Oregondaisy

Susan, what is AC? I like looking at pictures on FB. I have pictures on FB and I like it that other people can look at the pictures, but other than that, I am not getting what the big attraction is. Is it the Wall? You can say things that everyone can see? Maybe it's more fun than sending out mass emails? I just don't get it. I must be lame.

Yes, most people do say that. People think the less they eat, the faster they will lose. It seems people do lose better when they are eating at least 3 meals )even if they are small meals,) per day

It's a very fine line between being too tight and just right. I was too tight for one weekend. It felt like I had an elephant standing on my chest. I could feel the band squeezing my stomach. I only live 5 min from my dr. and was right back on Monday, thank goodness. It's very surprising that an itty bitty fill or unfill can make all the difference in the world.

I wish they would too. This is something that I am curious about. If you men are not comfortable answering here, you can come into the girls room and answer in the question "Why do women like anal sex" I don't understand why women like it although some have said they can orgasm from it, which mystifies me. Is the reason the guys like it because it feels tighter? Or just like variety? Curious minds want to know....

There is a good description on fills called (I think ) Fills and refills How the band works. It's in the fill section of the board and it should be easy to find as it's a sticky. Basically, when you have good restriction, you feel full pretty quickly, like as if you were to take one more bite, you might throw up. Just because you are stuck, does not mean you are full. If you get stuck, it's either you took too big of a bite, or you didn't chew well enough. Sometimes when you are stuck, you are done eating, just because you're so stuck you can't eat. Thick saliva starts coming into your mouth until whatever is stuck moves through the band, or it comes back up.

I hope that helps you! I did have mine checked when I was losing so much hair. I had it checked several times and it was always normal.

Actually, I started a face book account. I am not sure how to find people there though, or how to have people find me,either. How do I do that?(without letting people who I might not want as friends contacting me?) All of you said face book was easier than myspace, but I am finding it really confusing. I guess it takes a little while to get used to it?

I lost half my hair. It started at 4 months and didn't stop until one year post op. Every time I took a shower, I lost handfuls. There are so many threads about this, and it really has nothing to do with Protein or Vitamins. I tried every supplement and Vitamin known to man kind, and I tracked my protein and got plenty of it. It stops when it wants to. Some people are lucky and don't lose any, or don't lose much. Others are like me, and wonder when it's going to stop. It's an individual thing. Luckily, I have thick hair too. You can do a thread search up at the top of the board and read tons of information on this subject.

I had the best NSV recently. A guy at the gym asked me how I got my legs so toned. I honestly could not believe he was talking to me. I love that the band has taught me to enjoy exercise and what it has done to my thighs!

Isn't that the truth? People come to my support group all the time, asking questions that should have been answered before surgery, or at their first post op appointment. Some people don't even know what questions to ask. I always tell everyone to go to Lap Band Talk. This is the most informative lap band web site available. Honestly, numbers don't matter. Some people really like to know them though. I have seen people with the same size band and the same exact fill respond completely differently. Most people though, do not feel any difference after having lap band surgery until about the 3rd fill.

They call it bandster hell because your band is in but it's not really working correctly until you get a fill. Most people don't really get help from their bands even with the first fill either. You won't feel full from just eating a little bit until you have enough fill in there to provide restriction.

Thank God for LBT! I probably would have never survived as a bandster without this board.

I am so sorry you're going through this. It would seem like you need something to help you sleep, that isn't going to make you nauseous, until it calms down. Can you get a hold of anything like Xanex? I think you can take liquid motrin. I think the thing with anti inflammatories is they don't want them sitting in your pouch. I would take it with saltine crackers.

I will go and look! Okay, so you didn't ask if they enjoy anal with wife/gf, what is it about it that they like. I would like to know if it is that it's tighter, or is it that they just like variety? I sure don't want to start another poll in there, but the one that's going can have more categories.

LJM are you not going to post any pictures on this thread? Susan, I am so sorry you're going through this. Can't the find a pain med for you that you can take without it making you feel icky?!

Not a guy, but I am on the Oregon coast

Ha Ha! Now we'll have all the girls in the men's room looking for their answers. I am not sure if the girls go in there regularly. We only seem to have a few guys drop in our room now and then.

Sorry about the double post. I am not sure how that happened. One post like that is enough!

So for those of you who have had orgasms from anal, was it from clitoril stimulation? IF that is the case, then it makes sense to me. IT doesn't make sense to me that you can have one just from anal with nothing else being stimulated.

You probably still have some swelling which will go down. Some people do get restriction from just the band with no fill, but most of the time, when the swelling goes down, you start to feel hungry.

I don't know why they call it pbing. Pb stands for productive burp. I have burped and some food came with it. I call what you are describing throwing up. There is no bile like when you have the flu, but to me it's throwing up.

I want to run, and I do jog on the treadmill. I have problems with my back and I notice if I do too much jogging, my back just kills me the next day. I am not sure how people run without injuring themselves.

My toes are like that too. This has me freaked out! I will definitely have to take a look at face book.

The exact thing was happening with me. I never had problems in the day time. I could eat anything I wanted without anything getting stuck. When I had an esophagram, the barium sat in my esophagus without moving down through the band into my stomach. It sat there for over 15 min. until the x ray tech called my surgeon who said to take out 1 cc. I don't know how it's possible to be too tight and not even know it. It would seem like there would be pbing in the daytime with certain foods causing problems. I have been having trouble maintaining my weight loss ever since.

Thanks! I appreciate that. Maybe if I had some good recipes, I wouldn't eat the bad stuff!