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Well my ins approved me in about 9 days...im sooo excited, got my medical clearance from my pcp...just waiting for this ulcer to heal!

Use banded yesterday with plication. Is it normal that I feel like I have the worst heartburn and chest pressure ever?! Is this gas?? I can't even eat broth or jello and it's hard to keep my water down

My weight is fluxuating between 216 and 222 - feels like I'm circling the drain so to speak. Plugging along with Weight Watchers and working out but having a hard time getting my weight to stablize. Considered going in for a fill, but it seems like I'm stuck at least once a day and vomitting at least once a week. Wish I could say it's consistantly due to the same food violations(pizza, bagels, bread - you know, the "No-No's") but it happened the other morning with my scrambled eggs(couldn't even get them down - my dog loved it though) and I had a fun two hour bout in the bathroom the other night over one stalk of steamed asparagus and less than an ounce of grilled chicken. I can actually eat a slice of thin crust pizza with no problem. Don't really eat bread anymore and forget bagels - but when three mini pretzels cause a problem it gets frustrating. Sometimes I'm afraid to go out to eat for fear that I going to have an incident. Frankly, there are many days when I make my breakfast or lunch and it takes 45 minutes to get it down! Oh well - I keep reminding myself that my weight gain was my own damn fault and now I'm paying the price. Speaking of prices paid - with the weight loss has come the giant jelly roll which fortunately with the right spanx-type garment I can mostly conceal, but I gotta wonder how much this thing weighs? Oh so much fun to have to buy pants etc to accomedate the "roll' then have to have the waist taken in! Came home from the gym the other day and notice this sweaty(wet?) semi-circle on the lower abdomen of my yoga pants. Probably TMI, but I'm now getting a permenant red rash and tissue breakdown under the "roll". I'm using baby butt cream and powder in an attempt to keep it dry, but if it's this bad now, what'll it be when(if) I get to my goal weight ...another 75 pounds from now?! Maybe I should just pack the area with paper towel, throw on my gridle and live with it! Amusingly enough, my insurance will cover the surgery since I had WLS - but if I just lost the weight on my own it wouldn't!?! The plastic surgeons I met with re; my breast reconstruction also consulted on my "tummy tuck" - they suggest that I need to be at or near my goal weight before even considering the latter procedure. Course with a roll this big, maybe they could just pull it up and create some faux boobs!

I was a pop addict, too. However, I've not had a single one since surgery and my roommate in the hospital made sure I never will again. She was in there because she had been regularly drinking pop and prolapsed her band. Yes, the carbonation not only expanded her pouch but actually prolapsed her band. She was in there to have to new band put in. She also gained 40 pounds during that time as well. Hearing her story was enough to scare me from ever drinking carbonation again. It's just not worth the risk.

Thanks! my surgery was for april 18th but now i have to have a repeat egd on may 25th so i will have to wait till after that...taking the extra month to get a head start on my weight loss! might as well turn something neg to something positive

My doc also said no carbonation. It stretches your stomach out due to the bubbles, just like white rice. The issue is if you don't stop drinking it, your band will eventually, years down the road, be unable to help you anymore because it can only be adjusted so much. I cut it out totally a year ago, and I was a 2 soda a day at least kinda gal. At first it was so hard, I could smell the bubbles from a mile away. Now - so glad I gave it up bc I know how it helps my weight loss. Beer, I do miss sometimes though. But since we can't eat & drink at the same time anyway, Id almost always rather eat. Haha. Good luck.

Jane get a life and quit trying to scam people!

Hi Sage, I bought little 1/2 cup food containers and bring them to work... What if you heat up your lean cuisine at home the night before, and divide them up in the little containers? Maybe you can bring 1 in at a time and have enough for possibly 2 more meals? I'm a firm believer in not throwing " good " food away, even if it means eating the same thing for 2-3 days! Sometimes my dogs even get to enjoy leftovers:) good luck!

Yes , very positive

OR look at your bank account and realise that it has not decreased due to a large surgery bill