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Hi time is now you are usualy in for about 45 min for your first time with wls group.Depending how many questions you have or your looking for advice on anything. Good luck gary and any others that are going out.:thumbup:

Hi bebo you would be best canceling it if you can .I never new you could not use them.

Thats great gary your getting done so quick .It will be good for you to get your band working for you again.And at least you will know what the process is before you go.And i hope it all goes well for you.

Alright gaz just read your about your band sorry to hear it mate.Just hope you need a local to have the op done .Have you been watching what your eating and keeping up the exercise?. Welcome to the forum galatea.

Hi tin you are supposed to be on liquids for three days and mushes for three .But it is up to your self if you last that long some just do two days liquid and two mushies.

Hi flirty good to see you back fit and healthy.I hope your drain holes heal up nice and they stop leaking. I cant belive you have done all this inside a year of being banded. Are you ok bending up and down or is it tight.

Your right gaz i was just a bit concerned about the water as thats the tightest its ever been and it kind of scared me. It has eased off a little today so im felling a little more relaxed about it.I think the more you worry about it the tighter it feels.I have been taking sips now instead of normal size drinks and that seems to have helped. How about you have you started on mushes and is ther any diffrence in the restriction.?

Hi mmm my symptoms have not been as severe as yours and i would probely put up with them but i have a wedding to go to in 11 days and im realy worried about that i dont want to be the only one not eating or having problems drinking.

Hope every things ok with your band gary let us know when you have spoke to dr chris . Im having some problems to i dont know if i have been slightly overfilled . To the girls on here who have the same problem.Is the acid refux a sign that you are overfilled ?And like a few of yous have said im struggling to get fluid down in the morning too a few times i have been blocked and slimed just drinking water . Im also struggling eating only a few mouthfulls and thats me bringing it back up.Im made 2 scrambled eggs this morning and im lucky to have eaten 1 So do yous think i need some taken out .I only got 0.50 put in but i think i would have only needed 0.25 put in .Or did any of yous who have had these symtoms leave it and your band has slackened off?

Hi timeisnow i used to drink lagar and cider but i found the lagar was to sore when i drank it and it bagged my pouch up to much so i stopped drinking lager. So i used to drink magners as i found out of all the ciders that was the leaset fizziest.If you get it just get it with loads of ice and that takes more fizz out of it . Then as my band has got tighter i have had to stop drinking it as that is causeing me pain. So now i drink guiness i dont know if this is the same as 80 shilling but if it is it should be fine there is no fizz in this. There shoulnt be any problem drinking as long as your not going to hammer it. I had a swaly about two weeks after been fitted and know problems.

Hi odge i count the fill day as a liquid day. I have cheated a little and had runny scramble egg this morning to see if it was just liquids i am struggling with. It went down slow but easyier than liquids its strange.

Ye i would be up for it if im getting another fill odge.

Hi tracy is was on the waiting list to get the band in the glasgow area for two years.I had been approved to have the surgery done and had all my bloods done. Been to a phychologist and a dietician had ann endascope and after all that i was told there was no funding and to come back and see them in a year and they would review it again. So for me that was the final straw i got a bank loan went to belgium had the surgery private and the rest is history.

I dont know when you will be leaving for your op on sat flirty so i thought i would just wish you well for your op and im sure everything will run smoothly for you .So best of luck and keep us all posted how you got on if you can as im sure everyone on the thread will be looking foward to find out how it went. x You will be in my thoughts on sat bobo

Hi odge it is still on the tight side and the water is still gurgiling down so i will wait a few weeks to see if it loosens off a bit first before i make an appointment but i will let u know.

Cheers gaz ye it does sound like you when you got your last fill.How long ago since your last fill and the restriction going,?

Well done beeboo thats great news 9lb. It will give you a lift loosing that amount and im sure it will spurn you on to loose even more. Is the pouch shrinking diet the same as the 5 day pouch test where you are on liquid for two day then soft protien for two the hard protien for one.? Cheers homecare yes im feeling pleased with my self i will be quite content to get half a stone off a month. Hi odge ye nice to meet you today.Seven pounds since your last fill is great good for you. I had a protien milk shake when i came home and struggled with that and later had a glass of water and took a couple of big gulp and i got the slime and brought it back up .Had some tomato soup for dinner and that went down fine.So i think i will just have to take my time when im drinking.

Hi all thats me had my fill today and weighed in . I got another .50 put in taking me to 10.75 in a 11ml band. I have lost another 8lb which im chuffed with as thats a steady two lb a week . I meet the the lovley odge who was going in after me so hope it went ok for her. I struggled a bit to drink the water after the fill and i have came home and drunk a protien shake which i have struggled with so hopefully this is the one for me which will make the diffrence. Good luck with your fill today beeboo hope all goes well for you let us know how you get on.

Hi clara tesco do light choices dutch crisp bread which ae good and only half the cals as the normal ones. Gary it is very frustrating when your putting in the work and the scales dont seem to be moving.But like you say the inches will be coming off and that makes a big diffrence.

Hi homecare is the stitch on the same side as your port .? I had somthing like that when i got banded i dont know if it was the port bedding in to the skin but it went away after a day or two.

By the way gaz hows the training and the weight loss.? I have been round strathy walking and cycling about 10 times since i met you there plus to the swimming a couple of times and on the wii fit but i have not realy done anything for a week .I feel as if i am not burning off fat and just turning it to muscle as the scales dont seem to be moving as fast as i would like for the hours i have been putting in .Do you ever find this happening.?

Dont get me wrong i enjoyed it but i felt totaly guilty after it.If i were you i would be only getting 0.25 to 0.50 put in at a time now as your nearer your sweet spot you dont want to be too tight .

Hi odge im in glasgow tomorrow for a fill but im at 10am. I so badly need it i actully thought i had restriction.I was out on thu night for a dinner at the chinese and i eat a four course meal yes four course. I started with chicken noodle soup then small portion spare ribs then crispy chilli chicken with fried rice an toped it off with a cheese cake. I couldnt belive i eat all that thats the most i have ever eat since been banded. So all off my restriction has been self restriction.The next day though i had a chicken salad an after a few mouth fools that was me could not eat any more.This band is totaly crazy. So i will be asking for a large fill if possible. Dont worry flirty it will be over before you know it.And you will be on here telling us how good its looking.

Alright m8 mabye gary is the best one to answer this one as he is in to the more physical exercise than me.But personaly i would leave it unless you totaly feel healed. I would be scared incase i fell or twisted and done any damage to my port or my stiches.But its your call if you think you are healed enough.

Well done timeisnow gillian and big sister great news on the weight loss.I thought at the start that i wanted a stone off every month but i know that is never going to happen.If i get 7 lb off every month like yous girls i will be delighted.The way i look it is all these 7lb lead up to stones and by christmas i will be at my ideal weight.So well done and keep up the good work.