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I purchased some baby utensils to practice with before I was banded, wow has that helped! It's awesome, and I find myself only putting a small amount on a regular sized utensil as a result. My Nut said that I am supposed to only be taking bites the size of a pencil eraser. That's impossible!

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Terri's right, scroll down tot he bottom of this page and you'll find five more threads about this topic. There should be more insight there.

:welcomeB: Bandland is a great place to be!

It sounds like you are restricted from teh swelling around the band from surgery. Many folks describe their restriction as a golf-ball feeling. It does get better. Are you gulping or sipping? Is the fluid ice cold? I also would suggest you try some warm tea (decaf of course) or broth, it may ease that tight feeling a bit. And SIP, your goal should be about 4-8 oz an hour for the first few days. I was instructed to try for 1 oz every 15 minutes initially.

Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk. That is the number one thing you can do. I used a few Gas-X thin strips (they dissolve on your tongue) and they helped some. The gas is not in your GI tract, it is floating around in your peritoneum, it will have to be absorbed by your body, but you want to get it moving and walking is the best for that.

Liz, I had to lose I think 12 or 16 pounds in a couple of weeks to get approved for surgery. I chose to drink 2-3 Slim Fast CARB CONTROL (I put it in bold because the Carb Control is MUCH better than the High Protein or the Optima Slim Fast. It is rich and thick and satisfying and it has loads of protein in it (more than Optima or High Protein, even), and had a big salad with low fat dressing and about 1 oz of nuts per day for a snack. I lost FAST.

I didn't tell anyone, why should you have to? The weight loss isn't as fast (usually) as bypass so you can get away with saying that you've made some lifestyle changes and are eating better to lose weight and get healthy. That's what I've said, no one has questioned it at all.

If we want the PS bad enough, we'll find a way to pay for it. I figure that I wouldn't get PS until I've been near goal for at least a year, maybe more. That way I can save all my pennies and sell myself in the corner for it (just KIDDING), and so I have time to do LOADS of research for where to go.

I think I will also wait to get a fill until I am no longer losing weight, or until I am feeling that I am really struggling and starving. Right now I feel like I still have really good restriction, I'm not physically hungry until about five hours after I've eaten, but I'm battling significant head hunger right now. I think we all do, and I am really trying to listen to my stomach, not my mind of my taste buds.

Here's the link, the before pic is on page 2 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f12/lipo-breasts-warning-graphic-images-37820/index2.html

Go check out her other thread, there's a before pic there.

YES! We DO want to see and want to know, and you can (or I can because they're probably reading my response) tell whoever complained to you that they can go fly a really big kite to another land. This is REALITY, this is WHY we are losing weight, isn't it? To look good and be healthy if only for ourselves? And I challenge ANYONE who tells me that they aren't interested in losing weight for how they look. Saying that is like saying you've never been a "Master of your Domain." You're lying if you deny that there is at least a small part of this that is about looks. I THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for posting all of these pics. I especially appreciate being able to see the under the breast access scars and the around the nipple scars. I think it's incredibly wonderful that you are posting things like this for us. You are so right, breasts are NATURAL, many of us fed our children with them, they are NOT completely sexual parts of our anatomy. We are toooooo hung up on nudity meaning something sexual. It's they way we come into this world, why should we be ashamed? I love ya, Jenna!!!!!

Garth Davis is fantastic. He wasn't my bariatric surgeon, but I knew him very well when he was training at UM, he was a good friend of mine and one of my all-time favorite surgical residents. What a great guy!

Juli, I think I have likely tried everything there is to do, check out my post a little higher on this page. I did read on Dr. Curry's board that they reccommend getting a minimum of 5 mg (5000mcg) of Biotin a day. So I'll increase that, and increase Vit D intake. But that's all I can find. I hesitate to use Rogaine because as soon as you stop using it, whatever you were able to keep in your head, then falls out. That's the way Rogaine works.

