Debbie3sons

Really don't look at the needle but my Surgeon always says a stick & burn and I really don't feel it but I am terrified of needles so even if I get a blood test I have to turn my head and close my eyes lol so it only hurts a bit but hopefully the person that does your fills know what their ding my Surgeon only messed up once and I told him abut it and Reminded him the next time so no worries.

I remember a long time ago in my teens I went with my Mother to a restaurant and they had those plastic chairs well we sat on them waiting for our to go food but before we could get the food both chairs of ours the legs got weak and needles to say they both tumbled from under us we had to apologize to the resturaunt and of course we were embarrassed , we then got are food and left but even now we still feel more comfortable asking for a table and making sure we can have chairs that will hold us so we are comfortable and not have to worrie about us being on the floor in a resturaunt. even though I have lost with the band and working it.

I would ask your band Doctor just to make sure I heard and I say this is hear say so I REALLY DON'T know but if you drink too much caffeinated drinks it will erode your band so like I said I don't know how ever I do drink a glass of tea no sugar every once in a while, hope this helped just ask your band Doc to make sure if that person is alright with you asking questions I know mine is , he answers all my questions any time , I really like that.

I Stoppped in july after the first visit to the surgeon and it was hard so I drank tea with no sugar but now I cano only have it once in a swhile , however I found these ocean spray packets for my water bottles and it cures my craving , I also wasn't thinking one day I just had a craving for a slurpee so I got one then it was not good after oh ya I forgot to mention I also took two sips from a straw for the slurpee, let me tell you I didn't need to go to a amusement park cause there was a rollercoaster going on in my body all the ups and downs it felt like someone had shook me up like when you shake a soda I guess that was from the carbonation , not good I learned my lesson that day , so I really don't drink any carbonanated drinks I used to drink at least a 2 liter of soda by my self , nooooo more lol, hope this made you laugh and helped.

I use sugar free jello or sugar free popsickles I also have found a protein bar called the kind bar which have different flavors my 2 favorites r dark chocjolate nuts & sea salt & coconut with nuts this one taste just like a almond joy bar without the chocolate yum also nonfat or sugar free frozen yougurt is the best or simply natural fruit or melons yum it helps with the sweet craving for sure just make sure you can eat this stuff when your can and chew really well , ask your doctor for the band diet papers it will help you know when you can , good luck.

I am not able to eat any kind of bread or corn tortillias, but I have no problem with flat bread or lettuce wraps

What a inspiration for us banders that is to funny I love it I can wait though till I fit in a little size, good for you I bet you we're exstatic and real happy for your self , congrats.

Drink lots of water and as everybody said pickles r great , sometimes I have to have some crunch so I will do pickles ,watch eating to many sweets though it cost us a lot of money to get big and now it cost us a lot of money to help us get to where we want to be lol so be careful , but it probally is ur body adjusting and you have to train your brain to think diffrently lol that's the hard part specially on food and hunger habits, wel I hope we helped in some way.

It took me almost a mont before I could sleep on my stomache comfortabally I usually start on my side then I end up on my stomache so I did the pillow trick that a lot of pillows like siting up & sleeping then one by one I would take off till it was comfortable and that worked for my back I used a hot water bottle an some people used a heating pad , even laying on my right side bothered me sometimes and my port is on the left so I really couldn't lay on that side at all for the month , so you have to just try diffrent things till u r comfortable but the liquid meds do help so much.

I am not sure if it does either I was banded in Sept. and I still have gas it seemes everytime I eat or drink anything so I just warn people and say the band is just letting the air out lol so everybody around me is used to it , so I don't know if it ever goes away but I had Alot the first 2 months because of thm pumping the air in my stomache when my surgeon did the surgery, so I think we all deal with it in diffrent ways , I am just glad there is no more heartburn or gerd I still have IBS not as bad as I used to though , I was living on Imodium AD now I only have to take them when I get Really stressed.

Read Alex's post on planning your lapband Surgery it Really helped me to plan what I needed to take to and from the Hospital and I just stayed overnight and back home the next afternoon, then I am a side and stomache sleeper so it was hard and for the ache on my back I used a hot water bottle cause a heating pad is to soft for me , some of us slept in our Recliners the first few days luckily I have a adjustable bed but I still had to have A Lot of pillows behind me just to get up to go the restroom , hope you do good it's a beginning as we are all diffrent good luck .

I am working on this question as now I have 10 cc's in a 14 cc band and have had five fills , but I am noticing how full and stuck I get on some foods so I don't eat them any more so I am down to 224 lbs from 276 I started this journey Sept 28 , but I really quit doing soda and sugary stuff in July after my first visit to the surgeon , but like I said I had the band placed in Sept. 28th so bout oct is when I really started lol and I am still trying it seems slow but that's o k cause I don't want any back .

