Cazzy

Welcome to the forum and good luck to all who are having up and coming surgery.

I am not sure who it was on this forum but there is a firm of legal people that specifically deal with appeals against health insurance denials .. someone on this forum reported using them at some time, i am sure if u google it u may be able to find them, it sounds like u could do with some professional help with your appeal .. good luck !

Just a small concern u seem to have moved onto mushies very quickly given u have a band and plication is this what your doctors guidelines were? and mushies shouldnt really need chewing to be honest. Hopefully this post is redundant as you are following your doctors orders post -op

As long as u can drink liquids and keep them down u will be fine waiting till monday if u have to .. just keep hydrated and amke the appointment as soon as u can

I think its called the vegas nerve , it might be worth looking up, it might also well be that due to the position of your band and this nerve u have to put up with a little discomfort after fills till the fill settles in a bit, its more a nuisance than an unbearable problem, but unless u want another surgery to move the band it might be there arent many answers.. sorry i cant offer any other help .. read up what u can ..

Absolutely .. just concentrate on healing and following the doctors guidelines and hopefully all will be ok for you

I would suggest a health food store as they seem to have a big selection of suppliments.

Balsamic vinegar is full of sugar which is carbs which u arent meant to be eating i dont think, so maybe look at another form of dressing

Its a hard call as your bmi isnt that high, the problem is as with any weight loss surgery u do have to dedicate an amount of time to it to make it work whether u have a sleeve, bypass or a lapband. I dont really worry about my band now and probably stopped thinking about it around 6 - 8 months after it was fitted. My lapband has never impacted on my quality of life except by making it better

I totally agree with Jachut, eating back the calories u just burned seems very strange. I maintaained my weight loss by creating a defiecit in calories and i lost weight, maybe u just hit a small plateau .. i stuck to around 1000 calories a day and burned around 600 to 800 every day each week without fail, if i ate more calories i would not lose weight. All the written advice can only be in general and for mrs average, sometimes we just dont fit into their neat little boxes, to eat all those extra clories u are burning each day u may as well not have a lapband to curb your hunger

no sorry

I had my lapband fitted when my bmi was around 61 like u are having started off at 67 bmi.. all i can tell you is that it took me approx a year to lose the majority of my weight. The issue is that it has been almost a full time job losing this amount of weight, if you have the time and dedication and resolve to go for the lapband then go for it, but if u have time pressures and know u cant dedicate enough time to exercising this weight off too then it might be better for u to go the gastric bypass route. I think the bypass is worth consideration given your circumstances and time constraints even tho i am a real advocate for the band a lapband wont stop u eating chocholate

I think this happens to a lot of people you mentally are close to goal and so your resolve relaxes a little .. i was the same and still are, except now i am in maintenace as i had to really push myself to lose those last few lbs, now i can fluctaute a little up and down and as long as my base weight stays the same each week i enjoy my food and dont worry about it .. get to goal then relax a little .. good luck to you both !

On any unfill a doctor will not put back what he took out, even if its only a few weeks earlier u had the unfill. They will not take the chance to make u stick again and will therefore proceed cautiously. My doctor is great with fills i can go anytime to him but when i had a 1 cc removed because of being too tight he would only put back 0.25 each time i went .. i am glad of his caution and if u are going away the last thing u would need is to ruin that trip by being too tight again or starting the night reflux again .. if you have a slipped band before the last thing u want to do is chance it happeneing again and being too tight will increase the chances as once it has slipped u must be even more cautious to avoid it happening again. You are lucky in some sense as some doctors try to resolve a slipped band by removing all the fill and u having to go on liquids for a few weeks be patient a few lbs on the scale is worth putting up with versus having more problems with your band.. good luclk !

the reason why your doctor wants u to follow the advice regarding the stages of food post -op is about the healing process of your tummy and how the pouch created needs time to setttle down and not be disrupted by your main tummy churning trying to digest food. I am glad u are ok but not listening to your doctors advice to me is a little risky ..

It is essential that you go back to your doctor, continuous problems eating food will eventually lead to problems with band like slippage or eventual erosion, it is our responsibility to look after this band like anything else, maintenance and regular check ups are just as important as fills. there is no failiure on your part, just a tweaking of fluid will probably be all thats needed. people rarely lose a ton of weight when the band is too tight.

I would also find out from them what their criteria is also, your bmi might not be in their weight loss surgery bracket any more so repairs and replacements would be covered but maybe a new form of surgery might not be good luck with it ..

I agree with tmf above me , maybe drinking water with your meals contributed to your weight gain. Why cant u just drink before hand, out of all the things people miss i cant imagine drinking with meals getting a higher prority than ones health and wellbeing ..

Are u sure u can eat scrambled eggs on a liquid diet ? the intake of gas or creation of it is one of the pleasures of being banded, and if its not burping the gas will come out any way it can A year and half down the line and i am still 'windy' ..

Indeed.......... keep up the good work and u wiill soon be in twoderland and eventually into onederland

there are plenty of metabolic type foods out there like broccoli or chilli, green tea, spinach .. just look them up, no need to try out fad diets if u are eating a healthy balanced diet and let the band support u

Once u give eup the carbonated drinks u end up not missing them at all .. and diet drinks to me just taste of saccharine now ugh

People who eat peanut butter, as i do sometimes, you need to measure in teaspoons not tablespoons .. way to many calories in a tablespoon .. i found u can eat a taste of anything if u stick to a teaspoon full or measure a 1 inch cube of something i was always told if u are going to cheat/treat yourself just make make it a small portion .. no harm done then

A kilo is 2.2 lbs .. in the UK we measure in stones and lbs a stone = 14lbs .. because the majority on here are US i just used lbs on my ticker to make it a little easier for people

Great news and well done .. good luck saving for the surgery i am 5 weeks post op on my surgery and i am sooo happy the skin has finally gone