I read everything based on clicking on New Posts, so I read most all the forums and saw the threads about the other Vegas trip, that why I mentioned it. I think it would be great to wait until later in the spring for a June bandster trip as well. I don't know if I could swing a June trip, though.

It doesn't make much sense, does it? But then again, as you said, maybe you don't want to work for them if they are going to run their place like this. If you are a known commodity with a proven good track record, there is no justifiable reason I can see (unless they are union, and being non-profit, I can't imagine they are) for doing another candidate search. Maybe someone somewhere is telling you that something more perfect is waiting someplace else.

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:welcomeB: Here's a link to a good thread: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f73/abbreviations-what-they-mean-7959/ The forum it's in is also really good: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f73/

Ah yes, I see you were banded in France in 2004. I think the very safest thing for you to do would be to get in touch with your doctor's practice and ask them. Did you get any paperwork with your band? It may say in that.

That having been said, there is no way I'd drink any right after it has been poured. You need to let it sit until it stops fizzing as much.

:welcomeB: Take some more time and try the fantastic Search function here (on the blue tool bar near the top of every page), I like to use Advanced Search and then search for keywords (the one on the left) in Thread Titles Only (pull down menu below the keyword box) for whatever I'm interested in. I'd suggest for this topic you search for the following terms: carbonation carbonated Diet Coke Soda Pop Bubbly I know that many surgeons say no way no how, and that lots of folks do it anyway. What I have noticed in my time here has been that many people find that after banding they simply have NO interest in anything bubbly anymore. It is true, your taste buds change. I know you are probably talking about Sparkling Wine (not really Champagne unless it's from that region in France, after all ) and whether or not you can have it a couple of months out. I cannot tell you to go against your Nut's advice, but I will say that one glass that you SIP probably would be fine.

Lindata, there are LOADS of threads around here with this topic. There's tons of good info, but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any one thing that works for everyone. For some of the other threads, scroll down to the bottom of this page and you'll find links to five threads about it alone, use the Search function on the blue tool bar near the top of the page and you'll find loads more. I mention it because if you are anything like me, when you want info, you want it NOW. I posted about this in another thread, I'm experiencing hair loss right now myself. I had experienced it in the past as well. In the past I never regained my volume (it was after my first salon perm, I lost about 1/3 of my volume) completely. I am a significant "shedder" as it is. I have been losing weight in preparation for this surgery since early February which put me at about six months of weight loss, that seems to be when most start noticing loss, at about six months into a weight decrease. They say it does grow back. I did take extra steps to prevent loss during my eating changes, I never got less than 80 grams of Protein a day, mostly I found myself 100-120 grams a day. I took my MVI's, Biotin supp's (got about 4mg biotin a day), and Calcium supps. I STILL am losing hair. They also say that anesthesia can cause some hair loss in many people. Perhaps that's why I'm losing right now and not the weight loss. I don't know. I'm going to get some Nioxin shampoo today, though. I truly do not think there is any one answer.

Here's a post from another thread that a woman who has had THREE successful banded pregnancies made: 03-25-2007, 09:56 PM #8 (permalink) fabfatgrl Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 195 I'm on my third Band pregnancies--and have been unfilled for all of them. You definitely need to consider an unfill during your first trimester due to morning sickness concerns. If you're vomiting a lot... you could cause your Band to slip... meaning you could need emergency Band surgery while pregnant. Not a good thing. See how things go during the first trimester, and then talk with your OB and your surgeon about a re-fill during your 2nd and 3rd trimester. If you've gained a lot during the 1st trimester, it may be something to consider. IF not, then probably it's best to wait until after the Baby is born. Your Band can be tightened after your pregnancy... and you won't have to worry about how your WLS is affecting your Baby. If you do keep your fill, you may also want to talk with your OB and surgeon about having it removed at 38 weeks or so... as when you go into labor... during a period called Transition (around 5 cms dilation) many people experience vomiting. (Real vomiting, NOT PBing). Once again, this is a risk for slippage.