ddgalarza

hi cheryl, how are you? I had my second fill and still nothing! she added 1.5 cc's and I can still eat way too much and i never get that feeling that i'm looking for of fullness. working off of will power is really hard for me and the scale shows it. only lost 4lbs. my next fill is in 2 1/2 weeks, right after my trip to big bear, so i'm going to pack my workout clothes for my tip and do the best i can.

just checking in to see how you are doing. My second fill still isnt giving me the level of restriction that i want. some wrote "dear cupid, for valentines day, forget flowers and choclate, i want my sweet spot" i've got these size 18 clavin klein jeans hanging on my door that i am dying to get into. (size 18 from lane bryant is WWWAAAYYYY different). hope all is well with you, take care.

16lbs! WOW!! Congrats and I think I'm a little bit jealous That is soooooo good. I am down 12 pounds since surgery (50total soince I started) I'm working hard and my progress is slow, but that's what I signed up for. If I wanted 10 lbs a week I should've got the bypass right? You are doing so well! All my clothes are very baggy and the true test is that all my former skin tight jeans are ridiculously baggy. i can get them off without unbuttoning them which is hilarious to me!

hey wendy how u have been. i went for my 2nd fill only lost 4 lbs. my doc added 1.5cc's to my band. and let me tell you i already know its not enough. although i have had one instance where i felt something get stuck i still can eat WWWAAYYY to much food. next fill not scheduled for 3 weeks but i think she's gonna get a call on monday. take care hope all is well with you.

Had my 2ns fill today, she added 1.5cc's to the already 2cc's from my 1st fill last month. i only lost 4 pounds, which I know whould have been more had I had more restriction. down to 232 and i really need to see the 220's soon or i am going to start to lose my mind!

so i called and expressed my concern to dr t who wasnt convinced to say the least. she didnt want to put in any additional fluid and reassurred me that it would take time to find the sweet spot.all of which i know is how the process works. but here i am 3 1/2 weeks after my first fill and i havent lost any weight. im at the gym 5 days a week, but portion control is a hard battle to fight, its why i got the band to begin with. im just alittle frustrated ,

ok now to the fill. so dr t put 2cc's in my band. and i stayed in the office for a while and drank my water which went down just fine. i did liquids for the rest of the day and softs the next like she said and regualr diet the day after that. well i was really conscious of what i ate and paying attention to chewing througly and all that great stuff. but i never got that feeling. that feeling of fullness. nothing ever even remotely felt like it had any trouble going down (which i know is a good thing) but i never felt full and felt like i could continue to eat even past the reccommended amount of 1/2 cup. the only thing that kept me from over eating was will and if i had enough will to sustain me i wouldnt have needed surgery.

hi cheryl~ how are you? hope that your christmas and new years were spent well. I hit my 2 month post surgery date yesterday and let me tell you i am not happy. its been a while since we talked so let me fill you in,i'll try to make it short.

ok, so prior to my first fill appointmet . the first thing that went wrong was that my large incision developed a whole that simply would not close and dr t didnt want to put a stitch in (alothough i finally convinced her 2 weeks later) AND i developed a rash around it that was so irrataing and caused me alot of itching that wouldnt go away so she advised me to apply topical bebdryl too it (THAT I WAS ALLERGIC TO) which just made it really ugly to look at. i guess inthe grand scheme of things that all wasnt so bad.

Hey I knew what you were trying to say and I get it. But I'm lucky in that my HMO paid in full for my surgery, based soley on my BMI I qualified. I am having a more difficult time than I thought with the fill and I honestly dont see restriction coming 3 weeks after the fact. I know its a tool, but I need my tool to work with me.i'll keep you posted.