Karen85

:frown: hey everyone i have a question...after i finish eating something i get heart burn and sometimes i get a pain on the right side of my stomach with the heart burn what is that? is that a bad thing? i also burp a lot after i eat. is this all normal?l..please let me know..thanks Karen

hey thanks for letting me know. i appreciate it.

hey i wanted to know something. sometimes i eat and drink at the same time? is that a really bad thing that i do that with my band? why do they really tell us not to drink and eat at the same time? i barely do it though but i just have that question. can any1 fill me in? thanks. Karen

i have a 10cc band and i was banded on oct. 22nd, 2007. my last fill was on march 25th and i have my band filled to 9.4cc's i do have restriction but i have been eating a lot more than what i am supposed to and i have been cheating which is stupid of me. i just don't really have support like i used to have anymore and its all in my head with the hunger. i was doing great till the end of march hit, i lost some1 that was very close to me, my sis in law, my ( my bro's wife) and she had gotten gastric bypass in nov. 2007 and they really dont know why she passed away. we had an autopsy done on her but all they found was that her intestines were twisted and they said that i could have been from getting her tubes tied or from the gastric bypass. we were dieting together and i had all that support from her but like my sis and my bro all they do is make fun of me cuz i have a band around my stomach and it just puts me down. but i have to get back on track.

hey every one, thanks for all ur support and advice and thanks mss for everything u told me. i do that all the time. when i cheat 1 day with like ice cream or something and i'm still eating healthy by dinner i'm like ah what the heck i'll cheat for the rest of the day and go back to my diet tomorrow, and i just wind up cheatin day after day which is really bad. i usually cheat with ice cream, or chocolate, or peanut butter lol and they are all no good for me. but i read what u wrote and it does make sense and i should be thinking and asking myself is this food gonna get me at my goal weight? i'm gonna think of that every time i feel the urge to cheat. so thank you.

hey everyone? how r u doing? i need some advice. since the end of march, 2008, i been going down hill with my success from my lap band surgery. i weighed 165lbs in march and ever since then i been like gaining 1-2 lbs hear and there. i cheat almot every single Day!!! i am being all stupid by cheating but i went through and still going through a bad time cuz in the end of march, my sister in law (My bro's wife) passed away and we still don't know what happened to her yet. she had gotten gastric bypass surgery in nov. 2007 and we had the same doctor and i just saw her a day before she passed away. and we were dieting together and ever since she passed away i haven't really paid too much attention to my diet. i need to get back on track with it. i didn't do all this hard work for nothing. I worked so hard and i lost 62lbs all togther since oct. 2007 and i am just going to wind up gaining all the weight back god forbid. can anyone help me get back on track with my diet? can anyone give me so suggestions and advice? please i would really appreciate it a lot! also i have another question. when i am done eating i usually hiccup a lot. does that mean that i am full? and once in a while i eat and drink at the same time. is really bad? cuz i think that it washes down the food. please help me out. thank you

hi everyone. i have a question...i have a band that holds up to 10cc's..and right now i have my band filled to 8.9cc's. when i had my band filled with less cc's, i was hungry still during meals but i had a regular size portion meal..and now i can eat a lot more than what i can. i can fit a whole 6inch hero from subway in my stomach. and before that i could only eat half. i don't know what is going on. i went to go see my doctor today but she told me that i don't need a fill cause i lost 7 1/2lbs in a month. so she didn't give me a fill, but i told her that i was still hungry but she said that i am doing good and to just hold off for another fill in 3 weeks. i don't think my band slipped but i think it moved like its not on all the way that its not properly on. can this happen? to me it doesn't make any sense that i can eat a lot with 8.9cc's in my 10cc band. is this normal? i feel like calling up my doctor and asking her if i can get an esogram done ..lol i dunno how to spell it... so i can make sure everything is ok with my band. i am really nervous about this. i hope nothing is wrong. did or does anyone have the same problem? please give me some advice. thanks everyone and thanks for taking the time to read my thread. take care.

hi everyone. i was reading everyones posts..and omg i have the same problem i have lost A LOT of hair. my hair used to be so nice and thick and now i try not to wash it as much because when i was my hair thats when i loose my hair the most. everytime when i wash my hair..i roll it into a ball and its almost the size of a handball or a baseball. it is crazy! i used to be able to put up my hair in a pony tail with goody bands and wrap the band around my hair 2 or 3 times and now i have to wrap the band 4 times to keep my pony tail. i didn't think i would be loosing so much hair. i mean i knew that i would loose hair but not like this. my sis in law got gastric bypass and she is getting bald spots...i hope i dont get them. i just started taking biotin..i wonder if it works. hopefully it does but i doubt it.

hey everyone i just read mostly everyone's answers to that question. i also have sharp pains on my left side of my stomach. its usually after i eat. i don't understand it. and sometimes it hurts a lot where i don't even want to get up and walk. i have to talk to my doctor about that. i don't think its a band slippage...cuz i am not vomitting but i am eating more than what i am supposed to. i don't understand how i can eat so much and i have a band that fills up to 10cc and i have my band filled now to 8.9cc. i don't get it. maybe i am over eating cuz my eyes are bigger than my stomach and i have to work on that. lol. but i can't really tell when i am full. how do u guys know when you are full? maybe that is why i am having pains on my left side of my stomach...cuz i am eating too much. i don't know. can some1 give me son advice. thanks

hey thanks you 2 both of you for letting me know. take care

hey thanks for the advice..well i hope u will loose more weight and i am sure u will so there isn't any worry. it will just take some time. i luv eating the turkey burgers...i put some spices in it and u're right, they make them taste great. i hope u succeed in your weight loss and best of luck! take care

hey everyone. i just got my 4th fill on the jan 16th. and my doctor always tells me that for 2 days i have to be on a liquid diet then 2 days of a purred diet so my band doesn't slip. is this true for everyone else who gets a fill? last month when i got my fill, i cheated on my purred diet, and nothing happened to me, and this month again i cheated because i went out with my friend that i havent seen for longest but nothing happens to me. i usually always chew my food till its very mushy or liquidy. i am just curious if your doctors tell u the same thing after you get a fill so your band doesn't slip. please fill me in on your info. thanks! take care.

hey no i only lost 13lbs from my pre - op diet.

hey thanks for the advice and happy new yr to u too. i barely drink carbinated drinks...i usually just drink water, crystal light and i always have about like 2 16oz cups of coffee a day. i can't live without my coffee lol. i can't live without diet soda though. i was never really a big soda fan. when did u get banded? it's really hard to fight my hunger but i do it though...i usually eat breakfast, lunch, n like a half of a banana with my son cuz he luvs banana's lol..and i usually eat dinner and i have like a special k cereal bar or a 100 calorie pack for a snack at the night. i am loosing weight though...but i am still hungry between meals...and that is so cute with your daughter... are u done yet mommy? lol i used to finish my meal in like 5-7 minutes and now i almost take a half hr to eat my meal lol. well again thanks for ur advice. take care