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ive been having stomach pains just in one spot not whole thing its kind of near port not as bad as it was but still there dr wants me to go to gastro doctor first then come in hopefully ill get some answers havent felt well for 3 months and losing hair fast and my teeth hurt alot i feel run down most days its is affecting my quality of life but band doctor thinks it has nothing to do with band

i just had blood work done everything fine except im a little anemic i havent felt well for 3 months its frustrating now the stomach pain in one spot scares me today i have a fever and had one yesterday and feel run down again it never stops

i came down with flu like symptoms in august had diaherra for 7 weeks and felt exhausted every day had to have a dr note and worked part time for 2 months. i still have diaherra often they took all saline out 2 months ago and i felt better for 2 weeks so i had 1cc put in felt ok for one week then started feeling nauseas. went back in 2 weeks had .5cc put in within 1 day felt sick again and run down. finally went 2 weeks ago and had saline removed against doctors wishes. ever since that ive had sharp pains and aching in one part of my stomach not a belly ache but sharp pain in just one area. the doctor doesnt think i have any problems with band. also in past 7 weeks my hair has drastically fallen out my teeth ache every day and i lost 22 pounds in 7 weeks help what should i do i am going back to surgeon friday but she wont take me seriously what else could it be?

i had an adjustment 2 weeks ago and felt ill the next day felt nauseas and run down now for 2 weeks they dont think its the band but sounds funny to me that i havent felt well since the adjustment

i havent had a fill in over a year. sometimes i think i need another fill though because i can quite a bit sometimes and that bothers me. i can eat two pieces of pizza no problem or a cheeseburger (sometimes a little hard) chicken is the only thing really that gets stuck everytime. i do get food stuck at least once a week so im not sure if another fill would be the best decision but i want to eat less and get full sooner and longer. any suggestions? andrea

thanks for the feedback i do need to focus on healthier foods i can sometimes eat more than i should be able to like a whole steak but other times i cant eat much. i am finding myself getting hungrier more often but when i talked to the surgeons office they want me to eat every 3 hours anyway. i just get frustrated because sometimes i can eat alot and i want to eat less but i already have good restriction some times and get food stuck. it depends on what it is like chicken i have a hard time with but i can eat almost anything i just want to eat less

i had surgery in november 2007 and had a few fills i have a 4cc band and is filled to 2cc i still get food stuck once in a while but am thinking of getting another fill due to not losing much weight lately. i can eat just about anything most of the time execpt once in awhile things get stuck. i've lost 60 pounds in a year and a half and want to speed it up. i have to say that my diet isnt the best and i cheat alot( not gaining any though lucky)

i had my fourth fill on june 24 and i can definetely feel a difference. i have gotten things to come back up if i eat to fast. some things i have a hard time with like chicken and some bread. i can also feel food going through if i dont chew it well. i am not loosing weight though. i was told that if i eat 1500 calories a day i will lose ( even without exercise) well ive been using my fitnesspal.com and keeping track of everything i put into my mouth. 5 out of 7 days i eat 1500 or less and the other two days on average i may eat around 1750-1900. i did notice that somedays half of my calories are coming from snacks. maybe i should limit how many calories i eat for snacks. my calories for each meal are around 300-450 so that is good. any suggestions? ps its summer and ive been getting a small soft serve ice cream once a week andrea

ive been doing myfitnesspal.com for about 2-3 weeks now and logging everything i eat and drink. i noticed for the most part that most of my calories come from snacks in between my meals. somedays i dont even eat snacks but somedays i do. one day the total of calories was 720 just in snacks. from now on i am choosing fruits and veg that have less calories and fat. somedays if i eat out even though i choose something as healthy as i can those calories tend to be high as well. i went out to a local resteraunt and got a two egg, cheese and bacon omlet. you wouldnt believe how many calories it was. ive havent been eating out that much thank god. i now realize that its mostly my snacking here and there that add up. i also noticed that my protein is on a average to be about 50grams i do have some days that i eat like 90grams so maybe it equals out? i just wanted to share this info with you, maybe this post with help others andrea

i get upset when i end up snacking all day i feel like im failing. this is why diet and exercise didnt work, i am greatful for the fact that i am eating less per each meal though. i've been buying tons of healthy stuff to eat so i need to eat it!!!!!! i tend to go towards the few bad things i buy instead of focusing on the healthy stuff. i have come along way though i buy the lower cal and fat things if i am going to cheat. its hard to get through the whole day and do eat perfectly . it is definetely a learning process and i am learning alot so far. the weight came off so easily in the beginning when i had the strict diet and tons of restriction now i really have to work at it andrea

somedays i can alot and other days i can barely eat. is this normal? yesterday i went out to eat and couldnt eat that much i had really good restriction but today ive had the muchies and have been snacking all day with no problem. this is frustrating because i want it to work all of the time. andrea

this may sound like a silly question but ill ask anyway. if you are hungry but your band or your stomach feels tight should you eat anyway? sometimes i feel really tight but my stomach feels hungry so i eat something. im wondering if i should eat something light or just drink something. for example tonight i felt tight but ate 1 1/2 bowls of popcorn. i probably shouldnt have. maybe i should be listening to how i feel as far as the tight part and eat something very light so i wont hurt myself. any thoughts andrea ps sometimes i think i eat for comfort or habit

i am 7 months out and still losing my hair. ive noticed that my hair is thinning on the top and when i part it the part is getting wider. my problem is im not eating enough fruits and veg. sometimes i go 2-3 days without them.

i had another .5cc put into my 4cc band today which i now have a total of 2cc. i lost 4lbs since april 15(my last fill) not much. i am really hoping this fill will do it for me. i have to say that for the past 8 days i havent been that hungry. so maybe its starting to work. my surgeon said that i am pretty tight and that i should notice quite a bit restriction. how soon should i feel this? i had a cheeseburger tonight and ate it fine. i am getting alot of pressure from my doctor for this to work. she says that my band is tight and that it should be working more than it is. i am more determined now than ever to lose at least another 10 pounds before my next fill which isnt until sept. 20 pounds would be the ideal weight loss in three months though, i dont want to get my hopes up. andrea

i think 1500 calories is to high also i was losing like 6 pounds a week when i ate 1200 a day and only exercised 3 days a week for 30 min. now i am exercising more but also eating more calories. i also havent been eating enough fruit and vegetables. thanks for the support tomorrow is a new day and im not giving up yet. it is frustrating not to lose for 4 months but my eating habits are so much better since ive been banded i just need to regroup and try something different andrea