JJLaw08

Gosh. You and me both. I loved eating a 6 in. turkey/cheese/bacon sandwich from Subway, but bread isn't my friend at all. Maybe one day way down the road we will be able to eat a Subway again. Hehe.

I have been stuck like that before, but if it has been 30 min. or more, I do make it come up. It seems you are having trouble getting it to come up so I don't know. Sometimes at night after supper, I cannot drink anything for 1.5 to 2 hours because I have this uncomfortable feeling like if I drank anything I would be in pain. Sorry I couldn't help.

I don't eat Breakfast anymore. Before I was banded, I loved Cereal or Protein Bars, but those don't sit well anymore. I don't remember the last time I ate cereal, but I have given up on breakfast. Some days I won't eat until 12:30 or 1 in the afternoon. My doctor told me that breakfast was the least important meal for banded patients.

For the past two weeks, when I lie down at night, I get heartburn and one night some reflux. I was also having some troubles eating. It would hurt most of the time to eat. I thought it would get better, but I decided to get a small unfill. I am going Tuesday, and I hope I'm not messing up getting a small unfill, but that heartburn sucks. I did take a Nexium the other day, and I haven't had heartburn since then. It also seems like I can eat a little more since I took the Nexium. It's weird, but I think a small unfill will do me good.

I think I am needing a slight unfill. Most of the time, it can be hard to eat. I didn't know if it cost anything to get an unfill? It doesn't matter because I think I may need one, but I was curious. I hope maybe .10 taken out will help tremendously. Also, any advice from those who have had one? This is my first time getting an unfill. Thanks!

I was thinking they wouldn't charge me for it, but I don't know. I had a year of 'free' fills, and the last fill I got was my last 'free' one so we shall see. I hope it isn't much.

I didn't have a choice. My doctor likes the Realize Band so that is what I got. I like it as well, but of course, I have never had any experience with the Lap Band.

Could you please explain this nerve pain? I have never heard of it, but I have been having pain in my right shoulder blade, and it hurts worse when I get stuck. I hope this isn't what I have because it sounds painful. I think mine may just be my back, but I don't think I pulled anything. Just curious.

I have to be honest. I don't exercise other than walking at my job or getting my dogs out to play. I did exercise for about a month or two back right after I had surgery in Feb. 2010. I do run/walk in some races every once in awhile, but I don't train for them or anything. I plan on getting back into things once it warms up, but I have lost over 90 pounds not really exercising, and I only like maybe 10 or so pounds from being at my goal. Everyone is different.

I have been really frustrated lately. I am about a year out from surgery so I am somewhat tight. I don't eat Breakfast, but I will sometimes have a little something at about 9 or 10 in the morning. Well I don't get hungry, and I don't feel like eating anything until 1 or after. I could literally go all day without eating. I just don't feel like eating. I'm not hungry in the mornings, and I am rarely hungry at lunch time. I do try to eat lunch, but I am having problems with finding things to eat. What do you suggest eating for lunch? Today I had egg salad. We have a local place that has a lunch special, and they usually have some sort of Soup that I will eat. I don't think leftovers would sit very well with me. It seems everything I eat tastes so nasty. Like I will crave something, but it tastes so nasty after only a couple bites. My taste has changed dramatically. Anyone else experience this? Anyway, sorry for rambling. I just wanted some lunch ideas. Thanks so much!

Am I the only one that misses eating like that? I'm not meaning the quanity of food , but how big of bites and how fast they can eat. I was always a fast eater, and I took big bites. I still have trouble sometimes following these rules, and I pay for it .

Well I celebrated my one year banding on Feb. 8 so I wanted to check to see how everyone who had surgery in Feb. 2010 is doing? I have lost 90 pounds, and I am about 10 pounds or so from goal. I still "feel" big. I guess that takes awhile to go away. I do sometimes miss being able to eat certain things like a turkey sandwich, but overall I'm very happy.

I don't measure any food ever. I just put a little on my plate, and I can usually tell when I am full because I feel if I take another bite that I will be in some pain!

I would drink with and right after my meals up until last July or August (I had surgery in Feb.), but now I absolutely cannot drink while eating or even about an hour after eating. If I do, I will be in major pain.

I would wait until you reach your goal. I started out in a DD bra, and I have lost 90 pounds, and I am still in a DD bra. Mine went nowhere but I'm not complaining. LOL.

You cannot feel the band itself. After the pain subsides, it won't feel that way. You will definitely "feel" the band once you get stuck for the first time. I'm not sure I should say you will feel the band because it really isn't the band you are feeling when you are stuck. Hope that makes sense.

Mine never did. I was always normal. I do notice since I've lost a bunch of weight, my hormones are messed up. Some days I can be mad at the world even if there isn't anything bothering or upsetting me. It's strange.

Hardly any food tastes good to me anymore. It's weird.

This is what I take. I don't think it is helping me get regulated, but when I do go it is a lot easier.

That is strange. Mine this time around might actually be from hurting my back. Every since my last fill last week, everything I've eaten or drank has hurt. I finally took some Advil, and it seems better. Also, I accidentally drank carbonation on Saturday night, and I thought I was going to die. It hurt so bad. I didn't know the punch had ginger ale in it. Boy did it hurt. I think that may have irritated everything.

I have noticed since I am pretty tight now that when I get stuck my back hurts. Please tell me someone else experiences this or is it just my back? I hurt my lower back a few weeks ago, but this hurts up in the middle of my back like between the shoulders. Just curious if anyone else had this experience.

I take Fiber gummies from VitaFusion to help with this, but if I really need to go, I take Milk of Magnesia. I only do this in rare cases.

I was going to ask the same thing. I got filled last Wednesday, and it seems everything I eat or drink hurts going down. I thought I may be too tight, but in my experience I have loosened up somewhat after a couple weeks so I think I will try to stick it out.

Mine passes once the food finally goes down. It is just like an annoying aching pain.

Hehe. Mine doesn't get renewed until 2013 so I guess I will have to wait. I never did change my weight on there last time so it says 145.