Gummiebear

I am feeling tightening in my throat again and now I am having severe right shoulder pain. I read in some other threads that shoulder pain can be gas but I have not eaten yet today and I dont feel like I have gas. The pain is so bad and it burns. I am having an upper GI tomarrow but I dont know if I can wait that long with the pain. Can this indicate a band slippage problem? I am really concerned about that since I dont feel restriction.

Just remember that muscle weighs more than fat. Thats one of my issues I have no muscles lol.....

I have been drinking caffine for a long time such as coffee and tea ect but at my last appointment my nurse said No caffine. I know that alot of this stuff I should have learned before I had my band but I didnt have a very good nutritionist. She taught me how to eat without a band and not with a band. You guys will not believe this but my First day going home I still did not know WHAT to eat and I asked the surgion he told me the nurse would fill me in so I asked her. She told me I could eat ANYTHING i could tolerate. So I had a bite of grill cheese sandwich. Later I just thought to myself this cant be right so I called and they gave me a little more information on what to eat. If I had to do it all over again I would have made sure I was more informed and maybe went to a different doctors office. I have not even Seen my actual doctor since I had surgery over a year ago. I only get to see nurses. Anyway sorry if I got a bit off the topic.

Thank you for all your help

I was just reading that as u posted it that is a good read. I didnt realize being too tight could make u gain weight. I guess everyone is different and that could be true about eating foods that are more comfortable. (Learning to eat around your band) thats very possible and I am hoping its that simple and maybe my issue can be corrected easily. If you do get too tight for a period of time dont they unfill you completely? I think I read someone say that they had to do that to reverse the damage that was done.

Well I eat alot of soft foods just because I like them maybe thats a bit different than soft food syndrome but wouldnt that cause me to take in more calories than I realize? I am just grasping at straws and hoping I have not slipped. Whenever I feel my throat get really tight I also take a xanax. It relaxed my throat but my shoulder pain is still intence. My doctors have never done anything under Fluro just thought I would mention that.

I posted about my gal bladder the other day that area hurts really bad sometimes. My restriction had never really been good. I can count on one hand how many times I have PB in a year. Which Could be unusual since I am almost max filled. One thing that IS different is I used to have trouble with chicken occassionally but in the last few months I can eat it with no problem. I always chew my food really well I kinda wanted to experiment and swallow a big piece of food and see if it gets stuck but then what if I cause additional damage. Getting something stuck on purpose seems a bit extreem lol. I guess I will have to wait until tomarrow after my upper GI to find out whats really going on. I am hoping and praying that my problem is soft food syndrome I saw someone mention on these boards before. I eat alot of yogurt and cottage cheese still for lunch or breakfast and usually whatever we have for dinner is what I eat. Wish me luck for tomarrow.

I wish I could get addicted to exersize. I hate it =/

I didnt know what that ment either until someone just explained it. I have no idea what I would do, you could take it as a compliment I asked my hubby and he said Jessica Rabbit was a hottie LOL. I think I would feel uncomfortable but u dont have long in the class so maybe let it go unless he makes another comment then if he does u can confront him on it and if your grades bomb isnt that some sort of sexual harrassment?

took a hot bath and drank some hot tea the pain seems to be settling a little. I cant wait until tomarrow so I can just feel better about my whole band situation. I will let u all know when I find out. Thx

I have been banded for over a year

LOL too funny

Two of my sons are over 11 and they do not believe in Santa. I tried making a list with them but they dont want to and they refuse to give in to anything but more game systems and big gifts like that. They dont want anything small so even if I gave them what they wanted they would only have one or two things under the tree. My problem is my kids are so used to getting whatever they want for Christmas and birthdays ect they dont understand the spirit of the holiday. For them its all about me me me and what I can get. Thats why I was thinking its time they learned a lesson I am not sure if its a good time or not. My husband really needs an operation for an internally torn intestine and the kids care more for what money we should be spending on them that thier dad needs surgery and we need money to pay for it. Ofcourse my husband would put off this surgery just so he can spend more money on the kids but he gets really sick from the infections this causes. Just seems to me that some priorites need to change and my kids can be a little too greedy. Is that terrible to say? My youngest son is 6 he just wants a couple action figures no big deal he never asks for much.

