June 2007 Bandsters

[Pippz 0]

ughghg - so I threw up for the first time. It was on Friday night. I was very excited about getting the new Harry Potter book and just wanted to take a few bites before I started to read it (after midnight). I ate too fast and had this HORRIBLE pain in my stomach/throat. I know it wasn't the food because I'd had the same stuff for dinner, I jsut ate too much or too fast. Anyway, I paced the house for 45 minutes with this horrible pain until I was finally able to throw up, crying and everything!

Has anyone else thrown up yet? It was HORRIBLE. I've barely eaten since, because I don't want to go through that ever, ever again.

[TexasFire 84]

I got my second fill this morning. This one hurt! But just from the needle, like a bad shot. I lived. She put 1cc in this time and says, "The rule is, if the meat don't go down, it's too tight and you come back!" O-TAY!

So the weird thing is, now my stomach is growling like crazy...I'm STARVING! I haven't been this hungry in a long time. And I'm on liquids today, of course. So Jello it is!

Happy Monday to all! Have a fantastic week! :whoo:

[lo2us 1]

Pippz - I've had that pain and feeling just about once a day since I got my very TIGHT fill. I haven't thrown up yet, but wish that I could have. I have found that if I wait a few minutes after the pain begins, I walk around and sip something HOT. It seems to help with the pain and make it pass quicker. If it gets tighter like everyone tells me it will and this pain stuff happens more often, I'm going to go ask for my doc to take a little out. I've found that if I sit down and look at my food for 5 minutes, it makes me slow down and take small bites.

[Suzzzie. 3]

Owwwie! I've got to learn to SLOW down.

I am so hungry today. At work I ate a yogurt around 10am. Starving at 12 I ate about 3/4 cup of tuna - I was STUFFED. Then about 2pm I was starving again. Ate about 1/2 cup tuna - stuffed again. Weird! Shouldn't I stay full longer? And I mean I was hungry! My stomach was growling and everything, Water didn't satisfy me.

SO I get home from work at 4:30 and decide to make myself a wrap with turkey and grated cheese and FF ranch drsg. I was so hungry I forgot to chew well and STUCK CITY. I paced the house for about 20 minutes before it finally went down. Thought I was going to drown in my own saliva!!

Now, I have slowed down and I feel better. I'm stuffed again - and I've probably only had about 1/2 of the wrap. I'm sure I'll be hungry again in about an hour. Sigh...

Made an appointment for my next fill - Aug 16. Yes, I have to wait 4 weeks between fills.

[LadyHR 0]

I'm so sorry to hear about all the "stuck" incidents - sounds very painful. I can assure you that by sharing your experiences, I am being more careful to eat slowly and chew, chew, chew.

Suzzzie - those diet quotes were funny. It reminded me of something I did when I arrived at my hotel tonight. There was bottled Water and a package of Oreos waiting for me in the room since I am a frequent guest. Not trusting myself with those Oreos, I crushed them to fine powder and put the package in the trash. Then still not trusting myself, I went back, tore open the package and emptied the powder into three other trash cans. I will not be tempted to dig through the trash for the crumbs (I don't think!)

[Suzzzie. 3]

LadyHR - Good job with the Oreos!!! Those Cookies are my weakness!!! specially the double stuffed ones!!

[insubordination 0]

Suzzie, sounds like you're not eating enough (or any) fibre. That's why you're hungry. I know Protein is supposed to fill you by balancing blood sugar but it has no fibre. I try to have vegies at every meal including high-fibre vegetables as well as lentils or Beans and in the morning, hot porridge or bran + strawberries/finely cut prune.

Also, you need fibre to stay regular. I guess I'm not as protein obsessed as some people are (glad my doc's not either). I understand its importance but would rather have a more balanced diet. It's a controversial opinion on here but I think it's just an Atkins-related fad and that too much protein much makes the body acidic.

I ate a half a nashi pear today and it became stuck from not chewing properly. It hurt but went down after a few minutes and some hot Water. Cucumber was fine but I took the skin off.

I have read about this 'first-bite syndrome' on this forum. Things go down/become stuck on the first bite. Some people say it helps to drink a little bit of hot water just before eating, then you're fine.

Interesting to read about the adventures in popcorn. Well done on choosing the small! I can resist popcorn but I'll just pretend I never read 'Oreos'.

Lost 2.2pounds/1 kilo when I saw the band physio today. Yay! Just the mental boost I needed after using very little for the past couple of weeks.

