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Good luck jeaniejinx hope it goes smoothly for you.:rolleyes2:

Hi jersey if its on your left side it is probably your port.Your port is stitched to the inside of your belly and if its starting to heal the muscles and fat that is around that area will start to grow back together and when your bending up and down and moving about this will be tugging it .It will take about 4-6 weeks for it to have healed.It should ease off as the weeks go by you just have to take it easy and dont move to quick.

Cheers big sis ehhhhh we will say no more about the jeans i have grew out of that fad of wearing the mrs clothes.lol We are saving up for florida this year so the wedding is planned for next year not decided if im wearing a skirt or ehh i mean a kilt or a suit.haha.Good to see you and gillian back on. You made me chuckel cankster with your comment about the shaving at the hospital .I remember when i was there i was just getting comfortable in the bed when i checked in when a nurse came in with a razor and said lift up your gown .So i lifted it up and she started shaving my pubic hair .I was like waittttt its a op on my belly im in for she said i will get to that i was mortfied.So im lying there starkers getting my under caridge shaved when fredrick walked in and started asking me if i was ok double mortified.So if your a guy make sure you have a shave before you go and im not talking about your face.

Yes thats true freckles i think once most folk are banded and know how it works and all the ins and out they dont need the forum as much as they did before and at the start of thier journey.I still keep up to date and pop on and read all the threads.Its good to see all the newbies come on and ask all the same questions we did at the start of the journey.And if i can pop up and answer any question that anyone might have i will.

Hi frekles ye your right it was a bit ott. good to see your still lighting up the forum with your animation:thumbup:

Well my my how things have speeded up on here that brought a bit of spice to the forum the last few pages lol.Good to see you back on Gillian wheres the other half big sis.?How are yous getting on? By god Gary you wont be able to get your head out the door with all these compliments your getting.Your going to need a new engine in your car with all the miles your going to do with all these women fighting over you. hahahahhaha Good to see a new batch of bandsters on the forum .Good luck to all you newbies who have there ops coming up soon you wont regret it . And well done shoes on that weight loss 7 and a half stone since march thats brill.

Hi flirty cheers. Not doing to bad weight loss slowed right down a bit like yourself i have been putting a bit on and taking a bit off dont seem to be getting any run inthe loosing side.Im still doing the atkins style diet eating loads of protien but i might change it about a bit and go on to a low cal eating plan to see if the speeds it up any .I have slight restriction but im not wanting to get more in as the gurgling we were talking about earlier gets worse the more restriction i have .I can still eat anything at christmas we were out and i could eat a main and a pudding so alot of the restriction is self restriction.Im quite happy with my weight just now but you know yourself you aways strive to loose that little bit more weight.Im looking to loose a another stone and i will be at my target.Are you going to fred for your fill.?

Hi flirty hows it going .I have had reflux when i was too tight and when i was lying down acid would come back up usually during the night.Once i got a slight defill it went away .I have the same symptoms you mention since i got restriction especially in the morning.If i drink water quick when i get up it gurgles down like water going down a block sink if you know what i mean.I take big gulps when in drinking so have had to get used to taking smaller sips.Like you say i get i get it were its like trapped air in my throat and i feel like burping but cant.It is quite embarrassing as i think people can hear it going down .It does ease off as the day goes on i think its the band shrinking when your sleeping and when i eat food it opens the band up a bit letting the fluids go down a little easier.

Sorry carriejess running its not for me yet im not to keen on exercise at the best of times.I have started going back to the swimming since new year but thats about it for me .I think gary does a bit on the treadmill.Have you started the running then.?

Hi jojo you can fill medical questionnaire yourself if you know all the answers.I never contacted my doctor at all untill i came back .Dr chris gives you a letter to give to your gp so it was a week later my gp found out i had the op done.

Well a happy new year to all thee newbies and oldies.To answer your question sue. Wendy at WLS says that if I dont get restriction on my next injection I will probably need an xray to see if there is something wrong (which has worried me a little !!!) Can anyone tell me if this is unusual as I thought I would be there by now but I can still tuck into a fish and chip dinner with no problem at all !! Well as you can see by the amount of fills i have had i wouldn't worry .I started to panic that there was something wrong with the band but its just some of us take alot longer than others to get restriction. I would say you have restriction to some extent homecare .I have had the same thing as yourself in the past with the pain but i have learned to chew my foods properly and slowly so don't get any pain now.I seem to be able to eat more when I'm in my own house than in a restraunt as my band seems to get tighter when I'm in public for some reason.I think you need to learn to read the signs if there is any of when the food is starting to back up in your band and stop eating that should stop the pain.Plus i think it depends on what kind of foods you are eating minced beef i used to struggle with a bit. Well thats me back on track after a bad month i had put on 8lb over the holiday period old habits kicked in again .But i have managed to loose 6lb of them since the 2nd so starting to feel a bit better now.I have got my head round what i need to do again so heres hoping i can loose my final stone or so in the coming months

Hi Mandy i dont know how quick you are needing the fill bit i think wls group are up around the 12th of jan and for a fill i think they are about £85 They are next to Glasgow green.Don't know any where else but maybe Gary will be able to tell you where he gets his fill in Glasgow from Dr chris deprez i think hes called.

