rebiken

Productive burping

Ok I have had my band since 2008. I had my last fill a few years ago. After I got that last fill I was very tight. This is a slippery slope. I went years before I got the courage to go to a doctor and find out if every thing is ok. One doctor told me I needed a fill because I wasn't tight enough. I told him I wanted a deflate because I was throwing up liquids. He did give me a deflate...I instantly felt better, lost 5lbs (not instantly but in about a week) and had more energy. It's a slippery slope because I ended up eating easy food that made me gain weight. I found a different more caring doctor and my pouch was overlapping my band so they took more out. Don't be like me, if you are only able to get liquids down more then likely you are too tight. You want to be able to eat healthy foods like good proteins and vegetables and fruits.

PBing is productive burping...ie throw up

YAY! Congrats! Keep up the good work!

Jack you can link the 2 apps on your smart phone or tablet. Sometimes my Fitbit tells me I have more steps then myfitnesspal. But you just go to your apps settings and tell them to talk to each other basically.

I went to Dr. Kuri and he is wonderful. I have a 9.75/10 cm band. It has a max fill of 4CC. It was used in the US at the time I had my band placed. I haven't had much trouble finding a fill doctor here. Just some places won't see me, but the good ones will with a surgical report. I went to a quack recently but I needed help. I have found a different doctor and going to see next week to make sure every thing is ok. If I still feel like unsure I'll be making a trip to Mexico to see Dr. Kuri.

I had an unfill because I was in your shoes. The doctor I went to said I needed a fill because I only had 1.33 CC in my band. I was at the point I could only eat slider food that wasn't until the afternoon and at times couldn't even get liquids or my teeny tiny thyroid pull down. After 5 years of being miserable I decided to get an unfill and let my system rest and relearn the rules. I have lost weight and am ready to get another fill I think. I searched around for a different doctor too. The one I went to for unfill seemed like a quack to me. I was banded in 2008 with a 9.75 band. I have lost 65 pounds and ready to lose the rest once and for all.