Kelliebelly

Hiya Aussiegirl, I am from Aussie as well. I am in NSw near Sydney. i am also a member of Ozband. i am not sure if you have joined but we have some people from tassie as well. I was banded on the 4th April this year and I had all the tests done. I was paying privately so I dont think it was for the health fund either. i had the VG big band put in and currently have 7.5 mls. I am only just starting to feel some restriction. I have lost 15kg. As another pp stated there is going to be a conference in Canberra. Heaps of the lap bandeds from ozband are going, myself included. Here is the website addy. http://users.tpg.com.au/adsl50pe/ Hope to talk to you more.

Daisydoodle, I have the larger band and had my 5th fill this week. I have pretty good restriction now, but up until then I had none at all. Dont be disheartened, a couple more fills and you will be fine. Im lucky my Dr lets me come in each week until I have restriction.

I had it really bad. I went to the chemist and they gave me this stuff I had to put on my tongue a couple of times a day. It went within in a day or 2.

I dont know what I was worried about. I felt no pain whatsoever. It felt funny when he pulled the needle out but I never felt any pain. I already feel some restriction from it. Will this last or does it feel tighter and gradually loosen up over the next couple of days? He put 1.5ml in, plus he put some in when I had the op so...I think it is up to 3.5ml in a 10 or 11ml Vanguard. He said I can come in each week till I find the restriction I need. Kel

Hi I just wanted to introduce myself. I was banded 4th April in NSW Australia. I stayed in hospital overnight and went home the next day. I went through some depression the next few days wondering what I had done to myself but soon got over that. I also gave up smoking the day I went in for surgery, so that has been hard also. After about a week I woke one morning and felt really hungry, from then I have had no restriction. I have really had to control myself to not totally binge. I am going to see my DR on Thursday for a fill, i really hope it helps me a bit in keeping the food demons at bay. Anyway I hope to see you all around more, I love this forum and wish I had discovered when I was first researching.

I was thinking about this myself the other day. There was a few things I had wished I had known, although none of them would have stopped me getting this procedure done. Unbelieveable gas from both ends :"> How bad the pain was for the first couple of weeks after surgery How hungry I was going to be after the swelling subsided How much I am stressing about every little thing to do with this op...eg eating too much, every little niggly pain, have I caused my band to slip, did my port flip and it goes on and on Again I say I am still only a newbie but I knowing what I know now I still would have had the procedure done in a second.

Thanks guys, Delarla I have sat here reading through 100s and 100s of posts and I think I am up to date on what you had/are going through. you have had a rough trot. Heres hoping you win the lotto or something and can get things back to normal. Again thanks for the replies, I will get Dr to check on Thurs and see what it is.

What ended up happening with the pea lump. I have been searching and googling all night about this and finally found this thread. I was banded 4 weeks ago and have had pain in the port area the whole time. The port has always been close to the skin too. Today I discovered a hard pea lump on top of the port which moves around when I push on it. Does anyone know what this could be or Delarla what did yours end up being? Also I am due for a fill on Thurs will this stop me being able to get a fill. Thanks Kel 4/4/05