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ok, so 5/5/8 @ 7am i got my band. spent the entire day in the hospital. i was planning on doing it outpatient but as the day went on, and due to the gas pains, i stayed the night. they told me i wouldn't be able to eat until the next morning b/c of my upper GI that they had to do. after a little kicking and asking i got a bowl of chicken broth, Jello and h20 right around 9pm (Monday).. and i'll tell you that was the best freaking meal i can remember having in a long time. weird thing was that i put on 5 lbs in the hospital. i guess all the IV fluids and whatnot. did my upper GI today and left the hospital at 10:15am feeling pretty good. got some gas pains, b…

So. Yesterday I posted a suggestion to alex about making a forum specifically for the ladies, since the guys have one. One where we can talk about bras hitting incisions, bras, our breasts, and our anatomy, makeup, shopping, SHOES, all the girly stuff. He said we can try it out but need a name. Okay so the question is.... What would be a good name and description for it?! So I thought I would post this so all the ladies can respond and and we can vote on a name and description. What do all ya'll ladies think?! Come on girls! Lets get some ideas!

I haven't had a normal cycle since i started gaining weight a few years ago...well im down 45lbs (yay) and i started spotting well yesterday i have really bad cramps so i figured yay period is back...i've been going through about 10 tampons plus 10 pads since yesterday..its very strong and very red blood i dont mean to be gross but when im on the toliet even before i pee the bowl water turns pink from all the blood...normally i'd be at my doc telling him this but my company decided to cancel everyones health insurnace and not tell them...so ladies has anyone else had this problem..i dont know if its because i havent had it in a long time and it needs to get cleaned out or…

Last time I went to gynecologist he put me on estrogen because of 10 yrs of being on the depo shot I hadnt had a period in that many years. The estrogen didnt work so he sent me for alot of other tests (blood work, ultrasounds etc.) He said everything was fine & I should have a period after stopping depo for 6 months or so. So after 8 months of no depo, still no period. This time he contributed it to me being overweight. It has now been over a year since I had a shot. So, suddenly yesterday I had these awful cramps like I might start one, but so far nothing. I now remember why I loved the shot so much, those cramps hurt like hell!! So my questions are: Are …

Should i get a proper sports bra? shall i go and get fitted for one or just go to kmart or one of the cheap stores?

HELP, I think I'm losing my mind... been checked out ... seems I'm NORMAL, or normal for having PCOS, and going through possible early menopause. It is the cravings of salty and sweet... mainly chocolate that is KILLING me!!!! And the mood swings... angry, silly, sad, repeat I think that I used food to help me with overwhelming feelings and now I'm left high and dry... HELP :cursing:crazy :drool:crazy :huh2:crazy:lol:

I was banded a little over 4 weeks ago. I have polycystic ovaries and am on the birth control pill to control that. I also take the pill without the withdrawal week to avoid migraines associated with menstration (with dr. approval). Fairly soon after surgery, I started spotting and randomly and have been pretty much ever since. I have still been taking the pill continuously, though. Ordinarily, I would not have a period on or off the pill. Has anyone else experienced this? I have lost about 20 pounds so far, but this started fairly soon after surgery, so I didn't think it was weight related. Thanks!

Does the week leading up to your period f*ck with you, too? I put away the scale until after it is done, I cant even deal with it. I think i am retaining all the fluids I am drinking. I am just frusterated. On a good note, I did get to sleep on my side last night with a pillow for support and I slept MUCH better.

