twiceblessed

I had my surger in september 2006. I've lost 65 pounds now, I've had four fills and I know my band is tight, I do have trouble eating certain foods, especially at certain times of the day and month, my question is at times and depending in the food I am able to eat alot more that a 1/2 cup. I have not and am not gaining and it isn't always that I do this, is it possible I have streched my pouch out or that I can strech it out?? I just thought the band would make it where ti couldn't eat too much.

BARF IN THE LUNG = ASPIRATION. QUESTION: IS A SLIP THE ONLY THING THAT CAN CAUSE THE MIDNIGHT PUKING, REFLUX AND ASPIRATION?? i'VE BEEN HAVING THOSE PROBLEMS AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY IF I EAT TOO CLOSE TO BEDTIME OR GET UP IN THE NIGHT FOR SOME Water. NO PROBLEMS DURING THE DAY. COULD MY BAND JUST BE TOO TIGHT?

having your fills done under fluro just makes it easier for the doc to see where the needle is going so that he don't have to dig around looking for your port, it will not have an effect on how much he puts in, or make him be able to know what your perfect restriction will be, it will still be trial and error, just as if had it done without fluro. you will have to get fills a little at a time, regardless of whether they are done under fluro or not. hope this helps. All you do is go into xray and they have a real time xray so the doc can see where the needle is at in relation to your port. good luck!!

could be a vitamin deficiency, make sure you are getting enough magnesium and potassium.

mom of many, I can identify. I have a baby girl in Heavan (Emily would be 10 the 3rd of october) and twin boys thus the name twiceblessed. they will be 2 the 14th of october, if I count my foster kids I have a total of 35 plus kids out there.

i'm not real sure how much protein now. I know that I found a drink called bolthouse vanilla chai tea at wal mart that I like that has 19grams in it that I like to have for breakfast then I usually end up having a light and fit yogurt smoothie mid morning and soup of some sort for lunch and dinner. I hate water so that has been hard for me. I rarely get in enough. my weight loss was great, but has now stalled. I hope that don't last. I guess it's really my fault. sausage and peanut butter. hum. I just really don't want to lose my hair ya know. and I can't stand my stomach growling all the time. I'm really not that bad. I only ate one little bite of the sausage I was scared of it. and it did hurt. I've just been wandering like a lot of other people if I really did the right thing because I have been sooooo hungry this week. I've had ice cream too. I'm so ashamed.

my name is Heidi I'm from Arkansas. I was banded along with my sister on sept 13th.. Tomorrow we are supposed to be able to start mushie foods. I've lost 22lbs!! started at 262 lbs. anyway I was wandering, last weekend I started getting hungry so I did, (I admit it) sneak some food. I ate some sausage and part of a cinamon roll, I was starving and liquids just wasn't doing. I had no problem eating the little bit that I tried so it was down hill from there. All day Saturday I "cheated" Now I'm back on the straight and narrow. I just wander why it's so important for us to eat liquids for so long. they told us to drink 4 to 6 oz every 6 hours and lots of water in between. sorry, that just don't do it for me and at that rate it's no wander everybody complains of hairloss. even if all 24oz was slimfast that's not even half of the protein you need in a day. I can comforably sit down and eat a whole can of soup. I'm not trying to be noncompliant I just don't want to feel hungry all the time. I hope this gets better. I really want to be a good patient and be successfull with this. For those of you talking about the emotions, I'm right there with ya.

Me too. I'm an RN I work medsurg in a small 20 bed hospital.

My name is Heidi and I'm 25yrs. old. 5'7 and presently 250 lbs. I started the preop diet and have lost 12 lbs from a starting weight of 262. My sister is 47 and 350lbs down from a starting weight of 362lbs. we are having the surgery tomorow together. I'm scheduled for 7:30am and she is to go right behind me. We're both really excited but kind of nervous too. any words of encouragement would be appreciated. I would like to know is there anyone else here that was close to my size when they had their band placed. We went to a support group last night and it seems as though everyone is so much heavier than I am. I want to have the band I need to lose about 90 lbs. It is just a huge commitement and I want to be sure that I'm not going to be restricted to a point that I am unhappy with my decision. I'm also intrested to know length of recovery. I'm a nurse and a busy mom of 2 yr old twin boys. Thanks for reading.