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my doctor once again wants me to buy a cheap ring. it will tell me if i have some swelling going on so i will be more careful with chewing and timing and what i am eating. i told her that the first ring i put back on my finger is my wedding band. i am so hoping that on dec.27th that will be a score. i will be married 28 yrs. and would love to wear my ring. so i showed her my medi-alert bracelet that is stretchable. she said that would work too. i think i am tighter in the morning too. never gave it a thought before but i don't recall a stuck episode other than morning. weird.

Good job! keep up the good work. i couldn't do it without all the ppl on this site either. fantastic i say!!!!!!

it sounds like you have a neat doctor, who understands the band well. this is the first fill where i am actually understanding the concept a bit better and i am 6mos out. i am on mushies now so had my fav. of scrambled eggs. i fixed 3 but was only able to eat 1 portion of it. i stayed satisfied until i made a hearty chicken Soup. the chicken i pulverized. i was able to eat a cup of that and feel so completely happy. i am not afraid anymore. i was afraid that i would never have a green zone. but i do believe i am hitting it. my next app't isn't until the 26th of dec. . until than i am truly concentrating on soft signals and portion control. i am going to be a good bandster.

the weight you gain while on steriods is generally Water weight. steroids cause edema. so be careful of what you eat. really test your band stoma before swallowing food. if you are swollen so is it. hope you feel better soon.

the neck and shoulder pain can also come because of a position they may had to put your head and neck in to intubate you. take your pain medication as ordered. warm fluids may help. and walking.

it shouldn't be long. or it wouldn't be considered preop blood work. i think surgery should be scheduled within 3 days of preop orders. now if you are being tested for all the other things . i had 15 vials of blood taken out of me for the baseline on all minerals, electulytes, Vitamins etc. and had to start vit. d 5000units because i was low on that one those tests were 2 months before surgery.

I had to stay 2 days because of heart complications. the one thing i wished i had and ended up paying the hospital for one was a little fan. it made the difference for me. as for medications. either liquids or you can crush them up. i have a pill crusher and a pestel and mortar. i have never used the pill crusher but have used the mortar. now if you can tolerate the taste you can chew them up too! after surgery they will start you with some ice chips. they are still avoiding you getting nauseated and to make sure your band isnt to swollen. expect it to be. you will have many incisions. small ones and one larger one. i don't remember them being to painful. but you will have pain medication for post op. walk as soon as you can. force yourself to. take pain med's before so it doesn't hurt so much to get up. and just do what your doctor has ordered you to do. that is the best advice anyone will give you.

so jealous here. i can't wait for my weight to come off so i can do what you have done. i have fantasied over having my upper arms done. i don't care about the scar i just want to be able to wear a tank top outside of my house once more before i die. my dream. good luck on recovery and hope all goes well

i am going to post on this one. i have a great relationship with my husband. we married when i was thin. i went from 160lbs to 296 at my heaviest. he loved me all the same. he loved me when my kidneys failed, he loved me when he saw my heart stopped, he even got post traumatic stress disorder over the last one. he supports me in all of my endevers. he wants what i want and thats to live and be healthy. you deserve oh so much more than the clown you are with. love is uncondional. love is not painful. no man is worth all the tears you are shedding. i know what you are thinking right this min. if i do this he will love me again. well you shouldnt have to do anything. i surely don't know about this vacation thingy but i do realize money already spent you might lose the deposits. ask him to sit it out and take a good friend instead. have fun tear up the dance floor and you are going to find that you are still attractive to a whole lot of men. he isn't the only one in the pond you know.

i am not a veteran as you but perhaps a refresher course would help. just seeing my doctor yesterday. her suggestions are as follows. 1) eat only what fits on a saucer plate flat. eat Protein first. 2) no more Protein drinks, especially if they are replacing a meal, she said okay if i use a 100 cal. one as a snack if hungry. 3) low carb 4)low fat 5) red meat such as beef and pork only once every week. 6) don't eat until you feel full eat only the 1/2 cup to cup and stop. this gives the time it takes to send that signal to your brain that you are satisfied. 6) no eating after 7pm that includes fluids. this one is protection for your esophagus. there are likely a million more suggestions, but these are the ones i wrote down. and don't forget to be active. good luck and wish you the best

i love my surgeons pa. she only works with lapband patients and is so knowledgeable about this subject. somewhere since surgery one of the surgeons put in my chart that i had a 10cc band. so my fills have been small trying to get to the green zone. well the pa looked at my surgery report and low and behold i have a 14cc band. she said we have some catching up to do so i will see her every 2 weeks for fills. she would like to do more of a fill but i live over 2 hours away from them and if i have a problem she didn't want meto be that far away. and before everyone wonders whats wrong with my surgeon, well he moved to florida after my surgery and i have his partner now and thats where the mistake was made. so it's another lesson about your medical care, it's your own so own it. i complained about my band which made the pa look. so i am excited to be moving forward on this journey.

