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No one's experienced this? How do you know if you have a leak? How do you know if your pouch is stretched?

Yesterday I went in for a fill. I'm about 6 months out and my weight loss has been really slow the past 2-3 months. When I went in today I had GAINED 3 pounds! I am hungry all the time now. She gave me another fill of 1 cc. Last night I bent over for something and when I stood back up I felt a little tingle at my port area. You know when you have a Water balloon or hose and it has a little tiny pin prick hole in it and you put your hand over it? It was that exact feeling. Immediately I wondered if I had a leak. I have never even thought about a leak before, the thought just popped into my head. And I remembered that after my prior fill I also felt that tingly feeling at the port site that night. We're talking 12 hours AFTER the fill. I felt it several times last night whenever I moved a certain way. And today, starving hungry. Has anyone else had that tingly feeling at the port site 12 + hours after the fill? It's the only 2 times I've ever felt that feeling - the night after a fill.

I might. :mad: LOL Who's asking?? LOL

Right now I'm on the powdered Vitamins (mix with water) from my general doc, she sells them. But they're pricey. A lot of people in my lap band support group use the Centrum liquid so I'm going to switch to that when I'm through with my current bottle. CVS carries it and they have a lot of sales on Centrum. I'm also taking a calcium supplement. I'm moving to the Caltrate tablets that are called "petites". They are smaller than my birth control pill so it shouldn't be a problem. I learned I have a B-12 deficiency when I started the lap band process early on this year. I was at 120 and my general doc said I should be between 400 and 900. Even after 3 months of the shots I barely went over 200. So I'm on a B-12 liquid supplement also. I haven't tried any of the chewables. I used to take Viactiv. But ever since I was banded I've been worried about them getting stuck.

My doc said that some of it may be actual gas left over from surgery in your chest cavity, but he said the more likely culprit is pressure on a nerve. Because of all the internal swelling there is some pressure pushing on a nerve. Walking helps because it helps overall with blood flow which speeds healing. I agree that gas strips won't help with this type of pain.

I've been watching it but hate it. I can't stand Luke. He is NOT a nice guy. He's acting the martyr. "Yes ladies, no one loves you but me and I'm the only one that will ever try to see you for you and I don't care that you're fat, see how good I am?" What a jerk. They stopped the height/weight thing last week. They didn't show that at all so that's one step in the right direction. I HATE the promise rings. Give them a ring, then right before the ceremony you take it back. Tacky, tacky, tacky!!! I've been watching Dance Your A*& off. I kind of like that one. It gets better every week. It is good to see how they are improving. I'm not thrilled with some of the outfits, but really, they are just dressing like the dancers on other shows. Still it does look weird to see all that. But it is nice to see them improve and drop the weight. The other "fat" show that's on right now is Drop Dead Diva. I like this one (not reality). The only negative I can say about it is the food stuff they throw in, but other than that it's pretty good. I've never been a Biggest Loser fan though I'm going to try to get through it this next season. I just always felt that it was presenting such unreachable goals. That all those "normal" people started looking at us tubbies thinking, well, if Joe can drop 10 pounds in a week why can't you?"

I've never worn anything like this but I've been wondering about them. Does anyone think something like these would help to keep you from getting saggy? I mean saggy when you don't have them on. Like maybe they could help shape you as you lose so your body stays firmer? does that make sense?

Won't know if it really works or not until I'm at my goal weight. But I figure it's not hurting anything to use it.

That was one of my concerns too. I have about 140 to lose but will be ecstatic when I lose 100. My biggest concern is my tummy. I have done a lot of research on this. I am currently taking a Biotin and a coq10 supplement. I also use the Nivea Q10 tightening cream. I haven't lost a lot of weight yet, just 24 pounds, but I don't feel my skin as being loose like I have with other weight losses. My regular physician does laser skin tightening so I'm hoping that if I do have some loose skin that might be all I'll need. It's pretty cool. No down time at all, go to work right afterward. Not as costly by any stretch - my doc charges $2400 for 5 sessions or $600 for one. So while it's not cheap it's a lot less than a tummy tuck.

Band removal could very well be covered. The items not covered by most surgeries are weight loss surgery. Removing the band isn't a weight loss surgery. If the doc says it's unsafe for you to have the band in you and must have it removed I would bet that it would be covered. Just like if you have dental coverage, one item that is often not covered is implants. But if you have coverage that includes implants, and get one . . . then switch carriers to one that doesn't cover implants, they'll still cover problems associated with that implant.

Although many people think it's a gas pain (I did too) someone told me different and it makes a lot of sense. They said it had to do with the swelling from the surgery. It puts pressure on a nerve that goes to your left shoulder. It makes sense. How you lay can make it feel better, not because it moves the gas but because it relieves pressure on the nerve. I tried all those gas remedies around and nothing helped. Once I was told it wasn't gas, but nerve pressure, just changing my position when laying down helped tremendously.

My nutritionist recommended Boost. I love them. You can get them just about anywhere too.

I agree to check with your insurance carrier. I used Dr. Eysring (hope I spelled that right) in Merritt Island. That's who Dr. Kasemsap refers his patients to.