Ok I have a totally strange and personal question, I completely understand if anyone prefers not to answer, but it's really a major concern that I have. I am just starting the process to get the Lap Band and a good friend of mine had gastric bypass 2 years ago and besides a lot of excess skin, her breasts have completely deflated. I'm really concerned that this may happen to me if I have the Lap Band, she told me that with the Lap Band you don't lose weight as quickly so it may not be as much of an issue. Also even when I was younger (teenager) I was about a size 7 with a C to D cup so I've personally never been small anyways. I know that I'm going to lose weight there, b…

Sorry, I usually am not one to post stuff like this but I want to know if anyone has experienced this. Let me say a few things first: 1. I have had my tubes tied for a year. 2. I know that surgery can screw up your cycle. 3. I know that rapid weight loss/change in diet and metabolism can screw up your cycle. So here's my story. Banded 2-22-08, had a period like 3 days after surgery, I think a few days early but not sure, I dont track my cycle. I have since not had a period. By my calculations I am about a week late. I normally have 28 to 30 day cycles. My hubby brought this to my attentiion last night. He claims that he thought I was about to start last week, appa…

I am posting here bc I did not get a response in another area and us 20 somethings are generally pretty aware of our cycles given we are of reproductive age. Did your surgery postpone/screw up your period your period? I had a period on schedule three days post-op and nothing since. I am about a week late. I have my tubes tied and I know the prego possibility is rare but it is still in the back of my mind.

HI iAM WOUDERING IF ANY OF YOU LADIES HAVE EXPERIENCE THIS i HAD MY PERIOD ,IT HAD STOPPED AND KNOW WENT TO THE RESTROOM THEIR WAS BLOOD ON THE PAPER ,AT FRIST i WAS SCARED THINKING SOMTHING MAYBE WRONG IT IS NOT IN THE TOLIT, BUTT JUST THE PAPER i WAS BANDED ON MARCH 17 AND HAVE LOST 14LBS SO FAR , IS THIS OKAY .i PLAN ON CALLING MY DR. TOMORROW ,ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATE ,THANKS CARYN

Has anyone here tried a Brazilian bikini wax? How painful and embarassing is it?

Just curious what do you consider to be the perfect cup size? I'm having TT and breast reduction/lift and lipo on back, flank areas, tomorrow morning, if I don't chicken out, LOL. Not sure if I want large "C" or small "D". Scared chitless in VA, Pat

I know this is kind of a personal question but when you loose alot of weight did you loose your chest too.... I mean did they get alot smaller? I'm big chested and wondering if I'm going to loose my chest if I'm lucky enough to do as well as everyone else has.

ok, this is a question for all you ladies still cursed with your monthly period. i weighed at the dr. this morning and also had my 4th fill....BUT, today was also the 1st day of my cycle and well, i'm kinda hoping that maybe i weigh slightly less bc of me being on my period. so the question is this... HOW MUCH EXTRA WEIGHT DO YOU THINK YOU CARRY DURING YOUR MONTHLY MENSTRAUL CYCLE? iS IT POSSIBLE THAT I WEIGHT A FEW POUNDS LESS IF I TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT ITS MY TIME OF THE MONTH???

Hi everyone, I am on my 10 day preop clear liquid diet. My surgery is scheduled for this Thursday the 17th. When I got on the scale this morning I saw that I've only lost 5 pounds which is not a lot. I am also due for my period on the 17th which I'm thinknig is why I haven't lose more weight. I am worried that not enough weight loss will mean I will not shrink my liver like they want and they're going to be upset with me. Do you think I'm over reacting? Thanks for any help. Jeni:confused:

Hey girls Okay...when we left the hospital they said no bras for a week. :faint:However, it doesn't feel good with my breast on the incisions. What have y'all done. :help: Thanks in adavance......

Hi Ladies, I need some serious help with the girls. I can't find a good bra that will hold them up good. Right now I'm in a size 42 DD. I absolutely hate under-wire bras, they are so uncomfortable. I need a supportive bra that will lift, since the girls have decided to go south. What kind of bra would you recommend?

