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Thanks! I give them a call

I just moved here and need a fill anyone recommend good dr for fills? Cost? Contact info? Thanks!

Banded dec 22/11. I lost 70 lbs not at my goal wt. I have only 3.5 in my band and have sever at time reflux. I would like more restriction but really WTs is eating around band. I went back to those empty cals in sodas. Before you say it I knw! The reflux is and was there with or without sodas. I cannt eat late and vomit some times All this said I am still very happy with my band.

Pure Protein has a drink Ina can 35 gm protein. 1 gm sugar 170 cals low carb. At trader joes. Or online. 199 a can. So the Cosco Protein Drinks of equal Val's still better price. Nice to know another low sugar high Protein Drink is available

I drink half a Premier Protein shake then the other half after. Water with work out and that's 30 gma of Protein

I take Biotin every day with my multi vit. And have not had this problem at all. ?

I do love my band! I was asked this question yesterday by my daughter and said the samething yesterday after she heard me burping and then running to bathroom. Yes it has some side effects but I'm down 70 lbs since dec 2011 I feel better look better and I'm off bp and coloestrol Meds. I still have reflux at night but did I say I look good. Ha

I've also been struggling with nighttime (waking me up) acid reflux. It started after my last fill. Since I'm happy with my current restriction' date=' I have been struggling to get it under control so I don't have to get my fill taken out. This is what I've been doing: taking Tums and Prilosec, propping myself up in bed, restricting my diet (no caffeine, no chocolate, no spicy foods, no cooked tomatoes, no onions, no milk, no cheese), changing my diet (I've added greek yogurt, bananas, almonds, ginger tea, and aloe vera juice), and I don't eat or drink anything at least three hours before bedtime. It is slowly getting better - frankly, I think that my band got really angry and irritated because I wasn't used to the new restriction so it took a while to get it under control. The most important "correction" for me was not to eat or drink anything for several hours before bed (even water). Even if I do everything else right, if I break this rule then I will have a miserable night.[/quote']

Same here after a fill I did everything like you too. Especially no eating drinking after 7 pm. I thought it might be band losing up but stopped taking the chews before bed and it started again. Good luck! I do not get in fills unless I'm unable to enough nutrients or Water. I figure if I had choose the other op I would just have to adjust my life to it. I also knw the more you poke holes in the rubber port the more likely it will become defective. Just my way!

No back pain but I choke and throat burn terrible it happens in middle of night. I tried everything raised head of bed , nexium increase, all the over counter Meds that use to work but don't now then I tried this with tums it works for me

Dawn I was same way but try to sugar free vanilla ice coffee at McDonald's it's very good and 120 cals one last me several hrs sipping and has all caffeine I need for a day

I drink coffee now after band since I gave up sodas. I did give up caffeine for a little over a month and noticed that my band gets a little tighter when I drink coffee if I don't make sure to cont to drink my Water.< /p>

Could be gas pain but left rib area is also gall bladder pain area check with your dr and try taking gas x strips with pain to see if it stops pain. I had gas pains on left but not so high

I have lost 60 lbs and eat very now fat diet still have increased cholesterol some people are below bmi and still have bad levels.

Have had sever reflux at night and now I chew 2 acidophilus and 2 Tum it has helped a lot. nexium didn't help. I still every once in while still wake up with it but not much.

My DR recommend always getting fills by Dr I have invested to much money to have a leak in band. And I have heard lots of people on here say they have pain a missed fills by Pa Thanks for the phone number and info!

I still have this mind set and. Pay for it I am trying to train myself to eat several small meals but my mind and habits still want eat a full meal in one sitting. I am so use to over eating that even knowing I will be running to toilet I will still keep eating. I fill full but I want to finish my food. I bought smaller plates to help with this a cup bowl and small dinner plates help me have it measured but I really should be eating even less.

After my last fill I have been very tight I think bands are very picky different times of day changes in weather alsorts of things change what and how much I eat. With every fill only two so far I have had to eliminate foods from my diet. I can not eat hardly any type of meat no matter how it's cooked well, I can still eat most sea foods. I tried drinking a green smoothly the other night and up it came i couldnt eat or drink anything else that night I drank it at noon next day no problem I seem to get tighter at night most people are tight in mornig? No rymhe or reason to it sometimes.

I have had exact same thing 2 cc 1st fill and 1.5 cc second it's been a month now and just now able to eat any solid food past one or two bites. No more meat for me. I am holding out I don't want to go get unfills just eating a lot of Protein Drinks Soups ect testing out some foods as I go

6 fills /unfills is pretty good amt. after my surgery insurance changed at my co and the do not cover any fills so now I'm self pay. My dr lowered Amy to be paid to 50 a visit so just ask most dr do give a break to self pay

I love the shakes blend with coffee so good. The bars taste ok but cals are a little high

I do the same Nwgirl. One chew a day and I keep track on my fitness pal usually eat more than 100 percent cal with the chewable.< /p>

I am going to Mexico in June. cosmed clinic with Dr Quiroz. He is licensed in California also He charging me 4' date='000 for lower body lift!! Good luck[/quote']

Please do keep updated on this! Hope all goes well. Great info!

Sounds like you close to green zone but not yet there. Not sure if you had fills yet but I go in and out of that green zone area a lot before and after fills I've only had two fills which is pretty good since I was banded 12/22/11 I have lost 55 lbs so far. I get very tight after fills I only have 3.5 cc s in a 10 cc band so far

I needed at least 3 days there is some pain after surgery and anesthesia I could have gone back then but have physical job so dr didn't release for a week and then with some restrictions on lifting I have heard of people with desk jobs going back after one but it was very hard on them. Good luck to you!

My dietitian specifically told us that we were NOT to count calories...only to make good food choices (SF' date=' low fat, high protein), and determine portion sizes by volume (3 oz Protein and 2 oz of carb) for every meal. We NEED Calcium for proper nutrition and bone health!

From my experience, there are 3 factors which have slowed my weight loss: not having enough free fluids, not having enough calories (you should know what your calorie weight maintenance number is, so you are able to stay well under it), and not having enough Protein. I also hit a plateau every 10-12 pounds, where I will not loose any weight for a week, though I remain compliant with my diet. Very frustrating, but I know the routine now!

As always, making sensible food choices is essential for success. When you have too few calories, your metabolism goes into a sort of hibernation mode, and slows down. Weight loss is about making your metabolism work with you to burn the calories. [/quote']

I too plateau every 10-12 lbs just have to keep going with it and then it starts going down again. I eat around 1200 and have a cheat day of upto 1500 cals helps keep me sane.