katbabie34

I was going to ask the same thing. What does very cold water do? I have tried ice cubes and that does not have the same effect as the ice cream does.

February 2010 is when I had my lapband. I have had a few fills but everytime I have to go back and get the fills removed. Evidently I completly shut up and then I am sick non stop. Luckily I have a great surgeon who has came in on the weekends fo me. I have lost 100 pounds so I am very happy. My problem is I still have alot of trouble with food sticking in my band and hurting when I eat. I eat icecream everyday before eating dinner. It seems like the icecream numbs me so it does not hurt to eat. I have not gained weight back but I can not lose any more weight either. I still have 30 pounds to my goal weight. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.

I really don't know what a good fill is but I am assuming I now have a good fill. After this past month I was beginning to wonder if Lapband was for me or not. I am very happy with my weight loss. I could not do it all on my own. I am now down 62 pounds and it will be one year 2/17/11. Everytime I got fills I was very sick and he had to remove the fill. I went three different times. This last time he put in . 5 cc and then I had to go back and he removed half of it. I am at 4.75 in a 11 cc band. Now that the swelling has finally went down. Which took almost 3 weeks I can finally eat a little something. I now eat 3-5 baby bites of something and I am full. I guess this is what they mean by the perfect fill. I am going the gym 5-6 days a week also. Hopefully I will be losing more weight. So if there is anyone that has been discouraged from there band just keep trying. I am proof, it took me almost a year before I got here.

I'm glad to hear other people with the same issue as I have. It seems every time I get a fill I swell so much nothing goes down. I just had another fill 3 weeks ago and I am finally able to get a few bites in then I am in pain. My doctor did remove some but left in .25cc's. All I could get down for two weeks was a bottle of water but it would take all day to get that in me. Now that I can only eat a few bites at a sitting I was guessing this is what they call a good fill. I still don't like the pain that goes along with the eating but if I am losing weight I am happy. It just really makes it hard to have energy to work out.

I had my surgery February 17, 2010 and every time I go and get a fill I have to go get it taken out. It always is to much and all I do is throw up. I just got a fill again over a week ago on Monday and today was the 1st day I was able to eat anything. I got down a pack of cream of wheat. Even water was hard to get in. It would take me a whole day before I get a whole bottle of water down. I called the doctor after my fill on Monday and he removed what he put in then I called him again this past Monday to let him know that I am still unable to eat. He said I was still swollen from the fill but as long as I am getting water in I am fine but I could come in and see him. I told him I would give it until today because that would be seven days since he removed the fill he put in. (I have a 11cc band and I am at 4.5) The swelling should be down within a week but if I did not get anything to eat in me I wanted him to do in xray to see what was going on. I fell the same way as you do about not liking the band. I just think it is because of getting sick and slimming but give it a little more time to see what happens. I have lost 61 pounds to date and I would of never did that on my own. Take care.

Thank you so much for this post. So many people have asked me about this and I just printed it out so I can show it to them. I have been having so much trouble with fills it has been driving me crazy. Thanks again.

Best of luck to you. I still go out and have not had a beer in almost a year. I am not much of a drinker either but I did and still do enjoy going out on Saturday to hang out with friends and shoot pool. I used to drink a beer but now I drank grape vodka with sugar free red bull. Not a good mix but just can't handle the straight vodka. I still do occasionaly go out to my favorite restaurant but I carry my card and usually order of the kids menu or just order an appitizer. Good luck again. You will be so much happier once the weight starts coming off.

I had my lapband surgery February 17, 2010. I have now lost 61 pounds and very happy. I still have 67 pounds to go to be at my goal weight. It seems every time I go for a fill I end of very sick. My band holds 11 cc's. I am now at 4.5 cc's. I went in August and had 1CC put in. I had to go back both Saturday and Sunday and have it removed. I was throwing up every 15 minutes then once he removed some on Saturday I would throw up every hour. Then on Sunday he took it out. I just went back again on Monday, January 17, 2011 for a fill. He only put in .5 cc's. At his office a drank a half bottle of water and was fine. I went home and was fine until later that night. Could not eat soup. On Tuesday every hour I was throwing up again. Went back on Wednesday and doctor removed what he put in and stated that I was swollen. I drank some water in his office. It is now Monday and I can only get a little bit of water in me. All I have eaten this week was 3 raviolos. I have tried everything from soups to ice cream and I eat two bites and either get sick or have the horrible chest pains like it is stuck. I was able to take my vitamins on Saturday but yesterday I threw them back up. I also got a full bottle of water in yesterday. I have lost 11 pounds in one week. I love losing the pounds but I don't think this is right at all. Does anyone else experience these issues? I am calling the doctor today and see if he can do an xray or something to figure out what is going on. Thank you so much for reading. Kathy

I only have 5 cc's in my band and every time my doctor gives me a fill I have to go back and get it taken out. I just got another 1/2 cc yesterday which took me to the 5cc's and was fine yesterday but now today I can't even get water down. My doctor is also very great. Last time he met me on a Saturday and Sunday to remove the fill since I was so sick.

I really think that I need a smaller fill. Every time I go for a fill I have to go back and get it taken out because of getting sick. He usually puts in 1cc. The last time I had a fill was 8/27/10 and he had to take it out the following two days. Yesterday I got .5cc and felt fine. I drank water in his office. Now today I have only drank two sips of water and have already gotten sick three times. I am so frustrated because I am not losing but I think next time I will ask him to only put in a small amount.