Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

BariatricPal

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
  • Appearance

Join BariatricPal free

  • Ask your own questions
  • Reply and follow topics
  • Message other members
  • No cost, no spam

medicrn

LAP-BAND Patients
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  1.    newlife828 reacted to a post in a topic: Date ideas?
  2. I've been taking Zantac 150 daily for past 3 days and it is much better. Called my surgeon office yesterday but they never called me back. If I was stuck how could I eat And drink now without and problems? Also wasn't having problems then either. Just the pain.
  3.    medicrn reacted to a post in a topic: He Still Loves Me!!!!
  4. I did go ahead and take a Zantac and 3 tums earlier and it does seem better. Ate about 5 small pieces of steak and a 1/4 baked potatoes with salad at supper and had minimal pain. No pb. Went down well.
  5. But I am having no pb episodes. I have on other hand been under tremendous stress this week. Earlier in week I had several episodes of pb. I'm wondering now if its not just a pulled chest wall muscle. My neck muscles in front Also hurt. It's weird. Like I said I'm a nurse and it has me stumped.
  6.    medicrn reacted to a post in a topic: Please pist success pics!
  7. Also burping or hiccup produces same pain.
  8. Ok I have to Ask if anyone has experienced this. I have been banded almost 5 years and have never had this happen. Yesterday I ate a few, maybe 1/8 cup of shelled sunflower seeds. Since then I have had mid sternum dull chest pain that only hurts when I drink or eat. It is very strong then. Goes away within a minute. I am not too tight and can still get liquids and soft foods down easy. Scared to try more solid foods. I am a nurse and I know this isn't a heart attack so please don't advise me to go to ER. Just wondering if anyone has had this. I'm going to call doc Monday if it is still going on. I have had left shoulder pain if I eat too much but this is totally different. Doesn't feel like acid reflux either. Doesn't burn like reflux. More like some has punched me in chest when I swallow.
  9.    medicrn reacted to a post in a topic: Help! Weird Symptoms (slip?)
  10.    ☠carolinagirl☠ reacted to a post in a topic: Fast food and alcholic drinks??
  11.    ☠carolinagirl☠ reacted to a post in a topic: Fast food and alcholic drinks??
  12. Oh yea and taco bells beans are great too.
  13. I am on the road constantly so I can understand the need for ff occasionally. Like others I love Wendy's chili. Chicken nuggets are pretty good too. Most else I try to avoid. Alcohol I avoided while in losing stage. If you do make sure you count and remember Alcohol not only is Empty cals it also makes you care less what you eat. Personal experience.
  14.    medicrn reacted to a post in a topic: Fast food and alcholic drinks??
  15.    medicrn reacted to a post in a topic: Fast food and alcholic drinks??
  16. Will be 5 years in August. No complications! Love my band! Also follow what my doc has told me. Yes nobody is perfect no matter what they may want you to think and yea I have strayed on certain days. For the most part I've stayed on course though with what they have told me.
  17.    Destined*Lady*D reacted to a post in a topic: Taco cupcakes
  18. I do however like being on the tight side like b-52. It helps with what I can and "shouldn't eat".
  19. I never experienced banister hell. Everyone is different. I never have regretted my decision from day one. It will not take away impulsive emotional eating.
  20.    medicrn reacted to a post in a topic: Water while eating question!
  21. Also make sure your not eating or drinking within 2 hours of laying down
  22.    medicrn reacted to a post in a topic: This was not in the brochure
  23. I think it's hilarious that they think we would rather have plump fat unhealthy bodies than skinny healthy bodies with some extra skin. Who cares what they think! It's our bodies!!! Unless they are you or married to you and have to look at you it's none of their business. Plus there is always plastic surgery which I had too!!! Lol
  24.    medicrn reacted to a post in a topic: Eggs
  25.    medicrn reacted to a post in a topic: Eggs
  26. I think I'm in love!!! Lol gotta try these!
  27. You can hear it when it's emptying from small pouch to stomach. It's worse when drinking liquids. Still happens though. Almost 5 years post op.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.