Mirella

THanks for the advice you are absolutely right by having my band too tight i irriated my stomach lining which caused inflamation and making the restriction even tighter i had my band completely unfilled and believe it or not i still have restriction. I think i made one of the biggest mistakes of my life because last week i couldn't even keep Water down and it took a few days for me to find my doctor, he was out of town. In the meantime, now i have digestive issues i need to recover from from not being able to eat or drink. anyways, even now with no Fluid in the band i have restriction. We will leave the band unfilled for about 3 weeks waiting for my stomach to heal. I will keep this in mind i had the band at 2.2 cc then 2.1 cc then down to 1.8 cc. Even at 1.8 cc i had this problem. So to be save i will not go over 1.6 cc, if event hat. You are right i was only eating Soups and Meal Replacement shakes becasue i no longer felt hungry at all, i would force myself to eat. Now i am enjoying my food and still eating really well. I lost 30 pounds in 6 weeks but now i put on 4 pounds. I am thinking that is all the water i lost last week plus some yo yoing going on from not being able to eat. I have an apt with a nutritionist. Thanks for your insight

how much do tummy tucks range from? ALso I am in my early twenties and I want to have children in the next few years, at least before I am 27. SHould I wait to have a tummy tuck till after I have kids? My belly dropped due to weight gain. 5'8 and 282 pounds will do that to you. Now I am still obviously 5'8 but now at 210lbs and the stomach pouch has gotten significantly smaller. I just cant imagine it completely dissapearing and I am very self contious about it. considering i know my skin will need to strech again, is it a bad idea to get a tummy tuck. I am worried that removing the access skin will make the already stretched skin strech even more causing complications... or is the new stretched skin as tough as regular skin... if anyone has any ideas about this please let me know.

I am 22 years old and before my surgery I had to get chewable multi vitimans, liquid calcium, gas ex chewables, childrens luquid tylenol(didn't even use this, why would I since I got liquid codine by prescription) calcium is the big one... is till take that becuase too much cant hurt but not enough can be THE WORST THING EVER!!!! my 22 year old friend lost bone density, and she shakes in pain at night... so anyways, hope this helps!

also, remember this guys... Most people go on the internet looking for other people who have problems only when they actually get a problem themselves! rarely will people go online trying to find discussion forms to discuss their amaizing success... Although I am having problems, the lap band is the best thing that has every happened to me. I wake up happier, I am starting to out with friends and I fell 5 billion times better. I know my problems are my own doing, now I have accepted this and need to fix my habits. take care!

ok, so i am going to be bruitally honest, so please don't get mad at me! I have had the lap band August 31sth 2006. IN the first two months i lost no weight because i only had 1.2 cc in a 4 cc band... By novermberI got up to 1.9 cc and it was great. No heart burn or reflux, only pb ed if I overate. The only problem was that I would eat my small amount and i would be hungry again in 1 hr... so I thought, get another fill. I got another fill in novermber. 0.3 ccs. So I am at 2.2 cc... Terrible heart burn, constant pb covered in mucus. It was the worst week of my life. Went back, down to 2.0 cc... This was MUCH better in that I was never hungry, my portions would hold me to my next meal... Heart burn came every other day but I have been having heart burn since my early teen... From december 6th to January 26 I dropped 30 pounds. This may be because i started exercising and weight lifitngs every day. But i knew I wasnt eating much and I would stick to fluids and soft food, couldn't hold down meat. I was pbing every day. Like almost after every meal. I was eating 1-2 bites to much, which would just bounce back up. I spat it out, and it IS disgusting. THe heartburn got progressively worse. Could this be because I was pbing alot? I know this is not the right thing. I just think that i was too tight and I was in denial because i was dropping the weight so fast. So 5 pounds a week = pbing.. i didn't tell anyone. Now, this week it got so bad that I choke from reflux in my sleep and I keep pbing stomach acid. I went back today, got defilled to 1.8... Where 1.9 was not enough restriction, still with 1.8 i can't hold down food. Could it be that I developed an ulcer or some sort of stomach irritation from all the stomach acid and my stomach lining is swelled? I am really confused. I didn';t know i lost 30 pounds in 6 weeks untill my doc weighed me in today. So its not like i was trying to keep up weightloss, i wasn't even weighing myself... My clothes fit better... daily... and i thought this was good. Anyways, my main concern is that i think i have damaged my stomach in some way. Can someone please give me some guidance as to what I should do? One time it was so bad that my esaphogas felt like it was on fire. Im really worried and scared now. The nurse gave me a big lecture about my health and not losing weight too fast. I understand this now, but im just really scared. They mentioned somethin about completely defilling me and thats why i don't want to address my concerns with the nurses because IM afraid I will stop losing weight :think HELP!!!! ps. im rarely hungry, ever since my stomach has been burning constantly..

Hi; When I got my first fill, I did not feel any restriction at all. I have a 4 cc band and my first fill was 1 cc. This was very peculiar because I could eat anything i want at an access if I so wished. What happened is that I got very lucky and got a really nice nurse who thought to check how much was in my band. After pulling all the Fluid out she found only .6 cc in there. The nurse who originally did the fill missed the reservior. If they miss the opening you feel air bubbles as they inject it. At least I did. So they did another 1cc which bought me up to 1.6 cc. Then I felt restriction but i was hungry again 30 mins after I ate. I got another fill and at 1.9 cc it was a nice restriction. I am going for another fill soon, but I understand your frustration. I actually gained weight after my first fill because I was so dissapointed that maybe I did something to cause it to not work. Always ask lots of questions to your doctor and nurses. If you can't see them call them. We pay alot of money for this procedure, the least you could do is to ask questions for the peice of mind. I urge you to call your doctor. I have heard that some people don't feel a restriction untill 3cc in a 4 cc band. I can't imagine that but everyone is different. I hope this helps. You can email me if you have more questions.