michele39

Well I 'only' had to lose 70 to get to normal BMI so of course I had to self pay. I consider myself a low BMIer. I can eat anything or drink anything and I dont chew obsessively...BUT...I can only eat about a half a cup of anything at a time. My husband teases me that I eat so little I am a very cheap date! I can order a regular meal in a restaurant (come'on, girls we all know those portions are for an NFL linebacker, but we know we have eaten them!) and take the rest home and live on it for days!
I LOVE my band because at the right fill level it absolutely prevents me from overeating. I have never dieted, counted calories, eaten diet food or low fat food, or exercised since I had the band, Hell, I had done all that many times before and failed or should I say succeeded in getting fatter everytime i lost then regained the weight?!
I definitely eat and am more than happy with tiny portions but people do notice it when I eat with other people and I just had to get over that feeling of being judged. I didnt tell anyone except immediate fam that I am banded so I think my friends who see how little I eat think I am starving myself and maybe they even think I am judging them for eating the whole restaurant meal. I used to feel bad about that and would even overeat to the point of having to yak to try to cover how little I would eat...I dont do that any more I just dont care what people think! Getting to that point was probably the hardest thing about having the band. I went from a size 16 jeans to a size 6...nuff said!
Juicy, good luck...thanks for friending me and dont listen to people who say its about following the rules and living at the gym (if we could do that...) its all about restriction...fight till you get your RIGHT level of restriction!! After that, its a (tiny) piece of cake!

This happened to me also!! Then I got 3 cc fill and still no restriction! Called doctor and bumped up my next appt to Monday!! I just watch what i eat very carefully!! Haven't lost or gained staying the same! All we can do is hope that once we get to our "sweet spot" it will all begin to click
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I am finally home!!! feeling pretty sore today got shoulder pain. I a walking aroound alot though to try to releive the pains. boy it sure was scarry having complications with my heart. Delayed surgery 2 days. had to have echo and stress test which by the way the stress test hurt bad, they injected me with this chemical that made it feel like i was having a full blown heart attack, very very uncomfortable. but all tests showed my heart was strong so they preceded to do surgery yesterday morning and i am home today. So glad to be home 3 day stay was too long for me lol.

I am new to this site need some buddies to go through this with ! Surgery set for may 2nd anyone else scheduled in may???

I am also tomorrow!!! Good luck to you
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I had a sleep study done. It is to see if you h e sleep apnea which is when u stop breathing in your sleep . They have you stay overnight and hook up a bunch of wires to you and then tell you to sleep ! Ya right you don't sleep much!! Anyways I do have it but my surgeon is ok with it he said they just needed to know so that when I am under they do some things differently not sure what exactly . He also said once I loose the weight it most likely will go away on its own!

I have Aetna, they appproved me quick also, less than a week, Surgery is May 2nd!!!!