:help:I got my period this morning for the first time (Day 16 for me) and I was absolutely miserable for 3 hours this morning. Normally I am just bloated and crampy and I haven't been on the pill for over a year so that is my norm. Today, I had unstoppable bowel movements and kept trying to vomit- hadn't eaten yet so not productive. I was sweating profusely everywhere and I was sweating so much on my face that my fiance thought I had put Water on it. I was in a lot of pain and was extremely dizzy. I crushed up a bunch of midol after my calling my doc (who didn't seem concerned) and feel much better after taking them. Has anyone else had this or I am just weird?

ok, so i had my sugery 10/18. since then, i have had one 4 hour period. then this month, i just didn't get one at all. i took an otc prego test and the first one was positive and the 3 after that were negative. i used to suffer from amenhorrea, but it was when i was anorexic. i'm getting plenty of cal's now (at least i was before my fill). has anyone else experienced this and is it normal? i'm trying to see if it could be band related, i do have endometriosis.

I have a consultation this week to learn more about the surgery as well as see if my BMI qualifies me for this surgery. I would like to see if anyone has been about my weight and height and had the surgery?? I am tired of paying goofy places like this metabolic place I paid over $550 last month only to gain 6 pounds in a week!!! I was supposed to loose a minimum of 3. I need a sure thing.

I am having the heaviest period ever!!!!! Today is day 7. Went to the ER because nurse said so.(canging products 4-5 times an hour! Lots of Cl**S!) I had a pelvic done and blood work. ER said all was well to just wait it out. Wll surgey is in 2 days. Will this be a problem? With the holiday there wont be any one to talk to till I show up for the lap band surgery. I dont want to make a mess on the "table". Plus with all this bleeding it will definately get me up and out of bed often. Laurie

OK, I would never ask this to anyones face... I have a piercing in my private girl area. Does that have to be taken out during surgery? Do I ask the Nurse to do it and put it back in? I am so embarresed. My mom will be with me the day of surgery and I would be mortified if my mom found out. What should I do?

I am due to have my surgery on Tuesday 10/17 but am running late with my mentral cycle. Will I still be able to have the surgery or do they make you postpone it. I'm not sure. I don't remember hearing anything about it but didn't want to sound like an idiot when i called the surgeon. HELP:help:

Hey Ladies, I couldn't get an appt with my gyno for another six weeks, so I'm posting to see if anyone else has had this issue. Since I've started dropping weight, my periods are VERY heavy and VERY crampy. One of the nurses at Dr. Spivak's office said it's because my body is still creating enough estrogen for a "heavier me" so I've not got too much estrogen in my body and that's why this is happening, and that it should calm down after I stop losing weight. Well, one thing I didn't bring up (because I was too embarassed) was the fact that my sex drive has gone from somewhat normal, to nothing at all. I don't want it, and could go weeks without it (much to my boyfrien…

O.K., so tell me; did you lose weight in your boobs? I am walking around in a whopping 50F. I bet you diddn't even know that bras come that big!!! I am pre-band and a real newbie but very anxious to get banded. But Lord, I am so tired of dragging these "puppies" around. That is one side benefit to banding that I can hopefully look forward to. What happened to you? I'm about 350-360 and 5/10 so I have a lot of weight to lose. If I do lose there, I figure they'll shrivel up and I'll have to roll them up and stick them in my bra:eek: Marieze

Hi gang. The past couple months that i have had my period my port gets really sore and swollen. I attributed it to my period anyway since it starts 5 or 6 days before and lasts through the end of it. This time however it's swollen more than it has ever been. i can actually look down and see my flesh bulged out there. Now i might have irritated the last couple days using the exercise bike which might have made it more swollen, but i'm a little worried. I have no trouble eating or anything like that. It's just the swelling mainly. Should i rush to the doctor, or give it a week til my period is over and any irritation i caused with the bike has a chance to go down... Fin…

I had my first fill about a month ago and have had good restriction, but not super tight. In the last 2 or 3 days, I've noticed that I can barely eat anything -- when I have more than a few bites of food, I am FULL -- last night I had half a chicken breast for dinner and I didn't realize I was STUFFED until it was too late. I didn't PB, but I started worrying that I was doing damage to my pouch. At first I couldn't understand why it was suddenly so tight, but then it occurred to me that I'm PMSing and I get bloated during the few days before my period. Does anyone else have this problem?

