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good luck for tomorrow Garry I'll be thinking about you beeboo x

hiya homecare just in from work so thought I would check out how you were doing.you are not a nuisance you are just worried thats what the forum is all about.if anyone has a problem,question or worried about anything or in need of support thats what we're all here for,we all need this.it took a wee while for my port to heal properly I didn't have the burning pain in it but it used to get a bit jaggy.my friend from Walse that I met in Belguim still has wee twinges now and again she had the burning for a wee while but it does go away.what kind of solid food are you trying to eat coz theres a lot of food I just can't eat at all.I know your worried wee hen but just try to think positive you'll soon be feeling good.

hey homecare your only 5 weeks banded so it's still early days everyone has a different rate of healing,a girl I met in belgium was eating beef curry one week after getting banded I couldn't believe it coz I could only take a few spoonfuls of clear soup by then.Why not e mail dr Chris with your concerns and see what he says or speak to Wendy from wls group she's very good and will try to help you, she really helps me wiyh anything I ask her.try taking a 10 calorie soup from morrisons before you try to eat some solid food, sometimes it helps me because I'm sick quite a bit.it's all try and error at this stage.

hi all who's waiting for their 1st fill.I say this through experience because it happeded to me,not many people get any restriction with their 1st fill.please be careful not to put on what you have already lost.I'm just starting to loose now and I was banded in nov08.I put on the 2st that I had lost at the start,I kept eating and saying well when I get a fill it will stop me eating.1st fill in jan 3ml no restriction, 2nd in feb2ml same,3rd mar1ml was sick a bit .didn't get any in apr,1ml taken out in may coz I was going on holiday and didn't always want to be sick and be able to eat things (holiday food).I got the 1ml put back in june but this time I wasn't always being sick.july I got 0.25 put in and that was me there starting to loose weight.I really hope you all have a easier time than I did to get to your sweet spot' so please just watch what your eating I wish I did I'd be sts lighter by now.best of luck to you all. beeboo x

hi homecare have you not had any fills yet.when I just got banded at first I was on liquids for a good few weeks because I was so impatient trying to rush things along I took some of my sisters home made lentel soup and I thought I was going to die.The lentels all swelled up in my pouch and made me ill for about 2 weeks.even when I was'nt being sick I still felt sick.I was told that the swelling in my stomach had'nt went down yet from the opp and I had filled it to the brim with thick soup.If mushies are all you can get down and your not hungry don't get a fill this month.some people take longer than others for things to settle back down and the swelling to go away. beeboo x

thanx bigsis for my birthday greeting.well it has been a long time comming for me to get restriction but not to worry it's here now.going to a wedding 17 oct so hopefully I'll have lost a wee bit by then,don't want to buy anything to wear just yet so i'll wait till nearer the time and see what I can get into.(size 12)in my dreams.Todays been one of those days that everything I eat comes back up,porrage this morning(up) crackers and houmous at lunch(up) 2 croquettes at dinner(up)I used to say that I was a absent minded balemic,I fogot to throw up,but now I feel iv paid all this money to become one.it's not that bad i'll put up with anything as long as im loseing weight.at least I dont have the pain some of you do so thats good.

hey niki still laughing about your big knickers.when did you get banded and how much is in your band.Ainsley Harriet soup where do you get that I might try some.I'm not eating much cause i'v no hunger there so thats somthing new for me to try.some days I bring up everything I eat,soups that have peas in it Iv got to pick them out cause I can't swollow them at all. Iv never had the pain yous all talk about when you get somthing stuck.gets stuck I be sick and thats it. Beeboo x

hiya mooster my head hungers were so bad,Wendy told me to eat things like chopped up salad, chicken, nuts,grated apples and other kinds of fruit,ryvitas,seeds, things that were going to sit in my pouch for longer so i did'nt feel hungry.I tried this and it did help me.now I'v got good restriction I just don't feel hungry at all I'v got to remind myself to eat. beeboo x

hey homecare I was left for 9-10 weeks before I was going to get my 1st fill due to not being able to get appointment at CDB clinic at Edinburgh so I went with wls groupe(Wendy) instead.1st fill in jan 3ml no restriction.Feb 2ml none.Mar 1ml was sick a lot.Apr did'nt get a fill.May 1ml out because I was going on holiday to Egypt and I did'nt know what kind of food they had there.june I got 1ml put back in.july I only got 0.25 put in and that hit the spot,so thats the weight starting to shift now. beeboo x

thanx S.P. wish it was my 21st lol beeboo

so sorry Mandy, I'd like to get to know you. we're all here on this for the same thing support.how is your weightloss doing.mine has just started to kick in now after months of fighting with the head hungers.I'v got good restriction now and i'v started to loss now.hope you decide to keep in touch lol beeboo x

well Niki I suppose thats one way of getting your Bridget jones's off.I went into kinks when I read that. I'v not had any problems with mine.some peoples bands are tight at different times of the day,maybe yours is tighter during the day and slackens off at night when you come in from work.I'm sorry Niki but I can't stop laughing about they knickers.

