heidib

good luck hun! like the posts said above....relax....have fun trying.....and ENJOY your family now . Live in the now. i am one who is always looking ahead and i have to stop and slow down and live in the "now".

Hi, I was banded 2008. lost 50 lbs still wanna lose 35 ish. Last year i started getting tight throat feeling like there was a lump in my throat. my surgen said it was reflux from band being too tight. had unfill then was fine. went back in after a yr had small fill. going back in tomorrow for unfill again because of tight throat ect.

welli go into see my doc tomorrow for an unfill. I am fine with it. i was very lose for year before my recent fill and i did fin with maintaining. hunger isnt my problem it cravings and head hunger. i dont think my band is much help to me anymore anyway. I have felt on my own for a long time now. I CAN DO THIS!!!!

Crunchy carbs like crackers , chips, Cookies, are "easy" for a lot of banders. A thick cold frostie can be hard for me ...strange i know. I remember telling my doc "I can even eat a banana". She said bananas are hard for a lot of banded people. also, i didnt get good restriction till 5 fills

i'm wondering if my band has been slipped for a while. i dont understand why i get refux this far out all of a sudden. i have been really stuck a few times in the past.

OMG Elcee!!! thats terrible! glad it worked out!!! how do they do fluoro???

Hi everyone, I'll be calling the doc tomorrow to go in for an UNfill. Stupid reflux! I feel like i have a fist in my throat. My throat is so tight. It gets worse when I eat. I can hardly eat anything. I feel exausted because I'm not getting enough food. :-(

I'm calling tomorrow to get an unfill i cant take it. i feel like i have a lump in my throat and i cant eat anything.

eat more .....or just stick to it :-)

i know...it stinks taking out a fill. i;m wondering if i may have a slipped band myself.

lellow- I'm glad everything is going better for you and your healing now. :-) I am happy..since having my recent fill the scale is finally going down!!! yea baby!!!!! I am sometimes still hungry in between though. I am tryijng to figure it out. I dont think ground turkey stays with me very long. maybe because its ..the real low fat kind???? not sure.. well I;m hanging in there. if i can stay away from the scale i think i:ll be good. if i weigh and dont see it going down i get upset and mad. then sometimes i will binge :-(. keeping scale out of house

I have reflux too. banded 2008. last yr i had tightness in my throat. wasnt painful so i delt with it for a long time. finallyi went in and doc said it was reflux and did an unfill. had unfill and it went away. recently i had half put back in. i am getting tightness again. trying zantac 75 daily and i have to make sure i drink enough water. if i get dehydrated i get tighter.

lellow, WOW thats CRAZY that a tattoo needle did that! I was thinking about cover my scar wit a tattoo as well. I didnt know the needle went that deep!

Hi everyone! Hi lellow, I have followed your progress for a long time.... AMAZING!!!1 ME; BANDED sept, 2008 LOST 50 lbs first yr and a 1/2 since then I have gone back n forth with the same 10 lbs for 2 yrs. a yr ago I had unfill because of reflux and after that I could eat ANYTHING. just had fill last wk and trying to start over. :-)

iced coffee,fat free milk ft free creamer, grape nuts, ft fr milk 3oz chick salad 1 tsp mayo spinach toms 1/2 cup ground turkey chilli beans, zuch, toms, fiber one bar, 2 strawberries shake w/ tsp peanut butter after gym was so hungry had,,,,,1/2 cup more chili was really hungry today for some reason...dont know why....just had a fill.

good luck!! AND thanks

sweet spot= when you have good restriction.

you'll be there before ya know it :-))