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redhead8691

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  2. Next week will be my 3 month mark. In the beginning I was losing slowly, but I have lost 47 lbs! Yesterday someone stopped me and said he didn't even recognize me from afar, I told him how much I had lost and said I didn't think that was enough to make me unrecognizable yet..but maybe.
     
    I went for a fill today and was bumped up to 7cc in 10 cc band. I am thinking this may be too much for me, but I want to ask you all if you know this..If they pull all the fluid out and then put it back in with extra..so pull out six, add 1 to make 7, do you think that will make it seem tighter and then go down some? I feel it sitting at the bottom of my throat and hear all those weird noises it makes when food and liquids SLOWLY go down. Anyone with input would be helpful, I may have to go back to 6 and stay there.
     
    Angie
  4. Opinions wanted please...last week I went to get a fill and the nurse said my port was flipped and that it appeared to not be attached to anything. So I went back today to have the doctor cut me open and flip it back over and reattach it.. WELL 2 before pics were taken that determined that my port was in fact flipped, but when the doctor cut me open, my port was not flipped! So, I ended up driving 6 hours roundtrip and am now out of work 4 weeks without pay for most of it and had an unnecessary surgery! I really like my surgeon, he is very good and I wouldn't change the fact that I had lap band or that I chose him, but I am upset about having to put my coworkers out to work overtime for me and the fact I will only get paid a weeks pay out of 4.

  5. FLIPPED PORT

    · redhead8691 · 08/16/2011 01:11

    I had surgery July 5. Everything has been going fine, but today when I went for my second fill they said my port was flipped completely over. The doctor was not in the office. The nurse tried to flip it over, but it wouldn't work, so now I have to go back next week for the dr. to fix it. They said it will be done in the office with local anesthetic, so I won't be out. I am nervous about being cut open again because I am a nurse and often have heavy patients. So I am concerned about going back to work that night after being cut open to fix it. Anyone else have this happen?
     
    Angie
  6. I am 6 days post op with no weight loss since surgery which makes no sense to me because I lost 19 lbs on the pre op 10 day liquid diet. Why am I not losing now? I have followed the liquid diet post op just as I am supposed to. Why now that I had the surgery do I feel sad, discouraged about my decision? Did anyone else feel this way? Any input is greatly appreciated.

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