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I havent heard of that site but I'll check it out thanks. I use www.myfitnesspal.com to log my intake. x

Ah bless ya thanks. Hope you fel better soon xx

Well it didnt come in straight away. It was 14 hours after the fill. I had been to dinner and sipped Soup and plenty of fluids and was fine. Then I noticed I coudlnt swallow tea or Water or my saliva. And that I felt searing pain in my upper stomach area (probably around the actual band, inflammation etc) Then I had to spit out my saliva because it wouldnt go through. Ended up carrying a towel with me. Soaked 4 of them right through. Eventually I had pain in my shoulders, lower back around my kidneys, my joints ached, I was shaking, and sweating, and stop peeing on the 3rd day. I coudnt stand up or sit still, just so aggitated. I stopped producing saliva and got a bit delirious and felt weak. And in such awful pain throughout my entire body. I was day dreaming about taps/fawcets running water over my face, and loooking quite lovingly at bottles of squash in the cupboard, and just feeling so very very thristy. And I was vomiting a lot over/near constant those 3 days, bile I think. Eventually ended up in hospital on a drip when they tried to remove some Fluid. Then I starting drinking again and the relief was instant!! I slwept well that ngiht, felt hydrated and the pain went away straight away.

I just had my 3rd fill yesterday (had 0.75ml put in), now at 4.25ml. I can feel some restriction there, but I can't deal with 2 days of fluids then 2 days of soft food. Im hungry and I need some semi solids already. I was at 4ml, and for a few months that was enough then I 'maintained' for a few months, then had an overfill, so needed to be unfilled, so went down to 3.5ml and that was too loose for me. Now gone back to my 4ml plus a smidge. So 4.25ml should give me a bit of restriction. I was too scared to go anymore in case I got too tight again - thats horrific to go through.

Had a small fill today, just 0.75ml. Met Chris Deprez, who is a lovely chap. And met some of the ladies in the clinic - all lovely - some new, some not so new. Was nice to chat. So much for 2 days of liquids though, I'm bloody starving - had to have some semi solids. Hope everyone's alright

Just saw your post there Freckles, so sorry to read of this. Hope you're doing ok and keeping your pecker up x

Oh dear I so need a fill Had 1.25ml last month which turned out to be too much, ended up in hospital to have a bit taken out. So Im down to 3.5ml which is 0.5ml less than I had when I had the fill (you see?). I'm always hungry and finding it hard to not overeat. Dr Chris wants me to have another xray (I had an xray when I had the defill), though he did say in the next 6 months, but I want to go have a small fill next Thurdsday, I cant afford an xray at the same time! argh, hopefully he will let me have a small fill

Ey by eck that was rough! Ended up in hospital due to overfill! 36 hours I couldnt drink or swallow saliva, the pain in my chest and back was incredible. I was utterly dying. In the end they put me on a drip and emptied my band - what a waste of money that fill was!!!! I can drink today but still in pain, and woke up several times choking and having fluids shoot out of my nose!! So now I have less in my band than I did before the fill. ffs And I'm over a 100 down for nothing.

This is mwe right now. Had a 1.25ml fill on Thursday, was fine, drank plenty had some soup to eat. Then yesterday I managed some soup. Then BAM nothing would go through. No water, no saliva, nothing. I have been vomiting for near on 18 hrs now and Im in agony. I have phone my docs, but I was a private overseas patient and its unlikely the NHS will treat me. I will have to probably just see it through or get super urgent where the NHS must treat me. Its a farce in this country.

oh god Im far too tight. I have been vomiting for nealry 18 hours. and I cannot get any fluids or saliva down Christ its painful in my chest and back.

Im finding this also. I developed an ulcer last summer and so far the NHS doctors wont touch me because I have a band - a band that I did not have placed under the NHS. After 6 months I was given the anitbiotic treatment to eradicate H Pylori, and there has been a fair bit of relief but I am still very sore and in pain.

Crikey did you go from the UK? How come you went all the way over there? That must have been a bit pricey. Were you not able to go to one of his London (or whereever's closest for you) clinics? x

HI all Went for my fill yesterday with Dr Chris. Wow you lot are rowdy in the waiting rooom ahaha all I could hear was burping and giggling. I was chuckiling away to myself at all the happiness in there. I would have come through and had a chat but I took the husband and baby with me and there wasnt really enough room so I hid round the corner. Plus the baby was asleep when we arrived anyway. Had 1.25ml in and feeling tight as hell today, can get fluids through though, albeit very slowly..... I didnt realise the bands were 7ml though, Ive now got 5.25ml in mine, Tummy feels sore inside though. Hope everyone is well

Well actually yes there are. I know of people who are banded, and actually received training from their surgeons to be able to do fills on others and on themselves.

Im seeing my doctor in 2 weeks, he's do a fill in his office. x

She and I and everyone else, including you, can eat wtf they want - as long as they dont over eat (is that not the mechanical point of the band??), although you can go and live on lettuce water and fairy dust if you feel better about it. Live a little and stop being so bitchy about what someone else puts in their body.

I was told I should have a needle also in case of emergencies.

My PCOS has totally gone away, all bloods and ovary scans are clear. Only sympton I have now is the hair! I pluck and have been having electrolysis to try and get rid of it.

The blood would be from a bit of tearing, especially if the crackers were sharp and a bit angular. However that lining (and the cells that line it) should be fairly robust as it needs to withstand 'trauma'. I'm a histologist so I have an understanding on cellular stuff, but I'm not a a doctor so I would just talk that over with your personal doctor/GP just for peace of mind if nothing else x But certainly I have my fair share of getting food stuck!! Ouch! Sometimes sipping warm milk helps me

Nearly 2 years. And quit smoking 2 weeks before that. The non smoking has gone better than the band!

Yeah I have done also, If I've swallowed wrongly and rushed something then I've had pain and had to throw up. I sometimes learn my lesson, and sometimes I dont xx

^ excellent heheee!

I have a cheapo £20 PC11 HRM from Amazon, and its brilliant, had it about a yr and only changed the battery once. It's very good. I was going to wear it to work too just to see how any cals I burn running around the place haha

I've not had any info either, but luckily I work in a hospital I can access the medical library and there's quite a good selection of obesity and bariatric surgery books. Always worth a read from the 'other side'. Looking fab there btw x

Has anyone had fills done in their own home? I'm having one done of Sunday. It'll be my 1st after having surgery in April (we didnt know at the time of surgery I was pregnant, and I had my baby in Nov so am starting on fills now). There is a lady who travels around UK providing a fill service and I wondered if anyone else goes down this route?