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i have pcos and i have done very well with the band..i was banded in oct,and have lost 95 lbs since!!!......BUT...i do vomit a lot,and now im wondering if its because of the pcos and not because of other reasons,like being too tight,which was my first thought!!

his main office is nyu in the city,he only comes to staten island one day a month....since my surgery,ive been afraid that this would happen....i mean,i guess its ok since i am able to drink and it seems like i can tolerate yogurt in the morn and a light light lunch....after that i cant eat anything,even tho i feel like im starving!! and it doesnt matter how slow i eat or how small the bites are either...i just dont know if im too tight or if its normal. my other fills werent like this

i went for a fill last wed,drank the glass of water at the drs office....was fine...went home,had half a glass of iced tea and ended up vomiting for 2 hrs!! couldnt sleep all night,kept feeling like i was chocking...the next day i called my dr,they couldnt give me an appt until next monday!! i stayed on liquids until sunday,was able to keep down about half of the liquids i swallowed. sunday comes,and im able to eat and drink just fine!! then mon and tues,cant eat anything again!! then yesterday(wed),i ate just fine!! now today,i cant eat anything!! soo weird!! not sure if i should keep my appt or not! also,it doesnt help that my surgeon is only in his staten island office 1 day a month,which means i have to travel to nyu in the city...and pay for parking and tolls....just because i prob need a little unfill!!!

thank you guys! i got on the scale this morn and am down 4 lbs from last sunday,so im happy about that!! its just scary because after everything we go through before the surgery,then the surgery and the recovery...it seems unfair that we still have to struggle so much to lose a lb or 2!!

a heavy woman comes into my job today,a reg customer who hasnt seen me in awhile. she starts telling me how great i look and how i lost so much weight and asking what i did,so i tell her i had lapband surgery in october.she then tells me how she had lapband 2 yrs ago! my first thought after she tells me that is....that'll never be me...until i stop to think for a minute and i realize...that can very easily be me! like everyone says...until you have a fill,this is just another diet. the woman was telling me that she hasnt had a fill in over a year and prob ended up stretching her band by eating unhealthy and overeating. what she said had me so worried....i have not had a fill yet,not for lack of trying but due to nyu still not up and running after the hurricane. and ive noticed that while i have restriction all day and can barely swallow anything for breakfast and lunch...by dinnertime all my restriction is gone and i have to remind myself not to overeat!! i work 40 hrs a week and have been very active in work...so active that i dont have the energy to exersise when i get home...which is prob why im not losing much. im still losing,but very slowly.... i know that eventually everything will click into place and i'll find my sweet spot...but until then,its very frustrating!!

good for you!!! you handled what couldve been a awkward situation with dignity and class!! i hope they were mortified and put in their place!!

i had my surgery on oct5,and was suppossed to get my first fill on nov1. my surgeon is part of nyu,which is still not fully functional after the hurricane....so i havent been for my first fill yet. i feel like i have restriction in the morn and afternoon...but come dinner..i feel like i could eat everything!! i dont,but i feel like i could,so i know i really need that fill. i had a friend of mine take my measurements the day before surgery,and i am so glad i did,because i was starting to get depressed when i saw that i only lost 15 lbs since surgery. so,i had her take my measurements again last night...i lost 4 inches off my waist,3 inches off my neck,1 off my wrist,4 off my chest,and 1 off my ankle!! this was great news,actually made it seem real,like its really working!! because even though other people noticed and commented on my weight loss,i didnt see it at all...maybe my clothes were a little looser,but nothing dramatic...but when i compared the inches lost,i was stunned!! another awesome thing...today i went to the dreaded gyn,,,i have not been there since last nov...my weight last yr at this time? 268...i didnt believe it,the nurse had to show me my chart!! my weight today? 215!! woohoo!! could it be that i finally found something that works?? it sure feels like it!

that is great!!!

yes i will call. my surgeon is in nyu,which was affected by the hurricane,and still is not up and running! its weird though,after it happens,if i rest for a few minutes,it goes away and i feel better...could be that im overdoing it,who knows

hi everyone, i was banded on oct5. i work in a hardware store and just recently have been a lot more active in work,lifting heavy boxes,putting out stock,going up and down steps,etc. i have noticed that on those very active days,after like 2 hours of activity,my port protrudes! i dont have any pain,its just an uncomfortable feeling. but it sticks out a lot,then after i get home from work,and relax a bit,it goes back to normal. has this happened to anyone else? is it normal? any answers would be appreciated!

i bought sugar free chocolate,which im saving for the day when i just need a choc fix!!

hey everyone...so,i took off from work today,traveled to nyu,paid for parking and paid my copay. spent the whole day there,dr stuck a needle in my still healing port site,to see if there was any liquid in there(there wasnt)...then,he added some liquid and then took it out,to see if something was stuck,if that would loosen it)...no relief...had an esophagram and thank God...no slip and no obstruction!! just really irritated and enflamed from the vomiting. on clear liquids for the next 2 days,then mushies. i came home,had some water,and slept for 3 hrs,im having chicken broth now...my throat still feels like its closing,but not nearly as bad as it was yesterday! also,my whole stomach is sooo sore,like it was after surgery!! i swear,i am never touching red meat again!!!! this whole episode scared the crap outta me!!! lesson learned!

