54Shirley

Well, I'm 57 if that helps. Was banded 10/31/2006. I can relate to what your saying. I went to The UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, and the referred me to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. They told me that they had the Monopoly on this surgery. So they sent me to see their Chief Surgeon in charge. He did a fantastic Job, but was lousy in aftercare. So look up some Doctors on the Forum in your state, talk to some people that had surgery from this Dr., and google his name, and see what you get. Hope this helps ! Shirley.

Glad it was Diagnosed, and Treated ! Great to hear your feeling better...

We have a private group for October Bandsters. Scroll back a few pages, and instructions are ther for joining. Come and tell everyone what's been going on. Shirley.

I did in the begining ! But that goes away !

Yes ! go with your Doctor... I'm kinda thinking swelling. You'll see if in a week maybe, that you will be able to swallow that. Restriction is just like that though. Just a little more permanint "GOD i NEED SPELLCHECK FOR THIS SITE." It will come in time.

Protein shakes help allot. Also go to myfitnesspal.com and record everything you eat, and do. Like walking or working out in a Gym, it's available to you, other then that you have to wait untill you get possibley another slight fill. So take control.

I lived on Diet Coke that's what caused the err Belly look. I gave them up years ago. One time I took a sip, and spit it out. It was terrible ! It tasted worse then cough syrup. So were all not missing anything. It's amasing ! just like learning to smoke, and choking on those things, yrt we still try, and then to B.S. ourselves into thinking that it's really good stuff. Eventually the brain believes it !

Certain Protein shakes can cause this. You might want to try to switch to a different Drink. They do sell bean-o, and other pills to disolve Gas. Similar to having to much soap suds in your washer, and you pour in Fabric Softener to cut the soap. That's all I could think of, but it works on that order. Good Luck !

DITTO ! Also, it is fatning, it can give a beer bally look. I drank a glass 1 time on a very HOT Summer day, and the carbonation about killed me. I said never again ! ,and I never have !

My guy told me it better not ever be gum on a stuck episode, because if he has to go in and get it, he would really get in your case. So,, I never bothered, and don't intend to.

Well,,,, Nuts I might have a few every now and then. Popcorn is out and gum no way! If it should slip and go down and get stuck ! How are you going to get that out ? My Bariatric Surgeon said Gum is out the question ! So I don't even give it a thought.

This plan works too ! Doesn't it Lisa .... Only difference is different vitamins, and mine are not gummies, there chewable, so they dissolve before you swallow. It's a great way to kill that hunger serge, and you get your daily vitamins...

Soon will be getting out of 18 petite jeans, and moving into 16W or 16. So looking for some Jeans, and summer stuff, in pants or capris.. Let me know, Shirley.

Breakfast Poached Egg Lunch Muscle Milk Lite Shake Strawberries n Creme Dinner Pork Chop / Shake n Bake, 1/4 cup Cottage Cheese, S.F. Pudding Caramel.

you have to learn what you can, and can't eat. So it's hit and miss for a while. Hard boiled eggs don't set well in my chest either, so I smash one with a fork, and add some lite salad dressing, and have a egg salad for 1 instead... So I get around the problem of never being able to eat a Hard Boiled egg. In the morning, I like 1 poached egg for breakfast, and I find those go down pretty easy. Just make sure with a spoon you cut it into bite size pieces.

DITTO ! She is right ! you have to decide if you want to live or die from Weight related problems. I almost did.... I would have drowned in my own bodily fluids, and bariatric surgery is the only cure. So I gladley had it done. I know it takes Maintenance, but that's better then RNY Surgery, and then being told "I DID MY JOB AS A SURGEON THE REST IS UP TO YOU !" With that, I seen allot of people fail.. This way if you feel that your still hungry, he can tighten you up a little, and you would be suprised after a few fills, what a small tweaking of a fill would do for you. Then in time, as you jose weight, you can invest it in cloths instead. Weight is not everything, sometimes inches mean allot more, and then the weight will follow. Look up my story and see how I came across getting the band. Shirley.

I was on pain meds for about two weeks. Then I saw my Dr. and because of everything that I had done, he said wait another 2 weeks, and then go back to work. So I listened, I walked allot for that first week, and did light housework to help work my way up. If I got tired !! :and I did" I took a breather, then either back to work or not if it was to much. :you will know buy how you feel" Every day got better, and better. Then I returned to work.

For me, it's that Hormone that I spoke of. It is supressed, and you have NO ! Appetite at all. So If you can deal with not being hungry then you will beat this thing. It's like putting a bottle in front of a Alcaholic and watching him shake for it. Well instead, do to a surgical implant, that would be doing its job. The Alcaholic can sit at the table, and not sweat over the bottle. He will look at it a few times, and think where is that itch ! Well it's not there at all. "That was a Hypothetical comparison to the band" But you get the idea. That is how it is suppose to work, and it works that way for me. Like Hummingbird said you will only be able to eat so much or you will be sick or very uncomftorable. hope this helps.

That's where the band comes in handy for me. It supresses the hormone that drives you up the wall with head hunger. That makes it doable. You just have to do other things instead of thinking about food all day long. Thats how this works for me, and,,, it's working. I will never go back to that habit, as long as I'm banded. Hope this helps.

Anytime, and your welcome !

If I hiccup 1 time it means i'm full, 2 times means you have had to much, so stop or you will be sorry.. I don't get a case of hiccups often, but if I do, then its just hiccups.

Could you live with 3 Flintstone's Complete with CHOLINE Chewables, at least once a day when you get a itch to scratch ? If you say yes ! then welcome to my world, because that's what we do. Take 3 Vitamins a day, if you get the munchies chew on them, it should help satisfy.. Just make sure you get the ones mentioned, I don't have to take any other Vitamin, because this covers it all. So your killing 2 birds with 1 stone, so to say... Go to the Flintstone's website and print a coupon, then pick them up on sale to. Also copy that coupon, you might find it worth your time. Enjoy, Shirley.

That's called Sabatoge !

I just bought 2 Jugs of the MML on ebay chocolate Milk at a sale price. That's over 1 1/2 lb. Jug. The only flavor she has left is Vanilla. So if interested, let me know. I'll give you the name. Shirley.

If your already feeling that little stuck feeling... Then you have not wasted your money at all.. Once you hit restriction, you will learn very fast to chew a lot smaller, and the Hunger Hormone will be supressed, and you won't feel that hungry. You have to learn that, because your not Hungry, it still is not a free ticket to go and munch. You find other things to do, and in time the weight will fall off.