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I am a very bad example but I got the CPAP machine. I used it 3 times before surgery and just called to get it picked up. I actually did not see a difference, I am sure because I did not give it long enough but I think it helped me get the insurance company to pay for my surgery. They consider it another problem related to weight.

Ragdoll is soooo right! My port hurt for over 3 weeks, I was whining and complaining the whole time. I thought it would never get better. I woke up last Sunday and the pain was gone, just gone! I could move around in bed and it didn't hurt and then I felt a sneeze coming and braced for the worst and .....nothing!!! Hang in there....it is all worth it!

It is funny now how what I used to think was "just a taste".....is now a whole meal! I was the type that would consume enough calories for a full meal just while I was cooking, and then sit down and eat. I love being banded!

I have just started to get them, they wake me up before they totally cramp so I am stretching in the middle of the night! (not as painful as you have had) I do not drink enough Water.......but I will now! This site is so great, I would be in the dark about so much without all of the support!

My doctor would not take it out during the lapband surgery, It had to come out 2 weeks before. It is too risky to do it at the same time because of the toxins in the gall bladder could cause an infection in the band. Good Luck!

Okay so I rewatched the last episode.... Ben was the one who ordered them to not kill Gin, Sayed and Bernard????Why How about when Russo sees her daughter for the first time and says "will you help me tie him up" talking about her father!!!!! weird Do you think Desmond will make it back to tell them it is not Pennys boat? There are supposed to be more flash forwards next season, I am not sure I am going to like that. Who's funeral????????? Kate and Jack after the I love you or Kate and Sawyer, Jake and Juliette??? Any Thoughts?

I do not want to jinx myself but I am on day 3 of no port pain!!! It just stopped. Friday I was very sore because I was doing alot of housework and getting ready for my sons graduation party. Saturday it was better and since then I have not had a pain. I can move around in bed without wincing, I have sneezed and not had the unbearable pain. I hope it is gone for good. How are the rest of you doing??? I hope this happens for all of us. It feels so good to not be in pain!!!!

I am eating so little now that I do not plan on getting a fill any time soon. I think if the scale stops moving or I find that me and my band are unable to control my portions....I will get one! Right now I am happy with the restriction that the band has given me. I also read on here and am realizing that "hunger is not an emergency"! I can usually wait it out a little and drink some water to control it.

I know what you mean but I now know that it is them that are in a bad place if they need to make comments like that to make themselves feel better. My MIL has food issues worse than me. She is probably 20-25lbs overweight and goes to the gym everyday, sometimes twice. Her food issues are too much for me to go into but believe me she is more troubled by food than anyone on this site!!! She once was eating the skin of an orange and my then 5 year old daughter asked her why and she said because there aren't any calories. My daughter did not know what a calorie is!!! Her daughter grew up to be bulimic and when we told her about it she said "I actually tried that once (throwing up after eating too much at a party) but it ruined my makeup, so I never did it again" She almost seemed happy that her daughter could pull it off, eat and stay thin! I am sorry....I got started on her and could go on forever!!!

My MIL likes to say " I like your outfit....it very slimming" which just means you are actually fatter than you look today!! You just gotta laugh!

The Army Dr's name is Scott but I am not sure of his last name. He assisted in my surgery. He came to my room the next day and was at my first post op appt. He is very cool! He is going back to Iraq, he said that is just part of the vacation package he signed up for!! He has been to Iraq twice and Afaganistan once. He said he worked on the good the bad and the ugly while he was there. I hope he makes it back safe!!! What a nice guy!

You are so right. the skin right above my port feels like suburn. Clothes touching it can hurt. I can not imagine a fill now ......ouch!!! The stabbing pain is much less frequent now but not soon enough for me. Thanks for the suggestions.......good luck

I use the GNC liquid protein....it tastes bad but I add a packet of Propel and it tastes great! Good Luck!

Well I have lost 25 lbs so far. I still have a long way to go. Nobody is noticing the weight loss (except me of course) because when you have a lot to lose it takes a while for people to notice. (how come they notice immediately when you gain???) I have had people say that color looks great on you and I have had 3 people say you look nice, do you get your hair cut??? I just want to scream.....no I now only have 1-chin not 2!!!! Its like they are noticing something but maybe they are afraid to say....did you lose weight So anyway my small NSV is just about my clothes that I am fitting back into and some pants that feel better....like I can breathe in them. I loved the thread "how much can you pack into a pair of pants!! I must have been packing them beyond belief!! Keep up the good work fellow bandstahhs....(my Boston accent) GO SOX

Do you think Tony got shot???? He said in an earlier episode to Bobby that you never see it coming, everything just goes black! Thats what some are saying, but then there could not be a movie. I did not like how AJ did the complete 180 within minutes!! That was pretty bad. Overall other than Phil...it was a big letdown.

Congratulations....welcome to bandland!! I am only 3 weeks out so I am not much further along than you. Just know that you will feel better, I promise!

It has been three weeks now, the stabbing pain is less frequrent but the port/abs are still very sore. I haven't told anyone about surgery but sometimes I walk like I am just leaving the hospital. How is your pain, are you still haveing the pulling/stabbing pain???

Boston.....where it all began!!!

I just started on soft foods yesterday. They still do not go down that great, I guess you have to take it really slow!! Best of luck!

Good luck Anniecakes! It is a long journey but well worth it. I am almost 3 weeks out and have lost 21 lbs! I feel great! Maureen

We are going to re-watch the last episode soon. I am sure I will have a lot to talk about afterwards!!!

I am sorry that you are in that much pain! Walk and heating pad. I wish I could tell you more. Feel better...this is the worst of it, it will get better! Good luck

I still keep getting the stabbing pain . I feel great otherwise. As I said it can stop me dead in my tracks!!! I am so scared that it will never go away!!! I am going to the doc on Thursday so I will see what he says. I do not want him to have to re-do my port but I cannot live like this. I cannot bend over to tie my shoes, it wakes me up during the night if I try to move the wrong way, I cannot laugh or sneeze. It usually hurts getting in and out of the car. It is such a burning pain....Help!

I have been getting awful burning in the port area. I was banded 3 weeks ago also, it started one week after surgery and its excrutiating!!!(sp). It feels like with certain movements my port rips away from the muscle. It brings tears to my eyes and I have to stop whatever I am doing. I go to the doc on Thursday. I am not sure if this is what you are feeling but they called it positional pain. I just hope it does not have to be removed but I cannot live like this! Good Luck, I hope what you /I are feeling is just part of the normal healing process.

I voted that I am pro-life.....I did not say I that I have the right to legislate and use police power of the state to force you and your family to live by my moral code........I just simply answered that I am pro life.Pretty simple. I do not think that I can or will change your mind or your actions, I can only control my own! I value life, I do not want anyone to die, baby or mother. I never said I want to interfere with anyone else's rights.....I just believe in life. I never said I want the mother to die for the sake of saving the baby but I know that if I were pregnant....I would die to save the life of my baby so I guess that makes me a bad person. Call me whatever you want but it will not change how I feel!