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I am still having issues getting appoitments in a timely manner. Anyone else?

I have never met with a nutritionist, unless I dont think I have. I had my last fill 3 weeks ago and am starting to.feel some restriction, I dont feel as if im in the green zone yet though. I go in for a fill with a nurse and that's it's. Also I am using tru results Scottsdale and they seem so busy it takes forever to get an appt for a fill. I guess it's just not what I had expected as far as support goes. But already I am not gaining :-)

I called and complained this afternoon. They could get me in this month at all however they did get me scheduled for my next 4 spots. I'll have to wait until August 1st for my second fill but I do have my next 3 visit scheduled every 3 weeks after that. Just scheduled ahead guys. Probably our best bet for now

Hi there. I was banded on March 23rd and had my first fill on June 26th I was still sore at my incision site and they did the fill anyhow. They numbed it with limousine first and it was not painful. I also felt like Can eat anything and still do. They thing I struggle with most is eating to fast and too big of bites and have gotten "stuck" a few times. From What I understand when you hit the green zone it will be worse so just try to train yourself now to slow down and take smaller bites. I don't have another fill until August 1st I can't wait to find that sweet spot though. Best of luck to you

I called and complained this afternoon. They could get me in this month at all however they did get me scheduled for my next 4 spots. I'll have to wait until August 1st for my second fill but I do have my next 3 visit scheduled every 3 weeks after that. Just scheduled ahead guys. Probably our best bet for now

Oh my gosh! That is awesome news! I will call today also. That k you so much

Maybe they should hire some more staff. We should maybe email corporate. May help?

My dietitian explained too few calories will stop weight loss. As soon as you are back on solid food you will take in more calories and the weight loss should start up again. 5 pounds in 2.5 weeks aint bad baby. Walking helps a lot too. I am not a gym rat. I think "gym" is just a four letter word short one letter. It gets better. 4 months post op and have lost 40 pounds. 16 before surgery and 40 after so total lost 56. Get second fill in 2 days. Good luck and keep up the spirits.

I gained for two or three months after surgery. Give your body time to heal. Once you are able to tolerate having fills, you will find that you will be less hungry as the band is adjusted to your green zone. Just follow the NUT's guidelines for Protein and portion sizes once you are off soft foods.

How will I know if something is stuck? What do I do if it happens?

To me it feels also like the inside of my stomach above my belly button where the incisions were made is just badly bruised like from the inside so yes it hurts to cough it's uncomfortable but I've been taking my pain medicine that does help walking around also helps. It's a little bit of a struggle to get up out of the chair but I could definitely do it on my own and it's the day of surgery so I have great expectations that by tomorrow by Sunday even Monday I will feel 75% better and almost completely myself. I know exactly what you mean about being afraid of waking up I think everyone has that fear naturally. When I was in the operating room and the doctor or I should say the anesthesiologist said I'm putting in the medicine to make you go to sleep I actually started crying. But they held my hand and she rubbed it and told me everything was going to be okay, I think it was just a combination of all the emotions, just everything all at once, just hit me and it's completely normal. You will do wonderfully and I honestly feel like this is the best decision I've ever made.

I feel good as well, just very very sore it's almost like when you do a really intense ab exercise and it hurts to get up out of the chair or off the couch the next day. It's like that times 50 LOL. Have been sipping Water and broth as well just little bits here and there but I'm really not hungry or in the mood to consume anything right now.
I do not have any gas either and I should be walking around more probably been doing since I got home but sleeping because I was so nervous last night and had to get up at 5 AM I just didn't sleep much. Now that I've taken a nice long nap I plan to get up and walk a little bit. My pain is back as I didn't fill my prescription right away my daughter is on her way to Walgreens now to pick it up for me and I tell you what I will not let it lapse after that every four hours just like you mentioned. The pain is no fun but bearable and I think it's completely worth it. I mean honestly I had two C-sections with my kids and this is absolutely nothing compared to that pain.

Being nervous is normal, but there is absolutely nothing to worry about. I've only had the LapBand for two weeks and I can tell you it is absolutely the best thing I've ever done for myself and my family.
Remember, haters gonna hate and bandsters gonna lose weight!!!
LapBand = Fat melting off your body and staying off.

You're telling me. I was a ball of nerves. I don't hate traditional surgery but I hate the unknown. WLS felt like that. But I'd do it again.

Thank you all. I know this is normal. It's hard to shake the nerves.