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Ok. This thread had me laughing but this cause me to spew Water onto my phone. Thanks Guy!

I broke out my wader boots about 6 posts ago!

The men as they lose weight......

Just a thought. Is sagging boobs not a positive??? Think about it. You literally get to pick yourself up off the ground every morning and start a brand new day. I would think there's some motivation in that somewhere.

Hello everyone!
Until I hit puberty, I was as skinny as a rail. Once I did hit it though, I gained weight and kept it on. I guess i was never really "fat" even though I was called fat by classmates and the like, but I've always been bigger than I wanted to be. My mother passed away after a brief battle with cancer last year, and that sent me into a really bad funk where I gained a lot of weight. My wife and I also welcomed our first child near the end of 2012. It was certainly time for a change.
I started this journey at 6'1, 349 pounds. I lost 10 pounds leading up to the surgery, and have lost another 20 since my surgery, which was at the end of June this year. I am currently at 319 pounds and heading in the right direction. I look forward to interacting with you all and sharing the experience together!

You trying to say if it was a group meeting you might be feeling with both hands???

Oh boy this thread could go so deep into the gutter lol. I'm trying really hard to behave but y'all are killing me! LOL!
For the record, at least we can once again see our "kitty" after losing our huge guts- which pairs nicely with you guys having bigger junk!
...I still miss my boobs though. *sighs *

Hey Guy, if it is true we just may have to start a new kind of LapBand results forum.

I don't see that specific section on the website

So unfair! You guys get bigger junk and all we get are smaller, saggy boobs!

I do hope you get it fixed soon. Best of luck to you.

I have never experienced it but there are those who experience tightness in the morning and those who do not. I am one of the ones that feel tight first thing in the morning. Also, I hear some people feel band tightness when they are stressed out. I think the only thing we all have in common is we are all banded (those post op anyway) and everything is individually based.

I have flown many times and never had a problem, even with coast to coast flights.

I had lap band surgery Thursday September 19th and everything went awesome. I had very little pain after leaving the hospital and used very little pain meds. My surgeon put 2cc of saline in my 10cc band during the surgery. I didn't feel hungry at all! Monday the 23rd I felt extremely tired and just wanted to sleep. I thought well everyone says the 3rd and 4th days after surgery can be hard. At 6:45pm I started to vomit. This went on every half hour like clockwork so I thought I had better call my surgeon to be advised as to what to do. He was not helpful and asked me what I wanted him to do from there!!! I was floored as I never saw this side of him in all of my previous meetings or following surgery. I am an hour away from where he is as I live in a small rural town. I decided after at 5am the next morning after vomiting/retching for such a long time I needed help so I went to the local ER and so glad that I did. It took a great nurse and PA to get 2 1/2 bags of fluids and a serious amount of nausea meds in me to get me to stop. They told me the stomach flu had been going around. The PA called my surgeon that morning and said I needed him to see me later that day to make sure my band was okay. I went to his office and I was so weak and tired. He took all of the saline out of my band to allow me to get more fluids down and said that everything looked good otherwise ( blood work, incision sites etc) I went home and slept for an entire day and then started feeling better. I am now Hungry all the time. I can tell nothing is in my band. I am calling tomorrow to see if I can get a fill right away although I have to tell you I am so nervous about it after being that sick. Has this happened to anyone else? Am I going to have to do liquids after my fill and for how long..... I am ready for food!!!!!!

I'm going threw the same thing with my husband. He does not support me. And I'm getting surgery oct 16th. I'm ready to make a change. Its not about being skinny its about being healthy. It hurts he does not support me but I know I have to do this for me.

Then she is not much of a friend at all ... She might feel threaten b/c she can compare herself to you & think she is thinner ... She may be the type to try to sabotage you.

Wow that's awful that girl said that! What makes her think you don't already steal the spotlight!? Ugh people makes me so mad with comments like that.

I remember feeling this way, too, pre-op. A mixture of high hopes and excitement and fear of what the band might mean in terms of change.
Six months post-op and I have never regretted my decision. What a wonderful change from my previous "diet mentality." Freed of the black/white thinking I used to have (I was either "on plan" or "off plan"), freed of feeling hungry, deprived, frustrated and angry at myself and my food choices.
I'm hardly thin yet, but I love looking in the mirror now. I love knowing that what I see is only going to look better and better. I love my energy level, my fearlessness, my self-confidence. So much has been restored to me by this decision.
Welcome to this forum, where people will carry you along this wonderful path. May your next five days pass quickly...and on to the other side!

I am new to this forum and getting surgery in 5 days. I am beyond excited an anxious. I can't remember the last time I felt like myself or was able to be able to stand looking at myself in a mirror. I can't wait to start this journey and see where it takes me.

Thank you so much for your support. Your words mean more than you'd know.
She had surgery on 7/2/13 and, immediately following the surgery, felt great. (She lost 85 lbs in 2 months). She was shocked at how little she could eat or drink (only a sip of Water every 10-20 minutes) and was told that was normal, that her new pouch had to stretch a bit. She never seemed to be able to eat more and then, as she added solids, she started to have unbearable acid reflux and vomiting. She couldn't go a day (and sometimes a meal) without vomiting.
She had an endoscopy about 6 weeks after surgery and found out she had stomal stenosis. Basically the hole from her stomach to her small intestines was tiny, too tiny (most likely from scar tissue building up from the surgery). She had to have the hole stretched via endoscopy. She had that done and was beginning to feel a bit better. Then, 9 days later, she had horrific abdominal pain. She went to the ER at 10:00 am and found out she had sepsis, which is a leak of bowel matter into the bloodstream. She passed away just after midnight.
There's no doubt I'm on this mission for the both of us. Each and every pound lost means more today than it ever did.
Good luck on your journey and count your blessings!

My friend's daughter also passed away from Gastric Bypass. She suffered complications immediately afterwards and never recovered.
I know we often hear anti-band arguments, but I just can't get around how drastic and invasive this procedure really is.
I am SO sorry to hear of your loss. Just to think all she wanted was to be healthy.
Please, in her memory, live your life to the fullest. Lose every other pound in her name. And may you see the band as the gift that it really is.
Again, so sorry

Most people feel some discomfort with their port especially in the weight lost phase, the port can also shift poisitions if you lose a lot of weight and get more noticable.
To minimize any discomfort, wear loose clothes that does not squeeze against your port, and don't lift very heavy things at least the first year, and sorry I have to say this...but keep your sexual positions in a way that it does not put pressure on your port area especially in the first year.
The further out you get the less of an issue it becomes at least for most.
If the pain gets unbearable, or the port area gets hot, red or swollen, please call your surgeon.

I never realized just how much I have let my HEAD HUNGER contribute to my weight issues until exploring having the lap band surgery and now being on the 2wk pre-op diet. I crave the salty Snacks that have been kind of a comfort for me when I have been stressed out. You so are not alone! I have been a huge Water drinker and that does seem to help but you are right it is a habit just like smoking.... wanting to chew on something for the taste!! I use Altoid minis cinnamon flavor just for a little something different than gum. They are low in cal and no carbs....