Kellybean77

I have had bread (any sort of bread) once since my banding (over 6 weeks now) and that was my 1st episode...I had to pull my car over on the side of the road after taking 2 bites from an English muffin...and the second time was on Tuesday night this week with half of a deviled egg...I've not had ANY pasta or rice either since my banding...too scared! I'm only down 21 pounds since surgery but I'm glad it is coming off at a slow and steady pace...I'm walking about a mile each night (its all I can stand with this crazy heat we have right now in Chicago) I'm Kelly btw...and would love to have you has a band buddy...we are approximately the same age (i'm 37) and only a month apart in surgeries...

Honestly I was really worried about it too (hurting after) not at all!!!!!!!!! I thought it would never go away (the pain) which made me have doubts about my choice of having surgery! Things are going better and I will get use to this. Good luck sweetie!! My surgeon has done over a thousand bandings and is awesome I love him…he is a bit of a hard-nose and doesn’t believe in numbing beforehand…I thought I was going to run out of his office screaming…I didn’t I endured the 2 second pain…he went in blind and accessed my port first try!!! You’ll be just fine!! Let me/us know how you do! On a side note I had my first ‘getting stuck’ moment the next night and I thought I would die (I can be a drama queen) I kept feeling like the cat from Shrek (puss-n-boots) you know the part where he is trying to bring up a hairball. After I explained to one of my friends what had happened she asked me if the Lap-Band was designed to scare the hell out of people from eating…I am beginning to think that is working for me. lol. I can only hope you get some of my humor. Take care and good luck.

good luck to you!!! I'm too knew to really give any great advice but we all fall down and need to just pick ourselves up and keep going....you CAN do this!!!

I am six weeks out and just last week my port pain starting subsiding (thank God) it was so bad for a while I had a CT done because I thought something was seriously wrong!!! I think I was being hypersensitive!! I had my first fill on this past Monday and things are going okay for me…I’m hesitant on going out of my comfort zone with eating though.

good luck tomorrow!!!!!!!

Although it feels like it will never come soon enough you will eventually pass through this! I think it lasted almost the whole first week with me (I was banded 6/28/10) I’m six weeks out now and still burp funny! It’s kind of like a hiccup and then burp…I’ve gotten used to it! I wish you lots of luck!!

if it were me and water was NOT passing I would go back ASAP!! Good Luck!

I was banded on June 28, 2010 and I'm still burping but like Sweetbriar said "They are different from regular burps" mine is almost like a hiccup with a burp on the end...really weird!!! but I do it quite frequently I've just gotten used to saying excuse me a lot.

oopps so I don't know how to post my ticker...oh well. sorry!!

<a href="http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wg3dZpn/"> <img border="0" src="http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wg3dZpn/weight.png"></a> Hang in there it will get easier!! I was banded on the 28th of June 2010 and shortly after surgery realized why I had to have a psych evaluation to go forth with the surgery!! I cried a lot due to my emotionally attachment to food and when that is taken away it becomes emotionally distressing. I had my first fill 3cc on the 9th of August and just last night was the first time I had experienced getting food stuck and it hurt like hell…I was crying afterward thinking that I’ll never be able to enjoy eating again. Good luck on your journey…I’m glad we have this site to find support from other going thru the same experiences.

Thanks and congratulations on your weight loss! :devil_smile: