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Hi ladies. I am in the same boat. I am 10 months out of surgery and over 50 lbs down. I am 7 weeks pregnant and am terrified of gaining everyone of those 50 pounds back. My doctor will not let me have a fill despite having no restriction (I was too tight and had to have quite a bit of an emergency unfill right before I found out I was pregnant). I understand, but I am nervous about unrestricted eating during my entire pregnancy. Gotta stay strong and keep exercising, I suppose....good luck to everyone!

It is where a part of your bowel just stops working temporarily and you get a back up of stuff in there.

Have you passed gas? Are you bloated? If you have not passed gas and your belly is bloated or distended, you may have an ileus. This is bad and you need to see your doctor. If you are passing gas, I would just pick up an OTC laxative and wait for results. Good luck to you!

Hi ladies. My husband and I are also trying to conceive. Just want to wish everyone the best of luck! Paulette, sorry for the loss.

I also had terrible back pain a few weeks after surgery. I think it only lasted about a month or so.

I am also a nurse and I understand your issues with telling people. I have only disclosed my surgery to a few select people. I have been fortunate enough that the people that I have told have been very supportive. Do not be ashamed. I would be more ashamed if I continued to let my weight spiral out of control and let my health suffer because of my pride.

Definately incorporate more fiber into your diet. You can do benefiber or eat high fiber foods like oatmeal. Also make sure that you are getting lots and lots of fluids in. I also had this problem shortly after surgery and occasionally have bouts of it. If it has been over a week, I would probably get some Milk of Magnesia or Magnesium Citrate or some other sort of laxative from the drug store. You will be miserable if that stuff sits in your bowels and gets hard.

Hello everyone. Welcome to the site. Band surgery is an exciting and frustrating journey, but it has been such a positive experience for my husband and myself. Good luck to each of you!

Hi! Do not worry about the sleep study. As a previous poster said, the worst part is the goop..and getting it out of your hair the next day. It will probably not be the best night of sleep you will ever get, but you will survive. You mentioned that it seems that everyone that gets tested for sleep apnea is diagnosed. I know that it seems that way, but it is not the case. Sleep apnea tends to be weight related (but not always), so you will see alot of overweight people who are diagnosed. Good news is that with weight loss, people can decrease the severity of their apnea or even get rid of it all together. Hope this helps!

My surgery was an outpatient procedure at a local hospital. My surgeon required a 6 hour stay after anesthesia to make sure that problems did not arise after surgery that would require a hospital stay. If anything had come up, I would have stayed the night. Fortunately, that was not the case and all went well. I would not have any concerns with surgery center as long as you check to find out what will happen if complications arise? Will you be transported to a hospital for care?

I just started gurgling after my most recent fill. It actually makes me happy because it makes me feel like my band is just a wee bit tighter.....

I also have a blog...it is in my signature. I read Amy's and Angie's and they are both very entertaining!!!

I am on week 5 of the couch to 5k program. It has been great so far. It pushes me, but not so much that I give up. I went from barely being able to jog 2 minutes to jogging a straight 12 minute mile last night (not as part of the program...just to see if I could do it). I do it on a treadmill, and as someone mentioned, it is MUCH more difficult when running outdoors. My plan is to conquer the treadmill just to get my endurance up, then backtrack in the program a bit until I can run outdoors. Give it a try and good luck!!!