Oregondaisy

All these well meaning people are getting in the way of us trying to break bad habits. they think they are being helpful bringing us stuff we like to eat. It stinks being a food addict! I am patiently waiting for my peanut butter chocolate shake mix. I am sticking myself back on the liquid diet to get rid of cravings. I checked and I ordered it 11-13. It's coming ground from NY to Oregon-across the country. Hurry up and get here. By the way, this stuff is delicious and shipping is 4.95 no matter how much stuff you order from Netrition.com It definitely satisfies my chocolate cravings. I wonder if you could freeze it. Then wouldn't it taste like ice cream? (evil grin!)

Be sure you share this with your doctor. Most people say to stay on liquids for the day if you have that sort of trouble so everything can rest inside. There are a lot of people who are tighter in the morning, and a lot of people who can't eat eggs at all.

Welcome! You have come to the right place. put a post in general lap band support, and you will find a lot of people who are new to lap band talk. This is the greatest place to share your experiences and get help if you have any questions.

Hello! I grew up in Chicago! Are you new to lap band talk? If you are, welcome! This is the best place in the world for support for lap band surgery.

There are good reviews for some products but it's hard to know if something will work because it works for someone else:confused:

Saw the dr. today. He won't let me have any of my fill back. He said it would stress out my esophagus. He wants my esophagus to rest. I told him if the sleeve had been out when I got my band, I would have done that instead. With the sleeve, you don't have to worry about fills or after care ever again.

No, it's not supposed to be urine. I read somewhere they analyzed it and it wasn't urine. It comes from somewhere else, not the bladder. Right now, I would be happy to be able to have orgasms from the clitoris like I used to be able to. Getting old sucks.

Went to the dr. today. He won't let me have any of my fill back. He said I need to be on all protein. Does anyone know what kidney stones feel like? I am in pain and my UA said I have crystals in my urine. That comes from too much protein in the diet, according to what I read online. I guess I need to stick with veggies if I can't have that much protein?

I haven't received email notifications in months. I have to go to user CP and it brings me to all the threads I am active in. Can anyone tell me how to get those cool avatars? Also, does anyone know what a kidney stone feels like?

Sometimes it takes a few fills before you will feel any difference. It's hard to be patient, but once you have the right amount of a fill, you will only be able to eat a small portion and you will stay full for a long time. A lot of it is willpower though, because there are slider foods that go right through the band. If you do your part and not eat things like ice cream where the band can't control the portions, you will lose weight. Go into the section that says General Lap Band support, and you will find a bunch of people who are newly banded. It really helps to have the support of others who are going through what you are going through.

You are so smart to get this taken care of at a young age. Good luck with your surgery and welcome to Lap Band Talk. You have come to the right place. Everyone here is so supportive, and it's so nice to have somewhere to come to get support and share your weight loss with everyone!

Oh I did. I had an esophagram and the barium would not go down so I had to have 1cc removed. It's been nice this past two weeks to not have any problems at night. It seems so strange to me that just like Newlife, I had no trouble eating anything, nothing got stuck and I never pbed in the daytime. It was just this night time coughing and gagging. I have no clue how the food was going through when the barium couldn't . It must have stayed in my esophagus for a long time. I see the dr. tomorrow so I will have a lot of questions for him.

My hair loss stopped at about one year out. I am almost 2 years out and have hair that is about 6" everywhere. Luckily, I have long hair and it used to be thick, so all those shorter hairs are not noticeable, unless I wear a pony tail. Then I have little short hairs all over around my face and neck.

Congratulations LJM! Do you have a name picked out?

Yeah, I am going to talk to him. I can't have that B & J in the house. He likes to have ice cream around on the weekends after dinner, but I have also bought 100 calorie ice cream sandwiches and 40 calorie fudgsicles.

Yes, my trainer told me that too. You have to always keep your body guessing or it gets used to the routine and it's not as efficient of an exercise.

That is what I have heard too. They are more intense and last longer?

My bf brought Ben & Jerry's over. I need to tell him to stop doing that. sometimes I buy the little weight watcher cups which are 140 calories. I should just eat those. They have little .99 cups of Ben and Jerrys he could have instead of buying a pint to split. I bet half a pint is 600 calories.:tongue:

I hate eggs. Well actually, I hate runny egg yoke. gross! The only way I can eat eggs is egg salad or scrambled eggs with ketchup. I don't have a problem with eggs. I should find out Wed. how much fill I have left. I don't know if my dr. will give me back any that I had to have out. I hope so, because I have been hungry and I have not been hungry for almost 2 years! I was on liquids 4 weeks post op and lost 22 lbs. Good thing, because then I plateaued for 4 months afterward.

I have definitely not had that feeling. I have had my bf search and press all over in that area. Actually, I do feel a spongy sort of spot but when I press on it, I feel nothing. damn it! I want a g spot orgasm.

You are right to worry about stretching the pouch. I just had an esophagram and found out mine is slightly stretched. I never felt that full either. If you are eating solid protein, you should stay full longer than if you are eating anything else. If you get hungry, eat some more protein. If you haven't had a fill yet, it's very normal to feel hungry often. I can't tell from your post or ticker if you have had any fills.

I recently went through this myself. I haven't had a fill since December. Suddenly, food started coming up in the middle of the night. I was basically puking in my sleep. I never had any trouble in the day time though. This is very dangerous. I didn't want any fill taken out either, but that is what I needed. I don't understand either why it took almost a year to happen, but the band is a very fickle thing. It has a mind of it's own! I didn't have much taken out, and the problem is gone now.

Yeah, pb is really not the correct term . It's basically puking, but it does stand for productive burp. I have had food get stuck, where I burped and food came up with it. Most of the time, it's not that easy. Okay, picture an upside down funnel. the band sits where the neck of the funnel and the ball of the funnel meet. When you are eating, some of the food does go down into the ball of the funnel. If it's a food that is not band friendly, or you haven't chewed enough, that spot gets plugged up. Nothing moves. It all just sits there and piles up until you either puke it up, or it moves down. When the saliva starts happening, it's the body's way of lubricating the area to hopefully get things to move. Unfortunately, often it makes it worse, because now you have a pile of slime on top of all the stuck food. You are supposed to take itty bitty bites ( the size of a pencil eraser) and chew until there is nothing left to chew. Then wait, and see if it goes down. Most of the time, that is easier said than done. I hope this helps!

Your band probably won't slip this soon, but it could later on down the road because the whole purpose of the post op diet is so that the band can heal properly on your stomach. If the stomach moves which is does digesting foods, the band can't form the adhesions it needs to stay in place later on when you are eating normal meals. You will never know now if you have a slip later on down the road if it's because you didn't follow the post op diet, or if it was going to slip anyway.

They took out a bunch of the machines I really like at my gym. I was so disgusted this morning. I wasn't in the mood to learn how to use a new machine. I am glad my trainer taught me to find my target heart rate. I wouldn't want to spend any time exercising in the wrong target heart rate. He said that is good for the heart, but it's not burning fat and barely burning calories. Thanks for the compliment about the 30 min. I usually try to do 45-60 min of cardio, but some days I just don't have time. I am lucky I only work part time. I don't know how people who work full time can fit in exercise. I would be in trouble if I had to work full time. I also have a little watch that takes my pulse that is helpful to make sure you're in the target heart rate.