LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

:hungry: I just had a ginger and soy tuna steak from Bumble Bee and it was awesome!! It comes in a little foil pouch already seasoned and cooked. I heated it up in a saute pan with it's own juice and it was really, really good!:clap2: It's kinda high in sodium (soy sauce will do that) but once in awhile for me is ok. You can find it in the regular tuna isle. for a 4 oz pouch here's the Nut. facts: 170 calories 2.5 total fat 40 cholesterol 1000 Sodium 3 carbs 34g Protein it was worth my $2.00 (sale price) just thought I'd share.

:help: Hi everyone, I had an x ray today as the surgeon had thought that I had a tubing problem but worse he said that I have a problem in the ballooning,. and that it is no longer connected. Sorry I don't know if there is a technical term for this? but that my band would need to be replaced. I am not thrilled at the thought of having to be re banded, my weight pre banding was 250 lbs and I am now 206, I was banded in September 04 and to be honest I can say I don't really know what it is like to be banded as I have had to really diet and watch everything I eat just to maintain this weight. I would appreciate all your feedback as I am really anxious about this and I k…

i started thinking about how much i have spent POST banding....pretty scary.... $200 4 fills, covered by insurance, $50 each $2,400 16 fills*, not covered by insurance $150 each $750 fill under flouro $1250 fill under flouro $1400 fill under flouro (this was actually an ER unfill) ------------------------------- 6,000!!!!!!!! holy crap. my share for surgery was 1,000. just curious what others have paid for 'aftercare' *i had to get a LOT of fills in the beginning because my fill was getting trapped in a pocket in the port. when i got a fill it never reached my band so i had to get several till i was over 4.0 cc and my dr would listen to me.

Has the band had any impact on your migraines or medications. I am scheduled for the band and am concerned about the nausea that accompanies my headaches. Does anyone take Axert or anything else from that family (Imitrex, Relpax, Zomig)?

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I am in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area and am thinking of looking into lapband surgery. Found this awesome site and have been reading all night long. I would love opinions and suggestions on the places in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and the doctors that you love, hate, would use again, would not, etc. TIA

Does anyone here have RLS? How did you know you had it? What do you do to relieve it? Do you take medicine? Over the past 3-4 weeks my legs have felt like I need to keep moving them and when I lie in bed they feel weird - not painful, just like they are annoying me. I don't know why this is. Someone said maybe RLS. Any insight would be appreciated.

I wanted to know what kind of walking shoes that you guys use for walking exercise and I tried to use the search forum and couldn't get it to work for me. Ive used a computer for a few years and I think that I should be able to figure this one out, but every time I enter the fields and push the start search button, I get this screen that says you will be redirected bla bla bla:mad: and then it pops back the the search forum field and the fields are all blank, Is it just down or something?:angry sorry for the bad attitude!

Hello friends, Can some of you please email me with your weight loss amount(s), from the time you had surgery til now? The more support the better Do you feel that you have had a significant amount. On the other hand---those of you that do not feel as though you have had good success, please email me as well. I really need some opinions and support to help me through my journey. [font=Arial Black][/font] Thanks in advance, Mari

Hi there I had my first band a year ago last November. A slip was diagnosed almost a year to the day later and the local doc took me in straight away and replaced my band. The old band was a VG and placed around my stomach. Apparently the new one (the 10cm/4cc size) has been placed around my oesophogus. In fact, I have even been able feel the difference when I'm eating. Yesterday, after a couple of hours in front of my pc, I stood up and stretched. At the peak of the stretch something popped in my chest and I've had a feeling of discomfort there ever since. It's worse if I put my chin on my chest when the sensation becomes stronger and spreads around towards my back. …

How do you put all the great smilies in the posts. The birthday one I saw on Margo's birthday page was cute. Help for the challenged? LOL

Hi, I just went to my nutrition class tonight and the nutritionist said we could never drink caffeine again?!?!?!?! Also, no alcohol?!?!?!! She said the caffeine restriction is because of the risk of gastritis. I said "well I haven't has gastritis from caffeine for 35 years... why would I get it after I have the band? She said she didn't know! HAHAHAH! Also, for the alcohol I was like "Are they crazy?" and she said she also didn't know why they restrict alcohol. All I know is, there is NO way I'm giving up either! That being said, has anyone had trouble with gastritis due to caffeine after being banded???