i think the rule of thumb is not to let a stuck problem last all day. if you are going on hours and hours and still can't keep anything down you need to see your doctor or go to the er. seeing your doctor is easier. most er's are not set up to unfill your band. warm tea helped me the most when i was stuck all day. and i really really sipped the tea. after a stuck episode it is best to stick to liquids to make sure you are not swollen as well. hope by the time you read this post you are okay.

oh man, so very sorry. i wish you well. i was just wondering if they deflated your band? if the new drug you are taking could cause vomiting i would think perhaps the band should be deflated. but i wish you well, and that the medication starts making you feel better soon

so proud of you. great job. i agree exercise is most important. it makes me feel successful for the day.

i am nervous, i go tomorrow for weigh in. and another fill. i have decided i want another 1/2 cc to see if i can be more satisfied after meals. will post whether i lost or not. this has been a rough month with my mother passing and getting pneumonia and thanksgiving. but i am back on track and exercising again without going into a coughing jag.

getting dehydrated can cause kidney stones too! but most kidney stones are Protein based. so protect your kidneys, keep your protein within your doctor guidelines and drink plenty of fluids.

agree with missy, this is call to your doctor. you do not want to get dehydrated.

i think the addiction problem is with gastric bypass. ppl drink and it goes straight to the small intestine. it takes very little alcohol to get drunk. but with the lapband, we still have our stomachs and absorb things normally.

i am 6 months out and i think i know what you are talking about. my port is on my right side. when i am walking i get a pain just like you described. i can hold my port area in the palm of my hand, its like it's swollen the size of a baseball, it makes it feel better when i give it support while walking. the pain isn't enough where i would take anything for it and it doesn't last long after i come inside from my walk. i am asking my doctor tomorrow about it. i just figured that i have belly fat that everything is resting on and as i lose, my band needs to find another comfortable place to rest in. did that make sense?

agree with carolinagirl, sometimes my first bite of a meal i eat it to fast and not chew enough and i get the same feeling as you are describing. i wait a few min's and try again with smaller bites or sips in your case and slow it down. you are still swollen from surgery. if slowing down doesn't help. some ppl like warm, not hot, warm drinks like tea. just sipping very slowly. also a ice pack may help. sit straight up and down don't slouch. and do a walk around your living room to help things move. it is rough at your specific time of recovery. hang in there.

i was asked to sign a contract stating no alcohol for the first year. i don't know how my new doctor, my surgeon moved to florida, feels about it. they were partners so most likely had same rules. i don't drink anyways so it isn't a issue for me. but i would likely treat wine, like fruit juice is to a diabetic. we just stay away from it.

boy i was reading your story and thought "that could be me". i think you really need a talk with yourself and try to remember how great you felt when you weighed your lowest. it had to feel so good. start walking and do your thinking than. at the age of 56 , same age as me, we have so many health issues we are going to face naturally that facing them thinner will be so much easier. food is just a temporary satisfaction but every pound you lose will be better and last longer than that one mouth full of cheesecake. you did it once you can do it again. i have faith. good luck and best

my doctor gave me this plan to follow per meal. 3 meals a day . Calories-300-400 protein----20g carbs-----15-30g fat-------5g sugar---5g total intake for calories a day is 1000-1200 i try and follow this as well as i can. but it seems as if my fat is always higher and my calories lower. it's going to be one of my talks come this monday. my fat intake is things like avocados, etc. not butter or oil. she also wants me to concentrate on keeping it a cup or less of food. hope this helps. .

most doctors have their area that they will put a port but sometimes during surgery they have to change their port site to another place because of your anatomy. the largest incision you have is the port incision. your port should be right there. if you have an incision that has come apart you need to see your surgeon. it is his responsibility to insure you don't have a infection started or another problem. my port is to the right of midstern and about 2 inches below my rib cage. so you see by the postings that a port could be almost anywhere. again you need to see the surgeon. good luck

i had the worst constipation in the world after surgery. what worked for me is miralax in the morning with coffee and 2 ducolux in the evening if i didn't go during the day. now i don't work so don't have to worry when things get going but these 2 things have been a life saver for me.