Debbie3sons

Bread is a no no for me unless it is toasted right , and I have experienced that full feeling , I know some people can not have any bread anymore , bread is starchy and will fill you up and expand quick,

For me personally I don't even try to eat for 4 to 5 hours after as I don't like to hurt myself I get pains still in my shoulder and back , so I just wait , I can try to drink something slowly like sipping when I was first banded , if that goes well then I know I can eat or drink a protein drink but I do have to wait about a hour or 2 before I try to drink , maybe this will help and it depends on the time of day also as my band is tighter at different times and sounds funny but on the weather also.

I personally liked the banana baby food on mushie stage but that's me, sugar free jello ,pudding and popsicles got me through.

I personally liked the banana baby food on mushie stage but that's me, sugar free jello ,pudding and popsicles got me through.

Realyl , how smart was to point that out , like you don't look in the mirror everyday , if you see her again then just say well I can lose the weight but you will still look same and we can't change ugly lmao so don't let it bother you cause you took the step to get healthy but that lady will still be ugly in her ways of thinking.

Realyl , how smart was to point that out , like you don't look in the mirror everyday , if you see her again then just say well I can lose the weight but you will still look same and we can't change ugly lmao so don't let it bother you cause you took the step to get healthy but that lady will still be ugly in her ways of thinking.

Hope you ate before u went so you don't get so you don't get hungry , or at least had a Protein shake with you lol

Febuary is tax time that is great for people to try and save for the trip as some of us have kids and xmas is just around the corner, I think 4 days should be enough but then again I guess it really doesn't matter , so she needs a census to book the cruise people I am going to try and save sounds like fun and to meet people in person tags with our banded site names lol.

It also took speaking for me only 5 fills to really feel restriction , and I really do now with 11 cc's in my 14 cc band so I am losing the right way and eating food but there are some fods that I just can't eat at all or I will have problems and I thought about my 3 fill I had noticed when to stop , but no I really know now cause I get a lot of signals that say you are going to hurt if you eat that last bite so I don't, so just be patient , it was not one of my virtues , but with being banded I know now I have to with drinks and food .

Just to let you know some of us have had second thoughts , but we got though it and if there are any complications we call our docs. to make sure , also about your insisions why would you push on them , you just had major surgery and are recovering they put air in your stomache and if it is sore it is cause they pulled on muscles that you haven't used in a long time so if you want to leave , leave , but I have found very informative information on this site from a lot of bandsters good and bad and maybe you should talk with a Psych for your mental problems and habitual over eating I know some of us have maybe that will help , like I said if you want to leave , that is your choice , as I make mine, wich was to be healthier, physically and mentally.

I also had low blood sugar that I didn't know was happening , then I got banded and it does happen once in a while so I get a kind bar and eat that cause it also has protein but not a lot of sugar or I eat a piece of fruit for the natural sugar it has , as Miss73 said tho ask the doc. but try eating a piece of melon or fruit and see if it help I didn't have to do insulin or pills tho so that's good.

Like many of us I had went with my cousin , her kids, mine and my brother to Disneyland, and everything was going great I have a bad back with degenerated, deterring discs , and I am almost 50 so I said while I can get on the rides let's go , needless to say I got on one ride and had to get right back off cause I was to big for their safety bar to close and it wasn't a fast ride either , so that was kind of scary , to know that I couldn't fit in a ride or the thought that I would have to walk with a cane the rest of my life just to hold my weight up, how ever I no longer walk with a cane and I can move quicker than I used to.

As someone here said their are a lot of great people on here and there are questions if you need to ask just from men in the mens room . as we ladies have a room also , then their are other groups you can join also , so welcome to our bandwagon journey and good luck to you.

Talk with your Doc and ask Him, if he can do a barium swallow and flouro then he can see everything that is going on , then he can make the decision as he isw the one who operated on you,

I don't know what to say about all of you , just that I was laughing so hard I had to pee lol thanks for the smiles this morning.

It does suck for the government employees as all of us weather we are in govermemt or not most of us just try to make ends meet and if you don't have two incomes you struggle , this really does effect everyone , they don't think it does but it does as I work at a grocery store , but if our customers don't have the funds then they don't buy as much and when we get slow they cut hours to save labor cost so then I don't get hours and make money, I hope you can actually get hours and get help from some where to help you at this time.

I would not let anyone but my surgeon do my fills as he is the one who Operated on me so he knows where my port should be , when I went last time he was having trouble finding it and asked me if he ever had trouble before and I told him only once as I show him where he should feel then he finds it right away with syringe in hand and ready to fill , but last time he also did it under fluro so I don't let anyone and wouldn't trust anyone else anyway,

Loose fiiting attire like a night gown or sweats extra pair of underwear and don't worry about a bra just something to cover you and a heating pad and ask for the pain meds that they give you after cause their is pain when you try to get up the few days after and take it slow and heal some of us had to sleep in our recliners I had to have my hot water bottle as I had bad back pain after and I had to have a lot of pillows behind me when I got hoe so if I neede to get up to do anything, and when I was in bed same thing but as I progressed I could take a few pillows away to sleep when I was in bed and I have a adjustable bed so I hope this helped.

Changed my profile pic , you can see it I think if you click on it , I tried to upload a booty pic but I am having trouble uploading it I go to choose profile , choose it then nothing so when I can post any I will , but my profile pic is the latest.

Look up costumes for your size now and it will direct you to different nice cheap places and if you have a Part city store then you can make your own out of stuff they have or buy one , I really like the Carrie one you posted as they re did the movie it is just coming out , but originals are so much better like Linda Blair in the excorsist , hey that's a Idea , just have to get a white night gown and do the make up lol.

If you had a barium swallow , they should have explained why they wanted to take all the fluid out or you should have asked I just did 2 barium swallows in 2 months and my Doctor never did it before so I asked him why he did a back to back barium , now I have to do another one just for precaution measures but if I don't want it then I don't have to , but he says he checks if you are almost a yr, banded to make sure nothing is wrong , but I have not heard of him taking all fluid out , maybe some , to make sure there's fluid but then puts it back in , but not all, so you might call your doctor and ask wh?

Was she on this site and what was your wife's band name and are you learning about the band , wow she was in pretty bad shape , I hope she gets better and things are ok after all this , never wait that long again to get her help , but I am glad you came to us for advice , again Thankyou for keeping us posted and for supporting your wife.

Even though you are a long term bandster we say just (JUMP) lol on the band wagon and keep it rolling and moving , start with the pre op or even the 5 day pouch test or post op and you will start again to get there and there are a lot of good helpful supportive bandsters on here as well so welcome back,

I am almost a year out and have noticed y cups and straps falling off so I need to get measured so I know what really size I am but someone said I need a push up cause they do sag lol , my boobs hang low but I can not tie them in a knot so I guess that's good lol.

SOON I HOPE LOL