I know we have some nurses and medical people on here, so I have a question. My white blood count has been elevated for about 2 months now. The say the end of my high range is 11.0 and mine is 12.9. The doctors keep retaking my blood work but it's not going down, and they don't seem to concerned about it. I am concerned though because I remember last year when I had my hysterectomy my WBC was high because of a sinus infection (11.9) and they wouldn't do surgery till I got it down. Now with wanting the band, I don't want infection in my body. I haven't felt sick at all? :phanvan Any advice.... Thanks,

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Hi Everyone.... I just got back from Mexico last night. I had my surgery on Thursday by Dr. Rumbaut. I was more nervous about what would happen after surgery, but everything went great. I am so glad to be home and to begin my journey.... things are well and there were no complications...Down 7 lbs already:D I am very excited.... d

THE CHALLENGE: Loose weight and Inches! This challenge will run from 9-12-05 to 12-05-05 Weight and inches submitted once a week on Mondays by 12 noon CT There will be TWO prizewinners in this challenge. 1 for most weight lost and 1 for most inches lost. HOW TO ENTER: Post here that you want in on or before 9-08-05 12 noon CT. 1st weigh in on 9-12-05 This will be everyone’s beginning weight and inches. Challenge will continue until 12-05-05 12 noon CT Prizewinners announced on 12-09-05 RULES: Must be signed up on or before 9-08-05 12 noon CT Every Monday by 12 noon CT post your weekly results (Example below) Please post photo on 9-12-05 and on 12-05-05 I…

I have been reading and reading and this forum is stocked with great information. The one thing, though, that perplexes me is that, what is so different with the band? I have read about many banded ones still being hungry so I get confused as to what exactly is helpful about the band. If we eat like the doctor advises pre-band would there be any need for the band? Does the band sincerely help you eat better? Eat a lot less? Think about food less? Curious mind needs to know! While I understand it is not a miracle cure, is the "full" feeling that complete that I will never think of another diet? Thanks! Kelli

I am mostly okay, but a little sad, to find myself a slow loser. I am almost 3 months out (the 27th) and have lost 16 lbs. Seven of that in the first month (week actually) on liquids. I need another fill (currently at 1.3ccs), but still.......I am insulin resistant and do take Actos, but I avoid bread (although it goes down easy) and never eat sweets. It is discouraging to see others losing 30-40 lbs in 3 months. I am realistic in the fact that I lose slowly compared to others, I always have. But I feel like I am spinning the wheels and getting nowhere. It is a little disheartning and discouraging. I had a banana for breakfast with a protein drink, a beef and broccoli Lea…

Hello everyone, Sorry, but I really need to vent. I was banded on December 14th 2005. I had lost a total of 15 pounds. But today when I weighed myself, I was up top 304 again!?!?!?! I am soooo upset. I really don't feel any restriction so I find myself just eating and eating. But I am only eating mushies still. I have been sick for a few days so I haven't been able to work out, but I just don't understand. Even though I am eating, I am staying under 1200 calories every day. When I called my doctor today to schedule for a fill, they told me I HAVE to attend a LAP band class before they will do it. I was so mad because the next class is February 6th. So I basically feel l…

I have to see a social worker for an eval in two weeks. Is there a point to this, or should I just accept that it's an hour of my life I'll never have back?

so what are the percentages of slippages? how do they occur? is there anything that can be done to prevent them? im new to the banding world and although i knew before i had the band about things like this happening it didnt become a reality to me until i actually got banded and now am wondering how to keep myself healthy and everything intact!

The other night when we were going out I was looking for something to wear and found a pair of pants that I hadnt worn since the week before banding and they were tight....sooooo these pics are of me with those pants on....it made my day!!!! BTW the one with 2 ppl is my mum and I in the pants together. I love my band!!!! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

so what are the percentages of slippages? how do they occur? is there anything that can be done to prevent them? im new to the banding world and although i knew before i had the band about things like this happening it didnt become a reality to me until i actually got banded and now am wondering how to keep myself healthy and everything intact!

I'm meeting with the nutritionist on Monday and I've been told that it's an hour appointment. What exactly are we going to talk about? I'm just curious as to what to expect. Audra

Hello All, Once again I am writing on here because I feel like the BIGGEST idiot whoever lived. This has absolutly NOTHING to do with the weight loss, but the band itself. Before the band I was on birth control pill (4 months ago) and lets just say my "Mr. Perfect" and I had a long awaited tryst the other night, not even thinking the deed was done, and because of the surgery I went off the pills and had a complete loss of memory when the ever so rare "Mood" struck. I haven't been on the pills in a long time and I was wondering has any of the bandsters out there taken the "Morning After Pill"??? Should I call my surgeon and get his advice...should I just go get the pill.…

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this before....twice now I have had a sudden onset of crushing, choking pain that comes from my chest (where the band of my bra would be) and goes up towards my throat. I have felt like I needed to throw up really badly, but nothing comes up. Each time this happened, the pain lasted for about 4 hours and then suddenly disappeared. The next day my chest and esophagus were a little sore, but I had no problems. The two times that this has happened were on days where I ate and drank at the same time (bad, I know) and ate large (for a banded person) quantities of food over a period over several hours (we were out with friends at a …

hi all, i waited ages to get my first consultation, then finally the day arrives. i make my way to the hospital only to be told that the doctors been called away to another hospital. im soooo disappointed. now i have to wait till wednesday.more time to spend worrying!! ah well.....

