bandit

thank u for the bump, i had already read it and have to agee with you that this is the best pbing info i have found. what i gather from this is that it is just different for everyone. I will just have to wait and see if it happens to me. it sounds like some people can make it to a bathroom and be discreet and sometimes you just can't. It sounds like trial and error in learning what will bring it on and maybe just a bandsters right of passage. Can any one tell me if this ever compleatly goes away while you are filled or if it even goes away after you have your liquid removed

I am wondering about pbing (is that right) i have read alot about it and deffinately understand what this is, but does this happen alot. I mean will I be out to dinner on a date and ..OOOOPPPPSSS! Will everyone who sees me eat know that there is something different about me than a nromal person who has not had the surgery? I am going to keep reading old threads to compleatly understand the eating process. It seems there are different stages and lengths of time to stay in these stages. It seems from reading these threads that even those of you who have been banded for quite some time still have difficulty eating certine foods. Once you hit ideal wieght and get the liquid removed from your band will you be able to eat all of the foods you used to?

i am thinking of going to see dr kuri as well. your thread was done almost a year ago so i dont know if you will see this. please let me know how things went. i did an search for dr kuri on this sight and this was the only thread that came up. but i also did searches through netscape ext... and have only found good things about him. :bandit

hey yall; my name is anna. ive been lurking around your web sight for about three weeks. WOW!!! So much info. I live in California. I started struggling with my weight in jr. high. I managed to loose most of my weight in highschool in very unhealthy ways. But by the time i was 19 i had gained all and more back. After i had my daughter it has become impossible to get down to a healthy weight on my own. My family all struggles with weight. I look at my 60 year old gramdma and my 45 year old mother and just want to do something about it now while i am still in my 20's. I am 4'10" and 160 pounds( but i go up and down all the way to 175). My ideal wieght according to medical charts is somewhere between 90-110 pounds, but i would be thrilled to be at 120. So only 40 pounds to go. Probably doesnt seem like much to those of u who arnt leperchons, but at 4'10" its mor like 80 pounds to a normee. Thank you all for sharing your expeiances and emotions. It really takes a strong person to share so much (even your pictures). This is by far the best web sight that i have found and the first one that i have posted messages on. Still going to do alot more research and go through the old threads before making a desision on a doctor in Mexico. Till next time...Bandit :bandit

let us know how it goes. i am thinking of going to mexico too.

thank u all so much for your responses. i guess i made myself sound like a lush with the whole alchohole thing. lol. i know after banding i will not be able to have my 5:00 cocktail everyday after work, its just that going out with my friends on saturdays and having drinks is something i look forward to all week(I have a 2 year old daughter; need i say more) i tend to stick with diet coke and bacardi. so from what i am gathering banding will not affect my tolorance or ability to drink? i am 4'10'' and 160 pounds. i have been researching the band since i went in to see my doctor asking about gastric bypass. he told me there was no way that i would qualify for such a drastic proceedure but he had heard some things about banding. since researching on the internet i have talked to a few doctors, some in the US and some in mexico. how is the banding in mexico. i have only heard good things, but i dont know if i can trust the web sights that are made by those doctors themselves.

I have been thinking about getting banded and reading alot of what you guys write for the last month or so. this is the best web site i have found. but i have some questions that u could probably answer. my first one is why do some people not have ports anymore? if u loose your port i assume u cannot get fills. and also what about drinking? i really enjoy a few cocktails on the weekend. i am only 24 and like to go out with my friends on the weekends. it would be a real shame if i couldn't drink anymore. also can u feel the port or anything else inside you from the outside of your body? lots more questions but i have to get my daughter in the bath. love to hear from u