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Multiple symptoms and static weight loss...

bunnykin4u

By bunnykin4u, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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I am 6 months post op. (Dr. Dillemans, Belgium).

I lost weight quickly at the beginning ( about 14lbs in the first month)

then it slowed and then came to a dead stop.

I know that there is something working there... When I eat a dry cracker or potato or bread *too quickly* and without chewing really well then I get the dreaded feeling (watery eyes, wanting to eb sick elephant chest etc) but I can, and DO still eat those things nearly every day without a problem.

So I know there has been something happen in there, and I generally eat less that I did before banding, but certianly not as little as I expected to eat.

I also have BAD pain almost non stop about 2 inches below my port area. It is horrible. It has always been a bit of a sore spot for me, but it got worse after my last fill (which really hurt BTW). It has not settled down since then, which was now 5 weeks ago. Today it is REALLY bad. Its not hot, red, swollen, or anything like that. It just plain hurts like I have pulled the muscles there big style.

I have (apparently) 7 and a half mls in my band.

I did not think the previous fill Dr. was any good and he has since stopped doing them, so I am not actually sure that he did anything at all... except for the fact that I have not lost or put on any significant weight either.

I am folling all th rules too - like drinking + eating = NO

So I am in pain, can eat too much and I am not losing.

What does a flipped port feel like? Are there any symptoms with infections in the port...

How much are others eating at 7.5 mls?? (ps I dont understand all this stuff about cups!)

Heres what I ate yesterday:

2 large bananas for Breakfast

400g of couscous with veggies and stuff for lunch

400g ready meal with sweet potato, haloumi and bulgar wheat 4 dinner

Snacks - 2 yoghurts and about 4 coffees and several pints of sugar free squash (cordial), an apple...

That was it, but I am not completely satisfied after all that either...

thoughts would be good.

cheers

Bunny

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