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Hi djbhuston .. In the khobbar reagoin there is a dood doctor called altemyat this website may help you Dr. Sultan Al-Temyatt and In jeddah, I think my friend king rule help you with that welcome to saudi arabia

hi i had my 4th fill last week. my band now is 6cc out of 10 , my doctor told me no more fills. i am losing weight but very slowly . the 4th fill is rely make you feel restricted specially at the morning, and the doctor advise me to eat small meal , and when i am hungry i should start the meal with a little hot soup or drink to open the restriction

where are you December band ester ??? how is your diet , exercise ? are you losing weight ? how do you feel now after 3-4 month after surgery ? let us share our thought and experience so we can encourage each other :clap2:

hi all today i have my third fill .. only 1 cc . now i have a total of 5 cc on my 10 cc band the restriction is almost the same . but i feel like i am now controlling my diet . after almost a month i started to lose weight again :girl_hug: so be patient and you will lose the extra pound :clap2: have a nice day everybody

hi new thread for a new month with a new challenges :clap2: what is your goals for this month my goal is to exercise 13 times & drop off 15 lb :bandit

vlynnfogg .. thank for making the calorie things clear i used to consume 800 cal per day but the loosing stop for 2 weeks , then i raised my cal to 1000- 1200 each day and i start to lose again :eek: i am also not exercising enough .. i feel i can do more .

hi Steph .. yesterday i tried the orbit track ( i am not sure for the spilling ) it's like a bicycle and have a handle to exercise both upper and lower body . it's great but relay hard i survive only for 10 min and my plan is to reach 20 min after one week and so on up to 1 hour . sorry about the fill . but u have to control the amount of the food by our self until the fill is coming . i think after almost 3 month now i get used to the diet and i feel like may be i can continue the diet without thinking on the band so it will be your life style. thanks for the advise and have a nice day. ( wish me luck, i have exam tomorrow )

hi Gerbera .. congratulation for your fill .. for me the second fill was a lot of restriction in the beginning just like u, after about 1.5 week i was able to digest regular food again. now after 2.5 week i feel it become looser but may be because i ate slowly and small bite . i think all that is normal , my doctor told me that u will feel a lot of restriction this time. and i think the second fill is a great chance to lose weight again .

hi beth .. thank u for the advise and i will start tomorrow:embarassed: no no no i will start today :clap2: i am already had a bicycle and i hope that i will continue to do the workout at lest start . hi jaqui .. i was like u for about 2 months after the operation the it stop alone, i think it's because of the low Protein or the Vitamin specially vit E and Vit A i think u should ask your doctor about taking Vitamins or for other solution.

hi everyone .. what r u doing with the band, diet & exercise :kiss i am losing weight again after the second fill , but i have a huge problem .. which is i didn't do any exercise after the operation .. every day i want to start i said to my self " tomorrow " :faint: i have one of my friends , she did the band before about 2 years and lose a lot of wight , and she always told me " do not do my mistake, begin to workout " , she have a lot of skin fold . what i should do to start :cry

hello everyone .. how r u .. & how is the band .. i had my second fill 3 days before .. now i have 4 cc in the band .. i feel a lot of restriction more than ever specially in the morning .. but i feel happy about that because the hunger is gone .. and i finally stick to my food plan :hungry: .. and also I'm happy because the scale move again i hope that every body is having a great time .. baaay

hi everybody .. & how is your day i have a problem in the last week . i feel like i am sinking back in my old food habit . i was able to eat a lot of food .. may be i feel it like a huge amount because i have the band but still i am afraid because i feel hungry all the time .. my previous thought about food is coming back gradually .. i am miss my liquid stage :think also this week i have no weight change .. and i feel my body dose not change also .. my next fill after one week and i am afraid of weighting in front of the doctor .. i don not no what is going here but i feel its wrong and i don't know what to do.. every morning i decided to make commitment to the food plan , and in the afternoon i change the plan because i am hungry.. i feel like that i can not come back to the right track any body can understand ??? .. any body have an answer??

