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I called Emilio at Dr. Gomez's office and asked him if they would take care of me at no additional charge in the event I needed to get unfilled (if filled too much) or filled more if I did not have enough of a restriction. I also asked if he removes all the saline that is in there now before doing the fill and he said that they do, so I am glad to hear all of this. Thank you all for helping on this matter and for your great advice. This is what is so gret about this site, I wouldn't have thought to ask those things myself, thanks ya'll.

Thank you all for being so caring. What would I do without your support.

Marsha, Thank you, very much for the info, I will make sure to slap on some lipstick before I see him. I was reallly nervous, but you have eased my nerves. I am scheduled for March 1, I hope to get some restriction, because with the way my life has been going I have been stuffing my face with all sorts of things, I even managed to drink a coke last night, It was a horrible experience. I have gained five pounds in the last week and I am so terrible disappointed with myself. Hopefull my fill will give me the restriction I need. Who is Dr. Jesse? Is he a bariatric doctor, is he your doctor? And if so, why isn't he doing your fills? Just curious. Talk to you later. Thanks for the info.

Thank you Kelly, I too hope I can fly away soon, and escape my horrible cocoon. Love,

Zoe I have to confess some more, I had other pieces of chocolate on Friday, and Monday, the kids had their V.D. parties at school and I didn't want their candy to go to waste so I ate some of it. You know funny thing is that I wasn't craving any chocolate or sweets until there was a thread on chocolate that I read last week and now I can't get it out of my mind or mouth. But I promise I will start eating healthy again. Thanks for the encouragement and I want to let you know that I finally found a Dr. that will fill me here in Florida, so I am scheduled to get filled on March. 1. HOORAY!!!!

I am glad to hear that it is safe to do it without flour and that some of you have done it successfully. I would much prefer to have it done under flouru but budget does not permit at this time. I will call the doctor in the morning to make sure that he does remove the saline that's already in the port and Donali suggested I ask what his procedure in case I am overfilled and need to be unfilled or in case I don't have restriction that he take care of me at no additional cost. What woud I do without you guys. L,

WOW, WOW, AND TRIPLE WOW, everyone looks amazing, just amazing, keep up the good work, all of you look fantastic, just fantastic, can't wait for me to drop some more weigh, I haven't been doing good, cause I've been cheating, cheating there I confessed, I sat in bed and ate three pieced of Godiva chocolate on Valentines Day, I am so bad.

Donali, thanks for the information and for the great advice to ask the doctor, you hit some very important points, I am calling the doctor's office back and getting my answers before I head out there.. YOu are wonderful, wonderful, wonderfulllllll. Love,

Tara do you have a phone # for the Cleveland Clinic? Have you consulted with any doctors there and is that where you are planning to have your fills? What is the cost of a fill? Are you excited about going to get your band surgery? Who is going with you? Don't be scared it is not painful, just be very careful to follow your doctors instructions to the Tee... I learned the hard way, took a bite of some food when I was supposed to be on liquids and boy did I pay for it. I was really sick after my surgery, I got very swollen and couldn't keep anything down, last month I started reminiscing about my surgery and I rememberd my aunt gave my mom some home cooked tamales and my mom gave me a bite of one, she said a tiny little bit won't hury you, well it did, that's why I had so many problems after I was back home, so please be sure to follow your doctor's instructions. Let me tell you something funny the hardest thing for me has been that I can't drink soda, well on the plane on the way back a little old man that was sitting right next to me asked the flight attendant for a glass of coke, OMG did I suffer, I could hear it fizzle while she was pouring it, and I could smell it, it was tough, so let the old men that are sitting next to you that they have to drink juice, so that they don't tempt you...

You are right Kathy, LBT is the best. I finally have band sisters in my home state. yippi....

Hi girls, I am in Florida too, I am so happy to finally find someone that is closer to me, I was banded on November 4, 2004, I am still learning how to live my new life as a bandster, still don't have too much experience, but I can assure you that there are many wonderful people on this site and they have tons and tons of good advice and have been very caring with all of us here. I consider myself very fortunate to come across this site, because I couldn't have done it without their support. I am glad to hear there are other bandsters in Florida, where in Florida are you? Tarafeena, so you have your surgery scheduled for Friday? Where are you having it done? Are you close enough that I could come visist you? Well hope all goes well with your surgery, I will keep you in my prayers, let us know how it goes. Love,

Yep, I entertain my kids with all the noises I make, but what they love the most is all of my burping, I do it so much that sometimes I forget to excuse myself, but my little 3 year old reminds me, "mommy, you didn't say excuse me", that's what I get for teaching them manners, lol

You all will have to give me a crash course on sushi foods, I have only had it once, I craved it when I was pregnant, I saw a movie where they were eating sushi food and I couldn't get it out of my mind. You are not supposed to eat raw fish while you are pregnant, but I spoke with my ob doctor and he said that if I had a small amount of it, he didn't see any harm in it since I was really pregnant by that point. Well my husband and I went and it was a different experience, I didn't overindulge wanted to keep my baby safe, but it was truly delicious. My husband also enjoyed it until that night when he got very, very ill, he was sick all night and the day after so he swore that he would never eat it again so we never go, but I will have to try it again, sounds delicious..

Hope all goes well, take care and keep us posted. Love,

I know what a barium swollow is, but I don't know what flouro is, the last time I got a fill, he did it under some kind of x rays, I could see the band and when he did the fill, I could actually see the liquid going into the band, I guess I will let him decide how much I should have, because right now I don't feel much restriction and so I have been kind of eating too much, I have managed to maintain my weight loss, but I am disappointed that I have not been albe to lose any more weight. I am now wearing a size 12, so I am extremely happy about that, I have roll over hang over the top, but my rule is , if you don't have to lay on the bed or jump up and down to zip them up, they are just right!!! Well thanks for the advice and would you please tell me what flouro is.

Donali, you are so correct, it is really hard work to eat some foods and actually when I first started eating solids I had a very rough time, It was kind of disgusting to keep chewing the food in my mouth, so that I could swollow it, like so many of us, I used to just kinda chew and swollow and keep gobbing down the food. My favorite food is seafood and I just loved shrimp, but I can't eat them now, its too rubbery for me to try and chew it enough to eat it, it is really quite disgusting, yuk... I have eaten pizza, but I don't eat the 3-4 slices I used, I eat 1 slice and I have to chew it really-really good. I sometimes just eat the cheese and the pepperoni cause the bread gives me problems and it takes to much time to chew it down.. So I still satisfy the urge to eat it by just eating the cheese and toppings. You know what I wish I could have, a cold, cold beer. I'm wasn't much of a beer drinker, but now that I can't have it boy do I crave one. My husband and I went dancing Sat night and he was drinking beer and boy did it look good, all cold and frothy, boy oh boy, do I crave beer, do you know if there are any beers out there that don't have gas, cause if there are, I want some...

I want to ask if anyone has had a similar problem, in the last week I have had two episodes of PBing, I ate too fast I think, well anyways I felt like I was choking and couldn't grasp air. I ran to the bathroom and after I PB, I went to the sink to wash my face and my nose was bleeding, and it wasn't like I strained bad when I PB, is this normal? has this happened to anyone? I also wanted to ask if anyones port vibrates, or jumps while laying down, feels weird, like its jumping inside or something? Is that normal???? Just when I think that I understand this, something new is sent my way. Thanks.

