Dawn5115

I searched for "gurggle" and only found your blog. I am 15 months out and I want another small adjustment/fill.... but I am afraid because I gurggle everything! My son mocks me and laughs. For a while I thought only I noticed. Not so lucky. At least I'm not alone.

Thank you, it's not "just me"!! My allergies are a real problem with eating! If I forget my pill I get so much mucas or something and I can't eat without being uncomfortable. I think my doctor dismissed my concern about this --- but it sounds like I'm not alone. *Thanks. Sometimes that's all I need to hear. : ) 50 pounds and counting down.

YES to the drainage thing! I have allergies and it's making it very difficult to eat healthy instead of ice cream or something crunchy that goes down easy! *just excited to know it's not just me!

UPDATE: This new restriction is almost perfect! Hunger? What hunger? LOL and I found a pair of jeans on clearance and bought them "for now". It's better than belting my old jeans.... and for $18, well worth it.

Ugh... I have only lost about 30 pounds since I was banded at the end of July. I hate exercise and I am really bad about avoiding it. My husband has promised to walk with me now that the weather is getting better. I saw my doctor for another .5cc fill on Wednesday. He also says the slow loss is best for my body, but I know that the first 30 is much easier than the next 30.... or the last 30. I love the restriction I feel after a fill... I just wish it would stay that way. Being self-pay (I sold my pretty car to get this surgery) I am a little worried about not meeting my goal before my 1 year is up.... that's when I have to pay out of pocket for fills. My jeans are falling off, but the smaller ones I own are still too small..... and I just can't bring myself to shop for another pair of plus AND tall sized jeans. So I belt my big jeans and just keep moving. LOL

How is it going? I was too full after my 2nd fill.... but I think it was swelling. So now I'm doing tiny fills every 3 weeks.... not losing... and SO frustrated. Keep us posted!

My doctor had me come in tonight and removed 1cc of fluid from my band. I would have continued to try liquids only for another 24 hours if I wasn't leaving town, but I had only managed to keep down about 4oz. of fluid on Saturday. I didn't want to risk being gone for 3 days to a seminar and not keeping down liquids. *So I'm at 3cc and feeling much better. I'm doing liquids only until tomorrow, but I can already tell a difference when I drink. I am sure there is still swelling from all of the vomiting today, so tomorrow will be soft foods or liquids. I hope to go back in 2 weeks and put the other 1cc back in. *I asked for "a double" or 4cc when I went to my fill on Friday. So glad she didn't do it!

So.... what happened?? I did my 2nd fill yesterday at 4pm. I sipped water for the doctor, had a small strawberry shake on the way home. All good. I had some brocolli soup about 8pm... didn't feel good going down, so I only had about 1/2 a can. Today has been nothing but vomit after vomit. Slime & tuna, slime & cheese, slime & cracker. I think I kept down 8oz. of hot apple cider.... I fell asleep after I drank it. I'm trying not to freak out. Tomorrow I am leaving for a two day business trip with a woman who does not know about my surgery. We're sharing a room... I don't want her to know.... but the airplane vomit bag in my purse might be hard to explain. ugh! Why do these things only happen on a weekend and/or when I am going out of town??!!

I had to be sure I hadn't posted that myself! I just got my 2cc fill 4 hours ago. My stomach is rumbling and turning... not sure if it's hunger, left-over nerves from the first fill, or because of the fill. Anyway.... I weigh the same today as I did when I had my stitches removed 3 weeks ago.... but my pants are tighter. Yes... feeling like 15K is down the drain and I have another 3 weeks if this doesn't work. Staying positive.... you do the same! *It's nice to have some of the bandsters that are several months or years into the journey comment. Encouraging.

I sure wish those closest to me... who know about the surgery.... understood more. I feel like they are watching me... and waiting. LOL

I am just over 4 weeks post-op, and other than a bite of birthday cake and a dry bite of chicken, I have had no problems. I feel I have no restriction. I've only lost 10-12 pounds and I'm hungry like I was pre-band. My doctor laughed when I asked if he really but the band in (like I can tell that's MY stomach in the picture??!!) and assured me that my band was empty and when we started filling it up, and making my TOOL useful, all would be fine. Am I alone in this? My husband thinks I'm eating more now than before! (of course eating is more of a production now... of cutting tiny pieces, chewing.... but I'm not full!) But 15K and a month later.... with 2 weeks of liquids.... I am feeling like I am hopeless! Add to that the no smoking thing, and my teenagers should just feel lucky I let them in the house. :biggrin: I really pray that the swelling is gone and next week (1st fill) will start me down the scale.