Lynsay

Hi there, I wouldn't get too worked up about this, you're body has been through allot recently and it needs time to settle into a routine. You do need to eat to loose weight though, if you starve the body, it will hold on to any reserves it can to survive. So keep your metablic rate up by eating small and often. Watch what you're drinking too, fruit juices are especially high in calories and alcohol.!! Keep your chin up, you're not alone in this, lots of people suffer the same as you. I have too!! Lynsay, Aberdeen, Scotland xx

Hi there lovely lady, Thanks for your reply.... I'm much better now, I getting fluids in and even managed a baby portion of lasagne today for lunch. I'm feeling fab now Lynsay, Aberdeen, Scotland xx

Hi all, Can someone help here. I had my second fill yesterday and I had quite a bad night, I can only sip very small amounts of Fluid at the moment or it comes back up. I wondered if its due to the stomach swelling after the fill, will this sort itself out, I've only got 4cc's in at the moment. Lynsay Scotland:confused2:

Hi there, I don't know what your doc was doing, but I've had two fills and never experienced that!! I'm in Scotland and we lie on a bed under a xray machine and we can see the screen showing the port and the band. We drink a barium meal and he can see how much restriction is required to slow down the flow of the barium meal. On top of that, he uses the exray machine to find the port and bam, one shot with a really THIN needle it was in, I felt no pain at all!! You should considor getting another doc to do your fills. Hope this helps. Lynsay Scotland.

Hi there, Guys, it's a life time of progress, don't expect things to happen straight away. I got banded on Nov 20th 08 and still not had a fill. I had to have an abcess removed next to my port (emergency op) I'm getting my first fill in two weeks. You just have to look at all the comments here to realise that it does happen eventually, you just need patients and trust that the band WILL work. I lost about 10lbs and yo yo'd between that for the last two months, I was feeling down expecting to have lost 28lbs by xmas etc.... Now I've accepted that it's taken 7 years to put this weight on it's going to take a while to come, quick weight loss isn't the answer. Be happy, you've made the biggest move, let the band and fills do the work. xxxxx Lynsay - Scotland xxxx

A sad story to tell, but I'm still full of hope..... I had my band fitted in Prague on Nov 20 07. My stiches became infected about a month after the operation and my local GP put me on antibiotics. Then I found a Bariatric Surgeon in my home town of Aberdeen, Scotland, who's been taking excellent care of me. After Xmas he looked at my port and descided that it wasn't getting any better. Now I'm having an operation to get the port taken out so that area can heal and in 8 weeks I'll have the port re-located. I still haven't had a fill yet, but I've lost 7lbs and kept it off. Has anyone else had this happen ?? Lynsay - full of holes - Scotland - UK

:think A sad story to tell, but I'm still full of hope..... I had my band fitted in Prague on Nov 20 07. My stiches became infected about a month after the operation and my local GP put me on antibiotics. Then I found a Bariatric Surgeon in my home town of Aberdeen, Scotland, who's been taking excellent care of me. After Xmas he looked at my port and descided that it wasn't getting any better. Now I'm having an operation to get the port taken out so that area can heal and in 8 weeks I'll have the port re-located. I still haven't had a fill yet, but I've lost 7lbs and kept it off. Has anyone else had this happen ?? Lynsay - full of holes - Scotland - UK

Hi chaps and chapess's... I had my band fitted on the 20th Nov 07, trouble is, I've had an infection in a couple of my incisions. The large one on my belly has cleared up after some antibiotics but the port site is still leaking, not much, but never the less it's bothering me. I've got to go back to see my surgeon on the 8th of jan. Has anyone else had this problem. I might add that It's not painfull just leaky. Oh one more thing, I've got quite alot of internal bruising (hematoma) that feels like i've got small rugby ball in my stomach, right in the middle from my belly button right up to the sternam.!! Not having much luck am I.!! I've only lost 8lbs and just ate a large bowl of Pasta.:help: Lynsay - Aberdeen - Scotland - UK

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I had mine done in Prague, I live in Scotland, I've made an appointment with my GP as they're in the loop with all of this. thanks.

Hi Dr Watkins, Wandered if this may be an issue, my stiches have come to the surface on the larger scar on my tummy, which incidently had a hematoma during the operation. It's been 3 weeks now, but they've started oozing a bit and a clear liquid is coming from the actual cut area. The stich holes are closed now though. yesterday it was thumping a bit and I pushed it and a small amount of green puss came out, I pushed until it ran clear. I'm dressing it every few hours now and keeping it clean with iodene. However the liquid is still filling the dressing right through every hour. Lynsay

Okay Doc, will do !! I'M A STAR !!

Thanks Lisa, Just had a cuppa Soup to ease the hunger pang!! My brain still can't get used to the fact that I've got a smaller stomach now, I even start to shake a little before I eat, I'M SO ADDICTED TO food !!

thank you soo much for your quick reply, I feel much better about this now. Lynsay

Hi there, I had my surgery on the 20th of November. I'm onto eating what I want now as long as it's well chewed. I made the mistake of not doing that a couple of times and made myself sick!! Problem is, I'm getting hungry really quickly !! All the time now, I'm eating around 1000 calories a day, but I put on a 1lb and a half last week, this really shocked me. Has anyone had the same experience? Obviously I havne't had my infill done yet, do you think this will change once I've had an infill.?? Lynsay :help: