Debbie3sons

I am right behind you lol I have lost 66 lbs and have posted some pics I am glad to know that it is also going slow for u I don't feel so alone thnx for that however I am sooooooooo Happy for you ,keep it up I know you just want to yell out I have lost 77lbs yoo!!!! hoo!!! I was banded at the end of Sept.

Not from long each cali but I am not far fro ther as I live in Orange county calif, but I know y Surgeon Dr. Atul Madan does soe surgeries there at long beach but I had my band put in @ Marina del rey hospital & I get y fills from him in Costa mesa though and he has been good to me, but I am sure u could proabally find someone from long beach also there are support meetings @ placentia linda hospital on some mondays in placentia or Brea calif i am pretty sure it is Brea calif.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW IT IS A DISEASE , HOWEVER IF YOUR ON THIS SITRE THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW IT IS A DISEASE WE JUST LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH WHY AND WHAT WE WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH AS WE ALL (BANDSTERS) HAD TRIED EVERYTHING POSSIBLE AND FOR ME MY THYROID WAS OUT OF WACK SO I GOT THE BAND AND STARTED WORKING THIS TOOL TO HELP ME I ALSO WORK EVERYDAY AND STAND ON Y FEET FOR 9 HOURS SO YES BEING OVER WEIGHT FOR SOME NOT ALL IS NOT A CHOICE ALSO IT IS CONSIDER A DISEASE CAUSE SOMETIMES WE DO NOT IDENTIFIE THE REASON UNLESS A SURGEON OR DOCTOR CAN IDENTIFY IT ALSO.

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I eat a lot of melon like watermelon and cantelope , sometimes oranges and app;es if the app;es are peeled and sliced cause they have their own naturuall sugars so that helps a lot cause I still crave sweets so instead of candy,cake or my other vice I quit was my Soda I can do the fruit or melon in place of the soda or candy it helps.

Everybody s giving you great suggestions and I also get the salads at subway I used to be able to eat the flat bread and sometimes I still can but I eat only a bit and take he rest for later or give it to someone in my family and they eat the rs sine we can only eat a little so if you can tolerate the flat bread that is another choice but I do really like their salads & I get the veggies and chicken put in it.

It is probally musle related but good thing you called your Doctor ,since we are not the Doctors but I know for me after surgery I had a lot of pain on my right side and texted my Doctor to see if it was normal and he said yes it was cause it was a muscle probally pulling from surgery that we don't usually use cause it hurt and tugged when I tried to get up from laying or sitting , still Great that you called your Doctor.

Keep it up, good to hear.

If your getting bullied at work if you have a union call your union rep or go to your actuall boss if you r comfortable enough to go to them and let them know who is doing the bullying and let them know or someone hire up ,we don't like bullying .

It took me two years to figure it out cause I had a couple of people I know that had it done and I wanted to make sure that's what I wanted I also watched how it affected them in eating and mind set it's not for everybody but u REALLY have to set your mind for it since your on this site try the Lapband diet pre op for 2 weeks and see if your ready and DON'T CHEAT, then try the post op Diet it sucks both of them but before you know it , then you might have lost weight on your own and then talk to your Doctor or the lapband surgeon to see if you might be ready or ask if you might be able to see real life people that you can talk to that have had it done and their pics of before and after it might help , and I hoped this suggestion helped.

wow haven't seen you on here in a while , however I am glad the band was helping before this happened but hopefully it goes right this time I am glad you r feeling better and thanks for sharing as we know somethings go right and some go wrong but always take care of your self, how did it twist though I can understand the slippage but twisting not good ouch.

No I go to Dr. Atul Madan, but I tried to go to Dr. Oliak but my insurance wouldn't cover what he wanted so I had a co worker/ friend suggest Dr. Madan and he is real good ,there have been negative articles about him, how ever all of his patients that I know and have seen do well, so ask any questions to any of these doctors and find the right one for you and don't let them shrug you off either a good surgeon will be there for you at any time .

