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im so sorry to hear that gwen (whitepants). But congrats on another 2lbs loss.. dont let this sidetrack you.. stay strong, and remeber all the good talks and time you two have had as a blessing.. Just think your friend would want you to continue in your journey and he now has a close eye on you (kind of like a gaurdian angel) If you ever need someone to talk to remmber you always have your fellow bandsters!

I like the way you put that... (dont worry im not checking grammer lol) Maybe those last stubburn pounds will come off easier:confused:... who knows.. I still haven't stepped o the scale in fear of what it will say.. i figured it would probably be wise to just wait to find out with my surgeon at my post-op/fill visit in 6days!! (at least if i gained he will not yell at me and reassure me that it will be ok.. that the way he is...) I know ive had quite a bit of an appitite and the worst part is my family keeps making my favorite irrisistible polish dishes.. But i eat till im satisfied and not stuffed... thats one thing i learned with the band that i can practice even unfilled... I have been feeling like i have more energy now and want to actually go back to excercising but i can't :thumbup: damn restrictions.. at least i can go walking... I return to work on thurseday, and boy i cant wait.. Who knew i would miss work that much.. And theres only so much resting and relaxing a person can do without getting bored!!! So im going to enjoy today and tomorrow with some tanning and walking... Sorry im babbling on and on.. but im in such a good mood..:thumbup:

i actually didnt have the usual gallstone issue.. my gallbladder just wasn't working.. it wasnt releasing the bile like it should.. this would cause pain afer i ate. like 30-45min after eating .. i didnt have the typical syptoms at first but then all the sudden i got bad and fast within 5days i was in the hospital having emergency surgery because i couldn't keep fluids down. (not band related!!) So trust me you would know if you had a problem...

HAHAHA:lol: Ya i figured i can treat myself to a couple things that i cant eat when im filled... like french toast:tt2: and i wont weight myself till i see him either later this week or beginning of next.. Hey ive been good for 16mths i can be bad for 1 wk right?!?!?!?!:confused2: Thanks ladies... And good luck on your surgery adorkable!!! Luckily my surgeon was nice to me and used one of my old incisions... But a forwarning to you you the 3 small incision on the abdomin dont hurt. the bellybutton on does!!!:teeth_smile: but it gets better!!!

So i had surgery on wednesday to have my gallbladder removed... Luckily it was the same surgeon who put my band in.. But the bad part is that he unfilled my band completely.. The first two days were ok but today all of the sudden i have the bottomless pit of a stomach again... I wont be able to get filled until the end of this week or early next week.. What would you do to make sure the weight stayed off??? I never realized how much of an influence the tightning was until i was unfilled.....Its easier to control how much you eat when you dont have the bottomlees pit stomach.. ****Yes i realize healing is more important right now***** And another question.. to those of you who have been unfilled before how long till you feel restriction again???

The funny thing about my situation is i didnt have any gas pains after the banding surgery.... But i just had surgery this past wed. to have my gallbladder removed and my shoulders are killing me.. Left more than right.. I finally know what everyone is talking about and biy am i miserable... So when do they go away.. ive been doing the walking.. im about 3days post op:eek:

Thank you ladies for all your kind words... I was admitted into te hospital tuesday night for dehydration., my surgeon, already had a room waiting for me when i got there and he also got me a private room.. fancy.. i had surgery on wed. at 4:30 and it was an 1 1/2hours long.. I got home yesterday and today im feeling a bit better the only thing that hurts is the damn bellybutton incision!!! and te fact that im so lightheaded... But all in all everything went well!! One downside to the whole thing is that he completely emptied my band !!!!! and i cant get a fill fo almost 2wks... which sux.. and i just know ill gain weight but oh well i guess my health and healing well comes first...

thanks carol... i know ill feel so much better and its all worth it.. and im well aware of what they are exactly doing.. i have complete faith in the surgeon and i also know its a simple procedure.. but surgery is surgery and it just plain is freaking me out.. lol.. im planning on going friday.. as long as i can tolerate liquids and keep myself hydrated if not Dr's orders go to hospital asap.... (hopefully it wont come to this) Ill definately keep everyone updated.. everyone is so great and supportive on this board..

I definately see where you come from and you are definately not alone in the lets take a break mode.... I definately have been doing that the past week.. (although i do plan on being at goal with ps done by my B-day in march exactly 2wks after my bandiversary Its more of a im completely stressed out and cant deal so i turn to my old evil friend food; actually its more of sweets to be exact.. But luckily Dr. Shayani (aka the band he placed) luckily has his hand on my shoulder letting me know enough is enough and i cant eat no more.... But to update you all I most likely will be having the surgery sooner than expected... I spoke to my surgeon today about the nausea and vomitting ive been having since friday and he said that if i wanted that i could even come in tonight to the hospital and have the surgery tomorrow in the am... But as long as im tolerating liquids he thinks the longest i should wait is till friday and no longer..... He said he will trust me in making my own judgement... And wants to hear from me if things get worse even if it is a 3 am :eek: I am so very grateful that i have such a awesome Surgeon and would trust my life in his hands... But im still terrified about all of this

Thanks tammyj... Besides the gallbladder i feel great.... How Have you been doing?? Im actually going for the surgery at the end f Aug after my vegas trip... As long as these symptoms dont keep getting worse and worse... Today i developed a new symptom of nausea... By the way, haw was the gallbladder surgery??? I'm a little nervous about it.. the good thing is that the surgeon who did my band is going to this one as well.. so i already trust him.. and i know its laprascopic... In how many days did you return to normal activities, like work...??

Try Fiber... benefiber.. no taste and can add to almost anything... a lot of narcotics cause the evil constipation deal... You can also try plum juice... it tastes a lot better than prunes!!!! Thank You by the way.. i am very happy with the weight loss so far and am celebrating wearin 14/16 instead of 24/26... I also find i am a lot more confident and willing to act myself around strangers... I still have the problem of my mind catching up with my body.... like when i went shopping my mom handed me some stuff and i was like are you kidding me i wont fit that its too small and sure enough it fit:tt2:

Actually its not for sure that i will need to get it removed.... i guess there a couple of different options.. As far as it being connected to weight loss... Hmmm... Intersting question... (im not a MD im just telling you what i have heard from various MD's) Well as far as i've been told is that Rapid weight loss can affect the gallbladder but it usually is a concern to gastric bypass patients not band patients.. So no need to worry, i will definately try to find out more. But like i said it is more of a Gastric Bypasss patient concern... I really didnt have the rapid loss.. its been pretty much a steady pace... Ithink it was bound to happen and it is a functionql problem.. For all i know it could've been there all along just asymptomatic until recently when it decided to give me some signs... lol:eek: By the way rosi, hows the fibromyalgia.. ?

Well i have both good and bad news... Turns out that my gallbladder, in fact, is not function correctly... So in a way this is both a good thing and bad thing... Good thing is i finally know whats been bothering me the past 3 months.. Bad is that it most likely needs to be corrected with surgery.. But i thought i would give everyone an update...

thought since i hit the 100+ lost marker i would put up a pic.. im now down 104lbs.. <a href="http://s231.photobucket.com/albums/ee242/JeniM85/?action=view&current=260185.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee242/JeniM85/260185.jpg" border="0" alt="2post-16post"></a>

Name.............Current......Goal.........To Go Bunkey1965......205..........189...........16 CQQlgirl............200...........180..........20 Cadets71.........231...........219..........12 Dreamsize8.......216..........190...........26 FeliciaLevy75....257.4.......240...........17.4 Gayle21...........190..........175...........15 Jeni 85............183...........169..........14 (start wt. 189) Laura bough......210..........190...........20 Liz_hager..........166..........150...........16 MMarg.............216...........199..........21 Newhope4me....163.6........150..........13.6 NukeChik..........227..........197...........30 Scrappy_friend..222...........200...........22 TexGirl.............198..........180...........18 Thininside28......271.5........245..........26.5 Wannabthin......199...........179..........20 Im down 6lbs!!! I also decided to put our list in alphabetical order... i know im weird... lol:lol: I think everyone should put thier start of the challenge weight as well .. it will give everyone an idea of how far you've come!!

