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I am looking for lapband buddies in my area for support and encouragement, and maybe lots of prayer. Pat

If any of you out there have a few favorite recipes that you have used once you were on "Regular food" again, I would love to see them. I am compiling a recipe binder for such items. Thanks! :tongue2::thumbup::smile::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Hi, I've had to have Fluid removed from my band as I couldn't eat much of anything The surgeon removed 3 1/2 and I can eat! I know I'll have to be careful but as I'm haveing to re-learn healthy eating I decided to make it easier on myself. If I can't cope i'll just have to restrict again. My query is, is it normal for my stomach to feel sore? I can eat and drink but I'm achy and sore where the band is. I'm scaring myself by thinking 'corrosion'! Thanks peeps xx

What is the best way to deal with swelling? I guess I'm retaining water but it's my face that's swollen :-/ maybe go on the liquid diet?

I'm still in the early stages of the process, still sure I want to go through with it, but there are fears of the unknown. Were any of you afraid of giving up foods you loved? If you had to adjust, how long does it take?

Hey Guys, I've been distant on this site for a while. I've been dealing with so much stress lately, I feel it's taking it's toll on my band! I was banded May 3rd of this year, I am down 20 lbs...that's it! I feel I should be losing much more than this. I've lost all motivation due to everything else going on in life, it seems excerising just gets away from me. I started at 316 lbs and am barely holding onto 296, i'm so frustrated I could scream right now. I really have no one to turn to talk about it. I go in next week for another fill, i currently have 7.5 cc in a 14 cc band and I feel absolutely NO RESTRICTION! It's so annoying.. when I get my fills I feel restricti…

Soooooooo...how are we all doing on the Halloween Candy front? lol I'm REALLY proud of myself so far! We've got entirely too much candy in this house waiting for trick or treaters, and I've only eaten ONE small piece of it. One of those little two bite kit kats. And I know I should technically be like OH NO! I SHOULDN'T BE EATING CANDY! But considering last year I would sit there and polish off half a bag all by myself...I think I've shown pretty good restraint! ^.^

I had a fill last Thursday everytime I take a bite I feel like I have to burp or I have hiccups after I eat. What do this mean?

Hi all! Has anyone gone through True Results with Dr. Nirmul? I think thats how you spell it! Any info would be greatly appreciated! Good or Bad! Thanks!

Seems to be working! I can't eat too much and I only get a little hungry between meals. My brain thinks I should eat more. How do u guys deal with psychologically wanting to eat more? It's weird!

I had my band done a little over a year ago on 7/3/2012, last October I developed a lump over my port, which turned into a weeping sore. Well short story is I had developed MRSA and had to have my now infected port removed. I had a new port put in this May and now, I've developed another open wound over my new port. This one doesn't look infected but won't heal and my doctor is worried about it. I am afraid if this little hole won't heal the doctor is going to have to remove my band. Anyone else had a problem like this?

I'm looking down the barrel of a full band replacement. I've had two port revision surgeries already in the last year - one where they replaced the port and tubing and one where they didn't, not that it made a difference to my recovery at all. The operations were tough on me. The anesthesia knocked me around, and I had significant swelling in my stomach, but I suspect it was because he'd done it all via one incision in the middle of my belly (through my old body lift scar). Now I'm looking at a full band replacement due to the fact that my band is still leaking. I am looking for anyone who has had a full band replacement who might give me an idea on recovery. And if y…

I made the mistake of being cocky and thinking "I've got this!" since I hit the green zone after my third fill. If an appointment was made for me in August, I missed it and they didn't give me a reminder call. So I scheduled an appointment for September 30th, got busy at work and didn't go because I was still going for 4 hours on a small amount of food. Well this week it hit me that I'm eating much more than I should and that I'm making poor food choices. I'm afraid I can't tell if I'm in the green zone anymore and I'm falling back into bad habits (the tops of 3 slices of pizza for dinner last night, a McDonald's filet of fish AND medium fries for lunch today - YIKES!…

For two years I have thought my high weight was 379. Well, during a trip to the doctor last week I found out it was actually 389! How could I have been so stupid? I lost ten pounds in just a moment lol! I need to update my profile with this new weight loss.

Hi everyone, havent posted properly in a while..apologies life has been very busy. I've been banded since july all going well.. I am plagued by bad breath I mean atrocious!!! Got mouthwash no good. Saw dentist no bad teeth. Tried doctors he agreed it was bad, gave me antibiotic mouth wash still smelly. Any ideas? Any one else experienced this.. ( didn't have this problem before. Sent from my GT-S5830 using LapBandTalk

all you fellow food addicts, watch out when it comes to slipping back into bad habits. I found myself doing so under unbelievable circumstances. Picture this....I'm a week post op from bilateral hip replacement. The pain is horrific, I can barely move, am on oxycodone round the clock...and find myself snacking on Cookies in the hospital and rehab. I did that for a few days and then stopped being stupid and started to say no to the snack lady. This was a good lesson for me as it let me know that no matter the circumstances, once an addict, always an addict.

I wonder what everyones views is on this. I personally tell everyone I am going for LapBand, I'm a naturally lazy person so if I start losing weight drastically with no gym membership, I don't assume people are stupid. I know a few people who have either done band or sleeve and they don't tell ANYONE about the surgery they just make people think they lost weight naturally on their own. What does everyone think about people who lie about going for surgery? Does everyone you know, know about your surgery? What about the surgery embarasses people that they feel the need to hide it?

There are several reasons I want to get banded and lose weight. Mainly it's so I can feel better and not be in pain anymore. But I finally admitted to my husband a secret reason I want to lose weight. It's silly and I felt dumb telling him but he laughed and encouraged me. I love that man!! My secret reason: I want to be able to dress up as a solid gold dancer for Halloween next year!! Anyone else want to share!?!

The office is in an oppressive state today. It’s that time of the year, budgets are on the table and belts are being tightened. It’s a necessary step in the corporate culture, there is a certain amount of housekeeping that needs to be done. Going through the cupboards taking inventory of the stock on the shelves as we head into the winter months. They are known for being the lean months of the year, where resources tend to be scarce and harder to find. In our world of fast food and instant gratification, our resources are all but scarce we can travel out our door to the nearest corner store and find just about all we need to last us through a long winter. We no longer…

Well, I think it has finally happened but I'm not sure. I'm at a travel convention and normally I can eat whatever I want but am careful of my calorie count. So, normally, I still may feel a little hungry and have to play a head game to tell me I've had enough. Well, two days in a row I have literally had to stop eating after a few bites of food. I feel if I take another bite I'll get sick or stuck. This has happened for two days in a row and I'm not hungry! That's a good thing right? For all you newbies it does not happen overnight. I was banded 12/28/12. I have had 8 fills (my doctor is very conservative with his fills). Anyway, I'm hoping this is the green zone beca…

I don't take my vitamins because I figure I'm getting everything from food. However I have been fatigued lately. Wonder if this is result of lack of vitamins? My blood work came back fine at six month post op. I have the chewable bariatric vitamins but they are so gross the thought of taking them makes me shudder.

Feeling all great cause I lost another 7 pounds and ready to get my fill....Well, hold that thought because my doctor had trouble getting the needle into the port. Off to X-Ray I go to make sure everything is okay, low and behold my internal stitches have separated and my port is backwards!! I was devastated.....bless my doctor cause she felt so bad for me since she had to explain the only way to fix it is another surgery that takes about 15 minutes.. She says this sometimes happens or with my exercise I pulled to hard and they separated. I'm still somewhat crushed about this and just don't know what to do next.. Has this happened to anyone else??

Does anyone still have left shoulder pain or has ever experience that??? I was told it was gas pains but that was after surgery & then after that they said it was a nerve that was near the band that sends signals to the brain when we're full. Seems like every morning I am waking up w/ it & sometimes feel that if when I'm eating and I start getting full. I went for my fill yesterday and they would not give me a fill because I was complaining about the shoulder pain The nurse said I had a go see a cardiologist & I was like WTH it's not chest pains it's shoulder pain that goes away the same pain after surgery and the same pain that I've explained to the nurse and…

Am three weeks post op from bilateral hip surgery. Continuing my recuperation down here in Florida. As I noted in my prior post, my hips and legs are very swollen and I was not at all surprised to see that I am about ten lbs. heavier than when I weighed myself prior to surgery. I was told the swelling would take weeks to subside so I'll keep away from the scale as it will not be of any help right now. I've been eating a lot of processed foods since leaving the hospital and rehab as no one has felt like cooking so I determined if I could maintain during this time recuperating, I'd consider myself successful. Now that I am at my folks, I've been able to go back to hea…

Does anyone know if you can have the "linx" procedure done if you have had lap band? I have chronic acid reflux, which is causing a very bitter taste or metalic taste in mouth. I am on 3 different medicines for acid reflux and nothing seems to be helping. My lap band is empty. I dont want to lose the band because of the acid reflux thanks for any help any of you may have.

