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This is all very distressing. I had hoped it would "pass" by now - I'm single and ready to start dating again but I almost don't dare because this is going to be so hard to hide if we go to dinner.

I've lost 30 lbs in 17 weeks - not as fast as I'd hoped but it is still progress so I'll take it. Fab by 50 - I feel the same way, some days I can hardly eat anything and other days I can eat a ton. Very weird. Exercising 3x a week - I'm hoping to bump up the intenstity over the next few weeks and see if I can lose another 10 lbs by August...

Hi - I was banded 3/9/09 and had lost 27 lbs up until last week, and this week I'm up 3 lbs. So 24# total so far. I have a fill scheduled this week, so maybe that will start it up again.

Doing ok, feel ok most of the time. I'm down about 18 lbs. I'm eating about 1000 calories a day and walking 30 minutes a day. I get hungry sometimes especially in the evening but when I eat I get gassy. So I'm trying to eat much slower.

Hello my fellow 3/9 ers; I've been feeling pretty good except I get tired easily. I can walk 20 minutes at a time but still working up to 30 minutes. Hunger is manageable but the head hunger is messing with me. Not hungry but would still like to eat just to eat. I have 2 more weeks of liquids. And... I'm down 15 lbs!!!

KMCD - My 2 cents worth...YES! I was denied 2x and I used www.obesitylaw.com (Kelly and Walter). They were able to get the denial reversed. It costs nothing to have them review your policy and stats, and if they don't think they can help, they will tell you. My appeal was paid for by Allergan, it cost me nothing although it does take a while. I, like you, am sick of losing this same 80 lbs. I was denied because I haven't been fat enough long enough - they had a 2 year restriction. It took a few months but I was banded 3/9/09. I was not so concerned about the initial self-pay as I was about any future complications. It's good peace of mind knowing that all future issues, if any, will be covered as well. Good luck to you!

Thanks all for the replies. Cocobutta, it's nice to know that yours subsided after a week and a half. Hopefully mine will too. ShanyaB, You were banded 3 days after me and I remember feeling like that too. It seems like Days 6/7 really started to feel much better.Sipping a good soup broth made me feel more satisfied.

Hi DBurke; Yes, I've had that exact same thing. I think it's the loratab because I didn't take it last night and it seemes better now. It also gets aggravated when I take a hot shower. I've just been using anti itch cream on it and that helps. Hopefully I won't need the pain meds any more.

Hi All...I'm 6 days post-op and the hunger is starting to set in. My doctor says water, broth, jello only for the first week and that's what I've been doing. I'm trying to learn when I'm "full". It feels like my pouch gets full after 4 - 6 oz of liquid, but there is still a "lower stomach" hunger. Has anyone else had this? It's very strange to feel like you can't drink anymore but yet deep in my stomach I feel a gnawing hunger. I wonder if this is just the way hunger feels now.

Man, that sounds like a great way to make a fortune. I would so seriously pay through the nose for some home-made clear broth I can eat this week!