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Has Anyone Ever Been Prescriped Phentermine In Addition To Their Fill?



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It's hard. I feel like my surgery was a failure and his success has been almost immediate. I have already been through one surgery. Don't think I can handle going through another surgery, emotionally or financially. My bmi was barely enough to be approved for the band. I am just so tired of justifying my slow weight loss when even I don't believe it anymore. I keep telling myself the slower it comes off, the better chance I have of it staying off,no sagging.skin,etc. still does not make me feel any better.

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My original thoughts were expletives, and that would get me thrown off. I like it here, and would like to hang out with you guys awhile. What I will say is... I have never heard of adding ampehetamine therapy along with banding. If I asked my surgeon about that....expletives!

My dr did prescribe it for me and I took it for 3 months. Took it from October to January of this year. Just had my 11 th fill today, actually 13th but I had 2 unfills. I am filled 7.55 in a 10 band. I still have yet to go more than 3ish hours or so without being hungry. Not just hungry but stomach growling loudly. Everyone is different. She said I just may be one of the unlucky ones the band doesn't control hunger very good for. Here's hoping though that today's fill is the charm.

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Wow' date=' I thought I was the only one, Yes My Dr told me a couple of weeks ago, that he will like for me to start on Phentermine,!!!

Like hello what was the whole point of me getting the lapband then

I got banded in June of 2011, I have never been in the Green Zone, I am Either on Yellow or Red

I have had a total of 15 fills !!! Yes 15

2 of them have been Unfill's, because I couldn't even pass my own saliva

I have lost a total of 20 pounds, However that is not a sucses to me because 15 of them 20 I lost in 2 weeks because I was so tight I couldnt even keep liquids down,

"But get this he tells me well you have lost 20 pounds" Like yes I have because I could'nt eat for 2 weeks, I am so tired of this crap!!

Every time I get a fill, I dont feel hungry but only for 1 week after the week the hunger comes back !!

It is so Irritating,

I have the 14 cc band, and I now have 10 cc, I was at 10.75 last week but was too tight!

What is the reason your Dr whants to put you on Phentermine?[/quote']

My dr gives it. Cause everyone goes through spurts of feeling hungry and graving the old foods you had before surgery. All it does is helps control any craving. I can't believe a dr would be do against them, I work in pharmacies and this drug is safe for short periods if time (no long term use). Everyones body is different and everyone has different results from the band. I'm one who has a horrible time. I'm always too tight and have struggled to loose weight and have only lost 30lbs in almost 4 yrs, originally lost 60lbs but gained 30lbs back. The phentermine help control my appetite.

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So is it like bypass? Somewhere here I described my FIL's efforts at the band for 2 years. Nothing helped him' date=' so finally he got the bypass, has maintained his weight wonderfully and looks great.[/quote']

The bypass probably worked cuz it causes "dumping" if u have too much sugar.so where the band doesn't stop u from eating sugar the bypass can't process it usually.

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