yes it was my reg doctor i spoke to,who has the lapband.ive been calling my surgeon since 7am,not open yet. i feel like it is stuck right in my throat. i live in staten island and my surgeon is in manhatten,i was hoping to get it unstuck on my own,now i have to travel to him,pay a copay,pay for parking,and have another esophagram!! i swear,i am never eating any kind of meat again after this!!!!!

ok, so surgery was oct5 and went for postop everything looked good and dr put me on reg food...sat night,i tried a tiny piece of marinated steak,stupid,i know!! well it got stuck and i vomited slime. the steak didnt come up tho...now its 10pm on sunday night and everything ive tried to eat or drink since has come right back up! i called my dr who said it sounds like the meat got stuck and to call the surgeon in the morn for another esophagram. my question is...is there anything i can do myself to get the meat unstuck before i see the surgeon??? every five minutes or so,it fells like my throat is closing,then it subsides for a bit,dont wanna go to the er,because i dont think they are educated enough in the lapband.

i was banded on oct5,and am going back to work on oct16....and i am so worried that i wont be able to make it through the day!!!

yea it never crossed my mind to ask doc about taking water pills after surgery...honestly,my legs and feet have been so swollen for so many yrs,that i just assumed that i would always need them!! since the surgery,i can finally see the bones in my feet...lol i am sure that once i return to reg foods,that i will need them again...but thats a question i will be sure to ask at my post op appt

thanks guys...i did call doctor this morning....before surgery,i was on 2 water pills,and noone told me not to take them after surgery....i think i was dehydrated. doc told me not to take the water pills,and ive been drinking gaterade and plenty of water today and i feel much much better!!!

my surgery was fri oct5.....ive been ok...a little gassy....very sore,but otherwise ok....until today.... everytime i try to drink something,i feel sick....had water and vomited that....tried diet v8 splash,had a few sips,immediately got sick.... tonight,i was able to hold down half a cup of chicken broth....felt sick after,but didnt vomit.. my question is....is this normal?? or should i call my doctor???

thank God its better!!!

i think people that see you on a daily basis arent going to notice your weight loss as much as someone you havent seen in awhile.....ive lost 14 lbs on my pre op diet....i havent been able to take my wedding ring off in 5 yrs and it came off easily today....so im expecting everyone to notice my weight loss!! lol only 2 people commented on it....so i decided...as long as i can see the difference(on the scale,by the feel of my clothes,by measuring)...who cares what others notice? most people are too selfish and wrapped up in their own world anyway....and i think thats why most people dont notice....lol

hoping to get in to see the doctor tomorrow....that gives me 5 days to get better

my surgery is oct 5 and a few days ago,i developed a cough....i have been taking cough medicine,but i think its getting worse! my question is....if i still have this cough after the surgery, will it affect my healing? and can i do damage to the band? so worried,i dont want to have my surgery rescheduled!!

i cant wait for the day that i can walk into a regular clothing store and buy something off the rack!!!! lol

hi all,my name is jenn and i was just searching for lap band info,when this site popped up. my surgery is scheduled for oct5,2012 and i am very excited about it. a little nervous about some unknowns,but i went for pretesting today and they pretty much answered the remainder of my questions. i still am a little confused as to why every surgeon has a different pre-op diet....mine put me on a liquid diet starting on sept 21....2 wks prior to surgery.... my starting weight,before the 6 months of doctor visits was 265...into that first month,i had some unrelated problems with my hubby,and ended up losing 15 lbs,only time i ever lost weight was when i was stressed out!! so that put me at 250 going into my 2nd month.during the 6 month round,i lost 5 more pounds. so,i started the liquid diet on sept 21,at 245 lbs....i started on a friday and weighed myself on sunday morning...down 5 lbs....i know its prob all water weight,but still today is wedesday and i weighed myself this morn....down another 4!! so of course,this got me thinking...if i can lose this much,this fast,why have the surgery???? and although my hubby didnt say it...when i told him how much i lost, i know he was thinking the same thing!! sigh,....but i know myself...i'll do good the first wk or two...then say..oh i did so good,i can have some chips...next thing i know,the whole bag is gone!! so, i will continue on my journey to weight loss the right way one thing that i find very strange on this liquid diet is....im not hungry,but i want to eat!!!!!!!(im drinking about 4 shakes a day and having a small salad for dinner...im allowed 2 cups of veggies per day).... i really think that i just miss the idea of sitting down to a meal...its weird! i can't wait for the day to come when i eat less than my 10 yr old daughter!! my goal is to lose about 100lbs,and be like 130...im 5foot 4...so thats actually a little high,but i'll be sooo happy with that! but its really not even about the number on the scale,although that will be a plus....i just want to be fit and toned again...i want to be able to run on the treadmill thats been collecting dust in my basement...i wanna take kickboxing classes....i wanna NOT have swollen ankles that make it so hard to even walk for a little bit....and most of all....i wanna be able to keep up with my very energetic 10 yr old daughter....instead of just sitting down and watching!!!