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I have pretty severe pain in the same spot you do.I"m over a year out from my surgery. Have been trying to pay attention to when it happens. I think when I eat too much or too fast. Have been throwing up quite a bit too. Think my last fill was too tight. Before I got the fill I was worried my band broke cuz i was eating way too much. good luck but definately pester your doc until you get the answers you need!!!! take care, good luck!

Hi all.What is zumba? sounds interesting. Also, does anyone know how to make a new ticker? I am trying to get back involved with this site, cuz i've been off track for quite awhile. would like to update my ticker but can't remember how. i love reading all your posts/encouraging. thanks

Hi. I got a fill last thurs. Might have been too much.I hurt everytime I eat. Have been throwing up a little, when I eat too much, too fast, or something bad. I'm like a crack addict with rice. I know its gonna hurt but for some reason think "maybe this time it wont hurt". I hate veggies, crave sugar and feel really mad at myself everytime I eat sugar. And its always at night.:scared2: I haven't been doing well with protein supplements. They all taste like "butt"! Gross. But I'm trying to have at least 1 per day. Thats only been the last week. I also started walking 30 minutes per day again last week. Its hard cuz I want to see change RIGHT NOW!!! I know in my brain that if I stick with it and continue to work on good habits, it will pay off. So hard it sucks! I'm hoping now that I'm back on this site, maybe it will help. Hows it going for you?

Dr Kirshenbaum is awesome. I have no complaints. Natalie is great too. They give you access to them by email, phone and cell phone for emergency. They do really care about you and your success. :thumbup:

I'm in the same boat. I've been lazy. I know that my band is a tool and I have to make healthy eating choices and exercise. I was doing good once i was in a routine with walking. Then i got too busy with 2 nursing jobs, both 12 hour shifts that i made the excuse i have no time to walk. also no time to make healthy eating choices. ugh!!! But spring is coming, and before we know it summer will be here. I don't necessarily care how i look, but i want to feel better so i can be active with my family. One of the guys at my drs office says to just walk 30 min a day. he says anyone can do that and if you're consistent, you'll loose a pound a week. I dont like vegetables and i love junk food. So I'm hoping that if I stick with veggies ill develope a taste. yuck. Well good luck! Ambra:unsure:

Hey all. I had my surgery 9/29/08. Lost 50-60 lbs but for some reason all the eating healthy and making good choices have disappeared from my mind. I can relate with the sugar thing. I could eat sweets all day and nothing else. My real problem started when I was working 2 nursing jobs. Stress! So more grab and go fast food. And stopped exercising. Once I get out of my routine, its SOOOOO HARD to start again. This week i've had some surgery so im in bed with a lot to think about. I really want to get back on track and 1st of all, STOP GAINING, and 2nd start loosing again. It's so frustrating! I was feeling so good. I need to figure out how to get back to that place. Seeing others with similar struggles is encouraging. Thanks to all who have shared. Ambra:wub:

I had my 2nd fill 12/4. 1.1 ml added to 3.5 for total of 4.6 mls. It hurts almost every time I eat. I'm trying to figure out if its what I'm eating, or if I'm eating too fast or what????? The scale was stuck, but moved today. Yay! I don't trust my cheap little crappy walmart scale. Think its 5 lbs lighter then the dr's office, but at least if it moves, hopefully the dr's office scale will too. I go back for my 3rd fill Jan 6th. Don't know if I'll need any though. I had a 1st feeling of losing a chunk (15 lbs) but haven't felt different since. Wanting to notice changes, but its hard to tell. Kind of frustrating.

Oh bummer! I love hearing about your boys. My 3 boys are 16, 18 and 20 years old. I miss them being little. Plus I'm a nicu nurse, so I love hearing about/working with twins. Sorry about your craft books and your bible. At least its not that on top of needing another surgery cuz your port flipped. I couldn't change my appt, so keeping it 12/4. Have to drive about an hour and then work that night. I work tonight too, so I shouldn't be doing "this" I should be laying down trying to sleep. ttyl

I somehow missed all of this until I posted my other message... I'm glad to see you don't need another surgery. The last workout I did was Hip Hop Abs, total body burn. I was sore for days (good sore) And I was getting ready to do it now, but I'm not sure I should after reading about your port flipping. I'm self pay and there's no way I could afford another surgery. Maybe I'll just walk instead. I just liked feeling my muscles being sore. I'm glad you don't need another surgery. Could you feel anything different when it supposedly flipped? My dr's office never said not to do any crunches either. This workout is mostly standing abs, so it should be ok. Idk. Yikes!

Hiya everyone. I am frustrated (still)... don't feel like i'm losing anymore, the scale hasn't budged in weeks (except to go up and down the same pound)... i don't know what to eat. i try protein 1st and i don't drink while i'm eating. don't think i feel anything (restriction) need to schedule my fill sooner, don't know why i've put it off. i can drink without sipping. just in a funk. nice to see i'm not the only one. i haven't been taking my topomax and my lexapro, too much of a pain to crush and take. yuck! maybe that's part of the "funk" guess i should get back to taking them.:wink2:Teri, is the new vitamin a chewable? I could use some energy....

