nervous_newbie

Anyone lost a lot of weight and actually didn't have any excess skin? I was just wondering if there's a chance I won't need any sort of plastic surgery to fix myself up after the surgery.

im so jealous. i only lost about 10 lbs. =(

Hey December Bandsters - I went to my follow-up today and only lost 12 lbs =( Have you guys started exercising yet? I'm eating w/o restriction right now so I'm working on sole will power. I've been avoiding all cheese and etc. I need to lose about the same amount as you too, hopefully we can keep each other on par!!! So happy to know where are more "me"s out there!

Definitely agree with you oceancity4me, and if I knew how to PM, I'll PM you a word of "props" too. Just-Ice, you haven't had the band yet so you probably don't understand how miserable it is the first few weeks. We obviously all have a little bit of a weight issue since we all took this route. I got banded on 12/3 and I cheated too, but I don't consider myself a horrible person since it was just tossing in a piece of egg down my throat. If you are coming in to tell me a band will suddenly change your desire to eat, then you should consider not getting the surgery. I am not sure where thread starter will be in 6 months but to IMPLY she cheated a little and probably will continue to be a failure 6 months post is harsh. None of us should be cold-turkey at this. Take things slowly and the success will come. In additionally, another comment you made that bothered me was the fact that you knew you were going to get "flammed" for your comment yet you still said it the way you did. I do feel you could have at least tried to say it in a more encouraging way such as, "just be more careful, try to stick by it even though it may be hard." Similar meaning but easier to swallow. Just my opinion. Oh, it's perfectly fine to voice an opposing opinion at whatever stage of the surgery you are, the credibility of your opinion is another issue though.

How long does it usually take before a patient finds his sweet spot? I don't really understand the fill process. Can someone elaborate more?

Omg - i was about to start a thread with the same title. I'm feeling miserable too. I started thinking about this thing in my body that I added in there for no reason. I don't know what's wrong with me! Thank you creating this and I'm starting to feel better to know I'm not alone in this. It's very scary right now. I jumped into this decision and I'm so scared about the whole thing now. I am the "regret" stage of this all. =( I haven't felt hungry since surgery, I got banded 12/3. When will I start to feel hungry?

I don't think the title is appropriate. A lot of us new bandsters are nervous, when we see titles like this - it scares us. It's great you want attention but I wish you can just change your thread name. I'm scared as it is and coming in here reading such a title doesn't make things any better.

I was banded on 12/3 and pretty much all the pain is gone except for the piercing pain on the left. It hurts the most when I'm coughing or sneezing. Anyone else had this pain? How long did it last? The pain was much worse than anything else I've experienced in this surgery.

I'm also a low BMI that got banded 12/3. Hopefully I can start seeing some weight loss. =) Keep me updated with how all the low bandsters are doing.

Hi everyone. I got banded on Thursday 12/3, like a few of us here did. Day 1 - Thursday (surgery at 7:30am - left at noon). I had trouble breathing at night when I tried to lay down. I walked a lot and sat up a lot the whole time. My shoulders were in pain when I laid down though. I pretty much drank sips of Water and ate half a Jello the whole day. Day 2 - Friday I walked a lot more. I still had major pain when I try to lay down and get up but eventually the pain died down. I was able to lay down and sleep much easier. Drinking Soup the whole day. On pain med rigorously. Day 3 - Saturday No more shoulder pains. Showered for the first time. Drank lots of soup. The pain now is only on my left side where the band is. I don't really have a hard time getting up like I did the first two days but it still hurts a lot. Walking slowly still. Hope we all get through this together! :w00t: