bandiebum

kimclark89@yahoo.com

email me!

me too

Hey!

Im looking for a buddy too.

I live in DC, but i just graduated a year ago, i visit my family in CT once every 2 months.

woohoo tristaterrrrr

kimclark89@yahoo.com

If you need a buddy: kimclark89@yahoo.com

Do you live in the DMV area?

Banded 19 months ago, only 30lb weight loss. Need a buddy

email me: kimclark89@yahoo.com

After I eat a bite of food, or sip a drink of Water I get the "water-cooler effect" and gurgley air/silent burp or bubble noises that travel up my esophagus/throat from the food funneling downward into my stomach. {If you don't know what i mean by water cooler effect it's like when you press down on a water cooler noossle so the water can pour out, and then bubbles float to the top of the cooler}

1. Is this the same thing as reflux? When the food is funneling down into my stomach, the water cooler effect happens, sometimes with mini mini burps.

2. Is this just minor reflux?

3. Anyone else deal with this water-cooler action or gurgley air bubble noises/silent burp in the esophagus?

-I dont have burning acid feeling or heartburn fyi. I dont have bad cough at night or wake up with sore burning throat.

-I do sometimes get really loud hiccups. (My Dr. said it could maybe be from the tube of band tickling diaphragm)

-Sometimes (very infrequently) I feel a throbbing pain at the site of my actual band after I eat. But then when I sit up with posture the throbbing goes away. I called into the Dr. office, they said it could be irritation because I take a birth control pill every night before I go to sleep and it probably sits and doesn't funnel down all night long, so it's just irritating. Or they said it could be from bad sleep schedule/stress.

-Since I've gotten my band, I cant force a big burp like pre-band life burping. I get little mini inside body burps all day long, they just happen on their own (silent air burps)

Fun Fact: The nurse that fills me at my Dr office has a band too. He said CC amounts are really different for each body. He said at 9.2 CC he can eat 2 Big Mac McDonalds burgers, but at 9.3 CC he can barely swallow water. So weird, anyone else like this?!

Random Question: How come one day I can eat a large piece of pizza no problem, and another day I cant get down 1 bite of pizza? Besides flying, why do bands do this?

i hate how they sewed my belly button back. i want plastic surg now to fix it

my doc said 2-3 cups of food is what ill eat for the rest of my life each day

docs are diff for diff reasons- my doc is so strict because she has high success rates

thanks for ur replies yup sex is also a great great work out

yup! thats wat happens , normal

tmi, i bet cum tastes better now that we all arent eating fried shit foods

do any of u have sexual partners that are now afraid to do things cuz they think it will hurt ur band or port?

just type in search mushies recipes or something like that. there are 100 other posts like this one further back in the reel of this forum

my tips for mushies:

get creative, make food fun, add in Protein powder when u can and incorporate stuff YOU LIKE. depriving urself of things u like will lead to failure later on because perfection is impossible to achieve.

u drink dr pepper? i thought they said soda was b-a-d?

really ontop? i dont want to jiggle too much, wouldnt on top do that?

haha us bigger ppl jiggggggle!

Docs normally say no sexual activity for 1-2 weeks post op. What are the positions to do?. I would think the best are: something where ur stomaches not doing too much work.

1. off the bed

2. missionary but dont have ur partner rubbing ur stomach, have him holding himself up

3. doggy style

crock pot! yummmmm

dont worry, we all are getting used to things we arent used to like not eating a whole bag of chips. surround ur self with healthy foods. shop at markets, organic stores, whole foods. know and love what u put in ur body. cuzu only have one body

pre op and post op i felt low energy, sleepy, faint cuz i didnt get enuf Protein cuz i hated the shakes so much. so it was my own fault

very scary! im so sorry that happened to you. thats a bandsters worst nightmare. who the hell is ur doctor? a crap one? how could that be possible? i have heard of that before. and ive heard of them not being able to FIND the port. or port flipping. or port incision infection. but ur case sounds iffy. the surgeon had no answers for u? just a defected broken port maybe?? shouldnt they test the ports before they put them in

mhm

so sry

good lck

keep positive

Please Post Pic of ur normal post band meal & snack

every1 is diff

i slept upright in a comfy chair/couch for first 3 nites cuz layin down made me feel pukey

after that i laid down on side with pillow clutching my tummy

wow congrats 18 is awesome

ive gained and lost 60lbs in the past 4 years, so i have size 6-size 18 in my closet. haha hopefully ur size 18 continues to shrink

just got banded so hopefully my size 16 rite now will shrink to a 6!

three bands ? that all sounds nuts?

I LOVE U SO MUCH FOR MAKING ME FEEL BETTER! MY FIRST BAND WAS 4CCS AND I LOST 201 LBS WITH THAT, SINCE I FELT NO RESTRICTION AT 12CCS SO FAR, I WAS SCARED I WASNT GOING TO LOSE WEIGHT... WELL I TAKE THAT BACK I DO FEEL A LOT OF RESTRICTION, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT I WILL STOP FEELING RESTRICTION SOON!!! SO I THOUGHT I WAS SCEWED! THANK U FOR MAKING ME FEEL BETTER. AND THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING SO QUICKLY

ALICE

she is great

I was banded by kurian at nyu 12/21/10

shes nice.

congrats u lucky dude!