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Well, I cant do anything today - Dr. Maese is not in today and his nurses won't even pick up to talk to me, and I can't talk to Dr. Barker until my appt with him on Thursday. I guess I will just drink liquids, and hope that the 50+ times I've thrown up in the last 10 days haven't hurt my band. Vines, I understand what you mean about the weight loss - I am happy about that loss. I just don't feel good about myself when I can't eat, I'm tired, my tummy hurts from throwing up, etc.

I love sweet potato but I can't eat snacks much less blueberries. Since I got fill #4 I have been able to eat only this: mashed poatoes, blended soup, ice cream, protein shakes, water, yogurt, and 1/2 the time I pb on this stuff! I have PB'd on ice cream! I am making an appt with Dr. Barker today to discuss all of this. I think maybe I need an unfill and a nutritionist. I cannot stress to new or wanna be bandster how much you need a doc with follow up. My doc has no follow up - sent me to Dr. Maese who is the biggest jerk, and now I have the 2 of them telling me different things, and my body telling me completely another!

I am 5 months out, $13K in the hole, and have only lost 30 lbs. I am glad to have lost that 30 lbs, but I am still so frustrated and started to feel like I wasted all that cash I spent on this surgery. I have been filled to the brim and maybe that's part of the problem. I got my 4th fill 1 1/2 weeks ago and have gained two lbs!!! The more I get filled, the more all I eat is carbohydrates b/c I can't eat anything without throwing it up, so I end up eating protein shakes, mashed potatoes, and ice cream. I feel like now that I have so many fills in my band, I'm eating worse than ever! I know I should be eating a salad and exersizing. but I pb on lettuce or chicken, or anything healthy, and I am too tired to exersize b/c all I have had to eat is CRAP! I know I need to march down to Dr. Maese and make him unfill me, but he will make me cry too. I need a band overhaul! Help me!

today: shake in the morning, 1 chicken tender and 1/2 cup mashed potatoes for lunch, 4-5 bites of hubbys nachos for dinner, and some ice cream - see, I could be losing faster if I wasn't eating CRAP! I'm proof that just because you don't eat much, you still need to eat healthy! I need to work on that!

well, looking again - mine looks like that at the top, but not like that below the band where your pic is all streaky. i dont know what that is.

your band looks the same as mine before i had a few fills and got some good restriction.

I think it has something to do with metabolism. Also, maybe you need fills. I'm losing slower than alot of people and I'm on my 4th fill now! Some people just need more fills. Also, my fill nurse today said sometimes people who need to break out of a routine get unfilled completely for 10 days and then start fills all over again - interesting theory - I have no idea if it works, but I'd try anything once.

I got a choice - picked the pedometer - it came about 3-4 weeks later.

Mine gets kinda tender if I eat too much (don't know what that's about?) And it gets tender randomly every now and then. No redness or anything though.

I seem to have scar tissue built up around my port. It's not so much that you can see but it seems like alot when I poke around. I'd say my port and scar tissue all together is the size of 1/2 a golf ball. Does this seem normal?

I gots to get me some of dem boots! Those boots were made for walking girl! Sexy!!!

I personally love the sex threads! My sex life has definatley improved since being banded. I even did a little dirty dancing for my hubby earlier tonight!

When I first got banded I thought that b/c I couldn't eat as much I could eat whatever I wanted - that did NOT work. It took 3 fills, 3 months, eating healthy, and exersizing to lose, and even still I'm only losing at 1.2 lbs per week! You'll get there. I had hardly and restriction after my 1st fill. Just make sure you eat healthy, and exersize, and you'll get fills and you'll be fine. Plus, when you imagine what 7 lbs of fat looks like you'll realize that ANY loss is and achievement, and that the band just has to be fine tuned and that takes time. Keep your chin up!

I know I need an unfill but my jerk off doctor won't do it, and I don't have 100 bucks to go to another doc!

GRRR, I keep trying to re-size this so it's not all ginormous! Anyways, my photo NSV is the fact that I even let people take my pic now. This is the sexiest pic I have since you can see my bra (I think I had one too many cosmopolitans this weekend!)

I never had a PB until my 2nd fill and I rarely had them then but since I got the 3rd one I have 3-5 per week. I am trying to chew alot and eat slow and everything but &*%$#ing doctor Mease wont unfill me b/c he thinks I need MORE fill and blames it all on me!!!

ummm yeah, He will LOVE them If he's anything like my hubby he will be exited at the mere THOUGHT of lingerie!

Actually some places don't knock you out for an endoscopy, some do. Either way they spray your throat with numbing spray and put a tiny camera down your throat.

I do it alot - 1-2 times per week since I got my 3rd fill. I'm still debating about this fill.

chewing SLOWLY and chewing my food to liquid mush,,,, so hard to do when you're hungry and something tastes good.

I'm long waisted -but if I poke around in my belly button I can feel my port. It's pretty low. I don't worry about it though because I am probably never going to wear a bare midriff!

I have 3 cc's in a 4 cc band. Not sure yet if I need more fill, but doc says it can really hold 5 cc's.

My doc says carbonation is ok to have, but if I even have one teensy sip my tummy hurts so bad I can't stand it!

Maybe you should take it out and try to lose weight another way. There are several people on here that have switched to a different type of surgery, or who have recommited to live the bandster way, or who have had to have thier bands removed ande are now flying solo but still actively trying to lose. I know for me, no matter how tight my band is, I only really lose when I exersize 5 days per week.

I have 3.0 and the flouro and Dr Maese say I'm not very resticted - although I would personally like to punch the flouro and Dr Maese in the face since everytime I eat since that 3rd fill I feel pain, and I PB at least once a day. But,,,,,, according to Dr Maese (who refused to unfill me any) I could eat a whole steak right????? Whatever!!! GRRRRRRRR.