Heidi

Can anyone shed some light on this scenerio? I have had my band for about 16 months (down 83 pounds so far) so I realize that it can go through it's tight times and not as tight times. My last fill was back in early August. For about a month I've been noticed a big difference in tightness. It's like my band is too tight all of the sudden. This morning I even PB'd water! That's frustrating. I've also noticed several other things such as "acid-like" stomach/ heartburn and a few times I've had some problems breathing at night- I've woken up gasping for air. I'm sure that can't be good. I live overseas so it's difficult for me to see my doc. There is someone here that I can go to, but it's in a foreign language so I only want to go unless it's absolutely necessary! I'm going to try only having liquids for a few days and I'll see how it goes. Has anyone ever gotten their band completly unfilled before? Thanks for your help!

I'm trying not to be a baby here, but I am feeling very frustrated! I had a fill 2 weeks ago and I'm wanting to see more results than I have been. I was banded on 7/26/04 and I've lost 22 pounds so far. I also have a large sized band so my first fill was 5cc. I really thought that I was going to have more restriction than I am having so far. I had to travel to Hong Kong to get my fill and it's not easy for me to just go and have an ajustment fill! I also live in China where all our scales are in Kilos so I have to wait until I lose 2.2 pounds to see the scales move at all. I have been working out some, but I'd like to get to the gym more often. It seems that others who were banded near the same time as I was have lost more weight. Why???? Arg!!

Much better now! I haven't had any problems the past few days with heartburn. I was experimenting with eating some bready type things and it wasn't making me feel good- so I stopped that! Thanks for the words of wisdom.

Help! Does anyone else have this problem? I have been getting heartburn a lot lately-mostly in the afternoon. Sorry about the details here, but also having lots of gas. Gax-X doesn't help at all. I just had a fill recently but I've been doing well with that. I've been able to eat most things ok (even a small piece of banana bread) but I'm feeling a little restriction in the mornings. Does anyone else have this problem? The heartburn is starting to annoy me!

Hi! I have my first fill on Saturday. I was banded on July 26th in the States, but I live overseas in Shanghai, China. I have to go to Hong Kong to get my fill from a doctor who is not very experienced with giving fills. He has had training, but I have to be honest that I am a little nervous. Any advise to help calm my nerves?

Jennifer, We were banded on the same day!! How is your pain? Are you doing ok? I find that I am hungry a lot now, but I've been trying to drink more Water. I havn't had any problems with my pill, but it's very small. Good Luck!

Hi Everyone, I just got my band on July 26th. Just wanted to introduce myself. I've been researching this for a long time and finally made the big step. This site is great!