may23

Age: 27

Female

Married

Stay at home mom of two girls: Julia, 2 years and Hattie, 6 months.

Location: Louisiana

Nine pounds lost, 170 to go. Ugh.

Banded 8/31/11.

Hi, everyone! I'm hoping to find a friend. Someone to. help me stay on track. Basicly someone who knows what it's like to be where I am! :-)

Much older than you but I had my band in May. Will try to help if I can. This can be a tough journey and people think this is the easy way out. Hum--

I used my lap-band card for the first time over the weekend at a Sunday Brunch. I was able to pay the kid's price.

I'm not a cheap person, but it's only right as I didn't even eat as much as I saw some of the kids eating.

My hat off to the restaurant. Surely, it is their perogative to allow this. They absolutely did the right thing!

How did you get the card?

I had surgery around same time as you Just had my second fill, wondering if something is wrong with me I still fill no restrictions and I'm concerned.

I was banded on May 25 of this year. I haven't had any complications. I've had 2 fills with no success. I can eat whatever I want bread, Pasta, meats, and I can even drink carbonated drinks. I can still eat the same amount of food as I did before surgery. I weighed 232 in May and now I am down to 197. Let me give you some info on my first fill. My doctor had a tough time trying trying to find my port. He was poking and poking and poking with that needle. He finally got through. Filled me to 4cc. Well about 3 weeks later...still I could eat whatever I wanted with no restriction. So I got another fill. This time it was much easier for him to access. One stick and he filled me to 4.5 cc's which was all I could take because we tried at 5 and I couldn't get the Water down that he had me drink. It's been about 4 weeks since that last fill. I believe that when he was trying to give me my first fill he poked around so much that now my port is leaking and that's why I am still not feeling any restriction. I personally think that my band doesn't have any liquid at all in it right now. OR...another thing I was thinking about was if I had stretched my pouch. Has anyone ever had any problems like I am having? Thanks for your input!

I was suprised at six scars but the worsed was the port site, Still tender three months later but I was never oozy.

Also My surgery was in May my first fill was August/

I'm supposed to get filled on Tuesday, September 20. My incisions still haven't healed yet and I'm not sure why. Some of them still have scabs and then they fall off and have yellow puss (gross, sorry for the TMI). Am I going to be ready for a fill or will they not let me because my incisions haven't healed completely yet???

I was suprised at six scars but the worsed was the port site, Still tender three months later but I was never oozy.