KikiVal315

Well thank you. My main reason to get WLS was to get pregnant. Now I have to get back on track with the weight loss and to hopefully get to goal. I never quite made it! I've had 3 pregnancies and 4 band babies. My last pregnancy was a surprise, I had twins. Thank you again for the kind words. It's hard to find anyone on the same boat as I am. ????

I live in Los Angeles county and I've had my band since 2008; had my surgery in Mexico. Since then I'd go back n forth to get fills. I've had pregnancies in between; I gave birth in December and I'm in need of a fill...BAD!!. It's almost impossible for me to go back to Mexico for fills now. My latest attempt just right now, I had an appointment, left with plenty of time, but just my luck, WAY TOO MUCH traffic, and I couldn't make my appointment. My question to the southern cal banders: WHERE CAN I GET A FILL FROM A LOCAL DOC THAT WILL SEE ANOTHER DR'S PATIENTS? Please help.....!

Hi ladies, how much does the doc in HB charge for fills, do you know if he'll see other Mexico bandsters that didn't use dr Ortiz?

Love it! Thank you I needed this right now! Temptation is everywhere!!!!!

One week preop diet, lost 10lbs

Seashells and a banana leaf I'm playing! I really don't care, just want my shirts and jeans to smooth, no rolls please!!!!!

For me it's a beautiful love hate relationship, I push a little more each day and feel GREAT once I'm done. The sweating is what makes me feel accomplished.

I've played with so many numbers lol, but right now in aiming for 190 (I'm 5'7) and we'll take it from there. When I was in the low 200's I was a size 12. I'm happy with that, plus I've been told over & over I carry my weight well. I love my curves and butt I just want to see them smaller!

Not sure we're you live, but I go to Mexico, $95 includes fluoro. I called around were I live and the lowest I found was around $300! I would rather drive 2hrs to get my fills than to waste all that money

And it does get annoying after a while repeating the same story and how the band works after a while

I was in the same boat you were years ago. I didn't want anyone to know until they started asking what was my trick for loosing so much weight. At that point I would spill it. You can't fail at this though if you remember it's only a tool to help you loose. You still have to change eating habits and exercise. There's no way around it. You will have some bad days, maybe, we're all different. But if you do get those days, know that tomorrow will be another day and keep trying.

Good luck to you! And I would definitely rebrand too I mine were to slip

I was banded may 2008, started at 280, 270 at surgery, an then 8 months later I found out I was pg with my oldest; I was weighing 208 at the time and 15ish pounds away from goal. Of course I was unfilled and ate EVERYTHING! Needless to say I gained almost all of my weight back. I dilly dallied around with my weight loss, it was super hard for me to go back to my healthy eating habits. I would over eat and make myself sick a lot. This delayed my weight loss, until one day I was sick & tired and buckled down. I was at 217 last Xmas when I found out I was pg again i didn't gain this much this pregnancy (at least I don't think) and here I am now, two fills @ 2.2 252lbs and hoping to stay on course. Life isn't perfect and things will happen but it's important to get back up when we get knocked down and delayed in our journeys... I learned the hard way ;D

Awww, congrats! Having babies is the main reason why I decided to get banded. Just had band baby#2 this August and I'm now trying to loose this weight and get back to goal. I never quite made it the first time around, I had lost 80ish pounds and 9 months after surgery I found out I was pg in march of '09. I screwed around with my weight loss, took me two years to loose most of it then I found out I was pg again last December. I only wish I had surgery sooner! =D Good luck to you and do keep us updated!!!