Grider

you will have many starts n stops on the journey-- it will pass, the body adjusts as it goes..

sorry but i felt much much better after milk of magnesia moved everything... took a few weeks on same - but then i was good

banded 12/22/11 and lost 37 lbs,, its all good but find my energy levels very very low--checking my thryroid see if maybe need meds changed?cant buy clothes .. drops off in just weeks,,

I eat refried beans more like whipped beans w bit of olive oil, seasoning.,,, no hot sauce or lime, your tummy is possibly more prone to acid, and ulcers,,, think you need to ask your doc...

Defenitly a fickle band,,, it acts different every time. I get a fill- nothing- then bamb restriction, get another fill- feel like a chocked goose and then slacks off,,, this last fill,,, so so,, only been 3 days, but can eat ok... weird huh?

mine lasted 2 weeks... it was great! just got fill # 4 monday,,, hope it stays like this,,, but maybe not,,, he said i had lost a little bit of fluid or saline.. I do know i was able to eat good again after 2 weeks/. Maybe we get used to it?? Not sure

Hmmm good point...I just wandered as long as it is not a regular thing.

I got another fill today, but had lost some saline... went from 4 to 3.8 and he bumped it to 4.2-- I wondered if that is from excersize, sunbathing ( fla here) or all the pool work outs... pressure? Anybody know?

I think the food is not the problem but the emotions and habits you picked back up--get back on my fitness pal- get back to the gym. pick yourself up -and as that oprah show- ("stop the pain")- stop going back to the same old story- turn the page. Hard? sure, but worth it. We all have some crazy issues, heart aches and dissapointments, but we all chose to do better. You came on here, so be encouraged, remember you did it before, and can again... come on gal.. get back on the horse. We will support you. If you want my fitneess pal sign on let me know,,, we have a large banders circle to help each other daily.

I got a thank you card from the hospital.. nurses. I have said my thanks,, and still paying... :wub:

There some times contests with surgeons, for a free surgery- also in TX there is some kinda group also that people have tried to get surgery money. Medicaid does pay depending on state etc. google google google and youtube.

congrats wont be long.... really...

Mid morn much much better,,maybe that mellon was not properly washed,, at grocery store. In anycase I feel alive gain.

Monday- feel better but not out of woods,, not I only ate about 1/2 cup and it was mushy foods,,, only thing I am thinking now- lot of cheese,, ( fat) and I can see stomach being irritated, but not go into convulsions. Anyhow drinking my camomolie tea this morn feel much better pain has subsided, but I might still have Dr check it out if tea bothers me as morn goes by. Think Im gonna ask my GP about gall ladder test next week if nothing else happens.

Yest I think I ate a mellon that was not quite mature with some apple and I started feeling bad but not horrible, I then had a small piece of my taco pie- very mild, and by 6 PM i was in the john with sweats and the rest and a few dry heaves but not too bad ,, eventually I went to sleep about 9 pm exhausted. Today I drank some camomille tea and had cream of wheat,, still stomach ache.had 1/2 cup pea soup no more bathroom runs, but still Sharp paind little gassy but GasX -pepto- and mylanta has not helped. I did not get stuck yest, thinking maybe mellon/ food maybe gave me food poisoning? I do not know- but my stomach is distended and it's painful. anyone?? I do not feel sick today except the pain..

cherry milk of magnesia is my buddy now- if you were used to eating carbs and now switched to proteins the ol' bod is at a loss.. I also take probiotics, once dr say it was Ok- and I crush em. and above all - WATER WATER WATER

YOu have irritated your stomach/ pouch throat and it will subside easy on liquids and soft foods for a few.. I asked this question few weeks back and it does go away with returning to soft food and letting tummy heal. I also have the same thing happend after getting a fill,,, after a week or so it all subsides. Gotta be nice tit the band when you make it mad.

I think my talking problems are mostly at work..- I should leave my desk and go eat so nobody bothers me. but I work through lunch and leave out 1hr earlier,,, so i can hit the gym. I am trying to answer folks while I am eating over cubicles..and guess they need to come around my cubicle and see why I did not respond. Habits to be broken!

THANKS... i JUST GOT FILLED LAST WEEK, AND ITS DIFFERENT for sure this time.

press ignore button---,,, ask God to guide you, and speak to your Dr and your confidant. These people don't know you. It is a personal decison, they can tell thier story, but not invade my freedom to choose. Stay strong missy... and look ahead-

I notice my first bite of a meal is the hardest, It takes awhile to go down and I am practicing to chew to "baby food" routine more and more. I have these epsiodes of gas trying to come up and food trying to go down... only burped (threw) it all up once, Found out it is a BIG no-no for me to talk and eat..... specially with first BITE. I did get a fill to 4cc and I think I am staying here for along time... It defenitely has put the brakes on my eating. lost 4 lbs in little over 2 weeks... I am happy, - Is it the gas from not eating? and then the hiccups - just wondering if this is my right spot,, green spot,,, not hungry between meals anymore, and have to stop eating before finish some of my plate.

One thing I do suggest is make sure to get blood work done some months after surgery, I was depleted of Vita D and the rest was good. No vita D and you cant get out of bed... be tired and weak/// we are not eating what our bodies are used to,,, so check that blood work.

Fill # 2 today. Liquids only n then soft foods,,, have 4cc out of max 10,,,i feel a little lump or tightness back of neck but had my runny cream of wheat just fine,,maybe my weight be easier to come off,been doing only4 lbs a month

keep hydrated and not every day is a progressive one, relax feel better and take a physical and mental break

I do not do shakes but they now make some 10 g protien bars and then eggs meats tuna fish, can salmon- i read lables now and get the highest protein anything. I like Strax,, daughter in law did body lift with them.. Maybe one day can go do tummy tuck,,