blackcherry2002

Ok so I've had two fills and I'm at 8cc in a VG band( 10cc?) and I feel a little bit of restriction but....I can still eat a lot...depending on the food. is that same with everyone else? For instance, I can take a bite out of a sandwich and just feel stuffed but then I can eat an entire family can(serves 3) of Dinty Moore Beef Stew...I'm just wondering what's up and if I need another fill? I dont' want to tell that to my doc though because...well he's kind of a douche:thumbdown: It's just that my band is pretty full but I'm just not there yet, and I'm still at 239, so I don't know if this is a bad sign or what... I've only lost 26 lbs.

Btw, if I have lunch I'll get the kid's 4 piece chicken nugget (190 calories). I can still eat a whole can of green Beans on top of a salad. I don't eat bread. I'm aware of how many calories are in things, I look it up religiously. A 4 oz, roasted, skinless chicken breast is 140 calories...so it's not that dramatically over. I dont' use dipping sauces either. And yeah you did kind of sound snarky, because you assumed I was an idiot. I was fully aware of fills, how they worked, etc. Even now, I've read about other people with the VG band and it takes them awhile for restriction but it's usually at 4-6 cc's...I'm currently at 8cc and it was the first time I felt slight restriction. So I'm not a very normal case. And no he didn't mention the prices...because again from what I've heard, my doctor charges a hell of a lot. And why would he scare off people from trying to give him money? hmmmm, it's a hospital people...a business not a charity. I expect them to be jerks.

yeah you're telling me. They barely do anything. And I'm pissed. Maybe it's my surgeon's way of being a d**k. lol Cuz he even tried to get me to get the bypass and he says he prefers it(well no kidding, get paid twice as much, see the patients once and then no more work for him).

well those aren't my good choices lol...But for instance, I can eat a whole can of green beans, and a salad. So that's still more than I should be eating. And the green beans were drained and the salad was with no croutons, added carrots, and a quarter of the dressing (it was a caesar salad mix) So I'm going to test things out and really keep track of how much I'm eating and if it's still this way, I'm going to go for another fill...

actually when I eat burgers...I eat only the meat. I'm confused...and then a few days ago I started eating a breakfast biscuit...usually I take one normal bite...then I throw away the biscuit, eat most of the egg and then I'm usually too full to even take more than a bite of sausage...well I got one the other day..took that first bite...and then I was too full...so I really have no clue, this band is frustrating..

it's a 10cc one.

I started off feeling really good, I'm just really upset that the fills cost a lot and that they aren't getting me anywhere. And yeah I owe 177...not bad, but I can't work all day I have 1200 to last me for the next 3 months. In college. I have the VG band and the more I read about it the more it sounds like this is a common problem(lack of restriction). Only problem is my doctor doesn't realize this and he was like mad at me last time when I came in for my second fill...so he put in 3cc's and he was like "There! Now you'll feel something." I do , a lil...but not much...

With the liquid diet 2 days before surgery I got down to 245 on my own. Then I slowly went down to 240...and I've been stuck there for 2 months....I just recently went down a pound. that's it. I was a loose 22/tight 20 and I'm not at a tight 18/loose 20....I really havent lost much of anything...

See that's the bad thing, I can eat that stuff. It's the bad food that keeps me full and makes me full fast. I can take a bite out of a hamburger and be stuffed. Or 1/2 a slice of pizza and feel stuffed....but I can eat a whole can of beef stew, and half a box of hamburger helper...what is wrong with me?

Ok so I'm wondering if I have enough to go into a doctor and ask about getting tested for PCOS. I do have diabetes in my family so I just want to make sure all my hormone levels are alright. I have very greasy hair and skin, acne, excess hair growth(facial and body), my periods (before BC) were always every 28 days but lasted a full seven days and they were pretty heavy and then sometimes they'd be really light. I'm not sure what they are now since I'm BC and all (will this affect if they need to do a blood test or can they take that into account?) I don't have darkening of the skin really though I do have a few random skin tags which I read can be common. I also have anxiety and depression problems. I'm currently Mood Disorder NOS because they aren't sure yet what I have but I have mood swings...and obviously I have weight problems. And I was just diagnosed with hypothyroidism as well earlier this year. This sound like enough to warrent a hormone blood test? I tried asking my general doc about testing to make sure my acne wasn't hormonal, and he brushed it off and said "You might think that, but that's usually not the case" So...yeah...i would try and see a gyno or some other doc...

it's almost there. I'm sad; I can still eat breads, popcorn, etc. Every once in awhile if I eat too fast I'll get it stuck in my throat...otherwise...I'm not eating much but I def. could be eating less...I'm still eating pretty big portions...should I push for another fill? my doc seemed mad that I wanted one last time and that I hadn't lost anything...I've only had two fills!