hi homecare I had good restriction after being banded.I lost 2 st right away but once everything settled down I put it all back on.so just be careful.I'm just starting to lose weight now and I was banded in Nov08.The head hungers done it with me, eating things that would go down easy like choc, biscuits crisps. beeboo x

Hey Flirty Been keeping up with your progress I'm glad it's all over for you and everything went so well and your pleased with the end results.just rest and take it easy and it won't be long till your back on the club scene. lol beeboo x

hi gary sorry to hear about the problems your having with your band.(not saying anything serious is wrong)but if you do have to have a opp I dont think you should be paying a penny after all it was'nt your fault.I have a hernia caused by getting banded it's not bothering me just now but I'll get it fixed on the NHS.It's took a long time for my band to start working.I'v got 6.25 in mine and have good restriction now.I was banded in Belgium on Nov 08.Wendy has worked great with me because I could'nt get passed the head hungers.There's a lot of things I just cant eat,I think I must be still eating to fast as I'm sick a bit.not to worry at least the weights comming off.I really hope you get everything sorted out.fingers crossed beeboo x

hi gastricband, my stitches came out after 10 days,I was told by the nurse in the hospital not to change my dressings untill the stitches came out so I did'nt,Dr said my wounds were very clean when taking out the stitches.everyone's different with what they can eat.I can't eat rice or pasta, you'll know yourself when you try to eat something and you can't tolarate it .

hi mmm I did do well it's gave me the push I needed, right the pouch shrinking diet you have a slimfast or whey powder choc,vanilla,coffee,strawberrydrink for breakfast & lunch with some fruit, yogurt,mousse & fromage frias as snacks. if your hungry at tea time have some soup, bit of chicken or some fish & wee bit of veg.I'll send you a copy of the new trafic light system diet when I work out how to send it.I'll get my husband to see if he knows how to do it. beeboo x

hi mmm thanx for the info i'v just been to see Wendy and had a good talk with her she put in .25ml.she has put me on a pouch shrinking diet then after that I go onto this new diet that Wendy has made called green amber red which will be in her new book.I was suprised when I stood on the scales to see i'd lossed 9lb (great eh). I was so down on myself this morning.Thanx sammy & bobo for this morning your mail helped.I'v just had a banana slimfast went down ok beeboo x

great bobo, you'v done so well let you know how i get on today maybe i should have my mouth stitched shut instead of a fill that 'll stop me eating for sure. beeboo x

hi sammy thanx for getting back to me so soon.I'm totaly fed up with this.I can always eat and do get hungry.I thought when I got my band in I would'nt feel hungry.I know i'v got to work with the band but I did'nt think it would be as disapointing for me.it's great that your doing so well,2pm I go for my fill so fingers ccossed I get there. beeboo x

hi all could somone please tell me what reaching your sweetspot is supposed to feel like.I was banded in november 08, lost 2st in about a month but by the end of jan I'd put it all back on again.First fill I got was in jan,3ml put in(could eat anything)then 2ml in feb still could eat anything,1ml in march which made 6ml I was sick a bit so did'nt get a fill in april.When I went back in may Igot 1ml took out because I was going on holiday and did'nt know what kind of food they had in Egypt and did'nt like the thought of not being able to eat anything.I got the 1ml put back in june,I think I eat to fast or don't chew well enough sometimes I'm sick with something I had no bother eating the day before.I'm going for a fill today, I was thinking of getting 0.25 put in as I can still eat quite a bit in the one sitting.I have lost about 1st but have stopped loseing again.I'm going to a wedding in october and new orleans in november and want to loose some weight by then.need help and support desperatley as I'm fed up being a wee fatty. bee boo.x

hi flirty i wish you all the best with your opp i know a girl who got a full body lift after losing 16st she looks fantastic said it was the best thing she ever did.it did look all wonky at the start but all fitted into place and settled after a couple of months.she's like you fitting into a size 10/12 now.( i'm so jellous) anyway all the best.

good luck to all who are being banded.my sister came to Belgium with me and would have been bored out of her nut if she had'nt took a portable dvd and some films with her to pass the time as she was at the hotel herself while I was in hospital, I took mine as well but I slept most of the time there is'nt any shops round about the hotel. oh I also took a hot water bottle and windeez for the wind pain it helped me.

I get a slight discomfort sometimes at my port I just rub it gently and it goes away. i know a few people who got the stinging at the start and were told that was it healing I did'nt have it but everyone is different,you must keep in mind your only 8 days after surgery. try a hot water bottle my friend did and it helped her

hi Susan I'v been banded by dr Chris Nov 08, the opp was no bother hospital spotless clean I had very little pain slight discomfort in my shoulder because of the wind (painkillers and windeez) cured that. I use weight loss surgery group for my fills because I was left for 9 weeks with nothing in my band because I could'nt get appointment at Edinburgh clinic after being told by dr Chris that I would.Dr Chris is a very good surgeon and looks after you while you are in Belgium