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I've lost my way and have no support. I've had the band nearly 3 years... did great year 1 & 2 - losing 70 lbs. This past year has been a weight gain of 20. My doctors have all left the practice and I want to find a new doctor in NJ. I have restriction but not sure it's right because I either am too hungry or throw everything up. Does anyone have advice on how I get back on the right road? I still have 100 lbs to lose and feel horrible. I don't understand why I throw up when I eat solid foods but can eat better when i stand up. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

I hope someone can help me. I'm not sure what's going on. The past few weeks i've had trouble with the band, either hungry or can't eat a thing. I went to the band dr. and she did an upper GI with a fill to see what's happening. She said the band looked good and was actually loose. so put some in.. i'm at about 2.5 on a 4 cc band. Anyway, stayed on liquids as instructed for two days then tried food but my body wasn't having any of that. I'm still on liquids and it's day 5. I thought my bad was too tight then i started feeling the sour stomach taste in my mouth and realized that's stomach acid. Now I think I have reflux and when she played with my band it triggered it worse. Has anyone had problems like this? I'm seeing a gastroenterologist on Monday so hopefully he can help. When I drink antacid it helps with some food but i'm still 90% liquids and sometimes throw up Water. Any advice would be helpful. Thank you.

I have the same problem and find myself cheating the band now out of frustration. I don't know what to do either. some days i'm so hungry I could eat anything... the next day I throw up a cracker... as a result I have been bad and am losing my strength to fight the food demon. I'm trying to pull my self together again and find support. I'm frustrated. I can't believe a fill is my answer, as I said some days I can barely get down liquid. Any suggestions would be helpful, I need help... big time. Thanks.

The first 8 months I had the band were wonderful, now here I am 1 year 2 months later and so frustrated. I just got another fill but have developed bad eating habits these past few months. I've fallen off the wagon... please help me get back on. I'm having problems eating in the morning, I am very tight but in the afternoon I can't stop eating. Does anyone have a good menu plan for Breakfast, lunch, dinner & Snacks they can share with me. I want to eat enough food but not get side tracked to eat the easy foods that I have been doing. Should I continue to drink the Protein drinks? Any help would be appreciated, I feel very lost and am sick of looking at my 90 lbs of you know what that needs to go.

Thank you so much for posting this issue. I too have had 4 fills, 2 of which were in the hospital under that scope where supposedly you get the most accurate fill. Ha.... right, my last fill was so bad that I actually eat more now then ever before with the band and they say i'm at 2 cc in a 4 cc band. I did go to the doctor to wine and they set me up for another in hospital fill December 17th. My frustration is that I have to wait 6 weeks after I already waited 4 weeks to see the doctor and have gained 10 lbs since July. So yes I am very frustrated. It's nice to know i'm not alone, some days I feel like such a failure.

that sounds great, do I have to be a patient of your doctor to go to Monmouth Medical? Please do send me the number so I can register to go to the meeting. Thanks again.

I have to ask, are you all full with what you eat. I have 2 cc's in my 4 cc band and I fill up but I need to eat more then what I see everyone here eating. Protein drinks don't even fill me up. what am i doing wrong. I can eat an egg for breakfast and be full but then 1 hour later I need a special k bar or granola. If i eat two eggs I throw up. I need some food guidence, any suggestions??

It's so funny, I too was feeling very alone and having a ton of personal problems myself when I saw your post. It's been several months since I posted to this site. I don't have a magic answer for you because I can't find it for me either but I do know that I will keep coming back to this site and browsing for the support I need. I have very little support with my band, I come from a family of obese people that when we're together it's a food frenzy... therefore, i'm on my own. when ever i go to a families house i bring the fruit and veggie tray. I am also having problems with my husband that believe it or not completey supported my band and now that i'm losing weight and feeling better, we are drifting apart and he has started drinking again.... so i'm trying to not relapse my self with food (which is still really easy) and just hold my self up and keep walking. I guess I was looking for a band buddy too. So thanks for your post and keep moving forward.

Does anyone know of a support group in Monmouth or Middlesex County?

I was banded 8 months ago and over the last few weeks food just doesn't work any more. I haven't had a fill in three months and wouldn't want one because I feel very tight. I can't eat anything solid the first part of the day. If I attempt solids I will throw it up. Somedays I don't have that problem. I have found when i'm stressed, the food doesn't work regardless of it's texture. However, I am hungry. I have been eating a special K bar for breakfast which works (it's soft) lunch i'm so hungry but throw up if i eat so I usually end up with a soup and crackers. Any suggestions out there, i feeling band frustrated. I'm terrified to have them take out from the band but i'm thinking my food choices are wrong. Please help, I still have 80lbs to lose to look human.

Is your port site hot to the touch. When I had an infection the skin around it was very hot. Either way, you definitely need to call your dr. Good Luck.

I had a fill roughly 4 weeks ago, i'm at 2 cc's now. I've been having a tough time with foods, particularly in the mornings. I have to do mushies until the late afternoon then can usually do more solid food. I don't really complain because it's nice only needing a little bit of food to fill me up. But I have been (we'll call it spitting up) food if i get that full feeling and my body rejects the food sitting on top of the band. I have never thrown up a full meal. so what do you think? I've been playing around with different foods to see what works, My body has accepted the band but believe it or not my mind still forgets so i don't always make the best choices. Any advice?

Where is the Health Awareness Center? Is it part of the hospital?