superslim

Hi I'm 7 weeks out of band to sleeve revision, I was at my goal weight with the band but it had slipped, since then I have gained 22lbs I was dhydrated before and had a terrible time, everything is great now except I'm hungry, my insides were in a terrible state with gastritis and esophigitis, I desperately want to get back to my goal weight and lose this hunger feeling, does the ghrelin affect come in at different stages?

Hi in my experience a 1cc fill is quite low but necessary at the start, are you swallowing too quickly? Even Water is hard if too quickly, try to ease liquids down by sipping until you get used to it, by that time swelling should disappear until the next fill, this is quite normal in my experience, but everybody is different hope this helps.

Hi I have been banded over 1yr now and have reached my goal, a fantastic journey also I have been on fluoxetine (Prozac) sertraline, I have noticed big difference whilst banded as I'm currently off meds, these meds made me crave sugar I have no doubt about that, I'm pretty restricted because that's the way I like it, I prefer not to feel hungry all the time, I also noticed whilst on meds that i would drink beer a lot, this expanded my stomach as normal which put pressure on the band like an extra fill, for hours the next day which also made me not eat at all until the swelling went down which meant I wouldn't put on weight no matter how much beer I would drink, since stopping the meds I have noticed I don't crave sugar and alcohol, and that I have more of an appetite which is great, and still retain my normal weight, all in all I'm very happy with the whole procedure but feeling much better now because I'm off the meds.