Princess_Gottalose

I was just wondering if anyone out there was banding in June 2010. I was banded June 21 and have had my ups and down but I am still loving this band!!! Just wanted to check and see how the other bandsters were doin!

Well I finally had my gall bladder surgery yesterday! I'm doing great very sore but I'm ok! I'm kinda depressed.... He removed all the Fluid from my band last week to give my stomach time to heal from all the throwing up i was having from the gall bladder.... So now my band is empty.... I was FINALLY at my green zone!! and I had just came off a plateau and was loosing 1-2 pounds a week... Now my weight has gone up a few pounds UGH!! I feel like I am hungry all the time... I am soooo not use to being hungry! I cant even remember the last time my stomach growled until now.... I am scared of gaining weight back... and i hate that my restriction is gone.... He said he was not putting any fluid until i had time to heal... He also told me not to worry about weight loss right now just healing... I had finally gotten under 200 pounds and i WILL NOT go back over!! I will not get a fill until my 2 week post op on June 2nd... and he will only put back in half of the fluid he took out... Im so frustrated... I have worked so hard and I try to continue to eat my small portions but they just do not fill me up now!! I know I need to heal but i want to lose weight too :( Thanks for letting me vent... i needed to get that off my chest!!! I know all of you in band land will understand

I was throwing up some nasty black looking liquid... I was in the emergency room for throwing up so much ... Come to find out it was galls tones... After the ultrasound to diagnose it and after all the pressing and moving of the gall bladder the guy did i threw up TONS of black nasty looking mess... the dr told me it was bile... then I had to have my gallbladder removed a week later :/ This was all in the past 3 weeks... I go for my 2 week post op this thursday

I will say I feel TONS better after the surgery... no reflux medicine any more!!! Woohoo!!! I know he will only put probably 50% back in ughhhh Stupid gall bladder... LOL

I go thursday for my fill! THANK GOODNESS!!!! whew... I have gone up a bit ughhh but i know i lost quite a bit from not eatting or drinking anything for 3-4 days (it was like 10 pounds in 4 days! so i knew that it wouldnt stay off once i started eating again) and plus he had me on a diet of mashed potatoes as not to upset anything ... which carbs carbs carbs ugh lol and chicken noodle soup and crackers... carbs carbs carbs ! haha He told me not to worry about losing weight during this time but dang... im still dissapointed at myself! but hopefully after thursday i can pick up my usual routine and get my bottom to the gym again!!!

To me it was similar ... I believe I was up and about a little faster with the band... The pain wasnt much different... There was just this strong pulling feeling inside where the gall bladder was and it made it hard for me to sit up or get out a chair alone for the first day or two... but it wasnt unbearable! Not the best but not too bad

I had my gall bladder out this past week and I tell you banding was 10 times better..... The gall bladder surgery sucked and I felt worse with it than the band! Good luck to you!

I just had gall bladder surgery tuesday and it started with bad pains in my side... Being that you were just banded I would say it is probably still gas from surgery... I remember after surgery i felt very store dull pain in my side.... Even after this surgery i have the same dull pain feeling in my side so I am sure it is the gas. I think you will be find because i knew something was wrong it just wasnt my side that was hurting with my gall bladder... I had tons of throwing up and heart burn.... But i would call your dr if you are worried

I agree if you are having pain dont wait!!! I actually (about 2 weeks ago) was having a dull pain in my right side and it went to my shoulder... Then i started throwing up and couldnt keep anything down! My lap band dr was in surgery so they sent me to the er and BAM did an ultra sound and I had gall stones... Needless to say I just had my gall bladder remove this past Tuesday and he said it was very infected and inflamed... He did take all of the fluid out of my band to give me time to heal... So no I dont have ANY restriction :blink: which sucks!.....I wish they had taken it out at the time of surgery... The anesthesiologist told me while he was discussing putting me to sleep that lap band and gall bladder issues seem to go hand in hand. I wont have any fluid put back in the band till June 2nd when I go for my 2 week post op appointment... He said being over weight and then loosing a lot of weight can really contribute to the gall stones....

When the gall bladder started having its attack i threw up so much my stomach was so swollen and i couldnt even take a sip of water... I was hoping he would take "some" of my fill out.... surely wasnt expecting him to take it all out!! I was lucky he gave me some stuff in my iv before they took it out for nauseousness... so I didnt get sick at all! (Thank goodness since i was sick all last week!) It makes me very thankful for restriction and my band! If I can just hang on!! I'm ready to go back to work as soon as I can... I always eat better when I am there because I can only eat what I bring! Being at home makes it worse LOL

I started out a 9.5 and recently bought 7.5's I can finally get some cute shoes now! I never would have thought thats where I would loose weight!!!

You will be fine!!! I only was sore for probably the first 3 days.. Had surgery on Monday back to work on the next monday (and could have probably went back a little sooner) I throw up occasionally but its usually my fault if I do (i either dont chew enough take to big of bite or eat to fast) its just a learning process. If your friend is constantly throwing up she is probably too tight and needs an unfill... I was throwing up everything once and they took out a little bit of my fill and I was back to normal! I wouldnt change ANYTHING !!!! I had my surgery done June 21 2010 and i am almost 11 months post op and have lost 75 pounds... I feel great!!! Once again you will be fine and enjoy the new you!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Dr. has a fill schedule... I had 1cc put in at time of surgery... first fill was 2cc then the next 3 fills were 1cc then he goes down to .5 cc unless like me i got to tight within that range so now I get filled at .25 each time

Thanks! I will be glad when this is a distant memory!!! I have since learned my grandmother and ALL her sisters had their gallbladders removed between the ages of 23-26 I'm 24 so I guess I fit right in with my family! They all told me once it was removed they have never had any more troubles! I cant wait for this thing to be GONE!!!

