LadyAngela67

Good luck to you! I have PCOS as well, and it definitely makes weight loss slow and hard. I am 42, and it is the best thing I've ever done. I've lost 39 in three months. Not as fast as some, but heck I couldn't lose that before in YEARS...So, Gotta look at that!
You are taking control, so good for you. I look at it, like I was driving way too fast with really bad brakes. I couldn't stop, I totally lost control. The surgery is like someone tossing nails in the road. Saying, "HEY! knock it off" so, I stopped. Now, I am traveling at a slower pace...if I try to speed up again, I get a nail or two as a reminder!
So, as the Capt Stubing of the Love Boat would say,
"Love, exciting and new
Come Aboard. We're expecting you.
Love, life's sweetest reward.
Let it flow, it floats back to you."
Way to love yourself!

I'm sure your pain is due to previous scar tissue and possible adhesions. Your husband hasn't been through what you've been through and needs to be more supportive. Call your Doc and see what recommendations he might have. I'm a Nurse, and I know some Nurse's can be really insensitive. Pain is very subjective. You've got a significant history with abdominal surgeries. It doesn't make it easier, as you are finding now. Be gentle with yourself, don't judge yourself by your husband's healing process. Trust me.... he probably could never go through what you're going through now. (That's why men don't have babies.... LOL)

I have aetna and I definitely did not have 24 months of weight loss history. I only had the 6 months that they required. I got a letter from one of my other providers stating that I have been trying to lose weight for 2 years. It was like 2 paragraphs stating my bmi and height. my history of weight loss attempts and methods. I work for the providers office that is doing my surgery on August 28th. I got approved in less than a week. So at least get the doctor who is not the primary care to write a letter stating you been trying for 2 years. hope this helps.

Im finally going home I got dont 27 oz yesterday cant wait to have some broth today im actually a lil hungry lol just a lil tho and only for a lil broth I was regretting this but each day does get easier im glad im going home no more needles In my tiny veins

My first few days were rough but today marks 5 weeks out and I wouldnt trade this decision for anything. I'm already down a pant size and feel better and have more energy than ever. It definitely gets better! Once you start eating foods again and see the weight melt off it'll all be worth the few days of discomfort!

Wow thats extreme. .fruit has such great natural sugar n Vitamins. .

well my doctor and nutritionist allow me to have fruit once I started on soft foods. But the fruit I can have is by dole the cups of fruit that is sugar free. You should try that it may help with your craving.

Thank you both for your responses, I'll give the dole fruit a try I need to satisfy this craving

First of all, not every surgeon implants the Lap-band with a fill.
Secondly, not everyone who has a Lap-Band that was implanted with a fill has restriction so their bands don't all "work right away". They also don't necessarily get to their sweet spots earlier than some other patient who didn't get their band implanted with a fill. It will depend on how often they go in for fills, how aggressively their surgeon fills, and how must restriction they need overall.
Third, some people who get their bands implanted with a fill find they have too much restriction and can't take in any liquid in the hospital, have to stay an extra day, and have to get it all taken out. (This happened to a friend of mine just this month.) So implanting a band with a fill is not necessarily a good thing. Like most things in life, it depends on the person.
There is no evidence that aggressive fills cause erosion.
When J&J bought the Realize band, they made some improvements to it. It's not exactly the same band as the one released to market in 1996 (not 1994). In the meantime, because the Swedish band was so popular in Europe, Allergen made some changes to the Lap-band in order to make it more like the Swedish band which they knew J&J was going to release in the US.
Various studies of the two bands show that the average EWL is about the same.
You are someone who posts anonymously on a message board only to trash one band over and over with misleading and inaccurate information. You rarely post on LBT about anything else, in fact. I don't think the people who chose not to listen to you, but to their surgeons are in need of anything. They are very sensible, in fact.