Hey Rae, from what i see here you have only been banded a little over a month.. don get discouraged yet...It takes multiple fills before you reach that sweet spot to where you are losing wieght.. In the meantime think of these things -how much am i eating? -do i drink with my meals? (at least wait and hour after meals to drink) -hows my excercise? -am i making healthy food choices? -Am i eating protien first? -Do i get my daily recommended serving of Water? -Do i only eat when i am hungry? -Do i listen to my band when it says stop? -Am i grazing between meals?snacking? These things are all very important to being successful with the band.. I am 16mths post-op and still find myself going back to the main guidelines when i hit that plateau.. Best of luck to you.. as far as the fat flush diet i have never heard of it.. and was curious to see what it is as well..

i've been on the metformin for about 10 days now and the scale is doing wonders for me.. i feel like i have a lot more energy with less appitite... since monday the scal has gone down 4lbs!!!:scared2:

:biggrin:Congrats!!! Let us know when you get your surgery day... When i got approved i had surgery 1.5wks later.. because my one insurance was expiring on my 22nd birthday so we really had to ush things along.

i was just basing it off my own expirience, i always had to drink the barium whenever he did my fills under fluoro.. (i only had it done under flouro twice) I'm pretty sure each dr has thier own way of doing it.. my drfigures if he aleady has me under the fluoro he may as well have control over the amount of fill i get.. As far as finding the port, the only time had a hard time was for my first fill.. And he said that it would get easier with each fill as i lost weight.. And the second time he did it under fluoro was 1 yr post op to check if everything looked ok and to control the amount that flows through my band because i was having heartburn issues

First of it all welcome to BandLand... Next , id like to start off with stating that its a mater of opinion which one is better.. I think that Flouro. fills are good in the sense that the surgeon completely controls how tight your band is based off how he see the barium flwing through the stoma.. But as far as im concerned i like the regular fills just fine.. You have to be able to listen to your body and band and you decide on the restiction.. Im pretty sure that for newbies some surgeons will decide by only doing a little everytime until they hit the right restriction.. but it realy depends on the Dr. Me and my dr. have a pretty relationship in which he trusts my judgement on restriction level.. But then again i am 16mths post-op GOOD LUCK on your journey and let us know how your first fill expirience went!! (by the way dispite what you might hear it really is quite a painless experience)

i CAN FINALLY join you in the 100+ lost !!! officially on July 15 ... Im so excited.. It only took 16mths but i made it!!:cool2:

i fit into size 14 jean shorts!!!

Go ahead and post it on the general forum, juli i dont mind I think it would be interesting to see the resposes.. (and also if you dont mind post a link on this page to the thread) So i saw my surgeon today and well he decided that i should hold off on the fill for now... at least until i get my health issues better.. He also asked me about my symptoms and whats been going on.. I told him everything and he pressed on different ares of my abdomin and said that he thinks my gallbladder is fine and also he thinks that these issues are all related to the pcos because of the fact that when he pressed the area that hurt me it was pretty much the location of my uterus/ovaries... Basically he is going to help me find a good gyn. in the area which he would recommend. And wants me to see them within the next 1-2wks..(this should be interesting trying to find an available appt.) He really is a Dr. who goes above and beyond his job description and cares for his patients.. But on the bright side im down 102lbs!!! 20lbs more until i start the process of looking for a Plastic Surgeon!!:frown:

This is also one of the reasons.. there are many reasons behind it.. all that matters is that you cant have them because its for your saftey... they want the environment to be as sterile as possible