Ok so my last week has been up and down.... Wednesday night i got stuck on some smoked ham and threw it up.... Well Thursday i couldn't eat or drink anything at all which really worried me!! and i had a dull ache in my right side... i just figured i was swollen... well Friday i took it easy and stayed on liquids for the most part I drank milk all day and did great.. that night for supper i ate a hot dog no bun and it stayed fine! I woke up Saturday and was back to not really being able to eat or drink... now today I woke up and for breakfast tried a sausage link... went down great then i drank some sunny d juice (i usually treat myself to that on my weekend breakfasts) then all of a sudden i cant not even keep water down!!! When i drink anything there is a burning feeling in my right side (kind of at my breast bone) its like i can feel when the water gets to that point... but it doesn't come back up instantly like if i had took to big of bite... it will sit for 30 minutes or so fine and all of a sudden it has to come up... I'm really worried I have never had a ache in my right side or the burning feeling like this.... Has anyone else had these troubles? I already am getting a substitute for my classroom tomorrow and I'm going to see if they can work me in... but I'm worried! I'm scared they will say something about taking my band out and I have just reached 68 pounds lost! Before this week everything was GREAT!!

Just an update!! Today I feel back to normal! I guess taking all the fluid out of my band and letting it rest last night was best! I can hold down liquids today! Woohoo (I think its been since saturday since i have actually had a drink of any kind) i have enough pain meds to last me to Tuesday... Hopefully it will not flair up again till then!!! And my Dr said the surgery souldnt affect my lap band.. THANK GOODNESS... ( On a bright note even tho ive been miserable my weight has dropped to 185... i dont think Ive weighed that much since freshman year of highschool!!)

Thanks babs I needed that I just wish he could have done the surgery sooner!!! Gallstones are no joke!! I will be glad when that thing is gone!!!!!!

I have surgery scheduled for next tuesday ( lets see if i can make it i am in ALOT of pain) I had all the fluid taken out of my band today.... But i am still having trouble keeping fluids down... When i drink the pain gets so intense it makes me sick and throwing it up seems to be the only relief.. I have read that throwing up is part of the problem with gallstones.... Lets hope it gets better because right now the pain meds arent even helping :( :(

Thanks!!!! I'm just worried because I cant keep anything down! I am just hoping it is a lot of swelling from the throwing up due to the gallbladder! I will see my dr today at 3:00 to find out!!! Hopefully they will unfill me!

Thanks! I'm just having trouble keeping liquids or anything down... One of the symptoms of gallstones was throwing up a lot so i am hoping my band is just VERY swollen... maybe even swollen shut... I will see tomorrow I believe i would be devastated if they took it out!

Well I have been in the emergency room all day I have gall stones... fun fun... So i have to meet with my lap band dr tomorrow to talk about removal of the gallbladder! Wish me luck Im scared they will say something bad about my band and want to to take it out! and i am not ready for that!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so my last week has been up and down.... Wednesday night i got stuck on some smoked ham and threw it up.... Well Thursday i couldn't eat or drink anything at all which really worried me!! and i had a dull ache in my right side... i just figured i was swollen... well Friday i took it easy and stayed on liquids for the most part I drank milk all day and did great.. that night for supper i ate a hot dog no bun and it stayed fine! I woke up Saturday and was back to not really being able to eat or drink... now today I woke up and for breakfast tried a sausage link... went down great then i drank some sunny d juice (i usually treat myself to that on my weekend breakfasts) then all of a sudden i cant not even keep water down!!! When i drink anything there is a burning feeling in my right side (kind of at my breast bone) its like i can feel when the water gets to that point... but it doesn't come back up instantly like if i had took to big of bite... it will sit for 30 minutes or so fine and all of a sudden it has to come up... I'm really worried I have never had a ache in my right side or the burning feeling like this.... Has anyone else had these troubles? I already am getting a substitute for my classroom tomorrow and I'm going to see if they can work me in... but I'm worried! I'm scared they will say something about taking my band out and I have just reached 68 pounds lost! Before this week everything was GREAT!!

I posted about my band having a mind of its own! I am the SAME way... I can eat bread or whatever i want some days... and the next day NOTHING... I've said i do the every other day diet LOL some days i cant eat and eat healthy some days eating is just out of the picture! I dont know if im too loose or too tight!!!

Ok So my band really does have a mind of its own!!!!!!!!!!! Yesterday for lunch we went out to subway (sometimes i can tolerate bread) My boyfriend and I were chatting away and i looked down and had completed a whole 6 inch sub!!!! (take in mind i probably ate it over an hour period) This is very unusual for me to be able to eat that much! Then I ate my normal sized dinner and went to bed. Ok so now to the band and its mind... Today I cant eat ANYTHING ughhh haha! I guess my band has said "I let you eat yesterday so no food for you today!" Does anyone else have days like this??? Most days I'm on my normal diet... Some days i can eat the world... then on others I cant eat ANYTHING

I'm glad that I am not alone!!!!!!!!! LOL Thats how my band is!! One day i could eat the world and then nothing for a few days!! Crazy!?!? I wouldnt change it! But geeze haha