Aloha Ladies, I have a kind of personal question? I know as we all have gotten bigger, so have all kinds of places on our bodies, and there are solutions to fixing these particular areas afterward, like tummy tucks and boob jobs, but what about our .."pubic mounds"? If you know what I mean. As I have gotten bigger so has that, and what happens to it after we lose weight? Does it get smaller too? Does the skin shrink back to normal size? Or does it stay stretched out like our tummies, and if it does, OH MY GOSH what does it look like later after weight loss. Please help, the thought of what it might look like after weight loss, and if it doesn't shrink scares me. W…

I was wondering if anyone else uses Bare Minerals makeup?? I do, and I LOVE it! Anyone else?? What's your experience with it?

Hi all. This may be kind of long, so please bear with me. 13 years ago, due to a nasty divorce, I went on a diet of coffee and Water, and lost somewhere around 100 lbs in a little over 3 months. At that time, I started having major chest pain every time I had my period-to the point where I needed to be hospitalized every month for 4 days. I was throwing up bile and in so much pain every month-it was what I imagine a heart attack would feel like. They did extensive testing on me, and figured out that it was some kind of combination of endometriosis coupled with a strange form of pancreatitis. They decided there was some kind of pancreatitis involved, because during 2 di…

Now that I can't use advil, what can I use for cramps. I tried Tylonol last month and it just didn't do the trick like advil does. I also can't stand the chewable and liquid versions. Yuck. Anyone have anything else that is band friendly and really works? I would be your best friend if you can save me this month. I feel like going to bed and staying there for the next 3 days. Thanks Wendy

Anyone get a yeast infection after surgery? I *think* I got one....uhhhhh!

Ladies- I was banded on February 13th, and had my first fill on March 14th. I am currently experiencing severe cramping due to my monthly visiter. Before my surgery, I never had an problems with my period. But for the past few days, I've had incredible pain. My doctor said that this is normal for the first couple of months, but I just wanted to see if anyone else experienced this. Any comments or suggestions are welcome. Thanks, Ashley

:myscared: I was banded on 2/16/07 and most of my incisions have healed with little to no pain, but the one incision highest up is really hurting. My bra sits and rubs on it. Has anyone else had this problem? I had tried all kinds of different styles and even a larger size, but with no luck. It's not like I could even think of leaving the house without wearing one. Anyone have any suggestions? :funscale:

Women please help i am going to be banded wednesday feb21 only four days away. I am a little over a week late on my period, i took four pregnancy test all were negative im worried that there could still be a chance because i am never late. What should i do? im thinking possiably the stress of the surgery coming up has delayed it.

Hi Dr. C, I'm 11 months out from surgery, and last month, I got a bad pain in my port area. It's like a stabbing, pulling, pinching, burning pain. It was so bad I could hardly walk. It lasted for about five days, so I went to the doctor. She gave me Celebrex and told me to take it for two weeks. Well, after one Celebrex, the pain disappeared and stayed away for nearly a month. Now, this month, the pain is back. What I noticed is that both times, I've had my period. Could it be related? It's a severe pain that happens mostly when I move around or walk. My port is located about an inch above my belly button and a little to the left, so it's much higher in my abdomen than …

Ok I have a very embarrassing problem. I have lost 114 pounds and I have a lot of extra skin. Well lately whenever my hubby and I are having relations if you know what I mean I get air sounds from down below. Well this really bothers me and it ruins my time EVERY TIME. I get very embarrassed. Even though he acts like it does not bother him. It really bothers me. Now I am wondering if there is a surgery that can fix this or does anyone have any suggestions. I know this is very wierd. But I didnt know who else to ask. I figured with all the weight loss going on on this site someone was sure to have this problem. Thanks guys.

