GingerRenayd2

You are so Funny! The only thing I have heard to help is gas-x.. Maybe it is the type of foods you are eating. Not sure where you are with your band? Sorry your in pain-but just let them RIP

THANK YOU!! Same to you!!

I just don't understand why all doctors do not do the fills under the flo. I know for sure if I'm tight or need more since the doctor and I can see me drink the ummy berry stuff. (NOT) then be adjusted up or down My first fill was good and then I stopped losing and had my 2nd fill the day before I started. I did not stay full for long but I believe it was do to the fact I was getting ready to start.??? But every doctor is different and they have there own way of doing things! My 3rd fill is awesome:} I think it is my sweet spot but I'm tight. I've been tight since March. You might ask???

Hey~ Have you noticed that you don't feel so run down in the heat? Today is was a really nice day outside and I think they said it was 85? I know from years past if it was that hot I'd be in front of the air all day huffing and puffing. What a difference 49 pounds can make. I was outside most of the day and I feel good:} I LOVE GETTING THIN!!!

You look really good!! I know from the smile you feel good:} Keep up the great work.. 7 more to go..good for you

I guess I'll add what I have had today... First I drank 8oz of H20 with a splash of juice for taste to get me ready for food:} Breakfast 1cup special K with 2%milk more Water about 12oz plus another refill and more ice 3 times Went for a walk and did a half mile with one dog lunch A salad with mushrooms and broken up pieces of chicken left over from last nights dinner. about 3oz of meat with ranch dressing 2 pieces of broc with cheese melted on top snack A bowl of special K with 2%milk More water with that splash of juice Dinner- 1 spoon of broc and cheese, 3T of mash pot, some meat with brown gravy?? Got from the deli store that was not real good. So I had the topping off 1 slices of sausage pizza and 2 T of cottage cheese. Went for another walk-walked another half mile this time with both dogs and kids.. I'm pretty full but kept it all down..YEA!! So later if I feel the snack need I'll make popcorn and share with my kids and 2 dogs:} I'd love some chocolate or Peanut Butter cups but my blood sugar is still screwed up today! BOO HOO!!

Okay well I am really confussed here. Every since surgery my blood sugar has been in range and as the weight comes off I thought I was done with checking my blood. Well last week I started feeling funny. I passed it off with stress since my hubby was reactivated and we are making a 1200 mile move to Texas. My husband left Saturday and we will follow at the end of the month. So I'm stressed. Okay well yesterday I thought maybe it is my blood sugar so I checked and it was 140. In past weeks/months it has been under 120. Last night before bed it was 202. This morning 160. WHAT IS UP WITH THIS? Do I call the doctor? Wait? What do I do??? I have not taken any of my meds since surgery. Has my diabet come back? Okay I will admit that I have not been eatting real good and maybe not all my fluids but I have been eatting and not sugar??? Any suggestions?? THANKS!

Ft Hood Texas. and thats another stress since I've been so up and down with my fills. I hope to find a doctor close to that area?? Any suggestions?

If you are still nausues you can have your doctor give you something to stop that.. Don't be in pain or feel sick if you dont have to.. Call your doctor. If you don't want to take something else the health food store has a mint tea that is really good. I know having surgery is no fun and thinking you were going in for a lap and woke up to find you had open surgery was a little upsetting.. Just know that this healing time will not last forever. Give yourself the next week or two to heal. Just take it easy and do not push yourself. You are young and that is on your side. For your back pain just use alot of pillows to make your self as comfortable as possible. I had like 10 pillows and my husband thought I was nuts-But I was comfey:} If you have any more questions just let us know.. Take care

I hate that fact that it has become easy for me to spit up more. I have really been watching everytime I eat to chew slow, take small bites and still after a few bites down I get this gag feeling. Sometimes if I just spit a few times not puke I'm okay?? I don't want to lose my band:phanvan HELL NO!!! I guess I need more moist foods? HELP HERE??? I real like being this tight. I am starting to lose again and want the weight lost to keep going..

I know that if I get a fill during that time of the month I do not stay tight long. When I'm sick I am always really tight. And yes due to spring time I have more flem (not sure if that is correct spelling) but some times if I've been outside in the grass the next day I'm super tight. Nothing anymore surprises me about this band..

I know what you are feeling. When I eat while talking or sometimes for no reason I'll get the hiccups but when I get the hiccups I also burp at the same time. It is a noise that is so embarrassing. If we are out eatting somewhere I just leave. I still get them but not as often after I get used to the fill -alittle more but I have never heard of anything to help. Sorry!

To get to the point where you go in and want surgery is the big step. Then you read up on everything and have it set in your mind that the band or the RNY is for me.. I just don't think the BMI has anything to do with what type surgery you should have. You have to know yourself. I have friends that did the RNY and are fine and I have friends that are not. They are thin but always in and out of the hospital with something wrong. I got the band. I lost weight right from the get go then after my 2nd fill it like stopped for 3 months. I was very upset and thought why did I not do the RNY? I guess what I'm working on saying is if you are wanting that weight gone now do the RNY, take your changes if you want to go slow do the lapband. I have read that people lose 95% not 50% of there weight over a 2 year time. I was depressed for about 3 months then got my 3rd fill and the weight started dropping off again and I have went from a size 26 pants to a size 20. So for me that is awesome.. Slow but awesome! I know my best friend did the RNY and looks great. down from 320lbs to a size 5 in a year. But she has had 6 surgerys because of problems. The lap band works different and you can read people that lose all there weight in a year but most doctors will tell you it is a 2 year program. It is a tool. You still have to get off your ass and work out or walk to get the weight off. It is no magic pill. Do I think you should get the lap band??? YES..but That is up to you.. I love the fact that I can now sit down fix a plate full of food take 3 to 6 bites of everything and be done, not like the old days where I'd eat my plate then pick off the kids plates then go for more when I cleaned up. The band will stop you or you will puke! Donali made a good point if you get the band Bandsters who maintain the proper level of restriction do not regain their weight. A good fill is very importan. If you are still not sure Ask questions. Then ask some more.

