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Mine is just above my belly button when I lay down it goes just under y faint scar and when I stand it is just above and I can feel it at certain ties when I bend but it doesn't bother me and I show the surgeon where to feel when he goes to give me a fill and he laughs each time cause I can feel it and he just searches to make sure he gets it right the first time but I like where mine is cause my bra line is just above and if I eat to much I get a bad left shoulder pain snd I a in pain for about 15 min and I don\t like that.

I really do think our bands are tighter in the morning I can do cereal if I chew real good each bite , but if I try to eat any kind of egg I will hurt in 15 min, so I just mostly either do cereal or a Protein drink and and that last me like forever of course I do drink water all day if possible but I do try to get something in the afternoon if not then for sure in the evening just my cup of food and that's it as I don't like to hurt at all .

Make sure and write down everything you want to ask your Pcp and let them know how you have been feeling and like I said see if they can lower the dosage or what the othe person said about the patch also you might try the musle milk or core protein ready drinks to get your protein in, I have been doing kind protein bars they have some tasty ones it does have just a bit of sugar I think 5 grams but I like those when I am feeling blah and don't want to eat or do anything , but I hope they get you on the right track also I just went for my well woman visit and my Pcp did more labs on me since it has been a year so I will find out if anything is wrong or good soon,

Everbody is Right our minds just need to catch up with our bodies I still haven't bought any clothes cause I still am scared to however people do notice more than me but when I take pics I am like really is it just the different mirrors or is this what I really look like I hope that is what I look like cause then I just go with it cause I know what I couldn't do before and what I can do and how my clothes fit now cause they have to be taken in or how they start to fall off lol so look at yourself you will know what other people r seeing even if we're not.

Most of us have to take r multivitamins and some kind of supplements to keep r streanth and musles tight so they don't get weak cause we can get weak or dehydrated fast so I know of a few and that's why most of us do protein shakes , steamed veggies and other protein foods to keep r musles up.

Their right don't worry about being a (Debbie Downer) Lmao cause we r here to healp each other no matter what I do like the more positive tho as in yours , mine & others weight loss and how we still learn things about each others journey being banded , and I hope you do find things that help hope you get better and stay healthy but do try to remember you have put more years on your life just by changing your eating habits so kudos to you and remember at least you wake up every morning and and r more healthy now than you we're before & keep smiling remember people will wander what your up to or in our case down to lol but do keep posting whatever .

Maybe the doctors can lowerthe dosage till u get used to the meds, you have been thru a lot in this past year so try to stay positive and keep up your weight loss you have done great take more calcium if you can ithis may sound funny but see if your grocery store sells pre natal vitamins over the counter and take what it says it may help with the hair and nail situation even if your not pregnant I know it makes your hair grow fast and your nails get stronger iI haven"t taken them for 16 yrs. as my youngest is 17 now , but I think I am going thru menapause cause I am , my pcp and Mother r noticing things I am going thru & doing uh oh lol.

If it doesn't get better in a few days or another week you can get a little unfill I also noticed I can't do certain foods anymore I tried to eat a grilled chicken breast and found out not any more but I can do the dark meat as it is more moist and no tough meat for me at all also no tortillas,rice or some breads if it's bread it has to be really toasted and I still have to chew,chew and chew before it will go down so I try to avoid them as much as possible.

Did you do the 2 days of liquids after the fill and give it a week and see how you feel I get the same feeling sometimes and I have to take a couple of REALLY SMALL SIPS after I eat but I give it 15 min I think that is the green zone I started losing again my last fill is Really letting me know not to eat to much at all I have 11 cc's in the 14 cc band and I am knowing when to stop cause I get the tightness in my chest and throat so I push it away and say I am done, cause my son made a comment a few weeks ago that I was becoming Anarexic cause I would over do just that last bite and end up having a bad stuck episode for 5-10 min, so I know now to Really stop.

AZ Gary is right I did 2 protein shakes (musle milk) a day and a huge salad with lemon & distilled vineagar for 2 weeks yes I also got really bad headaches it was y body adjusting it does get better I also drank a Lot of water with a little lemon so I would stay full then when post op came around bout a week later I was crying and had a break down cause I wanted food and my family would be cooking so I would smell the food and want some but I payed to much money to be healyhy so I just went to my room and had my Jello,pudding or popsicles and just took my meds and cried and went to sleep cause to watch TV it seemed like all the commercials or TV shows had mentioned food but you do get through it and it does get better and when your able to eat solids only have a bit or you will get REALLY uncomfortable I will be a yr, end of Sept. and I just found a Protein drink called Core that has 26 grams of protein their pretty tasty and will keep you satisfied for a bit , but I still like musle milk cause it is lactose free as I sometimes have problems with some dairy. good luck and I think you can take Tylenol.

Well u have read about me having to ask for a table so we could fit I went to dinner with some friends and we got a boot I actually set in the middle and it was good , so I toatally know what you mean .

At leat your almost to goal however you r doing awesome and look faboulous have you noticed and keep taking those pics you have came a long way good for you keep it up .

I thought they didn't use staples for anything any more for anything I thought they used the tape or glue or even used the disolving stitches.

They don't need to purchase the book they just can look up pre op or post op or even the 5 day pouch test like you did and start from there if they REALLY WANT to try again it will get them back on track as we bandsters shoud know by now or for the new ones they can do research as you did before starting this journey about getting the band and what Doctor so sometimes I just go back and read my papers to see if someone ask why I don't eat that much and how come I drink so much water lol and I show them then they say WOW that's not much and ask me if I get full and I tell them most of the tie as the water keeps me full and I don't take but maybe a couple of SMALLl sips if I can after I eat.

I am almost a yr post op and I always carry a 16 oz bottle of water with me I work customer and retail service but I have to constantly drink my water and you can add crystal light if u want to but Ijust add lemon most of the time or I have it plain as it keeps us hydrated so we don"t get dehdrated and have to have fluid put in us with à i v so I would .

It is normal it is just your body adjusting it will be a while before it calms down then sometimes it will still rumble you will get used to it.

you know what you have done and are doing so just keep it up cause your doing good and make your choices right , have a good time .

LOL., I would say I was rolling with laughter but I don"t even have to roll any more just to get up off the floor as I can finally get on my knee"s to get up

Isn"t it nice when things fit not just clothes lol I so know what what u mean .

If u can do it so can I way to go u did it now what r u doing to reward your self post the pics so we can have encouragement even tho you have encouraged so many and not just a happy dance reward yourself and you worked hard I guess r little tool does help lol.

Just MY experience I did a pre op for a month it was 2 shakes a day then a small meal for dinner then for the 2weeks before surgery it was 2 shakes and a big green salad for dinner with lemon juice and a bit of white distelled vinagar and that was it , u can look up online about the pre op or post op for lapbsnd hope this helped as I had to look it up that's how I knoew.

My surgeon says liquids for 2 days after a fill and he makes me drink water in the office and wait for 10 min. to see if it will stay down and I know my fills loosen up after that couple of days agin that's just my body.

What I was tryin to say was sometimes we want to try something then it just doesn"t agree with r band but we try and then we know but so sorry that it was a awful feeling and episode for u but just do ur shakes and stay on liquids for a day or 2 and hope you feel better glad u didn"t have to go to e r what a learning experience we"re going thru to be healthy n the long run , keep doing what you have been doing cause you have been using thee tool u were given the right way and it shows.