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Well, that is what I am here for and I am glad that I can help you in that way. God said use His word for the edification and lifting of others and If I can do that for even the meekest of persons I am glad to do and it makes my heart sing to know that I am doing so. Praying that your situation gets better. Remember, God is bigger than all our problems.

Oh Wow!! that sure is a lot to go through just to get yourself taking care of. I know things are a bit hard right now with you having to borrow a car and all but DON'T GET DISCOURAGED!!! KEEP YOUR MIND FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND. THAT IS JUST THE DEVIL TRYING TO GET AT YOU. DON'T LET HIM PREVAIL, WHAT YOU ARE FEELING IS NORMAL. JUST STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW, SUCH AS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO EAT AND HOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO EAT AND DON'T DETOUR FROM IT. YOU WILL START TO LOSE WEIGHT AGAIN, OTHER FACTORS HAVE COME INTO THE PICTURE AND NOW YOU ARE STRESSING OR WORRYING...DON'T!!! GET IN YOUR CLOSET AND PRAY FOR YOURSELF, ASK YOUR FATHER FOR GUIDANCE AND COMFORT AND THE ABILITY TO STAY FOCUSED AND ASK HIM TO WALK WITH YOU ON THIS TEDIOUS JOURNEY. YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT HONEY....JUST GET BACK ON TRACK AND STAY THERE. AND YES, I AM SHOUTING BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO HERE ME AND NOT THAT DEVIL. BUT IN A GOOD WAY....GOD BLESS YA AND LET ME KNOW HOW THINGS GO.

Tym4Me, girl that is absolutely amazing. keep up the good and hard work.

Hello Pats, I am so sorry that you are going through this issue. I know how u feel. The only thing you can do is continue to sip as much water as you can to keep from getting dehydrated, but i'm afraid that the only person who can help you is your doctor. He may have to do another EEG to see if something has gotten caught in the band . Best of luck to you and God Bless.

Hey Elcee, I agree with your comment totally. I am doing good though. I haven't had an adjustment yet and its been 7 months since i was banded.

Georgia girl, i feel your pain, i haven't loss anymore weight either but its because i haven't really been exercising. exercising is key and if you are losing inches then you are losing weight. we don't notice it but others too. this is a slow process, don't get discouraged. it'll happen. just keep doing what you are supposed to do and by that i mean eating right and exercising. I have fallen off the band wagon this past month by eating a lot of carbs and sugar and trust me, i feel it. i am sleepy and sluggish all the time and i don't like that feeling. it is so disgusting. any ways with my spouse's help i am getting back on track. well good luck and remember it'll all work out. just be patient.

Cocobean, i didn't have food stuck that long but everytime I ate something even if is was just some soggy eggs, it got stuck. it didn't go down and i had to go cough it up. so i had to do liquids for that extra month or so. i too had a hernia repair and my doctor said that was part of the problem. once the swelling went down from that i guess, i was all good then. bread is a no no, i have found that i can eat it toasted with a little butter though. and i sure do miss it. I am 7 months post opt and i can't tell you how good i feel. I lost 33 pounds, so far. i haven't had any fills or adjustments. sometimes i still have the stuck stuff, like the other day i was eating somethning and i had to stop and go cough it up because it wouldn't go down but the key here is to chew, chew, chew,. no drinking while u eat. if i don't do anything else right i got that part locked down. well good luck with everything.

Hi- i don't know how long your stuck is going to last, i can only tell you that mine lasted for a month and a half. and yes drinking stuff aggrivates it but you have to take your time and sip things slowly. hot liquids worked for me i found that cold liquids made things worst. so go back to your liquid diet until it resides, i mean that is what i had to do. will love to know how things turn out for you. good luck and God Bless.

i want a tickler, can't seem to get one. well i' ve been in your shoes, u are too restricted, and u are just going to have to wait it out. sip on hot liquids very slowly and don't try to force anything down and if you are stressed out it doesn't help,get away from the stress. just take everything slow and overtime the restriction will go away.

Hey, Jamie. Thanks for the advice. I was already considering this. you just gave me confirmation. hope everything is going well for you.

hELLO, EVERYONE. EXERCISE? WE ALL HAVE TO DO IT. WALKING ...GOT IT. BUT NEED TO DO OTHER FORMS OF EXERCISE SUCH AS CARDIO AND STRENGTH TRAINING. NOT MUCH MOTIVATION THOUGH. I HAVE ARTHRITIS IN MY KNEES AND LATELY I HAVE BEEN SUFFERING WITH BACK PAIN, NOT TO MENTION THIS RECURRING PAIN IN THE LOWER LEFT QUADRANT OF MY ABDOMEN. ANY SUGGESTIONS??