Hey everyone! I'm amazed at all of your weight loss. Congrats!!! My scale won't move, think it's broke. At least it's not going up, but hasn't gone down for quite a while. I should have taken measurements, cuz none of my clothes fit, but it would be nice to say I've lost more lbs. I had my 1st fill on 11/6, 3.5cc, and don't think I feel anything. I asked the office if I have to wait a month for my next one and they said I can have a fill anytime, so Monday hopefully I can change my appt sooner. I'm trying hard to exercise. I really struggle. I just don't want to. Idk if I'm afraid of success or what. It's like this huge mental block. I did hip hop abs yesterday and it kicked my butte! I"m sore all over which is good, but it kind of bothered my port site. Think I'll walk today. I ate a bunch of doritos the other day too. But hey, it's a new day.

darn hormones!! but how mundane and boring would life be without them? sometimes i'd take it!

I'm a lot gassier too. :thumbup: I worry about it. Maybe it's the higher protein? I don't know. UGH!

It's great to read everyones posts. My surgery was 9/29. Didn't get my 1st fill on 10/28 due to my lg incision being infected, got antibiotics instead. Did get a fill of 3.5 cc on 11/6. However don't feel any restriction at all. Frustrated with that. From the doctors office have lost 13 lbs. Feel like I'm retaining water, boobs hurt, pms'ing that type of thing. Had a hysterectomy a couple years ago, but still have my ovaries/hormones so hopefully it's kind of my tom or something. I don't know. I just went back to night shift and feel like crap. Having a hard time, don't know when to eat, having trouble getting in water and exercise. And not beating myself up for everything I feel like I'm doing wrong. Just thought getting the band would make it so I couldn't eat as much. Thanks for listening!

think i'm pms'ing too. so probably retaining water. i forget sometimes cuz i had a hysterectomy a couple years ago, but my boobs hurt and i'm very whiny. still have my ovaries, hormones. so any day now, can start letting go ....

I just wish I could feel something. I don't, at least I don't think I do. Rotating nights/days, i'm in a foul mood right now. This will be night 3 and I couldn't fricken sleep. UGH~ Too tired to exercise after working 12 hours, but is it just an excuse? I parked at my friends house and walked to work and back with her last night. It's about a 15 min walk, doing that again tonight. Just don't know if it counts. Frustrated.

You went running? Wow! I went for a 3 mile walk yesterday, a heavy duty one at that. This hill is about straight up half the way. Part of me was thinking about running. I wanted to try, but feel like such a clutz. I'd probably fall. Way to go for you!!!!! I have no restriction at all. I'm not hungry but my "lower" stomach is growling and gurgling. Wierd! Well, need to try to go to sleep, back on nights tonight. Lord help me! Glad to see you here!!!!

OMG! Have you lost 49 lbs? That is awesome!!!! I was so worried about you at the beginning. You're doing so well. I'm not doing the best at making healthy choices all the time. I am trying to do better. I don't eat the amounts I did before. It's so hard being so busy. Working 12 hour days, then picking up 1-2 extra shifts a week, I'm just so tired. Trying to figure out what to eat, let alone go the store, shop and cook is beyond me. Ye gads! I like the idea of a food diary. Where did you find that?

Hi Julie.ann. I was feeling very faint and almost dizzy a few days after my surgery, and Natalie had me start soft stuff on day 4. Just go slow an you'll be fine. Sounds like you're doing great! I had my 1st fill this past thurs. Didn't hurt at all, just felt strange when the saline was going in the tubing. (inside) I don't feel any more restriction. I just eat slow. Good luck! I'm going for a walk now, been putting it off for a couple hours. UGH!

Thanks for the motivation/support. Think I'll try to be back on here more often. Definitely helps to have other people going through the same things. Just curious-anybody keeping track of what they eat? I heard about sparkpeople.com and you can plug in everything and it calculates your fat/protein/cal etc. Cool, but don't know if I'll follow through. Just an idea. I'm really trying hard to walk/exercise, drink enough water, and get enough protein. Afraid my thin hair will fall out. Don't have much to spare. Yikes! Aslo worried cuz I go back on nights tonight and never know when to eat. Guess I'll figure something out. I had my first fill thurs. I don't really feel anything. Anyone else the same after their 1st? Here's to keepin on keepin on!!!!

Hi. I haven't been on here for awhile. Feeling frustrated and kind of like a failure. My surgery was 9/29. Went for my 1st fill 10/28 and didn't get it cuz my lg incision was infected and got antibiotics instead. Took that (GROSS!) and went back for a fill 11/06 which I did get (YAY) 3.5 cc. Tried some soup, then scrambled eggs. Then 1/2 a grilled panini. I'm down 13 lbs at the drs office, they use a different scale each time, according to my scale, i'm down 15, so either way, that's 13-15 gone. Wish it was more. I'm having a huge mental block to exercising. Worse than any other times I've tried losing weight. Don't know if I'm afraid of success or what. I know if i'd start just walking it would help. I'm not sure really what to eat. I get compliments at work often even thought I feel like I'm not losing. Haven't been on here for awhile cuz I've just been discouraged with the whole thing. Guess maybe I should have been on here more, that might have helped. It was nice to read from you all. Thanks for "listening". Ambra

That was neat to see a picture of you guys. I have been so tired since going back to work. Spaced it out. Maybe I can come next time. Does anyone ever get together in Colorado Springs? That might be easier for some of us. Just wondering. :smile:

Yes, Dr K will be doing my fills. I wouldn't have been able to do this, being self pay, having to get a loan for the surgery, if I would have had to fly or pay a lot for fills too. I have to drive about an hour. Not bad. He charges only $15, but doesn't use xray. Hope that's ok. Will have to be, can't change it now. I'm getting anxious to get a fill and be able to start eating anything that's a more balanced diet. Still don't want to throw up, but don't want to worry about slippage. We're getting there.......