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That is definitely not good, I couldn't eat that much. I was just banded on the may 3rd and just had my first fill on Friday, you have to have some self control and watch what you are eating. Do you want to gain more weight in the mean time? You should be sticking to like 800 calories that is what I have done anyway to make sure my weight stays down. Why don't you talk to the nutrionist and see what they recommend for you. Good Luck

Do you like cream of wheat I used to eat that on my mushy stage, loved it.

Yeah I am not liking this feeling at all, the little bit we are eating for me its just liquids it is coming right out so what is the point. My stomach was killing me all last night and feels real queezy this morning. Scared to eat anything that it is going to start all over.

Bayba that is exactly me too even after drinking water I am in there. Its horrible, I don't know how I am going to pull off sleeping tonight, I have these pains in my stomach and its making all these funny noises.

Well everyone I had my first fill yesterday and my heart was beating out of my chest!!!!! So he puts 4cc in my which he said I already had .66 in there from surgery so when he put it in I couldn't breath, wanted to vomit and started to panic so he took out 1cc and I am absolutely fine now!!!! The only thing that sucks ONLY LIQUIDS FOR 5 DAYS!!!!!! well good side of it I should lose a few more lbs.

Trust me it was not bad at all and mind you he had to do it twice once to put it in and another to take some out. I hardly felt a pinch and my surgeon had his eye closed when he did it!!!!!!HAHAHAHA You all will def be fine. I am so happy I am down 26lbs in 5wks, that is huge to me!!!!!!!! soooo happy

GM, today is not a good day. Actually the past few days I am feeling really down in the dumps. I feel like eating everything in sight but I am controlling myself. I go to the gym 5 days a week and the scale doesn't move. Starting to think couldn't I have just done this myself.

I am supposed to have my first fill tomorrow, can anyone tell me how much they usually put in the first time or is it always different? Do you usually feel any restriction with the first one? Also is it scary when you first eat after a fill with food getting stuck and sliming?

No thank god I have never had dental work done but I do have three children one of which was csection, gall bladder removed and now the lap band.. but I am still a scaredy cat.

Mine were the same but more red and I had red bumps all over my stomach and my dr. called me an antibiotic for 3wks. It is finally looking better but still bumpy.

One more question guys THE NEEDLE!!!! I'm sweating thinking about it, is it really huge? And do all dr's give a local when doing it? I think I may pass out...LOL

How long does the gurgling last? I am so afraid that they are going to have a hard time finding the port or it will be flipped or something I have read some horror stories on here. I just really have to make sure I chew chew chew, I have not had any bread, pasta, or rice at all and no soda in 6 weeks so I should be ok in that area.

I am so obsessed with the scale at this point that once a week would be fine. I wonder if there is something we can set up on here where we can go automatically to check in.

Monday would be great now I do have a follow up appt with the dr. on Friday so I will be weighed then. Do you want to do every other week or every monday?

Great you pick the day and date that will be our next weigh in!!!!! AND NO CHEATING!!!LOL

I think we should all make a pact and choose one day every two weeks to weigh in and share our experiences with each other and hopefully we can keep motivating one another to keep going. Let me know what you all think!!!!

Hi, I was banded May 3rd and would love to have some support I am from South Jersey near Cherry Hill. Not sure exactly where you live in NJ.

Thank you guys, I did just get from the gym and did a hard workout but then I come home and get on scale. I have to stop getting on it every single day but its like I am obsessed with it!!!! I go to the dr on Friday and hopefully I will get a fill.

I was close to the weight range as you Cynthia when I started and have about 45 lbs left to lose as well and my arms are awful too, can't stand it and I am at the gym everyday. Now I am only 5 weeks out but still I can see a difference everywhere else but the arms!!!!!!! Let me know if you find something that works good for you.

I was banded 5-3-10 and to date have only lost 19lbs and I go to the gym everyday and am there like 40 minutes a day. I am hoping inches at least are coming off!!!! Hang in there. This little bit of weight is better than nothing.

I am 4 days into my antibiotic treatment for the red bumps everywhere on my stomach, pain in the incision sites and SOOOOOOO itchy, I thought it would start looking a little better by now but it actually looks worse. Don't know if the sweat and heat is making it look worse. I just bought some neosporin and put that on after I just took a shower. Anyone else have this problem????? I don't know if its me but I am having all this fear that it will travel into my blood stream and stuff like that.

I actually didn't see the surgeon he is an hr away from me but I talked to him over the phone and he thought it was infected, I go in to see him on Friday. It just doesn't seem to be clearing up. Do you think it would hurt to take like a benedryl a few hours after i take the antibiotic to see if it helps.

No Dr. never told me to put anything on it, I was just listening to everybody telling me to.

Thats the thing I didn't have any adhesive and I am 5weeks post op and this just started like the beginning of last week so I don't get it. I just want it to start healing I don't see any difference since Thurs yet. I go back to the surgeon on Friday so we will see. Thanks for the advice.

I have a question, I know I ask a million questions but I have lost 17lbs since my surgery day which was May 3rd but I haven't noticed a change in pant size, the legs are alot bigger but the waist seems to not being moving much. I am on antibiotics for an infection in my incisions, could it be that I am still swollen in the stomach area.