I'm waiting for my date, I'm trying to be patient. Dr B uses a computer program where you can go in and check on the progress. They called Friday to tell me my Iron levels were low and I needed a supplement. I asked the girl, do you have my date yet? She called me so it was fair game. SHe informed me that there were a few inconsistancies. So, maybe tomorrow I"ll have a date for my RNY. Other joke, I've been taking my daughter's Vitamins because they are easy to take as opposed to the women's brand. Well the joke was on me, there is no iron in her vitamins. SO, I've been thinking I Was helping myself only to find out, I've gotten zero iron in months. THese blood…

Hey guys, I need a little help with some recipe ideas for 1 or 2 people. If I make a big dish, I'll eat some left overs, but a good portion of it goes to waste. There are 2 reasons for this, 1 is that my fiancee doesn't often eat what I make, opting for fast food or something else (which is fine, he's a skinny butt), and 2 if he eats what I make, he doesn't often eat leftovers. I need ideas for recipes that can at the very least be cut in half, or made for 1 or two people. Even if it's for 2 people, if I make it I'll eat the leftovers. I'm also kind of lazy, so the easier the better... :D One thing I made that might interest some: I got a french onion Soup kit …

Ok, last night I decided to take a bath. I started the Water, then got a phone call. When I came back into the bathroom the tub was full up to the bottom of the little drain. I thought to myself "If I get in now I will overflow the bathrtub" LOL But I decided to try it. The tub didn't even come close to overflowing!! LOL Its so nice to not be displacing so much water now! I love my baths since I have lost some of my weight! I can't wait for the band to be losing steadily!! :banana :Banane52: :) Yay me! Amy

:) :Banane52: Can someone please tell me how to put a weight ticker on my page I Have tried and will not happen PLEASE HELP!!

Hi! I was thinking back tonight about my first visit with my surgeon. I'm not banded yet and am awaiting a surgery date. During the visit he told me he's done 40 bands (by the time I get mine that number will have most likely doubled because he's doing about 4 or 5 per week). He said that of those 40 people, three people have had their bands removed. Two because of acid reflux and one because of a hole that occurred either during or after surgery. This hole was located just above the stomach somewhere. The surgeon gave some explanation about "shearing" away part of some membrane to get behind the stomach or something, and maybe because this person had already suffered f…

I have a 10 cc band and I got my first fill of 1.5. I ate mushies this afternoon and didn't have any problem.. I ate a few pieces of beef and chewed well, and no problem. Then the third bite! Whoa was I surprised! I took a brisk walk around the block in the cold rain,(glad I used an umbrella) and walked it out. I'm glad the air was fresh and clean and cold. It did the trick. When I got home I drank water and about 3 hrs later I was hungry so I ate Cream of Wheat. That was fine, It helped the medicine I use stay down better. I am on the learning curve!:nervous

Hello all! I have some questions regarding the fills. After you get a fill, do you have more problems getting down things than before- or do you just get full quicker. I am having some problems with meat which I really don't want since it is hard to do low carb without it, but on the other hand, I feel like I can consume more than I should be able to. Like, I can eat 2 eggs and 1 piece of toast in the morning, and I am not overly full. Plus, I only stay full for 3-4 hours. I told my surgeon this at my first post-op visit, and she acted like I was just being a hog and I should only need 3 oz of food at one sitting ( I might add that she is a twig). I got this band …

how do u put the "ticker factory" weight loss ruler in ur profile? thanks

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Any good suggestions of things to eat? Im off the clear liquid phase and now im on to "fuller" liquids and i was wonder what people found to be fillling, great tasting...and of course healthy! is there such a thing??? lol

Oh you naughty little Bandsters! I am not talking about potato chips, corn chips, fried chips or chocolate chips! Here's a new fun thread that we can all use. I'm looking for volunteers to create Virtual Chips that we can put in our signature line after we EARN THEM. I think Trish is good at creating all those cute computer diddies, so can those of you creative with the computer "create" some virtual chips and post some samples here for us to vote on? In AA, you get a 30 day chip if you don't drink booze for 30 days. It's a little plastic chip for your keychain. You get another after 60 days, 90 days, 3 months, 6 months, a year, etc. You get the same chips in …

I have been debating on whether my new fill is too tight. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=13740 And last night I was able to eat a little potato salad and a bit of pasta salad and a few bites of ice cream. I didn't feel any reflux but I woke up this AM with the worst sore throat. How do I tell if it's a sore throat from reflux or just a cold (b/c my nose is kind of stuffed up so maybe I had drainage while I slept). My throat feels raw.

