"... Needless to say, he decided he should fill my band really tightly and then back it off.... I am now DEFINATELY restricted.... I now know what all of those nasty things are... PB's, slimes, restrictions...... Hopefully now... I begin my journey to a thin summer!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you have any questions about Dr. Powell feel free to PM me.... by the way, you have to forgive me.... I don't know how to respond to someone's message or quote within mine so they know what I am talking about... so please bear with me... that's why my posts just show up randomly!!!!!

Hey Nanster.... I have had the EXACT same thing happen... last weekend I ate all kinds of foods with very little problems (I was filled two weeks ago Tuesday)... the last three days I have slimed and PB'd all over Orange County... CA. I even christened the parking lot at Trader Joes... as someone was in the bathroom when I was caught off guard. But as I mentioned in one of my other posts... my band is extremely finicky... one day REALLY restricted and others.... no problems. I too spend a great deal of time hungry. At least you are continuing to lose weight. I lost 7 pounds... gained 2 and now down 6!!!!!! We will figure this out.... I AM SURE OF IT!!!!

Hey Janet... not that I am doing much better... but have you given any thought to the circumstances around what your eating..... I know for me if I am PMSing I look for what I call SOUL food.... being a nice Italian girl... there is no problem that a delicious bowl of PASTA can't solve!!!! If my inlaws call for any reason..... I EAT and I EAT BIG!!!! If my husband is in a rotten mood.... I EAT!!!! If I am in a bad mood.... I EAT!!!!! although... writing all of this I just had a lightbulb moment! I used to teach fourth grade and one of my students had Compulsive Behavior Disorder... when he would cronically pick his nose... we gave him silly puddy to replace the behavior, when a smoker quits smoking they...chew gum or eat lollipops.... we need a behavior to substitue for eating.....Can anyone think of something as satisfying?????????????? I am open to suggestions. Anyway Janet, I got a little side tracked.... but hang in there.... hey by the way, anyone know how many calories are in a bowl of matzaball soup???? 1/2 cup? Have a great "Good Friday" and let's make some "Good Choices"!!!

LisanJason.... Dr. Powell will fill Mex. Banded Patients and he is in Cardiff, California (just past Legoland). I live in Yorba Linda and it takes me about 50 minutes to get to his office. I am really pleased with him. You can get his phone and address from the Fill Centers USA website. Good luck.. I hope you have a great experience. To the rest of you... thanks for providing some great reading material. I am still waiting for the weight to fall off. Sunta... I can relate to your experience. I can't eat without pbing or sliming, and yet I am not losing... My portions are DRASTICALLY smaller and yet... no weight loss. HOW LONG WILL I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I LOVE MY BAND ENOUGH TO GIVE IT A NAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :faint: Have a great day!

Thanks for the encouragement... that is exactly how I feel!!! Not a day goes by that I don't worry if my band is functioning properly! I only wish that I had greater success so that I could believe that this was all a wise choice.

Hey... has anyone had a similar situation. I had my fill last week and I had really tight restriction. I could not swallow the meat off a chicken leg, or a hard boiled egg or chicken salad.....I PB'd on all of the above. This weekend we went out to dinner several times, I managed to eat about 100 tortilla chips and salsa and 1 slice of a quesidilla at one meal, I ate mozarella and tomoto salad, I ate 1/2 eggroll and some orange chicken and finally at the Angels/Yankee game I had a hot dog with bun (over about 1 hours time) and about 3 handfulls of popcorn. This was not a typical weekend for me. It just happens that we ate out alot. The wierd thing was.... I still ate less than I usually would have, but more than I think I should be able to. I gained 2 pounds of the original 7 that I lost!!!! I am very discouraged and not sure why I am not as restricted as I was... how will I ever lose weight and let go of the feeling that my band is not functioning properly????? Please let me know if anyone has any suggestions!!!!!!

Hello. I was banded in TJ in February... and while it was not the US it was really not bad. I was banded by Dr. Huacuz. The surgical center was quite clean... the hotel they put my husband up in, was Really quite nice. The day after the surgery... my husband and I went shopping on Revolution Blvd. It was MUCH better than I would have thought... I have heard Very good things about Dr. Kuri... if you are looking for a closer fill Dr. than having to return to TJ.. you should check out the Fill Centers USA web site. Dr. Powell is in Cardiff, CA which is in the Carlsbad area. He will fill patients banded in Mexico... and his office is great, his staff is wonderful and he himself is the best!!!! I have been really happy with all of my choices, Dr. Huacuz, Dr. Powell and Fill Centers USA!!!!! Let me know if you have any other concerns. Oh Yeah... also have your wife brings lots of reading material. The full day in the hospital can be quite boring... Our hospital room only received one channel of English speaking Television.... i have never seen so many episodes of COPS in my life!!!! Lucky for me I had plenty of reading material.. but it was a little boring for my husband. Good luck to you!!!