shelley1057

I would describe the pain as sharp with movement and deep breaths. Radiates only to my shoulders though, not lower. I do find it strange to get it now since gas was not an issue right after the surgery.

Yeah...this is definitely gas. I feel it in my shoulders when I take a deep breath so have been taking some gas-x which helped some. I have just been perplexed as to why I got it now in this stage of the game. But remembering those 2 high fiber Vita Top muffins I had and I think the fiber disagreed with me! I never could tolerate fiber that well. That's why I use the Citracel instead of Metamucil...less gas! I woke up this morning with the gas pains and it really startled me. Just had my dinner and the pain went away somewhat. Just wondered if anyone else had this happen to them.

Hi everyone. I was banded June 29th and recovered rather quickly. I had no problems whatsoever until 2nd fill after which I experienced gas pains originating on my left side below the rib cage. No where near port or stomach. It subsided after 2 weeks. I had my 3rd fill 3 weeks ago and notice now I have gas almost all the time now. Especially after eating. I do have restriction and only Pb'ed a couple of times trying to eat bread. I use Citracel nightly for regularity so I know it's not from being backed up. Does anyone have any ideas what is causing this? Will this go away eventually?

I just took a couple small sips of water and it went down. I should have known better since it was a small piece of pita bread and breads and tortillas bother a lot of folks. You have to remember there is swelling for a few days after a fill too so I should have just stuck to liquids like I was suppose to.

Went yesterday for my 3rd fill and NOW I feel the restriction! Last month I felt tight for a couple of weeks but noticed I was eating less and staying full longer. I also noticed after fills I get a pain in my left side just below the ribcage. It subsides after a week or two. Today I was only able to get a couple of bites of food in and actually got stuck for a couple of minutes at lunchtime. This band has been everything I hoped it would be. Fantastic tool!!!!

My former insurance co. wouldn't cover the procedure . And this is a Medicare HMO which has to cover all the same stuff Medicare would cover. So I switched insurance co. in January. I asked the surgeon's office which companies they had the best luck with and got Humana HMO. They covered everything except for the $100 co-pay I was responsible for. They actually have their own bariatric dept. which contacted me after the surgery to check up on me. They will also cover the fills without me having to pay a co-pay everytime I go to the office. It might be worth checking into switching to a different company. Might pay a little more but still should be able to get under a group rate.

I just had my second fill last week and can relate now to the above sensations. I don't get full per se but will experience an uncomfortable sensation in my chest that feels like a baseball is lodged there. Also hiccups. I got pain just once from eating a scrambled egg too fast. But learning to slow down and listen to my body's signals is all new. I find now it will hurt to drink liquids right after eating so I wait a while. Unfortunately I can no longer get in the gallon of fluid a day. I believe I have about 8cc in a 14cc band so I'm sure these signals are going to be more pronounced when I have the 3rd fill on the 27th.

Hi Folks- Well it's beginning to happen. Yesterday I went with a co-worker to clean a woman's home we hadn't seen since the first part of June. I was banded June 29th. After being in her house a short while this woman approached my co-worker to ask if I had been ill recently. She thought I had cancer due to the weight loss! Well she asked me about it and I told her about being banded. She was so excited for me and relieved! I don't see it as much yet. I saw my eldest daughter last week for the first time since being banded. I have lost 40 lbs. to date. I was wearing some clothes that I haad in my closet that were too small before. Both my daughter and my mother say they're too big and make me look pregnant. I go for my second fill Monday and can hardly wait. This is the most weight I've lost in my life and it has been almost effortless. I rarely get hungry. I just hope the rest of the weight loss will be as easy as this has been.

I always wore a EE. At my highest weight of 298 lbs I couldn't find anything to fit and developed plantar facsiitis due to wearing flip flops with no support. My ankles swelled too. During my pre-op Optifast diet I lost all the ankle swelling and can now wear my normal 9EE shoes and tie them! I'm back into my orthotics though trying to heal the facsiitis.

Well it finally happened to me. I had my first fill Aug.2nd. I think about 3cc in a 14cc band. Anyway have been doing well and losing 2-3 lbs weekly since I started. Last week went to spend a week with my oldest daughter and her family. I wasn't really adhering to the low carb part of my diet but still watching caloric intake and charting it daily. But decided to partake of a few cocktails. I was drinking bloody Marys and trying to keep the calories down. Friday evening I had a few and felt it coming on. Hadn't eaten so was really surprised when I ended up in the bathroom sliming away and gagging. It passed relatively quickly. So now I know too much alcohol can bring it on too! And I lost another 3.4 lbs last week! But like I said I gave up the food calories for the alcohol calories and I don't believe this would be healthy for too long!

I had the dissolving sutures and glue and then steri-strips over that which came off on their own within 2 weeks. I had my first fill yesterday and the skin below the port incision is still numb so I didn't feel a thing.

I brought me a snap front duster style house coat for walking the halls. Also a bra that hooks in the front would be perfect. Just as long as it's not tight. And I had a pull over cotton top with some cotton pull on capris that were comfortable for riding home in. Bring whatever you want. the family can hold on to it until your in a room. They are just being lazy by telling you they don't want you to bring anything. That way they don't have to keep track of your things. Good luck!

I haven't been able to get the recommended amount of protein in my diet so I bought some protein "shooters" at Walmart. They seem to be the cheapest I found so far. But the taste is horrible. I mix it in a gatorade bottle with Crystal Light and it makes it go down easier. so I'm planning on keeping them around to keep my protein intake up. Ingesting protein will speed up your metabolism. the weight is coming off so it must work for me.

You can eat with me anytime. I'm deaf so the "gurgling and burping" wouldn't bother me in the least!:ohmy: As for having to spit out the fibrous stuff I'm sure you use a napkin for that. I have problems eating with folks that use their forks as shovels! And then proceed to talk with their mouths full. My ex FIL used to think it was okay to pass gas at the dinner table!