hottytoddy

Hello Junies... I'm half way there!! :whoo: 20 of the 42 pounds I've lost have been over the last 6 weeks... it took 4 1/2 months and 5 fills to get to the "sweet spot." If you're not there yet... hang in there!!

My doc just started billing me last month. Mine are not done under flouro and are $49. Yours does seem outrageous!!

For me it meant I needed another fill. I slimed and had to throw it up after just about everything at 2.5 cc (in a 4cc band). After I went to 3cc it has cut down dramatically... very rare now. How much do you have in your band? What size is your band?

Hello all! It's been a while. I'm just checking in and am very happy about the overall success of our group so far. The site was too busy for me to keep up with! I was also not at all happy with my band, and honestly was feeling bad about myself for not having the success that others were having. I didn't feel that was healthy for me, so I dropped off the face of LBT earth! Anyway, I'm doing better. I have had 3cc in a 4cc band for a month now, and it's made a huge difference. I was supposed to have an appt with my doc today (my monthly) but cancelled it cause I think I need to sit at this spot a little longer. A little advice, if I may... At 2.5 cc, I slimed on just about everything I ate! However, at night I was usually able to overeat and did so because I was so happy something was going down! When I went to see my doc, he insisted on adding more to the band. I was worried. I was already sliming ALOT and couldn't imagine being any tighter. Well... that's why he's the surgeon, cause he was right! It's much better now. I still have my problem foods, but I rarely throw up (get stuck/slime) anymore. I am usually only able to eat a very small amount of food and have learned when to stop. If I don't, I still get in trouble. I know one of the signs of being too tight is frequent sliming; however, it might be a sign of too little fill as well. I know that's odd... but here's my theory. I didn't discuss this with my doc, it's just my thoughts on it... At 2.5cc I think my opening was too loose to make things stay in the pouch, but too tight for things to pass through. It was the perfect size to "catch" everything, and therefore everything got stuck. NOW, I actually have it smaller and less gets trough the opening initially. It's actually sitting in that pouch and partially digesting and slowing passing on through. Anyway, just a thought. If you're not losing and are sliming alot, talk to your doc about getting more fluid put in. For the first time in 5 months, my band is working! I lost 10 pounds in the last 4 weeks. I didn't think it was EVER going to happen for me! This is the hardest thing I've ever done. Harder than any diet or weight loss program attempted in the past. I have had more physical and emotional pain with this band than I would have ever imagined possible. It's not an easy solution! It's hard as hell! To anyone reading this, it took over 4 months for me to have even the first ray of sunshine... 4 months of absolute hell. May I never go back there again! Hang in there, and continued luck to everyone!

Hotty Toddy Gosh Almighty, Who the hell are we? Flim, Flam, Bim, Bam... OLE MISS by damn!!! Here's a thread that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the band! This is the fun thread! Post your hobbies! Bitch about your co-workers! Or talk about... :cheer2: COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!! :cheer2: It's time!! It's time!! It's time!!! I LIVE FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!! Especially the SEC!!!! Specifically OLE MISS!!! Hotty Toddy!!! Hotty Toddy!!! Hotty Toddy!!!! So my question is ARE YOU READY??? :whoo::clap2::bounce::rockon::whip::first::pop2:

Well aren't you just the sweetest thing! Thank you so much! I love Dr. C too (but don't tell him that!)...lol.. being colleagues, we tend to give each other a hard time! lol... :heh:

I remember you! lol... I work in the Recovery Room at River Oaks, and you were the 1st band patient to roll through after I got back from recovering from MY band! Dr. Carroll did mine as well on June 1 at River Oaks. Glad to hear from you! Great weight loss!!

My workouts are going great. My band is weird! It seems tight but i don't get it. I have to eat very slowly. If i don't there's hell to pay. I have a lot of painful, stuck episodes. however, i don't feel full easily. i'm counting calories now and making myself stop eating, but i was hoping with the band being tight that I would have restriction and feel full more easily??!! i'll never get this thing!

I also have the 10 cm - 4cc band. I had my second fill last thursday and have 2cc of omnipac in mine. i can tell a huge difference! some of that can be attributed to my entire first fill disappearing... so i went from zero to 2 cc's! I'm still not sure exactly what restriction is... but my food options are soooo restricted now! If it's dry or bready or gums up.... it HURTS!!!! Anyway, good luck!

<Rob Zombie> You're welcome; however, I would not consider Rob to be techno (unless you're listening to super swingin sexy sounds! lol). Rob is hard core sexy ass metal! (and i love him!)

Lunch today was painful. I'm glad I'm eating less; however, this hurts! The joy is gone... lol.

OMG... I have now slimed! Attempted to eat a french fry tonight. BIG mistake! I felt pain like none other... eyes welled up... felt like I needed to puke. I went in the bathroom and it felt like I was puking but all that came up was a big pile of clear, thick slime! The french fry passed on through after that. I think that is partly how the band works. It totally takes the joy out of eating. It's just not worth it anymore! I am 2 days into my 2nd fill (2ccs of omnipac in a 4cc band). I'm still not sure what restriction is. I'm not hungry as much, but I feel food going through my band. I've heard that the band sends a signal to your hypothalmus in the brain just by being in the spot it's in on the stomach. It tricks the brain into thinking you're full. I think there is something to this. I'm not even sure food actually stays in the pouch. If I eat small bites, I feel the food go through the band. If I eat a large bite, I have horrible pain and slime/pb or it passes very painfully. This just doesn't make sense to me. If the food is supposed to stay in the pouch for a long time, why do you pb instantly? You would think it would hang around in the pouch for a while and then you would pb later when there is just no way to pass it. I think the brain is tricked and the joy of eating is lost... and that's how the band works! Or at least mine!! Just a thought...

LMAO!! I didn't know anybody ever actually had used that word! That's awesome!