SashaWLS

Help! I constantly have horrible, sharp, white-knuckling gas pains and I don't know what to do... I'm 2mos post op and was fine for a while, but I frequently have to take gas-x and today on an airplane thought I was going to explode!! Anyone else have this and get past it??

I get this too and am still trying to identify what the issue is... I think it's related to eating too many carbs, but I'm just not sure...

I'm stuck at the moment, too... Swallowed too quick and didn't chew enough... Right now I'm burping a lot. In a little while, if this doesn't go down on its own I'll make some hot tea to try and expand the band...

You're not alone. Not being able to eat has brought up a lot of ooooooold emotional issues. I seem to be over the hump and back to feeling well again emotionally, but it is hard. One night I was going so insane I had to go to a movie just to escape the crazy in my head!! Good luck. You'll be ok. But feel free to talk about anything here!

Get a ring tightener! There are a lot, but here's one link... http://www.amazon.com/Snuggies-Sizer-Assorted-Sizes-Adjuster/dp/B00668J39Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338936908&sr=8-1

They overfilled me at my first fill and I had to go back 2 hours later and get some taken out. When you tell them what you can or can't eat and how you've been doing, make sure you're honest!! I think I exaggerated how much I could eat, because it was more of a comparison than anything else. You'll be fine. Even that hiccup was fine. My second fill was a breeze.

I also lost 26lbs the first three weeks and then none for a few weeks afterwards. But yesterday I went for my second fill and found that I lost another 5. Don't get discouraged, you'll lose again.

Hi there... Yes, you should probably try to eat better, but the tone of your post sounds to me like you're "acting out." Feeling rebellious is natural. No one likes feeling like they've got handcuffs on, or they're trapped into having to eat a certain way. You're testing the limits... And right now, there aren't any, so you're just eating crap and feeling guilty!! Remember that this is a big change, and you have to expect that It's going to take some getting used to. Your job now is to see what it's like eating with the band. What can you tolerate, what can't you... But please, don't use the surgery as vehicle to beat yourself up! You are NOT failing at this, and you are NOT causing yourself harm. You're simply eating foods with a higher calorie count. Which is fine... You're allowed to do that. It is your decision. You'll probably lose weight a little slower, but you can decide to do that for a while. And then at some point, you can decide that you want to try and lose faster, and make different choices. This is all up to you! Be kind to yourself.

The one thing I've learned from reading these boards is that you need to trust your instincts. You may not know the band yet, but you know your body, and you know when something doesn't feel right. Go back to the doc and make him pay attention to you! I'm 2 months post-op and haven't yet thrown up. Throwing up is not a "normal" thing you just have to deal with... My first question to the doc would be to find out if there's liquid in the band, and if there is, have him remove it.

I am so excited!!!!!! I haven't been able to wear my engagement ring since I had my daughter 4 years ago. Yesterday I got my second fill and found I was down another 5 pounds and have officially dropped to below my pre-baby weight... So I decided to try it, and sure enough, it fits!!! While it was very tight at first this morning, my finger seems to have adapted around it and I can now twist it and slide it around on my finger just fine. It's not strangling me!!! I am so so happy!!!

Does this happen when you take tiny bites?

Right after surgery, I couldn't eat mashed potatoes. They were way too heavy for me. But cottage cheese, which I never liked before, was fantastic.

My doc said any 'complete' vitamin with 100% iron was good... I take Flintstones Complete, chewable...

My body is so weird right now, it's like it doesn't belong to me... Why now, after 7 weeks would I start to feel so weird??? - I'm suffering from the worst insomnia I've ever had in my life. Last week I went to sleep at 4:30 three separate nights, and this week I saw 3:30 twice in a row getting up at 6am both the next days. I'm so tired it hurts and I'm getting a sty in my eye, but yet I get in bed and can't settle down. I just lay there, staring at the ceiling. I'm not worried, or nervous, or even thinking about much. I just cannot seem to relax enough to drift off... - I have MASSIVE amounts of gas all of a sudden. I don't think I'm doing much differently, but I'm passing gas constantly and my stomach feels very bloated - I seem to have developed hemorrhoids for the first time ever. Yuck & ouch! - For some reason I suddenly feel my sternum, poking down between my ribs. WTH???? I've never felt this before. I thought I might be feeling the band, but I think the band is deeper inside me so I'm assuming this is breastbone. But Why have I never felt it before?? I haven't lost that much weight. Some, but it's not like I'm skinny or anything... - My stomach muscles hurt sometimes. Randomly. I lie on my stomach sometims and am fine. And the next it hurts. I was in a 5 hour meeting yesterday and finally had to stand up because sitting bent me at the stomach and hurt. has anyone else had this before? Would very much appreciate any insights on any of these weird issues!!! Thanks!

There is sugar free yogurt!!! I started making it for my daughter when she was a baby, and ended up really liking it! Buy a few boxes of berries, stick them in the blender for a minute, and then stir them into plain yogurt... Voila. I like plain raspberries the best, but strawberry/banana is also good. Blueberry doesn't work as well for some reason cause I can't seem to get the skins to chop up small enough...

it's kind of awesome, isn't it??

I systematically throw EVERY piece of junk that comes into my house out, and sometimes run it under Water first. My husband keeps buying crap for my 4yo daughter and I keep telling him she doesn't need to eat 6 cookies!!! It makes me FURIOUS. I hate having this in the house. I hate that he feeds her junk. I don't want to pass this down to her. And I don't want to eat it myself (well, I do, but I don't, you know what I mean)... If it's in my house, it's GAME ON. I will toss it!! If your family brings you snickers, step on them and then throw them out...

DEFINITELY don't confess. just try to get through it and don't cheat again.

Anyone get hemorrhoids after surgery? I've never had them before but I just went to the bathroom thinking I had some toilet paper stuck in there, but it's not toilet paper, it's me!!! I'm a little freaked out. Is this normal??

Don't worry about not ever being able to eat anything... I need a fill and I can pretty much eat whatever I want right now... Bread, dumplings, even a gummy bear that i chewed pretty well... I think when you have real restriction you won't be able to eat some of that stuff, but when you need a fill, you can eat... You may lose slower if you do indulge, but it takes away that "I can NEVER have" fear...

I had one sip of something lightly carbonated before realizing what I had done. SO PAINFUL!!! I had that Oh S**T moment as I was swallowing and then was in huge pain for the rest of the night... I won't be trying that again any time soon...

Well, it looks like I'm establishing a patter... Fine fine fine, eating under control, and then WHAM one day I need a fill and I'm out of control from the moment I realize it. Saturday night went out for dinner and could barely get 3/4 cup of food in... Sunday, able to eat 4-5 pork dumplings and a whole plate of lo mein... Clearly not what I'm supposed to be eating, and I think if I didn't suspect i could eat it I wouldn't have tried it. But now that I know, I'm on a bit of a tear. I think my body knows i'm getting a fill soon and I'm stocking up on last meals or something. I managed to get a grip today, but then tonight ate badly... tomorrw I will try again!

Try Cebicol (sp?) that throat numbing spray...

I don't understand the no sex thing... We didn't get our vajayjays banded, what's the big deal??

there are two issues... restriction, and overeating... at 1.5 months out I don't have restriction either. But I have found that if I eat more than about a cup or a cup and a half of food in one sitting that I start to feel nauseous, a little suck, burping... I can eat and eat, but I don't FEEL good, so at NWgirl's suggestion (thank you NWgirl!!) I'm trying to stick to about a cup of food at a time and I feel MUCH better...