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I've lost an elephants heart....poor elephant :-( Yay me !

Thank you everyone ! Just to clarify,since doing preop and post op liquid diets, I felt like my stomach shrank a lot on it's on.when I got banded I could barely eat a 1/2 cup of food with no fills.I only got my first fill not because i needed it but to see what the difference would be.I am just now over the last 2 weeks really starting to be hungry so I have not been white knuckling it this whole time.like I said I'm not going to be hungry. I was thinking is it a fill I need or have I stretched something.Because I do have the " save it till I need it" mentality. I was wanting to know if a fill is really what I need.but I really don't want to get an uneccesary fill if its actually a stretched pouch or something .and yes I am a bit afraid of becoming a fill addict.:-)

They do it on the sleeve talk site too .band haters .but even when u read there complaints you can still see where they could have done something to prevent it.I just read I dare not ask a question like "did u see ur dr when u first started vommiting why wait 3 months with a problem?" etc.. I reall love this site.even the bad stories cuz there is a lot of good advice and tough love :-)

I don't think the government has anything to do with this.Americans are greedy in everything .in general we have more food than we need more things (cars,clothes,shoes,TV's ) even if the cars are broke down in our back yard or the clothes we haven't worn in 10 yrs.We just gotta have it.just to say we have it.and even when the government tries to regulate we complain or sew for our right to indulge and be stupid.

They do it cuz people like me (pre band)would be a loyal customer keep coming back thinking I got a good bargain on all the food ! And I would have invited others to get in on the deal . Sad but true.they are capitalizing on our need for greed .

WOW !! You look great !! I'm very inspired !!

Ok it's the weight loss surgery foundation of America WLSFA meet and greet conference las Vegas Here is the link http://wlsfa.org/2012mg-2/

There was a weight loss surgery convention/ conference a couple of months a go .in Vegas .a couple of people here posted about it.I'll see if I can google something on it.it wasn't Lapband specific I think it was all of them.

I was banded 4/6/12 at 2 months out I was 30 lbs down.it's been really slow the last month.I've only had one fill.I think ur on the right track.

Sorry don't know why but I do know it happens.try not to worry about it for the next couple if weeks just concentrate on healing .but I can say that 300 cal is way too little and ur body may be in starvation mode where it doesn't burn but holds the fat when it thinks it's starving.

AWESOME !! But Please STOP putting out disclaimers, just say what's on ur heart u already said they can block u if they don't like it ! god already dealt with it.don't change u .let God change them.just plant.

WOW I was just thinking about posting something like this !! Thank you !! I just keep rolling my eyes as I read some of this stuff.they will be the band haters on the sleeve site.and then screw that up too Because they are not listening.I know that there are incompetent drs in the world but reading some of these posts makes you think half of the band doctors are ignorant !! I know it's not true , I think people hear what they Want to hear and if they look at the actual paper work it probably will say much of what u said.

I am 3 months post op and have not had them In almost 2 months.

I dont have an answer but A man was on here with the same question ...

I would use a gym scale.

Stay on top of them.I had to go through something similar.every time they say this is the last thing,then a week later I call them and they so oh u need X.you have to be ur own advocate.ask for a supervisor send email to a director whatever u need to do.Good luck.

Congratulations on ur 42 lb loss and new begininning ! I don't know where to get protein shakes in the UK.but here in the US u can find them in most grocery stores,vitamin/ nutrition stores,gyms and of course you can order online.you are making a good decision to start from the begininning .I would recommend that u see a band doctor just to make sure everything is in place and in working order.Good Luck !

WOW this answers just about every redundant question thst pops up on this page.I hope more people read this before they consider the band or before they post their question:-)

We have the same survey date.as of July 1 I was 43 lbs down with only one fill also.my belly seems to be the same size it was 3 months ago.but my waistline is shrinking since I still have 100 lbs to go I'm not worried about it too much yet.

I had a similar issue with healthnet but my dr was great.She wrote all the things I needed in the chart and told me how to get around being denied.i needed to write the director of the medical group and have them advocate for ne.She said several of her patients went that route.I ultimately ended up changing to PPO insurance at open enrollment so I didn't finish the process but there are ways around it.Good luck !

I haven't been to a real restaurant yet but my family went to Denny's a couple of days ago.I ordered moons over my hammy.pre band I'd get it with extra ham.This time NOT.I had them cut the sandwich in four.over the course of 1 1/2 hrs.of eating laughing talking I ate half the sandwich and about 1/4 of hash brown.it actually felt good to just eat and talk.it didn't look like I was over eating or under eating.I felt pretty normal it felt good and I took home left overs which never happened pre band.:-)

Great ! Your head is in the game !! Goodluck !

I started at 339 lbs.only one LB shy of ur weight.best decision I've made.as of July 1st I was down 43 lbs.started pre op 3/23/12 banded 4/6/12 .Good luck on your journey !

Even as a christian I originally thought your posts weird and out of place.But I understand that God is ur motivation and I totally respect that.Also I believe that if you truly " respect others belief" then u respect the fact that most religious People's faith teaches them to spread the good news of their faith and it's affect on their life. I think your posts are from ur heart and obviously God is in your heart.i started feeling a bit convicted that i was not sharing that part of my journey which is a lot of prayer .Any way like u said they can block you if they dont like it.but do what inspires you ! And you know many people are receiving it even if they never tell you ! please keep them coming !