[ja9va 0]

lo2us I have not had a fill yet, YUK!, so I am thinking that is why popcorn is not bothering me, but this was the 1st time I had it and I ate it real slow. Popcorn was on my don't eat list, but my PA said due to useless calories, not because it would get stuck. I will be sure to ask about what you said after my fill.

pippz sorry to hear about your pbing and vomiting experience. this is my fear upon my fill. I want my fill so baddddd, but I am afraid if I will be sure I don't create these situations. I cry when I am in pain or if I have to vomit, always did. I don't want my dh to see me, because for sure I will get a lecture on what I did wrong!

suzzzie sounds like you are learning through the process. I have not had my fill and I was banded June 7. I feel like I have been stuck on hold for EVER! I am sure my doc will wait a time between the 2 nd due to my first being later.

insub I don't want to sound gross, but I have big bathroom issues. I eat Beans, salad, and still can't seem to have movement! I am frustrated. I drink Water too. I am going to ahve to get something any thoughts anyone?

Haven't heard from Toni and Nina iin a bit, hope all is going well!

[Holliwagz 0]

Mornin everyone! Last night I had my first experience with slimming!! UGH I was eating dinner with my family (VERY embarrassing) I don't know which I swallowed to quick the chicken or the broccoli! At any rate one or both of them got stuck and ow I tell ya what OUCH it hurt! I tried to throw up to make it go away quicker but no can do! Sooooooo by the time it finally passed the family was done eating but stayed at the table for me to eat and talked to me!! awwww I know they are sooooo sweet! This has been one of my dad's worst fears is seeing me in pain from eating something to fast and bless his heart he had to see it last night! :-( I am fine now though and STARVING!! I was supposed to get my 2nd fill yesterday (yes only a wk after my 1st) but I had to work out of town all day so I had to cancel it hmmm Not really for sure if I need it or not now! Oh well we will see! Hope you all have a great day!

[bigbaby 4]

Suzzie---try benefiber powder for more Fiber. It's taseless and you can sprinkle it on your food or in beverage. It disolves smoothly with no lumps.

[TexasFire 84]

<p>I am definitely feeling the effects of my second fill yesterday. </p> <p> </p> <p>It was a little harder to get my Protein Drink down this morning, but I got it all down in about 45 minutes to an hour. </p> <p> </p> <p>I took tuna and some grapes with me to work today, and when I got to the third small bite of tuna, it was starting to stick. I stopped in time, thank goodness. It took about ten or fifteen minutes to subside. Tried again, same thing. Tried again, same thing. </p> <p> </p> <p>So the realization I came to is that I can only eat two or three bites at a time so far. And it fills me up for a couple hours, too. So this is a good thing. This is different than how I felt after my first fill...if this is what true restriction feels like, I can live with this!</p> <p> </p> <p>We'll see if it lasts.</p> <p> </p> <p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p> <p> </p> <p>I can relate to the "lack of movement" issues! I eat brocolli every night almost, but it apparently isn't enough. I eat some fruit, but try to keep it minimal due to some fruits being so high in calories. Unfortunately, grapes are one of my faves and they are high in calories. The best is watermelon, but what banded person can eat a watermelon before it goes bad?!?!? LOL</p> <p> </p> <p>I've resorted to ExLax a few times, but I just hate that you never know when and where it is going to kick in. </p> <p> </p> <p>I may try the BeneFiber.</p>

[TexasFire 84]

Wow...I edited ONE letter in ONE word, and that mess below is what resulted!

SHEESH!

[faithmd 14]

Try the benefiber, or try drinking a baby Apple Prune juice per day. They are 4 oz, 70 calories and taste really good. I enjoy them and drink one per day. It has made all the difference in the world.

[faithmd 14]

And to edit, copy the post you want to edit before you click on the edit button, then click it and then delete everything in the box (all the smilies) and paste what you copied from the original post into the box, then edit away. Or just click on Go Advanced after clicking on Edit, there are still some tags to delete like < p & > but that's still a lot better than all the smilies.

[Suzzzie. 3]

Suzzie---try benefiber powder for more fiber. It's taseless and you can sprinkle it on your food or in beverage. It disolves smoothly with no lumps.

Everyone keeps talking about the benefiber. I think I should try some. Haha. Lack of movements ya know... and like someone else said, fiber fills you up longer. I get paid Friday, I'll buy some when I do all my grocery shopping.

Today has been good. I had 1 small bite kinda stick for a second...mild sliming, then with some throat and tummy gurgles it passed and I was fine. So weird.

Where is everyone? We seem to be missing more than a few of our Junies around here lately.