kellhale33

I was really happy with my surgeon 5 weeks out and started with 4 ccs go back in 2 1/2 weeks . I'm not at that sweet green spot so anticipating more for him to put in. I could definitely tell with 4 ccs put in

There is a new group on fb called gastric banners of Illinois

Just had my first fill today.Dr put in 4 cc . How much did your Dr put in for your first fill?

Sitting in Dr's office now waiting to get first fill, I'm real nervous but from what I have read it's not a big deal , we will see????

I don't know Kate

I had the lap band surgery, they don't remove any of your own body parts and it can be removed in future if you wanted. The weight loss is an average of 1-2 lbs a week it's slow but steady. Have you considered this type of weight loss. I also had doubts before I made the decission to have the surgery but glad I went through with it. I know I had to see a phsyciatrist and a nutritionist before Insurance would even consider covering the procedure, did you? I had to see psychiatrist 3 different times plus take a mental/personality test and she had to write a letter stating if I was mentally up for this, because it is more mental than phsyical. This is a lifestyle change and only you know if you want this or not, if not just keep what your doing, you said you were active step it up and hit the gym harder. I personally think it's much easier working out with less weight on my body, and it keeps getting easier

They just say stay away from caffeine(coffee)because they think it will be to rough on tummy. I was going crazy w/out mine , I called Dr and he said it was OK to drink as long as I could handle. I had no problems, but every Dr is different

I was feeling the same way and we had are surgeries around same time, and also had to take trip to er 2 days after surgery and ended up in hospital for 4 days. I found myself very emotional and listening to negative thoughts. I think we're just emotional from the surgery and from being sick. Doing a lot better though and know I have made the right decision and this isn't an easy thing to do. Keep it up and it will pay off in the end

That's great Dukeuni, do you feel restriction already? I definitely can

Wish they could of come up with a way to make the port not so noticeable after the weight comes off

That's great, could you tell immediately?

the liquid stage was rough, and just think we have to do it again on the day of our fill. Yummy lol

to Mpeters do you feel restriction on the amount you can eat already? I deffinately can, I have to remember slow bites and smaller or feel sick real quick.

I think my fill is that same week as well. I feel a lot better, I already feel quite a bit of restriction when I eat . I'm done wish mooshy food, just have to chew real good and slow it down before bites. Full after eating 3 pieces of soft chicken breast

WHY DO OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE GET HERNIAS MORE??? I had hernia surgery at the end of Oct.2014, which was very painful and recovery was worse than my lap band surgery I had almost 3 weeks ago, problem is when I had to have upper gi for surgery they found another hernia different spot. For some reason my surgeon didn't fix when I had lap band surgery and forgot to ask why. I'm wondering why are overweight people more prone to get ??