Can you please list the Protein drink brand you use and how many protein grams it has. THANKS!

As many of you know, I was stuck for more than a month. I was monitoring my calories, getting in all my Protein and exercising, yet the scale didn't budge. I know, plateaus are normal, but they still suck. Around the time the plateau hit I also started taking birth control pills. I even gained 2 pounds, which for me was the deal breaker. I had to find a way to break the plateau and start losing again. So I started researching. Low carb, high carb, no carb, etc. I see so many variations on here! What's right? What's wrong? I already knew it was a matter of choice without a clear right or wrong answer, but I also knew individual body needs also played a very big…

I don't know if anyone else suffered from IBS pre op...I was plagued by it..bloating, wind, agonising cramps, constant diahorrea so I couldn't leave the house alot of the time... Had loads of investigations as to why nothing was ever found.. Its gone totally has anyone else experienced this.....? Sent from my GT-S5830 using LapBandTalk

Does anyone have any good protein bars to share? We just tried a Quest bar from the gym and do not like them!

So excited that I broke out of the 200's !!! Ok for the second time but for me that is meaning I am really on my way back to my lowest weight since I originally had the surgery. I also notice that I am feeling better again, about myself, I feel more like getting into projects and getting my hands dirty. I never thought I would have to travel this road twice but I am so thankful that I stuck this out, went through 4 total surgeries to be back in the place where I can have success with the tool that helps me have my weighloss. Honestly I think at some point when I had become so accustom to being 155# and feeling great I forgot that the band was the edge I needed. Gaining ba…

I just got a call from my doctors office that I'm approved. Soooo excited - and wanted to share the good news. I'm looking to have the surgery early December. I've been a lurker on here for the last few months and have learned so much from you guys. Finally decided to join. I look forward to getting to know you all better.

Hi Alex, I can't upload any pics. It stated by Monday Oct 28th, the system should be up, but error keeps showing up. When will we be able to upload pics? Thanks!

has anyone gave a name to your lapband?

Hi, its funny, i spent...probably hours on LBT before my surgery reading everything i could to educate myself and then continued to be a constant reader for about 3 months after the surgery. It's funny how much less time I spend on the computer now that I have more energy, I am often curios how everyone is doing and plan on peeking in but never seem to have the time...that's a good thing in a way because i'm busy and living! but the past few days I've made time to visit LBT again and remembered why I enjoy this site, and how encouraged I always am by it. I don't want to be one of the people that only pop in to complain and give others a bad impression of the band and th…

Is it really that hard for individuals to compliment each other? Why is this??? Just recently, I went out for dinner with my mother in law. I try not to visit that often, mainly because I usually leave upset. She has that effect. So, I hadn't seen her in some time. My weight loss should have been obvious to her. Even if she didn't want to say anything, she could have said how great I looked. But nothing! Later that evening, I saw my brother in law, his reaction wasn't a wow you look good. His reaction was, "what did you do to your hair?!?!" And in a very rude like tone. I was floored! I replied back with, "I change my hair all the time, and yes I look gre…

Ok went to the doc on 10/23/13, and got my 4th fill. Last fill was 4/24/13. I went from a 8.4cc to a 9.4cc in a 14cc band. And yes I'm restricted. I just started back exercising 4 days a week/1hr a day after my 2 month hiatus/off and on working out. So im super restricted and I experienced my first real food issue. Oh goodness I thought I was gonna pass out. So hopefully this is my lucky number. My trainer recommended her acupuncture doc to help me. What do you guys think? What can this acupuncture doc can do for me?

this is so much harder then i thought....... im so hungry. and the protien shakes make me gag so bad ive thrown them up 3 times.... i have such a headach becasue i know im not getting all the calories and protien i should... this sucks...

Need new Mushies ideas. What are you eating?