hisnhers ..hi.. well i try to lose weight faster by 800 cal only .. and the problem that i have that i didn't do any exercises until now .. so when i begin i will rise the limit up.. and about the fill for me i did it under fluoroscope so it was very easy & you feel the restriction more than now .. it is very helpful when you start to feel eating more than the acceptable amount. vlynnfogg ..hi.. :welcome:Water is very important for your kidneys you must adapt your self to drink 2 L each day .. try to Carry a large bottle of water with you all the time and drink it slowly .. you will get used to it . sirena63 .. hi.. i didn't fell the restriction as before but i am satisfied faster than before with about 1-1/2 cup .. but my fear is that i may slip back to my old eating habits .. so i try to make it work even the restriction is minimum

how r u bandsters .. i have been tooooo busy to be here with u .. i am having my second fill in two days and now i don't feel any restriction .. but i still on 800 cal each day .. i am going to weight my self tomorrow in the first time in 3 weeks .. wish me luck today is Stephc birthday .. :happybday2: :happybday2: :happybday2: i hope she enjoy the day :happybday: :rockon: :confused:

hi every one i miss u so much .. i was very busy in the last 2 weeks so i coudnot be here . i am going to my second fill in 4 days and right now i feel like thier is no restriction at all .. but i try not to eat more than 800 cal/day. today is stephc birthday :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :happybday2: i hope she enjoy the day:rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :) :confused:

hi all this new post is great idea because the old one was very big.. thank for steph for remembering my birthday & thanks also to offerRocker .. its great to have all the support from other people who have something in common with you .. its really help for you to deal with the up & down phases in your journey to the healthy world . congrats for every on for the fill .. i am now one week after the first fill .. but i feel that the restriction is reducing each day .. i still in liquid :cry but i kind of used to that stage .. it make me loose weight faster. i hope all of you doing great job .. see u :clap2:

my surgeon does my fills under flouroscope and it's going well

hi everyone ... i finally got my first fill .. first when i entered the doctor office he told me to go with him to the radiology department . then i entered a room called fluoroscope , their was a big plastic bed which i slept on and above me is small mobile machine that take the picture of my port, then the doctor give me some wight material to swallow and he see me from the next room in a small TV to be sure that the band in the right place & their are no slipping. then he came with the needle :help: and i was surprised it was a small one:biggrin1: , he told me that they replace the old big needle with new one , and i felt nothing no pain or burning or any thing and i was happy. the fill was 2 cc and now i feel more restriction than before. but the bad news for me that he told me " be on liquids for 2 more weeks :think " . thats my first fill story .. see you all in a happy mode :clap2:

hi everyone ... i am so happy that's my 4 weeks of liquid are going to end tomorrow .. Finlay i can chaw something :hungry: . i am also worried about my first fill which is supposed to be next Mindy .. but because my final exams my doctor said to me i can have it tomorrow . so my first fill will be 26 days after the banding .. even before i started mushed food . also i am happy because one of my friend who is banded 5 years ago and he did not follow the order of the doctor and he did not lose weight .. even he gained more wight .. h will come with me for the fill :clap2: .. so i am happy for him & for me . i will tell you the detail of the fill tomorrow . wish me luck :clap2: :clap2:

hi all lucky girl-- the dryness is normal in the first month because of the Fluid, fat you consumed is reduced , now you drink slowly eat slowly . i have the same dryness and get better . also i have the same pain in the first 2 weeks but i don't know why ( offcourse i'm not ovulating:p ) and it get worse at night .. now it's gone and i hope also it's get better for you .

wheetsin-- since i read the thread i call the doctor and ask him about numbing:eek: and he say their is no numbing just the needle and say to me don not be afraid, for a moment i feal embraced:nervous . relay the way you describe the fill is great thank you for your concern . by the way how many opening you have in the surgery and where is the largest one ?

baby got back -- congrats for the band, i hope you enjoy the journey to the healthy world . A lot of liquid is god bat i tried V8 wish is great for me and soup with some skimmed milk. Gerbera-- sometimes i feel the same way specially the food was the only way to feel happy, but now i try to replace it with exercise , watching some movie and talk to a friends about how u r feeling and all that will go away.

okiefamily-- i tried the potato & its really good:hungry: thank you. LuckyGirl-- you are right about the differences between people . And i know my self well and i feel that wighting another week in liquid is alright , i was tired but the support i found hear and the ability to talk to someone understand your problem is good . stephC-- thanks for the advise .

hi everyone JulieNYC .. thank you for the positive response and i hope it get easier , my first fill will be 1-23-2007 & I'm afraid of the needle it's look very big:rolleyes: i have a question .. when i can begin exercises ? & what type of exercises i can do ? thanks

hi everyone i have Little question .. my doctor give me my food plan & it said 4 weeks of liquid , then 2 Weeks of mushed food , then regular food. i read many of the thread in the food section they said just 2 weeks of liquid . I'm really want to leave the liquid stage but i want to be sure first . another thing , any body solve the cold problem :help: , i feel so cold i hardly wake up in the morning at 6 am:tired . what can i do ?