Trader Joes is awesome! They only have stores on the east coast side and they are adding more location see website www.traderjoes.com I buy meat, cheese, nuts you name it from there. If you have one by you or even a close drive it is so worth going. They have a snack called veggie bootie. It is like eatting chips but better for you. I believe it has 4 to 6 gram prot in 1/2 cup. I like to get the carmel for a snack. It is nice to have every once in a while. I get out a bag and set it out for parties and no one knows it is good for you;) Almonds are good. I eat popcorn-some don't because they are affaid it might get stuck but as long as you don't shove a whole hand full in your mouth you should be good. Now that spring is finally here Watermelon is great and very filling. I read someone was eatting it for breakfast and tried it myself and boy.. It is so good and filling. I know they make a high protien pretzel too. They are filling- my doctor told me about them. You know those nachos are good too as long as you eat more cheese or beans on them than the chip itself! Treat yourself!! The band will do its work and let you know if that was a bad idea to eat or not. And if now walk an extra lap around the block before you sit down to watch Tv:}

GOOD FOR YOU!!! I know what you mean. I was getting a frozen coke that was 100 cal but who needs that extra 100 cal. Keep up the great work:}

Hello~ I'm wondering if anyone knows how I could find a doctor just in case I need one in the Killeen Texas area? I want to keep my Indiana doctor but just in case I'd rather be safe than sorry! Thanks Ginger

Karen that is great but don't wait to get a fill to long.. In order to keep losing you need a good fill. Keep up the great work!!!

getting ready to get stationed at ft hood..

Oh man let me tell you.. I knew that my kids had the flu and I worked real hard to just stay away as much as I could. I kept washing my hand and wiped everything down with clorox wipe.. Last night around 9pm all hell broke lose. I knew I was going to puke and I was so scared I ended up calling my lapband doctor which he was great. Once the puking started it was like dry because I had to squeeze it back up the band.OUCH! Then at one point it was coming at both ends at the same time. I have maxed myself out on emodem (sp) and finally it has slowed down down there:phanvan I puked 4 times during the night and my chest feels tight. So I hope this help someone if they get the flu.. It is not fun with the band. Next year I think I might get the flu shot??

Hello~ Just remember this is your healing time. Your body will be adjusting to the band and if you lose GREAT but if you don't-do not get upset. Most people don't really start losing weight until after there first fill. If you have question post, Drink your Water and get in all your protien~ GOOD LUCK!

No drinking for rest of the night. Imoduim for the diarrhea. And Compazine which was a suppository for the tummy pains. To be honest nothing helped at first. Today-Monday I'm feeling better but my chest is still killing me. I'm going to spend the day in bed.

Okay I have a pretty tight fill right now. My kids have the flu-puking ect.. What if I get it? How will it come up? HELP!! Should I call the dr to get something to stop it? HELP

I keep reading more and more questions about the fills and I'm in the same boat..What is the perfect fill? I am on fill #3 and I'm up to 3.0cc. My doctor only likes doing his fills under the Flo and I'm so glad:D I can watch how slow or fast the drink stuff goes through the band. My 2nd fill was 2.6cc and I thought for sure it was my magic spot but it only lasted 10 days and it was like I woke up and it was gone:eek: Don't get me wrong I had some restriction but I only really noticed it when I ate fast or something was to dry-(Pork.) I was for sure I had a leak. Yesterday I had my fill #3 and he pulled out 2.5cc. That made me feel so much better, since on my 2nd fill he only pulled out .75cc. I still don't remember what he said the other .75 cc went? I was just in shock... :P This is how my doctor explained the fact some of us might need a small tweak more often. We have fat. We have fat around where they put our band and as we lose weight that fat will go away. So we will need to have the Fluid in the band taken out and then put back in to be tight again. Like a balloon that has been blown up and sat around for a month. It gets loose but if you untie it-take out the air and blow it back up it is like new again-TIGHT! I understand now! I guess if you have not had a fill-I strongly recommend you ask your doctor to do it under the flo so you can see... My doctor charges $60.00 for in office fills and to do it in the Hospital under flo is $180.00. TOTALLY worth the $$$. I know there are lots of you on here that get fills in the office and that might be why you are only getting .5cc at a time. They don't want to over fill you!!! I have not been losing much weight since my 2nd fill. I have really been fighting the scales to just move :huytsao I am losing inches I started out in a size 26 pants and I'm buying 20-22 now! I know after Christmas I had a hard time getting back on track. Everytime I turned around I found more chocolate to eat:cry Then next was Valentines day:cry But I am back on track finally:) I have lost 2 pounds last week and now with this new fill I hope to get the scales moving again..200 here I come! So I hope this helps someone... Take care

Thank you! I was banded 10-8-03 and an stuck at 38-40pounds. I have been hard these last few days/weeks on myself about why I did the band and not the RNY. I have done everything the doctor has told me to do and still I'm stuck.. I have posted before and SOME people on here have judged hard and made me feel like that fat kid.. NOT TODAY! You are so right! HEY WE WENT UNDER THE KNIFE TO FIGHT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE- IS GOING FOR EXERCISE THAT BAD? Your speach had made me feel moved. You have such a great outlook on why we all are in the same boat. Thanks for your support!

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