Has anyone experienced any difficulty taking perscription medication (i.e High blood pressure time released capsules, GERD medications such as Aciphex, or any pill larger than an asprin, etc.)? Also, have you had difficulty taking more that 3 pills at one time, and finally, has anyone had to have their perscription medication changed because of pill size?<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

Hello all. I was banded in January of this year. I have visited this site many, many times to get answers to many questions. Today I decided to actually 'join.' First, everyone on here seems so nice and supportive. What a great group of people with wonderful, informative answers. You all have helped me tremdously already. I wonder how many of you all have told others you were banded as opposed to keeping it to yourselves? I told my immediate family and friends but no one else. I actually regret telling my sisters at this point....though had I not told them I would have regretted that as well, I suppose. Anyway, thanks for listening and hopefully inviting me int…

I have had my first fill and I didn't feel any different. Im not going mad because my doctor said often times it can take up to 4 fills on average before you get to the green zone of eating 1 cup of food and feeling full. This makes me frustrated because i was under the impression that after you get the surgery the fills were more of maintaining. I didn't know you basically start at zero and each fills builds you up to eventually where you need to be. The soonest my doctor will allow me to get fills are 30 days apart… so this means if it takes 4 fills before i get the maximum benefits of this surgery this means i don't get to "experience" the true benefits of getting full…

I have not been on this sight in a long time. I just wanted to stop in and see how everyone is doing. I have done good with my weight loss, but honestly I thought It was going to be alot easier than what it has been. It has been a life changing journey, but one that I would do over again in a heart beat! Take Care, Carrie

i am in the mindset of being a larger person who started with a high bmi and labeled super morbid obese, i sometimes still think, will i ever get there? i have had several people ask me (what number/weight) i want to get to...i honestly have no idea. i will know when i get there and that is true. sure i have a number i'd love to get to, but right now the number i see is 199. i want to get to that number...once there, i will figure out where i want to go next. i started this last june and wanted to get to 299. anything to get me out of the 300's...what a great day that was to see that happen. my mindset is different than alot of people on this forum. i do consider my…

today I spent the day with my (deceased dad's) side of the family at a mini family reunion. Of course all my cousins couldn't make it but one did and all my dad's siblings and spouses were there. Yes of course it evolved around food. We went to the Cracker Barrel of all places. Sheesh, what do I order and not worry about getting stuck, lol. I ordered catfish and 1 side and it was yummy but I could only eat half of the piece of fish and brought the rest home. Now you are wondering about my title, body image, we as a family took lots of pics and as usual I hate my pic, I look so dang fat in it. Even after 72 lbs lost I feel like a freakin cow in this pic. Maybe its …

Today is a day I wish I had had, RNY!!! I haven't seen the scale budge in 1 1/2 week, almost 2. I am drinking my protien........ISOPURE Granted I don't get to work out much, but I am on my feet most of the day 4 days a week. I texted DH and I am busting out the Wii fit tonight. I only ate meet yesterday off a gyro with some lettuce and tomato. I had I think 6 mini meatballs and cheese and tomato sause. Took Tika out for a small jog ( its been raining and she won't potty with out a walk on those days) And that is all I ate yesterday. Can someone please tell me where I am going wrong. I have to have a cup of coffee in the AM. I can't eat in the am cause I am so tight…

It sucks that you have to wait 2 weeks to get a fill after they took too much out so now I don't feel restriction or satisfaction... I'm just very annoyed :-/

Does anyone have issues with carrots and the lap band? Just ate for the first time today and it was hard. Almost got stuck I think. Then I made sure to chew even more.

that is what someone close to me said to me last night at least i didnt have weight loss surgery... talk about surprising me and catching me off guard... it was spoke during a reg type conversation over (halloween candy). i said i was going to buy 1 recess Peanut Butter cup to treat myself...(i am not a sweet person so one is enough) and that comment was made....they can eat whatever they want and they didnt need weight loss surgery.. i mean it hurt...sure it did it hurts now writing this i am a very easy going person..i have a thin skin and my feelings can and do get hurt easily..i am just kind hearted...what i have been told all my life...so i am guess…

Lapband coffee Group – Brampton Monday, November 11th – 7:00 p.m. Second Cup (Located in the Longo’s Plaza) 7700 Hurontario Street, Building E, Unit 504 Brampton, ON The Lapband Coffee Groups are open to EVERYONE who has had Lapband Surgery or if you’re looking into the lapband process, recently banded, or a long time "Bandster". This is a great way to find out about the lapband from individuals who have had the surgery and to ask questions or just listen to individuals share their lapband journey experience. No need to sign up… just show up and if you can’t find the group ask for Tom at the cash register. If you have any questions before the coffee group p…

What did you yesterday? I want to know if I'm on track, plus I need some ideas. Please post food/amount/time of day. Thanks in advance!