Hi everyone, I came home from NYU yesterday after being banded monday.All went well. I of course have some of the usual symptons of nausea, slight fever, and light swelling and sores but not bad at all. Overall I'm doing well. Dr. George Fielding was great, the cuts are very small and not even black and blue. He also fixed my reflux which I already appreciate because normally I would have indigestion from the liquids only diet. The worst part is the nausea which hopefully will go away in a day or so.I keep thinking about this great journey I've just started. WOW!!

Ok, so NOBODY knows I had surgery. The only people that know are my husband and my mom. Not my best friends, not my sisters, nobody! I don't know I'm just weird about people knowing... one day I hope to be able to tell people about it but right now I'm just not. It's private for numerous reasons but the main ones being that I don't want people tracking my progress (thinking that I should be losing faster) or having people watch what I eat... so I've kept it private... So we recently moved to a new state and I've made a new friend who is quite a bit overweigth and we were running errands together two weeks ago and all the sudden she just started crying. SHe just said …

What kind of exercise does everyone do? How do you try to tone up all this flab? :faint: This is how I feel when I try anything that those skinny people demonstrate! Is there hope for us severely out of shape people, I know exercise is the key to keep the weght coming off, but I just can't do all that jumping around. I'd appreciate any suggestions:help:

Bread is evil. I had a piece of toast yesterday morning and some this morning also. I was supposed to try bread this week. Not only did it make me uncomfortable - not PBing uncomfy, but really tight in the chest, and not only did I not enjoy it like I thought I would (have been dreaming of toast) but suddenly yesterday and today came the return of my old raging appetite for crappy carbohydrates. Yesterday I ate biscuits and today I have been pacing the house avoiding eating them. There's been biscuits (cookies) in the cupboard for weeks and weeks and I've never given them athought, suddenly they're calling to me. I really think its starting my day with a fastly dig…

Hi everyone, I haven't been here or posted for a long time. I do sneek back in to check out some of the post but this place has grown so much it is very hard to keep up on everyone. I have had lots of stuff going on in my life and really couldn't find the way to share. About 7 months ago, lost my job, a friend and things just kept coming. Now I am facing some health issues and was very surprised when I read some of the post here. Delarla, Penni and who else? Erosion? Oh my gosh freaked me out. Like I said I only sneek in and out occassionally. Well I guess I need to share so maybe it helps someone and maybe it will help me too? I had a fill in November I wa…

:hungry: OK bandsters...help me out. I am 15 days out (still on mushies) and I can't seem to get enough food in me to stay satisfied for more than 2 or 3 hours. I know that once I get my fill I will stay satisfied longer but this is driving me nuts!! I want to keep my caloric intake down to 1200 but I'm not doing a very good job of it right now. I lost 10 lbs the first week on liquids but I don't think I've lost anything since then, because I eat so often. Is it possible that my doc would do my first fill before the 4 weeks is up? Does anybody have any suggestions for mushies that stay with you longer??? Thanks

:help: I KNOW! Ya'll are probably tired of reading my downer posts.....but I feel so weird lately. I feel like something is missing, and it hurts inside. I guess I miss my ex-boyfriend since its almost Prom season, Idunno......... I know its silly teenager stuff, but Ive been so emotional lately, like actually caring and its hurting me so deep inside because its like finding the right puzzle pieces in a million piece puzzle to complete me, and I just cant find it. I dont mind being single really, maybe I just mind being alone a lot. Not having a guy to call, maybe its knowing that I see the whore that he ran with almost every day and it makes me want to throw up when…

Has any body found a good tasting Protein Bar? If you have found a good tasting one please post. thanks 'I tryed Advantage the original low carb today YYuucckk!!!! And CARB WISE yyuucckk!! I'don't think a person could eat one if you were starving! they are that nasty!

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Dear Chef Lady ..... Your initial post was posted off-topic on a long contentious thread that may soon be locked, thus your questions lost, so I decided to post it here.... Okay --- Appointment Lag Time: If you are willing to be banded by some of the lesser-known Mexican surgeons, you can be banded by Wednesday morning, if not earlier. A cashier's check and a warm body is all they need!!! The pacemaker is available in India (per recent spam here at LBT) and elsewhere, I am sure. The pacemaker will eventually be approved here. The FDA is very cautious. Overly cautious, some feel. And a warm WELCOME to you! :welcome:

Has anyone else read the personal stories of all the people that lost hundreds of pounds in People Magazine? Truth is, they all counted calories one way or another. Some did pre-packaged/pre-counted meals (lNutrisystem or Medifast.) Others did Weight Watchers or measured portions. They all stayed around 1200 calories a day, which is what I'm currently trying. It ain't easy. I've gone over by 200 calories a few times, which will make losing weight slower. I've read about turtles & rabbits & seen too many unhappy people that wish they could lose faster. I can only eat 3 tiny meals a day if I want to be thin. If you want to lose a chunk this year, you mu…