Mine tells me after a fill to sip the water ritght there in the office to make sur it goes down , and if it does then he says to do liquids for two days , then I can go to mushies for a day then back to solid food so I guess it's 48 hours of liquids and I still can't stand it but I guess I got used to it , since I found I like banana flavored or cookies & creme musle milk I also every day drink Ocean spray packets to go in my water bottles I really like the cherry limeade or cran grape flavor .

I try not to weigh myself till I see the Doc. then we ( Him & myself ) know wheather or not I need a fill last time I went I had lost like two lbs each week for four weeks so it was my my fifth fill and now I have 10cc's in my fourteen Cc band and I am just starting to feel a lot more restriction , believe I am really feeling it so stopping from eating too much is noooo problem at all it to from Sept to march , almost April to figure it out lol so it's going slow but it's going and that's what I care I am not comparing myself to anyone cause I did this for my self not anyone else.

No I didn't have him I had Atul Madan & my surgery was at Marina Del Rey hospital ,he also does it in Long Beach and Costa Mesa it depends on your Ins , I have heard of your Surgeon though ,,but I don't know of anyone who has had him , I live close to a surgeon like 15 min away from me but He wanted everything up front and he is in reach but I still like my Surgeon so I drive a hour away to get my fills and updates.

I also have trained my brain and my stomache, band and throat appreciate it weather I am at home or out to eat , that I don't have a cup or glass in front of me , I think about it later after my food has settled , cause if I drink while I eat I get stuck quickly and the next thing you know I will be at a sink or worshiping the porciline throne or I will have to pill over somewher to let slimer appear and I can't really call ghost busters lol so I don't have to see the glass half empty or full I am just me lol

We bandsters are all explovise in one form or another , I just hate that after I drink or eat it happens A LOT so I think everbody I know that knows me is used to it or they have excepted it so it will come & go I try to muffle the sound though lol but sometimes it's like a rattling muffler when I walk and know it doesn't stink , so I joke and say my s--- don't stink lol, but sometimes we have air bubbles that have to get out of are bands.

If I knew how to upload the pics I would maybe you can tell me how I even tried to post a pic from my sons 4 g phone but I Really don't know how, I am very computer illarate so please make it detailed how to so I can post thankyou Debbie3sons

I had to be on clear liquids the first week , or just broth , at least that's what the Papers the Doctor gave me said and so did He then I could do a little juice watered down , I don't know if your Doctor gave you the lapband diet but you can look it up on line and print it out also maybe it will help.

There r no dumb questions on this site as we all get used to the life style of eating and changing r bodies , yes u do lose weight at the begining cause most Doctors put u on a restricted diet , then some stick to the restricted diet and some ease into a more substance way of eating , I gained a little after surgery then I plateaued for a couple of weeks , then by my fourth fill I REALLY noticed a different on how much I could eat my Surgeon waits 2-3 weeks before each fill at frst he waited a month to give me my first fill so I could heal I went from 276 in july to 226 in Jan , just remember ever body is diffrent and this site is very helpful , remeber there r no dumb questions on this site and if their is something we can't really help with then u can always ask ur Doctor to make sure.

Every Body is diffrent some may never need a fill while others need more and others need less u will know when u r , I just had my 4th fill bout two weeks ago and I now can only eat the small amount before that stuck feeling starts to come over so I stop and then I know not to eat any more and I seem to be fine , but my head hunger is still there but I know it's not stomache hunger otherwise I will make my self sick.

My Surgeon also said nooooooooooooo carbonated drinks not even if it's water , he also said not to shake the fizz out or let it go flat then think I can drink it , and I used to drink a LOT of soda I really didn't care for sparkling cider or sparkling water , but soda was really hard to quit but I hd to in order to be banded and after I didn't want it anymore cause I want to be at goal weight and be able to walk without being out of breath or having to walk with a cane , I have acomplihed at least two out of the three , I can breath again and have been off a cane for bout 3 month's now and people realy pay attention when u have these problems cause their noticing I am walking better and not breathing heavy or having to stop short distances , so all this is making a difference.

I had a high bmi I was banded Sept 2012 but I have always had thyroid issues since I was 17 , it went away for a while after I had my first child in 83, then right before I was banded I went thru all the test and my inactive thyroid had came back so I am still taking the medication untill I hit goal weight , yes it's been slow however when I hit the goal weight I am going to have my pcp order labs & get a full physcial to see if it has gotten any better , I weighed 276 in july I am now at 226 and still hoping to lose more I am not rushing it tho cause I don't want the weight back on , so when I get to my goal u see I said when , then I will ask for the lab work, and my weight really flucuates no matter how healthy I eat and how much protein I get, hopefully this helped .

Wow u go girl awsome for u , now I and others know we can do it u celebrate with a piece of ur fav dish weather it be surgar free or ,protein or non fat lol i'll be there some time , so I just want to thank u for the talks on the forum and the updates .