I haven't lost weight for almost a month and I finally dropped a lb and am now in the 230's....def. a lot happier numbers going down then when I was gaining weight lol

Ugh...women have to do all the work lol :bolt:

my guy is 20...and lasts maybe 5 minutes.....sometimes a bit longer if we have been doing it frequently. No foreplay and he doesn't seem to care that I'm not getting off anymore...and we never go more than once...it usually takes him a few hours or up to a day to "Re-charge"....:bolt:

The problem is, I'm not still healing...i'm...2 months out and everything's been healed up since 1 week out...I think it's just constipation, embarrassing but painful lol

Ok so I read about a lady who had similar story and she died so...I might just be freaking myself out but....I have light cramping around my port area/stomach. It isn't constant. Just very light spasms but it's just worrying me. My stomach is still a little swollen as I am only one week post-op. Anyone have anything similar happen?

yeah, my last fill, when I asked about the numbing stuff, I also was telling my doctor just that I needed my second fill because I was only at 5cc in a 10cc band. I felt some but I was still eating way more than where I should be out. I told him this and he said "You're still on a diet you should be measuring everything" Ok but what's the point in having the band if I feel no restriction and I'm just eatting smaller portions on my own? I also told him I cut out breads and carbs. I was hurt that not even my doctor could understand where I was coming from, he made it sound like I was stupid. And he also said that a lot of people don't feel full....so... a lot of people don't feel full they have to measure out everything they don't rely on their band to help them at all Wait, so why the f*** did I get the band? Did my stomach just want an accessory?

I've been called fat since I was 145(in 6th grade at 5'1" tho) all the way up until my highest at 275. I had friends that told me this surgery was stupid and lazy, that I should do it with diet and exercise...DUR! gee I never thought of that...and this is coming from a person that is comparing her needed weight loss of 10 lbs to my 130 lbs. Also I had one person recently ask how my weight loss was going...I said fine, and she replied "I could never do that surgery...I think I'd just rather go run another 10 miles." My mom used to make comments every time I walked into the kitchen. She once said she'd rather have me be anorexic than fat, this coming from an overweight woman herself who has an anorexic and bulimic sister who has been struggling for 30 year. When I go to restaurants, they always assume my b/f and I are just friends...since he's normal sized and good looking. I have lost all my friends since I've gained weight. My teacher last year (during my worst months of weight gain) told me the biggest problem I had in writing my english papers was because I was lazy. The farthest from the truth, I was in multiple clubs, got damn-near straight A's, played violin for 9 years, took care of the house and bills from age 13-16 while my mom was on her deathbed, I helped take care of my nephew while my brother was in basic training and his ex-wife tried killing herself by jumping off a bridge, and I also was having a hard time with depression/bipolar-like mood swings and panic attacks. But I was lazy. I've been ignored everywhere. I once talked to a guy I met at a party, we were texting and he says "Oh yeah, you're the fat girl." I had a guy friend not go out with me, slept with me, but wouldn't go out with me unless I grew my hair out and lost weight. Now since I've lost 25 lbs, and my hair is longer, he's suddenly started talking to me again. It's hurtful to experience this....I'm only 19 for god's sake and I feel like I'm missing out on so much...I mean, should I really have to worry that when my b/f and I are..."together" and he closes his eyes, should I have to worry that he's digusted by me and wishing he was with someone else... I have to wonder if I'm insecure because I'm fat or insecure because I'm fat and I'm ashamed of that only because people discriminate me. Sorry this is so long, but I could go on for days, tons of stories...

Don't worry, My first fill was extremely painful and took like 25-40 min. But if it makes you feel better my 2nd fill was quick and painless....took like 3 minutes. And unfortunately, since I was so scared my 2nd time I asked if I could get a numbing shot before and they said no. They said that "it burned when you injected it in the stomach" They made it sound completely impossible...even though every other person on here gets a numbing shot:confused_smile:

Ok so I'm thinking I might be dehydrated but I'm not thirsty so that's strange. Anyway, I ate a granola bar for breakfast at about 9:30am, then I ate a soft shell taco(tore off most of the tortilla and took out the lettuce since it was only iceberg). Anyway even after the granola bar I started getting a little pain. It's a pain on my up left stomach. It almost feels like constipation or like somethings trying to move around or be digested, and I just took a stool softner since (TMI alert!) I've been bleeding when I go number 2 and it hurts, its probably a combination of not drinking enough water and cutting breads out of my diet so i'm losing fiber....Anyway just some insight from people...personal stories? lol

thanks guys. Yeah the pain comes and goes and I've been pretty severly constipated before and it just felt weird now somehow....Yeah last time I ended up in the ER and they said if I didn't go in a day or two they were going to operate and they ended up giving me a shot of morphine lol It was bad...

Yeah when I was 8 I was 34B so...lol...And I was sitting...and yes it was a metal underwire...how i do it...i don't know...

when I was at a size 13 in juniors I couldn't cross my legs comfortably...maybe I'll never be able to...I have really short legs lol...anyone else have this problem?

Well I'm wondering how much mine will go down... 100 lbs ago I was a 34DD so...lol I'm now a 40DDD and was close to going up a size lol. I have to wear a wire bra....and about 2 weeks ago...my boob snapped one of my underwires in half...lol I don't even know how lol

well I'm 19. I'm not much of a partier lol. But I still do it occasionally. For instance...last night lol My birthday. I drank but I took it slow so I wasn't chugging....and I prefer shots rather than beer because you have to drink a lot more beer to get drunk lol...But I took it slow, got buzzed, made sure not to take it too far and throw up and I was fine.