JimR915

I don't chew gum because I developed a terrible habit of swallowing my gum when done with it. I know that if I chewed gum now, I might accidentally swallow it by and run the risk of it getting lodged.
I chew mints or sugar-free hard candies instead now.

Good to hear you are back on track Bayougirl.
It certainly is a struggle. liquid diet with nothing in your band is the worst. Start mushies on Saturday.! That's when I'll have to make sure I listen to my band and stay on the straight and narrow.
Funny how easy it is to revert back to old habits if you're not careful.

Good to hear you are back on track Bayougirl.
It certainly is a struggle. liquid diet with nothing in your band is the worst. Start mushies on Saturday.! That's when I'll have to make sure I listen to my band and stay on the straight and narrow.
Funny how easy it is to revert back to old habits if you're not careful.

Thanks All for the well wishes.
I can't say that I've been the poster child for the perfect bandster, but 120lbs lost and my williingness to continue the band lifestyle has to speak somewhat to my commitment. Having a little "fun" is a relative thing in my world. I wasn't swallowing down Subway footlongs and dripping cheeseburgers for sure.
What I'll do better this time around is to listen to my band. When it tells me that I'm too tight, I won't suffer through the stuck episodes and PB'ing/vomiting hoping it will get better or loosen up. I'll be quicker to get the unfill.
Thanks again and Happy Holidays to you all!!!

Well, tomorrow is the day. After being diagnosed with a slipped band right after thanksgiving and having surgery to remove it, I am finally scheduled to have my band put back in. Tomorrow is the day. I can't wait.
I did really well with controlling my portions. At least up until last week when I decided to have a little "fun" before getting the band put back in.
I gained about 15lbs back very quickly, but then leveled off. I attribute that to being totally dehydrated and malnurished due to the slipped band.
It's surprising to me how many people asked me why I was putting the band back in. They feel like since I already lost all of my weight I should just try to go without out it. I explained to them that, for the first time in my life, I found a tool that helped me lose the weight and keep it off. Why would I want to give that up?
I'll post how everything goes tomorrow. Happy Holiday's everyone!

I don't want to frighten you, but you may want to ask your doctor about a slip, or at least suggest to him to do an upper GI to check.
I just had my band removed and a new one put in because of a slip.
I was too tight for months, throwing up/PB'ing after nearly every meal, no bile. After a while, I could eat larger portions faster. It was a subtle change that I hardly noticed....but because I was throwing up, I justified it as the only way to get the nutrients into my body that I needed. AND...besides, I was loosing weight at the same time. It felt good.
Over time, however, I began having problems with even liquids getting stuck. I asked my doctor about it and got into a cycle of several months of fills and unfills.
In hindsight, I wish I had been more forceful with my doctor about ordering an upper GI sooner. If caught soon, a slip can often be corrected without surgery.
Slips are rare, but from what I learned, they happen and its better to be safe than sorry.
Good luck to you!

I have these types of exchanges with family and friends all the time, with and without my wife present. It honestly makes me feel good, and my wife and I are secure enough in our marriage that we treat it as the hogwash that it is.
If my wife is present, I'll sometimes joke that she married way below her station, and this is just my way of catching up a little. Probably more truth to that than even I want to admit
Put it into perspective, enjoy the compliments, and just make sure that your husband is secure in knowing what you posted here.
Good luck to you!

Well, tomorrow is the day. After being diagnosed with a slipped band right after thanksgiving and having surgery to remove it, I am finally scheduled to have my band put back in. Tomorrow is the day. I can't wait.
I did really well with controlling my portions. At least up until last week when I decided to have a little "fun" before getting the band put back in.
I gained about 15lbs back very quickly, but then leveled off. I attribute that to being totally dehydrated and malnurished due to the slipped band.
It's surprising to me how many people asked me why I was putting the band back in. They feel like since I already lost all of my weight I should just try to go without out it. I explained to them that, for the first time in my life, I found a tool that helped me lose the weight and keep it off. Why would I want to give that up?
I'll post how everything goes tomorrow. Happy Holiday's everyone!

Thanks All for the well wishes.
I can't say that I've been the poster child for the perfect bandster, but 120lbs lost and my williingness to continue the band lifestyle has to speak somewhat to my commitment. Having a little "fun" is a relative thing in my world. I wasn't swallowing down Subway footlongs and dripping cheeseburgers for sure.
What I'll do better this time around is to listen to my band. When it tells me that I'm too tight, I won't suffer through the stuck episodes and PB'ing/vomiting hoping it will get better or loosen up. I'll be quicker to get the unfill.
Thanks again and Happy Holidays to you all!!!

Thanks All for the well wishes.
I can't say that I've been the poster child for the perfect bandster, but 120lbs lost and my williingness to continue the band lifestyle has to speak somewhat to my commitment. Having a little "fun" is a relative thing in my world. I wasn't swallowing down Subway footlongs and dripping cheeseburgers for sure.
What I'll do better this time around is to listen to my band. When it tells me that I'm too tight, I won't suffer through the stuck episodes and PB'ing/vomiting hoping it will get better or loosen up. I'll be quicker to get the unfill.
Thanks again and Happy Holidays to you all!!!

