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So far I haven't had any problems with anything getting stuck, it's been going down smoothly. And thank god I haven't dealt with nausea.

I did not have side cramps sorry. But had the worse shoulder pain. That lasted almost two weeks. Still kinda have a little swelling around one of my incisions. My mushy period was just mainly cream soups, jello, mashed potatoes, fish, beans, lentil soup. Nothing too solid.

Hey how's it going? I picked the band because the sleeve and the bypass are just way to drastic. And your weight comes off too quickly, I want be able to tone some of this skin while my weight is coming off slowly. Buy for me at being 29 and weighing at my heaviest of 330 I don't think my skin will snap back. I'm going to have to deal with excess skin.

Hi I was just banded 12/9. I live in Arlington. Would love to chat! I have questions for you since your further along Congrats on getting banded. Sure, what are your questions?

Same with me, I dealt with bad habits and uncontrolled cravings. I was real bad before my surgery, the two week diet I started eating all the junk I'm probably not gonna eat again and stuffed myself. And I figured since I go to the gym I can just work it off. But now since I figure I can't eat the good stuff like I normally do and enjoy it I might as well not eat it.

Typo chick, I guess you can say I have a support group. A very small one but they don't understand. It is hard, because the same with me food controlled my life. I've been overweight since about the third grade. And now to try and have control over what I put in my mouth is difficult. A large part of my family does not know I've done this either. I just told the people closest to me which is no more then about 5.

Cypress is not far at all. I too am learning as I go. Those papers they give us was pretty much all I was going by, food wise. But kind of exploring a little more with food as I go.

Yea I found support on here Sherlock1969 thanks. This place helped me a few times. What I meant was doing it alone as in nobody I know that has had this done. My family doesn't really know what I'm going through.

Hey how's it going. I myself had Dr. Reilly. My experience with him was great. Not sure how the self pay works for the fills. I was told by true results that if my insurance covers it, it's my copay of 45 if not then it's 75.

Hey people, how is everyone? I was banded on the 22nd of November. Was just looking for a band buddy I can chat with. It's hard dealing with this alone, no one understands what us bandsters are going through.

Need a buddy. It would be nice to hang with or chat with someone close to me. It's hard to deal with this alone and only having my mother in my corner.

Not close to Austin but I'm in Spring. I got banded on the 22nd of November and lost 23 lbs so far.

Hey looking for a buddy in Spring, Tx. I got banded on the 22nd of November. It would be nice to have someone I can chat with or hang out with or work out with that's going through the same thing as me. It's tough facing this journey alone. Besides having my mother in my corner.

Well I have my first on the 23rd. I'll keep you updated about how I fill after. But that's good info for my first fill. Thanks.

Hey, well I had my surgery on 11/22/13. I picked that day because I was going on thanksgiving break. Yea it was a tough decision especially during thanksgiving. But I managed to get through that day and had a lot of self control. But I thought I had plenty of time off work to heal enough to get back. But my doctor put me back with restrictions, light duty and don't lift over 20 pounds. Well my job don't do restrictions and have to able to lift up to 40. So now with that I'm out of work till next year 1/6/14. I don't know what your job requirements are but I'm hoping they let you back with restrictions cause if not you'll probably be out longer then just a week.

Well I started this process in June and got my surgery in November. So about five months. What took the longest were those four months I had to do with true results. And that was because it was part of my insurance requirements. After that everything went very fast.

Thank you for sharing. I'm waiting for my first fill cause I wanna be able to fill how this band really works. Yeah I know it's not all the way filled up, so that way I can form my new stomach. And the restriction isn't right enough so it's allowing me to eat a little more. But as far as it's working, I can tell it is. I'm getting full faster but it doesn't last long. So far it had helped me lose 23 pounds in two weeks. The thing I'm wondering about and maybe you can answer it, how did you deal your bodies excess skin, if you had any? Did it just form on its own and fall right into place, with the dieting and a routine work out.

Well at first I went through my regular doctor and got nowhere. Then I saw true results on the tv. They worked with my insurance, had to do four months with them. Blood work, had to talk with a nutritionist, and did a couple of tests for breathing and heart monitoring. Started this back in June and already got my lap band.

Just got my lap band two weeks. Going in for my for fill on the 23rd. I actually can't wait to get it cause I fill myself getting hungry again after a few hours that I've eaten.