Hi, I'm 11 months out from surgery, and last month, I got a bad pain in my port area. It's like a stabbing, pulling, pinching, burning pain. It was so bad I could hardly walk. It lasted for about five days, so I went to the doctor. She gave me Celebrex and told me to take it for two weeks. Well, after one Celebrex, the pain disappeared and stayed away for three and a half more weeks. Now, this month, the pain is back. What I noticed is that both times, I've had my period. Could it be related? It's a severe pain that happens mostly when I move around or walk. My port is located right above my belly button and a little to the left. Yesterday, it was so bad I could hardly …

Ladies. I have a silly and embarrassing question. :omg: I am self pay, went thru seminar, consultation w/ doc, etc... (all preliminary goodies). I was thrilled to get my surgery date. Over the weekend I have realized it is right about the time I will be on my cycle. Can you believe the timing? Do you know if that is a problem with the surgery? Not that he will be operating in that area, but still, I am unsure. Any women have any insight on this? I feel like such a dork for asking, be need the banders to throw in their two cents. Thanks!

Hello All, I was watching the View today and Rosie and Joy were doing a segment on women who had lost a lot of weight by diet & exercise. I thought "Good for them!" they did it; but I was offended when Rosie and Joy kept making comments about surgery being "the easy way out" (actual quote from Joy). I know that a lot of people think this but its just wrong. Those of us who had surgery go through so much! Not only do we endure the diet and exercise that they do, but we go through the pain and recovery of surgery. I thought "how dare they assume its easy!" I actually sent an email to the ladies explaining my thoughts, and I am eagerly awaiting their reply! How do …

I went to my gyn because I have been having pain on my right side. I noticed the pain a day or two before my lap band surgery which was on 12/15, when I was having sex I had gotten a sharp pain on my right side. I went ahead with the surgery and the preop tests showed that everything was fine- it doesn't check for ovarian problems. I had my surgery and I recovered pretty quickly. But the pain on my right side has gotten worse. It's gotten to the point that when i sneeze cough laugh or go to the bathroom- that the pain comes) Today when I went to my gyn she decided to do an ultrasound b/c when she did the touch test she felt something. They did the ultrasound and I hav…

Yup...just figured it out, will be getting the good old period just two days after banding. Oh well. I was thinking of scheduling my OBGYN appointment for the week after surgery, so I can go while I have time off from work. Any thoughts? Was wondering if doing the whole stirrup thing might be a little difficult? Never was before banding, shouldn't be after...right?

Ok, hopefully it is all just women looking here.... Has anyone as they lost weight had pain and discomfort in their breasts? I think mine are shrinking some and I do feel some pain...at first it scared me, but it goes away and it changes from one to the other..rarely on both sides. The other thing is I was banded Nov 7 and I still feel left shoulder pain, especially if I maybe ate a bit too much...is this normal after almost 2 months? Thanks!

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I am wide wide open, I mean wide! I can feel TOM coming any day now (about a week early). Why can we eat so darn much at this time of the month??:peep:

on the day of my surgery............what the heck do i do. Do they cancel it if you get your period on this day? has this happened to anyone before.?

I was banded on October 12, 2005, so it has not been a year yet. I have lost 120 lbs, and that's great. However, I have been experiencing frequent yeast infections in the last 6-8 months. It comes and goes in a matter of 2-3 days, so by the time the signs are there, it is already going away. I am aware that my better half may be giving it back to me, but how would I know and what would they treat him with? I have read on the internet that extreme changes in diet are one of the causes and I would like to know if there is a more natural way to control this. I know about yogurt, but what other foods might I be lacking that may be giving me this flare up every few week…

I was banded 8/11/06 and after two plus years of no periods (I thought I was menopausal) Aunt Flo comes for an unexpected visit and is just like in the old days...Period started 9/1, after a loss of only 5 pounds since banding. Has this happened to anyone else? This is so bizarre.