Thanks All for the well wishes.
I can't say that I've been the poster child for the perfect bandster, but 120lbs lost and my williingness to continue the band lifestyle has to speak somewhat to my commitment. Having a little "fun" is a relative thing in my world. I wasn't swallowing down Subway footlongs and dripping cheeseburgers for sure.
What I'll do better this time around is to listen to my band. When it tells me that I'm too tight, I won't suffer through the stuck episodes and PB'ing/vomiting hoping it will get better or loosen up. I'll be quicker to get the unfill.
Thanks again and Happy Holidays to you all!!!

Well, tomorrow is the day. After being diagnosed with a slipped band right after thanksgiving and having surgery to remove it, I am finally scheduled to have my band put back in. Tomorrow is the day. I can't wait.
I did really well with controlling my portions. At least up until last week when I decided to have a little "fun" before getting the band put back in.
I gained about 15lbs back very quickly, but then leveled off. I attribute that to being totally dehydrated and malnurished due to the slipped band.
It's surprising to me how many people asked me why I was putting the band back in. They feel like since I already lost all of my weight I should just try to go without out it. I explained to them that, for the first time in my life, I found a tool that helped me lose the weight and keep it off. Why would I want to give that up?
I'll post how everything goes tomorrow. Happy Holiday's everyone!

Well, tomorrow is the day. After being diagnosed with a slipped band right after thanksgiving and having surgery to remove it, I am finally scheduled to have my band put back in. Tomorrow is the day. I can't wait.
I did really well with controlling my portions. At least up until last week when I decided to have a little "fun" before getting the band put back in.
I gained about 15lbs back very quickly, but then leveled off. I attribute that to being totally dehydrated and malnurished due to the slipped band.
It's surprising to me how many people asked me why I was putting the band back in. They feel like since I already lost all of my weight I should just try to go without out it. I explained to them that, for the first time in my life, I found a tool that helped me lose the weight and keep it off. Why would I want to give that up?
I'll post how everything goes tomorrow. Happy Holiday's everyone!

Well, tomorrow is the day. After being diagnosed with a slipped band right after thanksgiving and having surgery to remove it, I am finally scheduled to have my band put back in. Tomorrow is the day. I can't wait.
I did really well with controlling my portions. At least up until last week when I decided to have a little "fun" before getting the band put back in.
I gained about 15lbs back very quickly, but then leveled off. I attribute that to being totally dehydrated and malnurished due to the slipped band.
It's surprising to me how many people asked me why I was putting the band back in. They feel like since I already lost all of my weight I should just try to go without out it. I explained to them that, for the first time in my life, I found a tool that helped me lose the weight and keep it off. Why would I want to give that up?
I'll post how everything goes tomorrow. Happy Holiday's everyone!

Almost a week since my band was removed from having slipped and I am having the worst time trying to stick to small portions, and the right foods.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not pigging out on cheeseburgers or anything. Just find that my portions are definitely getting larger.
I've gained about 12 lbs since having my band out. Most of that was from rehydrating since it had been some time since I could eat or drink anything of substance.
I can't wait until I get my new surgery date to have the band put back in. This time, I'm going to listen a little closer to my body and pay more attention to how tight the band is, and make adjustments when I sense something isn't right.

121 lbs lost after 15 mos.

I have the same problem in the morning. Band is really tight until I have had a hot cup of coffee or tea.
Later in the day, I find it is not as bad, but I still have to eat slow. Eating too fast (which I still do way too often) makes me feel the uncomfortable restriction. I simply put the fork down for a few minutes and go back to eating when it passes. I am always tempted to stop eating at that point, but I force myself to finish the already small portions.
As you have likely been told, it's not unusual for meals to take 30 min. or more to finish.

Thank you so much for posting this heatheth. My wife jokingly scoffs at me when I say that I'm in pain. She figures that nothing I experience is worse than 2 natural births and one c-section. Before this, I didn't have a defense. Now I do

I didn't experience this myself, but anesthesia can do funny things to your body....I wouldn't discount it as a cause.
But if you are that depressed, you really need to get back to see your doctor.....immediately. Anesthesia may be the cause, but only he can confirm that diagnosis and help you to correct it.
Please call your doctor!
All the best!!
jim

My thinking exactly. I tend to be an open book anyway, so I really didn't care who knew.
I just tell people that this is my way of getting and staying healthy. Most people are very supportive (at least to my face). The others can go jump off the proverbial bridge for all I care.

What this study doesn't appear to take into account is the long term weight loss success of the 2 procedures. Perhaps one of the reasons that banding patients statistically take the weight off and keep it off vs. bypass patients is that they work harder to achieve their weight loss goal. That is....going strictly on what the article and study are saying about the tendency to make poorer eating choices as a banding patient.
The other reasons are physiological of course, but could it be that you tend to cherish and protect something that you work harder to attain.
Most of these studies are just a numbers game anyway, IMHO.