hello, new here but not with the lapband

[mermaid72 0]

hello everyone, my name is maria but i like to be called mer. been having a rough time lately with the weight loss. i had my band surgery on june 18, 2007. the surgery was easy, hardly any pain and i healed fast. i haven't lost that much weight and in fact the past month or two i have been gaining. at first after the surgery i did lose because i was in that zone to lose and with the restrictions from the band helped. exercised alittle too. everytime i noticed i was eating more than ishould i would go in for a fill. after the first couple of months everytime i went in for afill i would make an appt for my next fill. the first 13 months were free fills so why not and if i felt i didn't need afill then it was no problem cancelling. by the time my first year aniversary came around i had lost about 70 pounds. which is good but not good enough in my mind. i stayed at about 70lb loss for afew months then i had foot surgery so i was unable to walk around for acouple months and so i became bored. for me bored equals eating. while i was recovering i started to gain but then when i was able to walk on my foot the weight gain slowed, alittle. i thought when i would return to work it would get me back on some sort of routine but no. i just made an appt for a fill. i'm alittle embarrased because of the weight gain and almost didn't make the apt but i need to get back into eating better so i worked through that fear and called. any way just wanted to say hi and let you know where im at in my laplife. sorry it was so long:smile:

mer

[LaurenLCM 0]

HI Mer...

You sound lost and distressed... don't give up now! You lost 70 pounds which is GREAT, I would give anything to lose that! Then, you needed food surgery and became depressed, that is not your fault! You are still below where you started. Maybe you should find a different doctor to get your fills from... 13 fills in one year sounds excessive. Even if you have to pay out-of-pocket for a decent fill, it will be better than gaining the weight back, becoming more depressed and giving up completely.

You have had success before, you have the tool inside you to do it again! Don't give up!!!