nygrl

I get shoulder pain when i am gassy ....If i feel the pain i usually had eaten something gassy which is alot of things since my surgery...I dont know how often you are getting it but maybe it is gas... i know thats what it was for me right after surgery and it is the same pain now!!

maybe thats it... i will schedule another fill and see if it happens again

I am definatly not losing 2 pounds a week!!! i seem to lose a few pounds 1 week every month eating the same as i always do but for some reason one week out of the month i drop 3-5 pounds...it is definatly going slower now..i dont think i am any tighter around my period either just some days more than others... its weird something that i ate with no problem one day will give me a problem another...i am so confused i dont want to get a fill and not be able to eat at all..i guess i will make an appointment and see what my doctor says..if anyone else has any expierences please tell me!!

I thought i needed a fill because i was able to eat way too much and then just before i was going for a fill i pbd..so i cancelled the fill but now i feel like i have no restriction again..i am afraid to get a fill HELP!!! anyone else expierence this?? This would be my second fill... i had one about 2 months ago and had great restriction for quite a while.

my brother in law is on topomax for seizures from epolepsy(spelling)..he also has cerebral paulsy..i never heard of it to lose weight.. he is not skinny either so it hasnt made him lose any weight!!

have you tried the no pudge fudge bars? they will satisfy a sweet craving!!

Thanks everyone!! I cant wait to actually be normal but i will take overweight for now. It is such a great feeling and everyone is noticing now. It has been alot of hard work but it is worth it!!!

I am so excited i am not obese any more.. my BMI is 28.7 which puts me in the overweight catagory and headed for normal:banana :banana

i agree with jack i had very little sticky stuff and it just came off in time...it wasnt like i was going to wear a bikini or anything so i didnt worry about it and it just came off in time

it will get better just hang in there!!!... i had a lot of gas too..it is funny how it really feels like you have a baby in there especially when you have a lot of gas and the big blob on your side stars moving from all the gas LOL... i can laugh about it now since i am over that but i feel for you:cry

im guessing that you havent had a fill yet... everything will change once you get a fill or 2... you are probably wide open in general right now so it is no suprise that you are getting hungrier during your period..before any fill and at 5 weeks it is just like not even having a band because your swelling has most likely gone down and you are wide open!

i had that feeling for atleast 2 weeks and i didnt have any infection.. i kept saying i felt like i had a baby on my left side .. trust me it is normal and fine... give yourself a little more time to heal..

i get the largest one and it is $4.19... i quit smoking and now am addicted to these LOL

these are the best !!! i have been having one everyday and still losing...the only fatning thing in it is a liuttle bit of carmel..they are so yummy and satisfy my sweet craving...if you have a starbucks near you give one a try!!

i was banded april 21st and i am down 34 pounds... it is going really slow now but my doc wont fill me anymore since i am still losing...i exersize every day but i do have bad things to eat evry now and then...

Why does my nose get stuffed up when i am full??? It is the strangest thing... Every time i eat a realativly big meal(which really isnt big)... I mean like a meal out at a restaurant i get a stuffy nose when i am really full... I asked my doctor and she had no clue so I thought i would try you guys and see if this happens to anyone else??

Good luck... you will do fine!!

i am the same way... some days i can eat so much more than other days... i had never thought it had anything to do with the weather but it definatly could!

Hey Kathy...I got 2cc on my first fill also and i was also very tight for the first week...it got better though and now i am fine with great restriction on the first try...can you get in some mushies at all??...i remember calling the doctor and she told me this was what restriction felt like...i could eat but very little..and it got better with time.

i thought at least a pound??

just wondering if i really weigh less LOL... Does anyone know what it weighs??

i quit 2 days before my surgery when i had my pre op and the anathesiologist scared me...i had no intensions of quitting for good , but the night before my surgery i said to my husband that if i could make it without smoking until i came home from the hospital i was going to try to quit...i made it and havent smoked since... i think what also got me was that all my tests came back good..like my chest x-ray which i was very worried about......i think i just said if everything is ok still i better stop now...it has been almost 3 months and i cant believe it... and the best part is i quit smoking and LOST 30 pounds... how many people can say that LOL!!

i have to weigh every day ... if i dont i find myself cheating... i know it sounds strange but it works for me... i dont let myself get crazy about what it says it just keeps me in check!

how can that be right?? just from looking on here you can get a much better average... most people lose that in the first few months not years!!

i was banded just about 9 weeks ago and i just got back from Hershey park...The only trouble i found was the roller coasters with a lap bar ... they seemed to hit me just in my port area... i went on 1 and the bar was banging into me and that was it for me with those rides... i also stayed away from anything that pushed me into the side of someone like the scrambler... you should be fine at disney though since not to many rides are that bumpy..have fun... we are headed there next in oct and i cant wait!!