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You are so right Cindy, I love hearing the back and forth on this site. It can ease me one day and scare me another, but I can't believe I lived without it for 6 months. Pink Mary, I just hope we can maintain as easily at 130 as we can at 230. We will only see. Thanks, ya'll Kim

Please keep us updated and I hope you feel better. Kim

I still pout when I can't eat a full meal. As much as I know that is why I got the band in the first place, it doesn't help my brain any. This is a lifetime learning process. Take your time to heal and know that everyday is a new day! Kim

Way to go Lisa! Made it through the night without a coke!! Woohoo! Maybe you are having drainage and it is clogging you up. Have you had any allergies other than the goup in the throat? I am having to do liquids right now since I think my band it too tight with allergies, I could not have lived this past week without the Light Caramel Mocha Frappachino from Starbucks. It really soothes the stoma and only 240 calories. Keep us posted. Kim

My doc just yelled at me during my last fill because I had gas in my stomach and hadn't eaten or drank anything since the night before. She knew it was drinking carbonated drinks and explained all of the complications from them which I don't think I ever had because my band was not tight enough. She scared the crap out me, and I haven't had a coke all week, unfortunately I have now traded my addiction to caramel mocha frappachinos from Starbuck's. So to the point, "NO CARBONATION LADY!!" as my doc said. As for the burp, you can't burp because there is food in your pouch and leaves no room for air to come through. If you were to burp while you were eating your food would come up with it. You are supposed to stop eating when you get this feeling, (all of this from my fill doc, whom I have been very close to this week). It does feel different, but I'm told that is just band life...hope this helps.

sometimes tough love is all I will listen too, I appreciate the thought, and good lawk Kathy you are right about the catching up everyone looks so great in thier pictures!!!

Hi everyone, I haven't posted in a while, but I'm back. Last April someone yelled at me because I posted that I wasn't going to get another fill, even though I could eat a lot, until I had lost some weight on my own. They posted back stating what was the point of having the surgery if I wasn't going to use the band to it's fullest potential. I was worried about filling it too tightly too quickly. Well, I waited 6 months before I got a new fill on 10/03/05 and am now at 2.9 cc's in a 4.0 cc band, and I finally understand what real restriction feels like. I want to say I never gained the entire 6 months, but didn't lose either. Now that I am back to having restriction I remembered why I got this surgery to begin with. My 1 year bandiversary is less than 1 month away and I still don't have a hng of this. Since I took basically 6 months off from my band, I had lost touch with the thought of losing weight. Now that I am tight, not only in the morn but all day long, I have lost 6 pounds since Monday. Which is a nice kick off to water weight loss. Now that I have literally rambled for a paragraph my point was that even though we think people are being hateful on this board by not agreeing with us, if you are posting on this board you have our best intentions in mind, and even though not everyone has a kindergarten teachers way of explaining things, hopefully we can all learn from everyone's experiences here. I know I did and if you aren't getting your fills correctly then your band can't work correctly. Thanks for listening to me ramble.

My rings do the same thing when I am being really strict with my calories and until I read your thread I had no idea that is what it was. It is the nickle that is mixed in with the gold that causes this, but my wedding ring is top of the line and I am still turning green. I'm glad you brought this up....I will look into Iron deficiency also. Are you taking a multivitamin?? Awesome job on the weightloss!!!! Keep up the good work!!

I was so relieved after my gall bladder surgery. I was in horrible pain from my gall bladder and had not been able to keep food down for months without getting violently ill every night. Nothing and I mean NOTHING would touch the pain. After my day surgery I was on cloud nine to have no pain and to eat what I wanted without getting sick...you will feel so much better afterwards and won't miss that gall bladder one bit. Good luck and let us know how it goes!

I have heard of people on this board using Meridia prescribed from their doctor. I don't know how big the pill is though. WHy not check with your doctor. I say the more tools the better for weight loss. This is not a fast process and you will eventually have to exercise some to get to a goal weight and maintain it.

I totally did the same thing, but had to go on a diet 2 weeks before surgery and lost it all back. Too many last meals and eating whatever I thought I could never eat again...It is ok, Just remember not to overdo it and eat like normal until then...

God, It's so interesting to read what everyone else does...each post I read I say to myself, "yeah, I wanna do that now!" HA!

So ok, is it bad I totally forgot that we were supposed to be taking Ibuprofen. I am almost 7 months out and forgot. I had some really bad neck and back pain from sleeping the wrong way and took it for 2 days. Oh well, I drank lots of water so it didn't get stuck ...I just can't believe I totally forgot about it.

I was hoping to do some of the work myself before getting another fill. Last time I went in they gave me a 0.1 fill and I felt like it was a waste of my time to go do that again until I lose some weight around my stomach. I 've got a lot further to go and don't want to max out on fills if I am not following all of the band rules anyways. My restriction seems to have leveled out and I even PBed the other night since I have been so used to eating what I want and it not affecting my band whatsoever. Brisket will get me every time! Anyways, I am back on the losing side of this and hopefully can stick by the 16 more pounds to get to -60 on my own and then will reward myself with a fill. Thanks, Kim

I show then a picture of a friend of mine who had RNY...got down to 140 pounds and now 3 years later is back up to 260...she is looking into lap-band now!

I am a bill collector. I spend my entire day telling people their house is being foreclosed on. I have my own personalized set of brass knuckles...hehehe Crappy job, but pay is so awesome I am paying my own way through college to become a High school counselor. When I graduate I will never look back except to be sad at my pay difference, and hopefully erase some of the bad memories from this place. Oh the jobs we have to do to get where we want in life....

I've had my band since November and on most nights I can sleep on my stomach. If I overdo and exercise or eat too much my port is sore and I have to sleep on my side but it is not that often. It will pass girly!

I am bumping this to see if anyone had answers or input for these questions... Thanks Y'all!

Yes, they do it under flouro and I can see it.. I felt restriction for the first two to 3 weeks, but after that always nothing...Monica, let me know what you hear from your doc. I've told myself I have to lose 60 pounds before I get another fill. So I am working on tht until then. Thanks, Kim

Ok, I have been unable to post recently since I took a new position at work and my boss sits right behind me and has really cut into my web surfing time. Anyways. I am 6 months out from my surgery and have had 3 fills and all 3 fills end the same way. I now feel like it is gone back to pre-fill restriction. I haven't even really lost much weight since my last fill so it couldn't be getting loose from the fat loss around the stomach. I have a theory and any one can tell me if I am sadly mistaken about this. When I mess up and drink a coke or overeat to the point of pain I feel that the liquid is forced out of the band around the stomach and pushed back into the tubing of the port, which I also thinks causes our differences from day to day in restriction. Am I crazy or do you think this could be what is happening?? I pushed the Fluid back into the tubing and it is sitting there instead of the band?? Please let me know if this has been talked about before or if I am just crazy and stretching my pouch causing no restriction when I have had 3 fills?? Thanks, Kim PS. I have so missed YA'LL!!!

I keloided too on 2 of my scars and hate them really bad!! But I would rather have that than the extra weight for sure...

yes Tammy, I would like your docs name, I'm in Mesquite...I have the same problem lately and need to find something to fix it stat!! You can PM if needed!

Another question to be added...has anyone had their port area hurt after sex?? I am 5 months post band...and think I may hurt my port this past weekend. It was sore like a pulled muscle for 2 days, better today though...I wonder if anyone else has experienced this??

I'm Gentleman Assasin!??

Repeat after me: Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels!! Now say it over and over as you throw the candy in the trash!