nina874

LOL, I remember the cravings, I was ready to eat my own feet I was that desperate to chew something by the time I came off soft foods. It will be over soon, and then you will just have to get used to slowing down your eating and remembering to not drink with your meal.

Best of luck to both of you

Sorry I cant help I am in the UK, I am sure there will be someone along who can assist you soon.

I am with the other posters, I slept in a normal bed - I had forgotten about the sleeping on your non port side

You probably havent hit your sweet spot yet. saying which you will still feel hungry when you have a band - you just wont be able to eat as much and you will feel full for longer. Dont forget that actual 'god I am starving' hunger and "nom nom that cake sure looks tasty" hunger are two entirely different things. Learning to distinguish between the two is as much of a learning curve as learning to eat with your band. I call the latter one head hunger..... that one is trickier! Wait a couple of weeks and if you can eat way to much in each portion and you are still feeling hungry then get a top up.

Hope that it all settles down for you and that your band moves back to the right place. I have periods when my band is waaay tighter for no apparent reason, but it does tend to line up with my monthly cycle so I always wondered if it was hormone related. Stress can be a killer too, when I have got a hectic schedule at work it tends to play up more. I cant really offer much help but I do hope that it sorts itself out.

Hardcore bandster posting on the day of the op! Welcome to the other side, you will be racking up those pounds lost in no time.

I am so sorry that your dad died hon (((hug))) I hope that your surgery is fast and painless and that you can start your journey in as easy a way as possible.

Ooops, sorry. I would make my displeasure very very noticeable and be talking about a full refund based on your services received thus far. Do they have a robust follow up service with free fills and dieticians? If so it may just be that they screwed up the appointments and once you are in the system so to speak you get a much better service.

Way to go on the weight loss so far hon! You will notice the difference immediately when you have your fill, are you having it with an xray/barium? Cheezits and other crisps are the devils foodstuff, they will just slide down even when you have good restriction lol

This is similar to another thread only the opposite lol. I was having a moan about the fact that my much loved girls died a death during the last 10lbs of weightloss and I ended up getting them restored. It would have worked out a lot cheaper if they had just gone down proportionately I am happy for you ladies that your puppies are now more managable!

Hmmm I dont know what a lifestyle lift is, I assuming you are talking about a neck/lower facelift. I am actually all for surgery to sort out anything that cannot be sorted by exercise, I dont know how your looks or how unhappy it makes you. If it makes you unhappy after doing all this hard work I would say get it fixed

If that is how they treat you before they have your money it is not a good advert for how they will treat you afterwards...... Is it self pay or funded? If it is selfpay I would say screw that and go and see a couple of others.

I am sorry that I cant give you medical advice, but someone said something to me about the Vagal nerves (?) that run around that area and can cause the kind off issues you are talking about. Could they not see where you band was on the CT? Can you get a copy of that picture to take to your band doctor. I would ay get back into your band doc and get that egd and barium done. I hope that you feel better soon hon ((hug))