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My sentiments exactly. Not sure why the drs have all different rules when it's basically the same concept

I'm a vegetarian who eats seafood- except lobster-that's personal preference. The seafood thing is new to me actually.

Um there is no fancy word for you, m1amam lol

Right on Cawanna

Hello, I wanted to start a thread for vegetarians/pescatarians/vegans, so we can give each other meal ideas!

This is awesome info! I'm def gonna pay attention next meal!!!

Hi!! I'm in Douglassville! (Reading)

@honk- i dont rely on cheese as my only food choice- in fact today I didn't have any- Sometimes i just really want one- to which the surgeon who performed my surgery said was a good choice.

@missy- yea you're right! Wtf would he rather me eat processed lunch meat than a veg burger?? Eff that- I've been eating them with great satiety! I totally needed that .25 fill- what a world of difference!!! He kept saying about how I'm limited being vegetarian almost as if I would say "o screw my ethical beliefs, give me a side of beef just for you"??! @Jean- Don't kick a doggie!!!! I'll give you the address of that a hole and you can kick him!!! This idiot has a blog and everything-

Thanks everyone, I felt like such an idiot when i left, until I told my husband and he shook his head in complete disgust and said it's ridiculous, and go with the other surgeon at the practice. I have an appt in a month and want to go with the other dr. That's gonna be akward, however i was thinking about going to the one I saw today and say "after the last fill I feel fabulous, I really knew I needed it". I have now 5.25 in 10cc band

O yea I even told him "ok im confused, if you are supposed to chew your food to the consistency of applesauce, doesn't EVERY food become the same..ie veg burger or cheese or whatever" He says it;s different, yet never suggested anything other than beans that i could eat- I tried to explain that the veg burgers i get are not just vegetables smashed together, but are soy protein...couldn't even finish cause he interrupted with "yea,I've had them before" what a d-bag He should have asked me what other vegetarian "meats" are out there....

So i went to get a fill today, cause I'm hungry every two hours no matter what rules i follow. I get there and the surgeon (who I've only met once to give a two second unfill and send me on my way in nov.) asked what I was doing (meal wise) on a daily basis and interrupted and started talking about how i shouldn't be drinking caloric liquids- NO ****!!! Then went on to tell me I'm chewing too much, and my veggie burgers aren't a good choice for protein cause they are "just pieces mushed together" therefore breaking down and moving through my band faster.!!! Not only did he comment on how I'm "really restricted" on my food choices for being vegetarian, he says cheese isn't big enough particles (his words) to stay in the band but beans are a good choice because the skins remain in my band and help stay full longer---Ok?!!?? So i have a stomach full of bean skins instead of a mixed cheese wrap with tomato and onion?!?!!?!?! He gave me .25cc and of course said "I don't think this is going to help"...O really a-hole??!?! I feel awesome with the hunger now- despite leaving the office in tears feeling so beat down and like a big loser!

I have an appt tomorrow in the am thankfully!

Oooo thank you everyone- i thought i had no hope!!!

O really?!?!? Thank you for replying- I've been feeling really upset about this, thinking they can't possibly do less than .5cc!

I got 1cc before Thanksgiving, and that was too tight, so got .5 taken out. Felt much better, now I'm hungry every two hours despite my best efforts. Was wondering if I should call the dr and see if less than 1/2cc is going to make a difference?

Utsa- yea I'm doing all that- i just think i need another tiny fill-thanks for replying

I have 5cc in 10cc band the (new) dr said he has plenty of room for more cause he didnt get any back pressure when he filled the port (before the unfill). I thought .5cc was the smallest fill possible,now im reading that's not true-which is great! Maybe i can just get 1/4???

thanks i think i'm gonna call dr tomorrow, being hungry every 2 hours just isn't right

wow weird!

Thanks, Sage, i've never been this frustrated with the band,i love it, but being hungry every two hrs is just plain ridiculous. I'm not at all an emotional eater and eat plenty of protein etc, i just think less than half a cc is like pointless, i got the 1cc right after thanksgiving or around there ( my mind is retarded tonight) then that was wayy too tight so got 1/2cc taken out

o wow what did it feel like when the port flipped?

its like im fine with the hunger for a little then it changes...am i gonna have to get fills every other month for the rest of my life?? if that's so, im getting bypass, eff this should i get another fill? i can't even handle another .5 cc!

I follow the rules and still end up being hungry every 2 hrs so sick of this...had 1cc put in a few wks ago, then .5 taken back out...i dont get it

sounds like a good plan- i've been struggling with being hungry between meals,but i'm realizing I'm not balanced enough like yours!