Kaysha

Hi all, Thursday night for dinner would be good for me... Do we know where??? Please post if it is going ahead!!!! Kaysha

Hi... Don't know where you guys live in Melbourne so can't give any suggestions as to where. I have Thurs and Fri off work this week and would be interested in catching up. "Have car, will travel!!!" Cheers, Kaysha:)

Hi Glad to hear it all went well!! I look forward to (hopefully) joining you in any future events... Kaysha...

Hi all, I am new to the site and not sure where to put this... I was banded back in May 2004. I have lost about 55kgs and am now about 85kgs - still wanting to lose at least 15-20 kgs. I have read others posts about how slow the weight loss can be. Initially, I lost weight very slowly, then it picked up, and now it is slow again. Part of the reason for it being so slow at the moment is that I appear to have become fixated by all the foods that I CAN eat with the band but SHOULDN'T eg. chocolate, icecream, chips etc.... I went without these for AGES and it seems as though now I have tried them again I can't stop. I have had to had my band loosened recently because it was forming a "pouch" over top of the band which was causing problems. (The doctor said it was too tight - I thought it was great because it really limited my food intake....). SO, bottom line - I guess I had hoped not to revert to my "old" ways of eating and suddenly I find myself doing this (but with a slightly different kind of food..) Bottom Line?? Weight Gain. I got down to 83kgs, then went up to about 90kg, back down to 84 and now up again to 85/86 kgs. How do others cope with the cravings of the food that does actually go through the band. One think I have learned - you still need lots of willpower with a band. What do others think? Its driving me crazy!! Kaysha.:help:

Hi I had a problem with reflux and coughing when I lay down. I also had a problem of being generally unwell for a couple of months with respitory problems.. My surgeon advised that sometimes the band can be too tight and the coughing and reflux is because the liquid/food can't get through the band. He said that this can cause fluid to get into the lungs which may have been the cause of the respitory distress and infection I had. I am not sure whether this is true or not... I find I can even cough and wake with fluid in my mouth even when I have not drunk or eaten anything for several hours before bed..... However, he did loosen the band a bit (to my great distress). I am now a lot better - whether that be to antibiotics or to the loosening of the band - or both. The down side? My band is looser and will power is in short supply. At the moment it is a battle just to try not to increase much. But I am back to the surgeon on 07/02 - hopefully he will decide all is better and will refill. But will the problems return? Will have to wait and see!!! Cheers, Kaysha

Hi to all, I live in Melbourne and am new to this site (I just registered today). I am absolutely thrilled at the idea of catching up with other people in Melbourne who have had the band. I had my band at The Avenue Hospital in May, 2004. I have lost 55kg, but at least another 15 to go (If I am aiming at 70kg... sometimes I dream of being lower than that.. but heck, at the moment I would be glad to be below 80kgs (that was my goal by my 2 year mark, but at the moment I have stagnated and it appears a bit unrealistic). I can't make it to a lunchtime activity because I have to work ... But please keep me in mind if you plan something in future - maybe I would be able to take some flex time.. or maybe outside normal working hours?? (although I know this would be difficult for those who have kids). Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself briefly and say that I am very excited to have discovered the site!! Cheers, Kaysha.