So it dances to music, I have a dancing band or port? lol . Blossom, you are luckey that you can get your fills done there. I am returning to the doctor that banded me, the fills are free with him, all I pay for is the floro or x rays, what ever they do. So I fly in to McAllen where I have plenty of relatives I can crash with and then head to Reynosa where my doctor is. The problem is getting the time to go do it, I have three kids and to make arrangements for my husband to keep them is tough. He gets overhwelmed easily with all three kids, especially cause the little ones are only 2 and 3, so I can't blame him. Besides he's always working, so its kind of hard, you know. But hopefully I can fly out there next month, I think my sister can help me with the kids. Well thanks for the info., time for me to go home and pick up the kids.

You tell him Trish, like I said its a very personal decision. I chose not to tell my husbands family, because they don't like me as it is, so I know that any opinions or comments from them would not be good ones. So I am sparring myself from their negativity. My mother-in-law always tells me how much heavier I am from the first time she met me, she is very crude. I really just chose to not tell them, they are very ignorant and would not understand.

I am so happy for you. Please let us know how it goes, and take care of yourself.

How in the world are you able to eat tamales in the mushy phase? I can't eat them now. The masa is too thick for me, it hurts and eventually pb's, I have tried several times, I was in Mexico over Christmas and my mother-in-law makes the best tamales, and I was not able to enjoy them, I can't eat doughy stuff like that, I can't eat tortillas either, which is really hard considering I'm Mexican and they are a big part of our diet. Well I guess I should consider myself luckey that I can still eat beans!!!!

You guys are hilarious...thanks for making me laugh. Blossom you got banded a day after I did, I see you have three fills, where did you have your surgery, does your same doctor do your fills? I have to fly back to Mexico, I didn't find anyone affordable to do a fill here in Florida. It is way too expensive, its less money to buy a plane ticket and fly to Mexico. I don't feel much restriction, right now, so I am really looking forward to getting a second fill.

NOOO way I am not pregnant, had them suckers cut and tied tied two years ago, Maybe my stomach is growling and that is what makes it do that, I'm not really concerned about it, just curious... doesn't hurt or anything, well it better not be a kid in there, cause if it is, I'm going to be pretty upset, I can barely handle my three kids now. I was just telling a friend this morning that I must be the oldest 32 year old anywhere cause I am always so tired and wore out... having a full time job and a family is hard, hard work.. Luckily I have a pretty easy going job that I don't stay too busy at, thank God, cause now that I am hooked on reading the posts on this site, (I used to shop online when I wasn't busy), now all I want to do is read, read, read, Its like I finally found a group on wonderful people that feel exactly the same way I feel and understand what I'm going through. Its just wonderful.

Sorry for all the mispelled words, I should start using spell check, huh...

I too have only told a handful of people, my husband of course, he forked over the cash for the surgery and other family members as well, I wish I wouldn't have told some of my family members, actually I didn't tell them, my mother did and some of their comments have been very stupid. They also think I took the easy way out, as if this is easy, little do they know. And I am sorry to say that my two best friends have taken it upon themselves to tell others, which upset me very much. My bestest friend in the world disappointed me when I found out she told a former boss of mine, which is also a dear friend of mine, that I had the surgery, I don't think it was her place to tell him, her explanation for this was that they are going to find out anyways, so I asked HOW WILL THEY KNOW??? she said she just assumed that because my wieght would come off so fast people would know, little does she know that this takes time and is not a miracle cure or that the band surgery is a magic wand and that I will wake up the next morning and be skinny. ha, ha -- I wish. I was so upset with her, she apologized and said she would not do it again. As for comments from other people that I am loosing weight, well it doesn't really surprise them because they know I am eating healthier and that I am working out with a personal trainer twice a week and that I spend my lunch hour at Curves every other day. Loosing the weight is work, the band has allowed me to not over indulge, but I doing my part and really working at it, just like all of you. I have not lost anymore wieght now, but I am planning on a fill next month and hopefully that will give me some restriction, becasue I don't feel like I have that right now. Well to tell or not to tell is very personal, and you should make that decision on your own, but I do recommend that you only tell those people that love you and will respect your decision, you should also sit down and educate them on what the procedure is and how it works. L, e