TruBlueSue

Wow - I have started to experience this, too - I have started to toss up everything I eat. Last night, I had a little bit of lamb, and when it got stuck, went in to pb - this time, it was more like a preband toss...a lot of volume...I am freaking out that I might have slipped my band, dilated my pouch, etc. I just saw my doc on Tuesday; didn't get a fill...am at 1.4 cc in a 4cc band...my doc is banded, too and when she does fills its not under flouro...any advice, Dr. C?? <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->__________________

Thanks Dr. C! I appreciate it. You've eased my mind enough to be able to calm down and wait 'itl monday...funny how these things always happen on a weekend or a holiday! <grin> thanks again.

Wow - I have started to experience this, too - I have started to toss up everything I eat. Last night, I had a little bit of lamb, and when it got stuck, went in to pb - this time, it was more like a preband toss...a lot of volume...I am freaking out that I might have slipped my band, dilated my pouch, etc. I just saw my doc on Tuesday; didn't get a fill...am at 1.4 cc in a 4cc band...my doc is banded, too and when she does fills its not under flouro...any advice, Dr. C??

I had my surgery in Mexico, too - wired the money to the hospital; printed out the receipt before I left just in case I needed it and I didn't...

I started at a BMI of 35. Went to Mexico b/c I didn't want to have to gain 30 more pounds for my surgery to be approved by insurance...weight loss has been slow but steady I suppose...I need a fil land will get one on 5 jan. My doc is happy woth my weight loss, but I wish it would go a little faster... I exercise an hour 3x a week; am trying to add weights to that cardio so that I can tone... I eat b/t 900-1300 cals a day and write down everythign I put in my mouth; I take an antidepressant, which slows weight loss...

Monday weigh - in - No Loss!! thank Goodness I am going in for a fill tomorrow!!

I like berrocca - its an orange alka-seltzer type tab that dissolves...nice orange flavor. (I order it online - its australian/british...canadadrugs online has it or just type in berrocca and hit search on MSN, Yahoo, etc.)

weight loss - I lost .5 of a pound...

Man, I PB almost every day - I am so hard headed - I want that last greedy bite of whatever, and bam, gotta run to the bathroom...I just can't get it through my thick skull...

I quit in October - about 5 weeks AFTER my surgery...I took zyban to help wit hteh cravings, and man, I want one every day...but I choose every day NOT to. Wish I was as good so far at selecting good for me foods instead of that damn chocolate!! :-) :angry

I agree - lose the weight, work out and see if he notices...my DH did the same thing to me yesterday - I am at 178.5 and losing very slowly - he told me that if I lost no more weight he'd be happy with me - said I loo great to him - 178.5 and 5'5"...I want to lose at least 30 more pounds...I was 150 when we married in '99 and would like to be there again. Nice to hear that from my hubby though!

OMG - you are living my story - and I had the band put in in Sept, and am sloowly losing - do it for yourself - your hubby will come around...I cried my eyes out when I read what you wrote - I was in the exact same place doing the same thing - no friends, etc....it is getting better...

I haven't had a flouro fill - my first fill was by feel and a little tight = the unfill was by feel...and I know its time for a second fill - my doc is banded too and I trust her! (not my surgeon)

Girl, you were the one that got me off my ass and into the gym...I see your success and your Hoo-yah attitude, and it makes me remember how I was a long time ago...when I had the 'ovaries' (haha) to go in the military and do airborne school...sometimes I miss that girl, but I like my head better now...know what I mean? lol...You rock, Telly!!

I've been doing okay...I am doing an hour of cardio three times a week and an hour of resistance training twice a week with a personal trainer...I'm working up to three days each at about 90min a time...between my work schedule, school schedule and my three year old, I find the only way for me to get my exercise in is to do it all at once...

BJean, it wasn't me exercising 3 hours a day - I am lucky if I can get in an hour a day! I'm trying to do three days of cardio and two days of weights...

Posting early weigh in for tomorrow since I have to work overnight...I lost 1 pound!! Holy Cow - all that pumpkin pie hasn't shown up yet...<grin>

Exercise, school, find a new goal to focus on! that's what life is for! <grin>

You know what - let him put up a stink about the master bedroom - if I were you, I'd put a lock on the damn door and set myself up in there like the Queen of Sheba! Sorry, I couldn't 'lurk' without giving you my support, as well - I have been in your shoes, and while things look bleak now, things will turn out for the best in the end! Keep your chin up!

No one knows about my band 'cept my bandster support buddies and my hubby...My nosey mother is starting to be a pain in the ass, so I have told her basically portion control and exercise...I told her I literally let myself have two bites of anything I want - which is true. She is toxic and would have been unsupportive if I told her I had the band - and if she found out Mexico, she'd lose her miind!!! My relationship with her and the boundaries we've gotten comfortable with are too important to lose or screw up over the surgery...

I have to second Jack - I know what hungry and not hungry feels like...my full is a weird sensation under my breastbone...unfortunately, I don't have a good handle on full=done yet - I am a slow learner - I eat that last greedy bite and now know what too full feels like...lol

My husband and I have never cheated on each other...but, my husband was in his year-long 'separation' court- mandated before divorce from his first spouse when we met, so I suppose that's technically cheating on his part.... My parents were married for 37 years before my father's untimely death at 60, so I had a good example, too!!

Thanks for the site - I'm not totally shomer shabbos, but try really hard to keep those mitzvot I've taken up so far...

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving - I tried to be good, really I did...I ate a slice of ham, about 1/4 cup of greenbean casserole...but then ate a peice (in shifts - a couple bites here, a couple there) of pumpkin pie with coolwhip, and about two bites of cherry and apple....nothing got stuck, but I guesstimate I ate about 1500 cals!! (as opposed to my usual 8-900 a day) Thank God for this band - everyone else was lolling around groaning about how full they felt, etc., and I felt pretty good - no overstuffed feeling for me! LOL The overstuffed feeling is for this morning -I ate a peice of my mom's homemade bread toasted with butter, and now feel overstuffed and uncomfortable. Wish I could PB it right back up. Amazing tool, this band of ours. Hope you all had a wonderful, family and friend filled holiday.

Tami, I'm averaging 7-900 cals a day...guess I need t o graze a little...I go to the gym every day - 3 days for an hour of cardio and 2 of weight/resistance...