claire 72

just wanted to know if anyone has noticed that their band feels tighter when they are due on their period ??? i'm also thinking that i feel alot tighter in the morning :thumbup:

hi x i don't like needles but i have had a few fills and foundthat only one of them was anything like what u could call slightly painfull ! And i'm not talking "toe curling pain" just "ooh that hurts a bit " All i can tell u is don't look at the needle as it DOES look quite long and scary but it has to be long to get through our fat layer to the port site that's sewn to the muscle x hope this is some help to u xclaire

please get a slight unfill :smile2:my first fill was 2.5 mls in a 10 ml band -felt nothing ! 2nd fill came and the nurse agreed to put in anothe 2 mls taking me up to 4.5mls . i went into the waiting room and got a glass of water -well like u said it gurgled and felt strange :confused:i told the nurse and she said it was deffinatly too tight - i went back in and all she took out was .5 mls leaving me at 4mls . i tried some more water and it went down no problem :thumbup:u should NEVER EVER have restriction on water etc. ......... if u feel uncomfortable on clear fluids then u will be stuck on soup !!!!!!!!!! i think the vast majority that have answered u have ur best interests at heart .......please get a small unfill and let us know how u go :wink_smile:xxx

hi everyone x couldn't get on this forum for some reason for ages . i was banded 1st aug 08 -got my period a week later then NOTHING for 10 weeks !!!!!!!! had pregnancy tests and even blood tests for hormone levels [all fine] . then like i said -got it after 10 weeks then ain 4 1/2 weeks later ,so maybe it's sorted itself out now :crying:

hi everyone :cool2: claire here in the uk !! just had my very first fill at 8 weeks :thumbup:just wanted to let people who are still waiting for their first or are pre-op know that it went absolutely fine :laugh:like other people waiting for it ,i was looking forward to it but quite nervous well i lay on the surgery table and was told to raise my feet an inch to tense up my stomach muscles . wendy [the nurse ] found my port straight away and said the dreaded words "u'll just feel a small scratch " then before i knew it she was in !!! :thumbup: i can honestly say i didn't feel it - 2.5 in no probs !! xxx hope this helps anyone who is feeling a little scared - have been on soups for 3 days then 3 days on soft food then back to normal untill the next fill :thumbup:

hi x i live in the uk and had my first fill a few days ago 8 weeks post-op till the next fill :cool2: i've been told to have liquids for 3 days mushy for 3 days then back to normal till the next fill :smile: 1 month seems very soon to have a fill is that normal in america ????? claire

u had ur band in april - what fills have u had and is this the first time u've had any sliming or pbing ?

hi x i'm 8 weeks post-op on friday and i'm having my 1st fill on that day too !! i'm hoping she'll put a decent amout in and i'll be able to tell the difference - although i do realise it will probably take a few goes to get it right :cry_smile:

i am 6 and a bit weeks post-op and due my 1st fill next week at 8 weeks !! haven't lost anything for the last 2 weeks since i went back on solids -poeple keep asking how much wait i've now lost and i feel like a failure saying that i havent lost any more - i think this stage of the game is called ''bandster hell'' when ur back on solids but have very little restriction :sneaky:bring on the fill/fills!!!!! :thumbup:

hi x claire here !! i'm 6 and a half weeks post op and not had a fill yet and i;m either stuck or i can eat tons of more mushy stuff !!

this is a very good point :smile:i'm sure that alot of us are very good [and used to ] at beating ourselves up about our weight !!:rolleyes:now is the time to let ourselves heal and have a bit of faith in the future

i was told that the air that is still trapped tries to go to the highest point in ur body - therefore , lie down flat with ur legs up against a wall ie. ur head te wrong way round on ur bed with ur legs straight up the wall :redface:it takes a bit of time but the pain really does subside

right ok !!! i know u probably won't want to do this but it really does work :rolleyes2: i suffered really bad with pain in my shouler [i'm 6 weeks post op ] and the last thing u feel like doing is lying down flat [i really didn't know where to put myself -agony !] but the point is that the air trapped in ur body tries to go to the highest point which is why u get the pain in ur shoulder ! what u have to do [apart from ur painkillers ] is lie down flat on ur bed for eg. with ur bum up near the wall then put ur legs up the wall :redface:sounds silly but it does help - if u are downstairs lie on the floor and put ur legs up a wall or up on the sofa :thumbup:hope this helps -let me know x

oh u poor love :crying:i'm only 5 1/2 weeks post -op and still waiting for my 1st fill so i'm not really qualified to give advice but maybe u could do with a very small un-fill ,maybe even as small as 0.2 or 3 !! hope i don't sound too daft x :omg_smile:

hi there :biggrin: have just read this thread and i'm in exactly the same position as in i've not had my 1st fill yet and won't be till the end of sept !! my head IS back in foodland but i can't eat quite as much as before thank God !! i'm nearly at week 6 post op and i haven't lost anything for about 2 weeks -i know that is better than putting it ON but i keep worrying that i'll put it all back on before my fill :cool2: maybe we should just think that once the band IS filled right it will eventually come off slowly but surely -and we just need to be patient

thanks everyone x it sounds like quite a few of us have noticed some tightness at that time of month -good to know i'm not just going a bit mad [well, more than usual !!] :thumbup:

hi there :thumbup:thought i'd say hello to a fellow resident of the uk !!! my name is claire and i live near manchester . i had a band fitted 5 weeks ago in belgium - i'm fine and just wanted to say that if there is anything u want to know just ask :thumbup:

I'm 5 weeks post op -no fill yet but i've been sick ect a few times this last week :sad:do u think it would be a good idea to go on fluids for a few days to let my pouch rest a while :shades_smile:

bread was always my binge of choice pre-band so it's gonna take a little time for me to forget it :thumbup: lol

just done it again !!!! :thumbup: really DO need to go easy for a few days

god we are all learning after all :lol:it is weird having the band !! even though i've not had a fill yet i DO feel like i have a little food policeman sitting in my chest telling me what i can get away with and what i can't !!:blush:anyone else feel like this or have i finally gone mad ?

mostly my fault!! i tried eating some bread on one occasion and it just sits like a brick in ur chest - then u start sliming then pb ing then finaly i was sick :thumbdown:it has happened a few times this last week and some people think that it's good to let ur pouch rest for a few days incase being sick has made ur pouch swell up a bit :thumbup:

hi there x i've not had my 1st fill yet but i have had the sliming ,pb ing and been sick in the 5 weeks post op ! when i do feel uncomfortable i've started kneeling on the floor with my bum high up and my front half as flat to the floor as poss !! not really something u can do in the middle of a resterant but it hels when i'm at home !! hope this helps x claire

hix i am now 5 weeks post -op. did u have an adjustable band fitted ? if so u'll probably find that ur left side hurts because the port where they will inject ur fills is usually stitched under ur fat to ur stomach muscle there :teeth_smile: it does get easier -i can now lie any way i want to x hope this helps :thumbup:claire

good luck for the surgery tia x i'm 5 weeks post op and feeling fine :thumbup:i am very similar to you by what you have said -don't worry too much about being sick etc. u will learn by experience what u can and can't tolorate -u'll be fine x claire :tt2: