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jo thats a fantastic start well done keep it up. gx

Hi Wannabe MAny thanks for your kind words, yes i am delighted at the moment, even with my hassles however they were delt with first class i cant complain and I am well on the track to rech my goal by the summer, another 3.5 stone. Oct will be on you before you know it, its the right thing to be doing, going by your picture u wont belong in loosing your excess. gx

Thanks Allan, its ur birthday this week is it not. g

good effort paul itl be all over and done with soon. Good luck g

best of luck to all you guys going this week, you will be fine, one piece of advise is be patient and you will get there, everyone who had done fantastic with there band has taken them time so stick with it and before long you wil be looking back on this week with a smile on your face and a fr smaller tummy. I love my band right now, i have my perfect sweetspot, i can eat things but a tiny ammount, and have lost nearly a stone in 10 days wooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooo. g

hi all no, no need to shave down south. g

Hi all NIce to see new faces about to be banded coming on your doing the right thing, i would not change it for the world. Small tip for those near tight restriction DO NOT TRY TO EAT AN AMERICAN HARD GUM hahahahahahai did yesterday morning, it stuck and i could not eat a dam thing the rest of the day. I got another fill last week and my god its tight but its awesome, ive lost 8 pound in a week, altho this is alwys the same the first week but all good. g

hi cankster i am interested to read you have a 20ml band is this a new type as i thought the johnsons one was only 14. Cheers

hopikat if its any help i had to go bck for a 2nd op as my tubing was leking nd they managed to reopen just the port scar so it was not too big deal, i got let bck out the same day also and was no where near as sore as the op, very minor. I hope you will be just the same. Regards

hiya no, no need to go to belgium for your fill, the dr himself does a clinic around the 2nd last thursdy of the month, he was there today and i seen him, his sidekick chris deprez does a glasgow clinic on the middle fri of month around the 19th> i know from my situation i go to see dr chris himself as i had a problem with my port and was difficult to locate and dr chris always found it ok, chris deprez is also very capable. On the restriciton front everyone is different, i am not sure if your male or female as guys bands are bigger and take more to fill, i would guess 4 to 6 fills to get to the sweetspot, u will feel a lesser restriction from about ur 3rd fill, dont quote me on this as everyone is different. The good thing is when you get to the sweetspot you will need less regular fills, for example i got a fill in oct and never needed nother till today (4 months) regards g

Oh well another wee 0.5 ml in today, me thinks i am back to sweetspot, as even eating soup i have to put spoon down for 30seconds after about 4 mouthfully, yaaaasssss, sure il no be saying that in a few days but thats why ive got it. hope everyone is well. Its good to read all the new people coming on good on you, help keep this forum going. g

hi baarbs I would love to say to you that itl make a difference but it wont, however your on the rod, enjoy for the now being ble to hve a wee bit of what you like as once you reach tight restriction you wont be able too. gx

relax, relax relax, i also hate needles but these things are tiny and that sharp that you dont even feel it going in, u just stick them in the fatty parts, and god knows we all have them. Trust me there easy. g

Fill tomorrow, thatl be me bck to super tight, soup and mushies only, yesssss, next 4 stone here we come. g

hi flirty nice to hear from you, hope ur well. gx

i would add about the dissolving stitches is that they start getting tight and sore before they dissolve and because they are tight they actully gave me bigger scars than the icision itself, so i cut mine and that helped. g

Allan mate that f@@@in awesome well done you must be chuffed. i am stuck but gettn a fill on thurs, i am still restricted but like u i have to be super tight for it to work, so hopefully i will drop my next stage too, but once again, fantastic. g

i would tend to agree, sorry. gx

ul do it no probs. gx

nae probs did u know u were a year to the day for ur op with mmm and myself, we were the friday. gx

jojo dont worry a popping noise is the same as a lot of people explain it, ur port can take 6-8 weeks to heal, even when u think its better u then weeks later get a pain then panic but thats n ormal. i wud say as long as ur not jumping around or doing sit ups you will be fine. gx

Freckles you have been caring for your mum night and day for the year i have known you and that is a huge burden and it will have taken its tole on you, i seen my mum do the same for my dad without complaining but it definently took its tole. What you need to keep in your head is she will get better all over care there and I am sure you will still go many times a week to see her. Your still a young woman with plenty of years to enjoy. gx

Hi J God i heard tht on the news about the train crash, did it go throught the vilvoorde stn, i hope no of our friends were on it. gx

happy valentines day everyone, however not a bloody card, maybe next year. hahahahaha gx

sounds about right, i have went from needing a fill to nah dont need one 5 times in the last 2 weeks, sometimes i can eat platefull then next day 2 spoons, its crazy. what about stress you stressed at all. the only thing i do know is i get mega tight after a good bevvy but thats just stomach swelling with the booze. there god dam crazy things gx