Hello, allforjj. Welcome to the group. you've come to the right place for support and tips as well as motivation. Like yourself, I too have to lose 150 pounds. I had my surgery on July 12, 2011. My beginning weight was 304 in just under two months I lost 27 pounds. At my 3 month check up I lost an additional 2 pounds putting my total weight loss to date at 29 pounds. So I have 120 more to go. I had my 4 month check-up yesterday and I am still at 275 pounds. I am currently working on stablelizing my eating. For a while there though I wasn't able to eat much because I was so restricted because of a hernia repair as well as the lap-band surgery. Long story short, I am fairing pretty well. I would like for us to befriend each other that way we won't have to sift through 1000s of replies just to find the one we're looking for. and we can speak privately and personal with each other. I had the lap band because I saw it as a way out, I know it is just a tool and that I still have to work hard but it is helpful. I am here for support, so you can count on me. I don't get on here everyday but I do visit the site at 3 times out the week. Well good luck, God Speed and God bless Success

Thanks NJ Girl, I will give this a try.

I don't know of any name brand Protein shakes but I make my own. I use the greek yogurt, strwbrry flavored, a banana and some silk milk. I throw it all in the blender and mix it up. The banana takes care of the tartness of the yogurt and the silk milk helps to sweeten things up a bit. Give it a try and let me know what you think. I was banded on July 12th, 2011. I just had my 3 month check up on the 11th of October and no adjustments to date. I don't crave junk food and I can swallow normally now. For a while though I had a sticky situation. Yeah, food was getting stuck quite a bit. Anyways, I'm all better now and it feels good to be able to eat and drink with out suffering. Well, let me know about the shake. good luck finding something to fit those taste buds.

Lisa-Lisa, I'm your girl. My name is Lisa too. from looking at your picture you look like my former co-worker. anyways, that's restriction. until this week i have been suffering with restriction since 2weeks after my surgery. At my 7 week check-up I couldn't even get my first adjustment because i was soooooo restricted. Until now I just started to get somethings to go down. I know the feeling of the mouth watering. I have been suffering girl. Anyways, I am glad that I am on my way to being able to eat. I was 304 when I started now I am down to 275.6 on my last visit. I have lost 27.9 pounds to date. My next appointment isn't until October and I hope to be down to the 35 mark. I was in a size 4x-5x(26-32) in my clothes now I'm down to a size 22. So excited, went shopping and bought me some apple bottom jeans....lol..no boots with the fur though. Anyways girl, I hope things really work out for you and don't get discouraged you will begin to lose weight again. as far as not losing the weight you probably need another adjustment. I don't know you will just have to speak with your doctor about that. God Bless

hello, Mary and welcome to the Lapbandtalk. Congratulations on getting the lapband. I agree with you on knowing what to eat and not to eat. As far as that negative co-worker goes; first pray for her, for she knows not what she does, secondly she's jealous or she might even feel threatened by you, but you don't let that worry you, pray for her. As for your kids, yes they mean well, however, if it were me, I would use that as another tool to help me remember what i can't have and what not to eat. for instance, before and since I've had my surgery, my family was eating all the good stuff. pizza, fried chicken, spaghetti, sandwiches and chips, u know all the good stuff tht we southern folk eat. anyways i was left to wallow in my own suffering but it helped me because it reminded me that those foods were the reason i was big in the first place. I am 6 weeks post opt, surgery was on the 12th of july. I am still on liquids and semi-solids. I am having trouble with the food stuck situation too. I am so ready to eat I don't know what to do. I found that meatloaf goes down easy, mashed green Beans, sometimes mashed potatoes, eggs, and all things broth. Warm stuff, some cold stuff like popsicles. So keep doing what u're doing and ignore the rest. In time hopefully they will understand. Now as for eating lunch with this co-worker, surround yourself with positive. find your own place, tell her she is not invited, and enjoy your lunch, because you are right the stress makes swallowing worse. Well I hope tht this helps and we will get through. Good Luck with your band journey. God Bless, success

Chrisse, I don't know. I recommend get protein the old fashion way....through your food servings. I know its an all day thing but it will keep u from being broke. go to lapband.com and register at their site and then look up some of the recipes that they have. also check out the food pyramid and see what foods are good sources of protein. I am currently sticking with protein shakes. yoplait greek yogurt, a banana, and soy milk blended in a blender. i can't afford the pricey protein shakes that they want us to buy from the doctors office or nutritionists. As soon as I can swallow, I will be going to GNC and hooking myself up with some whey protein. Good luck in your search and hope everything works out for u.

Hey Sandra, I am five weeks post opt. I can't answer your question as to whether or not your pain is related to the surgery, but i can tell you that i feel your pain. i am having pain, feeling like knots in my stomach in the lower left quadrant of my stomach too. for me its not related to my surgery because i was having these same kinds of pains before i had the surgery. I can't explain what it is and I 've asked my doctor about but he says that its from him doing so much work and that it might be my nerves and muscle tissue coming back to life. I don't know what it is but I be glad when it goes away. Good luck.

Hey yaya. Had surgery 5 weeks ago. since my surgery, i have been belching too. a little at first and then when i started to eat it got worse, so i think its normal. now my food gets stuck and for this reason i have been unable to eat. I have been on liquids this whole time. my next check up is on 8/31 and hopefully he will be able to draw some Fluid off my band and then give me a fill so that I can finally start to eat because I am starving now. at my last weigh in I weighed 289.5 pounds so I'm losing the weight. like you my doctor also had to repair a hiatal hernia so it is taking me a little longer than usually to heal up. Just keep on the liquids until your doctor says otherwise and you should be fine. I also would like to keep in touch with you on this journey. Good luck and God bless.