Hi Katy i have a drink 2-3 times a week and it has not bothered me .Once i got the band i felt drunker quicker but this was as you were only allowed to have liquids at the start and i had nothing in my stomach to absorb the alcohol.Now there is no problem as i am eating solids and although i cant drink as much as i used to i can still shift a few bevy's when i want to .And it has not relay been to much of a problem to my weight loss.

My god it is awful quiet on here just now.lol Thats interesting to know singing parrot i was actually looking at the scotblood website to find out my nearest place to get blood taken.So i will need to knock that one on the head. Hope everyones behaving them selfs leading up to Xmas I'm going to try and be good for as long as i can too see if i can maintain my weight over the Christmas period and not put any weight on .I'm not putting any money on it right enough.lol Hope yous all have a good one .bobo xxxx

Hi erbisoeul here is the info you need Obesity-assist Steenwagenstraat 42 B1820 Melsbroek BELGIUM phone: 003227517777 mobile: 0032476398074 (for a text massage) chris.debruyne@advalvas.be dokter.de.bruyne@telenet.be www.obesity-assit.com Consultations in Belgium can only be made by my e-mail or text message. Urgent problems can be treated here at all times. Hope this helps if you need any more info just let me know.bobo

First of all welcome to the site .You wont look back after you get the surgery.For getting fills in new york you would be best starting a new thread asking the new yorkers about where they get there fill for the area you are going to be staying in but i cant see it being a problem for fills. I like you was thinking the same that i would miss my food and that i dont know if i want to get the band as i like eating so much .But the truth is there is nothing i cant eat after getting the band.The difference is i can only eat a quarter of the size portions i used to . Plus you will get used to the fact if you stuff your face you will be in a lot of pain .The restriction of the band prevents you from doing this plus you feel fuller quicker with the band. If you have any more questions just ask everyone on heres been at the same stage as yourself

Thats too true fatpant i know how impatient i was to get total restriction and then when i got relay tight i was like sh1t i dont know if i like this.I never had it as bad as yourself but i did have it where i could hardly get water down and had acid reflux during the night making me sick during my sleep which is not a good experience.So as fatpants say be patient. Well thats me had my monthly weigh in and i have lost 3lb taking me to a total of 7 and a half stone.I did want to loose a bit more in the run up to Christmas but its still a loss.Just hope i dont put much or any weight on over Christmas as my Xmas used to start about the 5th of dec buying in loads of goody's and crap and booze and that was me till after new year until i started the NEW DIET so this year hopefully will be different fingers crossed. Your looking great in your photo carriejess your legs are relay slim they are as thick as my arms.lol How did yous two get on today timeisnow and homecare?

I thought i would post my before and after as im nearer my goal.At my highest 330lb and just now 220lb.

Great photo freckles you look radiant in it .Although im not in to chocolate that looks good.mmmmmmmmm

Whats your questions frostie.?

Cheers flirty,gary homecare Good for you flirty i think now you deserve to have decent restriction for the money you've spent.Sometimes its the only way in life you'll get somethings is by complaining.Fred obviously thinks because you've done so well that you must have had restriction but you know yourself you haven't.Its sods law but i bet you this is the time when you get your next fill at Christmas you'll be as tight as hell and you wont be able to have a Christmas dinner.lol I'm sure with all the exercises you do Gary you'll be fine .If i could do a tenth of what you do it would fall off me.lol Do you think that will be you with fills for this year? I'm delighted for you home care thats brill when you put it like that as I'm sure it wont be long before you get to your goal.

Hi jennyo if you have full restriction you would be advised to get a little taken out on long haul flights as the cabin pressure tightens the band.It does not effect it if your not at full restriction or the flights are only a few hours long as i have flew about 6 times since getting the band. It certinly is not a mirical cure which alot of people think it is .Its hard work its just like been on a diet but with a helping hand not to eat as much.

Well thats me weighed in and had a fill 4lb lost this month which im pleased at as i felt i had been realy bad this month.I had 0.75 put in and just had a protien shake feeling the restriction already.:tongue2: Hi jenno dont worry everyone feels the same before getting it done.Your probebly right i thought the same before i got it done i thought i dont know if i want this as i like my food to much.But there is nothing i cant eat just smaller amounts. You realy need to work with the band as its only a tool to help you not eat loads. Band fills are part and parcel of the band.Some people get restriction after a few fills others like myself and flirty have took loads .If your traveling in may you may not have full restriction so you will be able to fly no probs.

Hi wishful Its just away of getting you back on track with shrinking your band back too its original size.Putting you on liquids for a few days then soft mushes.If you goggle it there is loads of sites that talk about how you do it .I think if you search on this site to loads of people have done it too.

Alright m8 i know what your taking about .I think its because as your not eating your band shrinks back too the size it was when you get your restriction at a fill and the days and weeks after your fill it slowly stretches and thats how you can eat more and more.If that makes sense? Thats how the 5 day pouch test works by making you go on liquids for the first few days too shrink your band back too the original size.But obviously the liquids are not alcohol.lol