gurlygirl

Lakerat2u - Yes, I have one very large gallstone. My surgeon said that because I keep having attacks, he has recommended my gallbladder be removed. I am waiting for a surgery date, which will hopefully be in the next few weeks. Keep us posted on you situation as well. Pain is always a scary thing.

Sue - good luck with your surgery on the 17th. So far I have only had the one big attack and some bloating in my abdomen with mild pain in my shoulder blade. I am hoping it does not come back before I see the surgeon.

Update on my condition....Not sure if this is at all related, but I had to go to emergency yesterday with severe pain in this time my upper abdomen (kind of in the banded area). I was freaking out thinking something was wrong with my band. The pain came in waves and lasted for 2-1/2 hours. They diagnosed me with gallstones. Now I have the fun of dealing with possibly another surgery to remove the gallbladder. Lucky me :cursing:

I am 6 months post op and I started getting the same pain to the left of my belly button similiar to a stitch in your side after running. It has been there now for a couple of days and I am starting to worry as well. When I push on my port area I can feel the pain move into the same area.

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Patty - First off I want to start off by saying WAY TO GO on your success!! I also want to say sorry for the loss of your friend. Very cool to get exposure on CNN. I don't think I could do an interview like yourself. I think you have impacted many people out there and possibly gave them another option to Gastric Bypass. Awesome, Awesome, Awesome! I am so glad I chose the band it has changed my life in so many ways. You Go Girl!

I think everyone is individual in this journey. I have read where people cannot swallow their own spit with 5cc's in a 10 cc band. While I want to feel the restriction, I never want to be so tight that I cannot function. On my first fill my Dr. asked me if I wanted 4 or 5 cc's in my 10cc band. I was going out of town right after my appointment, so I got a bit scared and opted for only 4cc's. I ended up going back 3 weeks later for another 1.5cc's. I do feel restriction now. I have never PB'd like many banders have talked about, however, I have had a few instances where I felt uncomfortable for 5 minutes while the food was passing the band (like a rock in there), I just have to be careful with chicken and I do not eat this when I am out dining and chew, chew, chew. Gotta love the band (aka. the shock collar) :biggrin:- it reminds you every now and then that it is in there and doing it's job! Jan_08 - Congrats on the your band! It will happen for you! :biggrin2:

I was banded in the US and I see Dr Woodhead in Delta for my fills. I think very highly of him. I am not sure if he takes on patients banded in Mexico. There is also Northwest Fills in Arlington, Washington (approx 45 min - 1 hour south of the border) their website is http://www.northwestfills.com/ and their price for fills seem reasonable. I was considering this option, if I was not able to find a fill Dr. in the Lower Mainland. Good luck with your search.

I weigh in daily at the least sometimes more. It makes me stay focused on eating the right foods. I find too that it shows the next day after I have eaten foods too high in sodium, because I will be up a bit the next day with water gain. I think weighing in once a week has it's positives as well, but in this battle of the bulge I take everyday at a time and find that it works for me when I see some progress even if it is .2 of a lb.

I am getting over the flu (day 3 now)....and I had a very hard time thowing up. I would heave and heave before only a little bit would come up. My family noticed that I sounded louder when I was heaving than before the band. I am thinking it is harder for your body to expel the liquids in the lower stomach past the band. I feel very exhausted and I am off work again today. I am going to pick up some "Emetrol" for the next time I am sick to help control the nausea. This was a horrible few days.:cool: Not the best way to lose weight (but I will take it anyway). I can't wait to get back to the gym and gain my energy back.

I am still able to eat more than a cup of food and have very little problems eating most foods. I am a bit tighter in the morning, but I can still get down most foods with no problems. I have had two fills so far...First one I received 4cc's and the second one they added another 1.5cc's for a total fill of 5.5 cc's. I need to book in for another one to start moving this scale. :cry