My husband and I love eachother but when it comes to my weight loss or trying to lose weight I dont feel he supports me. He doesnt want my boobs or butt to get any smaller he tells me and when I want or need a fill he fights with me because he feels its a waist of money. He is also overweight and he sabatoshes me with buying stuff like oreos or wanting to go out to eat alot. When I ask him to please not do these things he tells me that just because I am on a diet doesnt mean the rest of the family is. I try really hard to stick to everything I am supposed to be doing but its just that much harder when everyone around you is eating cookies or icecream. I dont have much support when it comes to my band besides these forums because I live so far from everything and there are no support groups in my area. The rest of our family it seems like they look at me and wonder when is she going to lose more weight? That surgery was a waist of money! Ect Ect.. I think they all expect me to get really thin and its just not happening. I believe a good support system is key in having success and atm I just dont have that.

How interesting someone started this thread I just ran across it my family and I are LDS also.

I talked to my doctors office today about my fill amount and how I have 4cc in a 10cc band. They told me I actually have a 4cc in a 9.75 cc band like that makes such a huge difference lol. Anyway I am going to go nuts I tried to talk to her about my fill amount and they still insist that I am really full. Now they want me to go to a nutritionist because they think I dont know how to tell if I am satisfied or not and that I want to feel full but I should just go for satisfaction instead. Which could be true so I am not against seeing a nutritionist totally but I am angry because I feel like I still dont have good restriction and they dont want to do anything about it. I am so confused I dont know maybe I dont know when to stop when eating but when I compare fill sizes to alot of people on this site it just seems to me that I am not actually that filled. I dont know what to do I have not lost in over 8 months it makes me want to cry. Any advice would help. Thx -Gummie

Ok so I mentioned somewhere on these forums that I had 4cc in a 10cc band and people thought that wasnt very much but my doctor said I am pretty much filled up. She doesnt like to go over 4cc. I can eat whatever I want and nothing ever gets stuck and I never PB. So I wonder could I actually be that full. Does anyone elses doctor give that kind of limit on fills? I have seen other people who have a lot bigger fill amount than I do and I am not losing any weight, I have stayed the same weight for a year. Any input would be good.

If by chance I have stretched my pouch area can u shrink it simply by eating smaller means or do u have to go on a liquid diet? I have asked my doctors if i should go on a liquid diet before because I was thinking I could have stretched out my pouch and they said no. Anyone know if u can shrink it that way?

I have never really had alo of restriction. After I first get filled I have some because I think I am swollen. I can eat breads if I wanted and they go down with no problem I dont really have much for PB. I think I remember doing that 2 tims and thats right after a fill. Maybe I have stretched my pouch out some without realizing it. My doctor doesnt do anything under fluro so who knows for sure I have asked about being stretched before and they said at this point we dont think u are. But I am not sure how they came to that conclusion.

Goes to show that I am one of those people who do not ask enough qustions about thier band. It makes more sence to me that it must be the 9.75 cm band that only holds 4cc because they said I was max filled. And I am sure she said 9.75 I just assumed it was cc. I will call and verify when I get a chance but that means that me not losing any more weight falls on me and things I must be doing wrong. Time to reevaluate I guess maybe the nutritionist is not such a bad idea. When I got my band I lost a bunch of weight immidately I went from 260 to 175 and there I have stayed for 8 months or so. I guess I should be greatful for the big loss immidately but I must be on the longest platue ever. Sometimes I think I am not eating enough I wonder if that can be a problem. Or maybe I am eating too much and think I am not eating enough because I remember what I used to eat. Anyway thx for your input.

Yes I got filled every time the doctors let me I actually dont even have 4cc I have 3.9. And I have been wondering why I havent lost any weight in the last 6 months although I have pretty much maintained. I struggle with a 10 pound difference going up and down but thats all will power. They have never filled me above .4 at one time. Thats why I feel so frusterated when I see that others are filled to 7.9 or so. They told me I am about maxed out for my fills which doesnt make any sence when u look at how much everyone else with a 10cc band has. I can eat anything I want I just choose to try not to but sometimes I am not perfect which makes it harder.

It took me several weeks to feel normal because my port was in alot of pain all of the time. It ended up flipping luckily they can still access what they need to so I didnt have to have a reopperation. Most of the other stuff went away for me in about a week.

I dont get why everyone gets these huge fills compared to it taking me a whole year to get a bit below 4cc in a 10cc band. My doctor says I am filled to the max that they like to fill but I dont have restriction yet. I have to pay 200 per fill so it frusterates me that all these people get up to 4cc right away and my doctor doesnt want to even fill me anymore when I havent lost in over 6 months. =/ sigh

Oh crap I totally forgot about the no Motrin thing. My doctor perscribed my 800 MG pills and I have been taking them for bad migrains and arthitis pain related to my Lupus. I guess I better try to get something else and stop taking those I hope I didnt do any damage.

I think u are right because I have lost 4 pounds of the 7 I gained over night. Must have been water weight and I do have my overies so I wonder if I still have the water weight from the periods I am supposed to have.