I wore some baggie shorts , after I wore a Loose fitting what they used to call a moo moo dress for a few days like 4 to be more specific then I was able to put the shorts back on it really doesn't matter what u ewhere to the hospital for surgry cause they put u in one of the hospital gowns any way for surgery , it's what u want to be comfortable in on the ride home and something Really Loose fitting is better and take a small pillow that the seat belt will fit over cause u will have tenderness on ur stomache.

Every once in a while but It does go away not sure what it is or if we do to much , however if it doesn't go away then Iwould Text or call my Doctor to make sure I am fine and see what my Doctor thinks .

I have lost 66 lbs since the end of Sep. 2012 and beginning of Oct. 2o12 I say that because I was banded Sept.28th and out of the hospital and back home Sept 29th.

Look up Dr. Madan he is Really good and you can tell him that Deborah Welch refered you he is in Long beach Costa Mesa and I think Los Angeles also he has a E mail , Facebook and you Can find out numbers for him and he will listen also in Orange county is Dr. Oliak he is also pretty good but I prefer my surgeon Dr. Madan.

it is hard but you have to try and reschedule your eating like if woke up in the morning and had your protein shake or your small breakfast then your breakfast before or after your shower a hour before you go to work I used to work 2-11 pm and sometimes I would work till midnight , I am on days now but sometimes they will put me on nights ,but like most people in the day they have their meals you just have to be upside down and it also sucks cause then we're tired after and go straight to bed wich is a problem cause all the food just sits there over night also I would pack a luch either for the week or for that night that way you know what you want to eat for luch then you can just pick something out , it is hard but we just have to eat small meals like some Diabectics have to eat every half hour we are suppose to eat 5 times a day but just our small portions well good luck you'll figure it out take your breaks and take a few bites .

The belching never seems to go away and we bandsters have to eat REALLY slow or we get (PB) productive burping also I have noticed if we don't drink enough or eat our very small portions like a protein drink or protein bar or even keep our water on hand that we have A LOT of air that wants to escape , so it does happen I am 10 months out and have lost and yes it is going slow but I have noticed these things about the belching or even the gas oh my sometimes just a couple of sips or just a bite of something seems to cure the air that wants to escape.

I tried to eat the flat out bread but it has to be warm for me to eat I did try to eat it making a sandwich but I got stuck and slimed bad so I don't eat but maybe a quarter of it so I don't do it a lot cause I don't like getting the stuck and slime episodes again that's just me some people can do carbs and bread I just don't

Yeah for you now post some pics of you before and after if you can and be proud of what you have accomplished I am trying to be patient but patient was never a virtue to me lol , so that is one more thing I am trying lol, but I (only) have 80 more to go to goal weight. and 16 mor to onederland so here I come.

It REALLY is about portion control wich is hard , however and this is just MY expeience is that I do a lot of protein first and then veggies but I do stay away from the rice cause for one it swells inMy band and will make me slime so I don't do it I also try to stay away from some carbs not all just some is harder for me so I don't do them of course I have 10 1/2 ccs in a 14 cc band ,so do what you think is best for you and I don't use fitness pal as I stand on my feet all day for 8 hours.

Wow that is great I was banded in Sept ,and haven't lost but 61 lbs so hopefully it is still going but slowly but we r doing this thing.

Look at the lapband post op diet and it will let you know , cause you r healing right now so as the other person said I would call your doctor and like I said read the post op diet instructions it will help.

Wow that is awsome I also was banded Sept 2013 I have only lost 61lbs & have 80 to go for goal weight,so let us know how you did it oh by the way my actual band date was Sept 28tth 2013 hope I will get there.

I also like to read the positive & negative I prefer the positive butwant to know what happened to the ones that had coplications so if any thing ever goes wrong or doezn' t seem right in the way ( I ) feel then I will text or call my Awsome Surgeon right away