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I am so glad that I finally looked at this forum, because I am a slow loser as well! I have read pretty much all the threads and pages lol in here and am so happy to see I am not alone, because there are many times in the past 6 months I felt that way :thumbup:

Ouch LOL, I had my first fill without numbing and it was painful for me, I have had my next two with numbing and I was much happier. Sorry to hear it was such an event but it is great that you are making such wonderful progress :confused: I have a 10cc band with 5.5cc in it.

Good luck Semone, I see your surgery is only two days away!

Hi there, I was out for three weeks, went back to work on a Monday but then I went to the hospital on Tuesday as I had severe pain in my chest - I had Costochondritis, this is an inflammation in the sternum area that feels like a heart attack (as it was in my case). So if you just count the regular time and not the incident after I only needed three weeks, but I do not have a body stressful job. Good luck to you and welcome!

Thank you Jeannie for being understanding :thumbup: You and I are the same height by the way, I bet you will get approved and I hope you do, I will think good thoughts for you! You will have to keep in touch, I want to hear updates from you and how your progress is going :thumbup: Barbie

Hello Jeannie, I am trying to not be offended at your question LOL, however it is a reasonable question and I will do my best to answer :thumbup: I am what my Surgeon calls a "slow loser", I also was not getting the best restriction and now I seem to have pretty good restriction. I walk each day, once during lunch for 45 minutes, another 30-45 minutes at home on my treadmill @2.7 -3 miles per hour, I eat less than 1200 calories - go figure huh? Unfortunately not every one loses fast or quickly from being banded. But such is life I guess and I feel pretty happy with where I started at 226 pounds for a start weight before the actual surgery - so that would put me at 33 pounds roughly. There is actually forum called "slow losers unite" under the support groups with a lot of pages in it, there are a lot of us :thumbup: Good luck to you on your journey!

I am just not feeling like I could give you tough love comments! Instead I am going to just give you nice love comments :thumbup: You will get back on track, you need to trust in yourself and your band, start tracking your foods, commit to a little exercise and just be kind to yourself So someone else will probably give you tough love but I just understand your feelings and feel like you do frequently and just don't have it in me today :thumbup:

Good luck to you and remember that it truly is a learning process, no one gets it down perfectly right off :thumbup: I am 6 months out and figuring things out still Take care!:thumbup:

So, I had quit smoking before my surgery and was very proud of that, however, I did start smoking and have been for the past 6 months. Now I have smoked since I was a teen - eek! I know and I hate it, I have quit so many times but then something happend.... my husband and I quit New Years day together at 8 pm and this is the longest I have gone without actually feeling like I wanted to start up again. This is huge because while before I had quit for long periods of time I would obsess about smoking them but now for whatever reason I just feel different. Of course I have also become anal retentive about exercising and have started the couch to 5k program I saw posted, so that motivation has helped me immensely Also, for the simple fact I had this surgery to be healthier I just finally think after 6 months of having this band in me it is time to get my ass in gear and take better care of myself... so I am not proud at all that I began smoking again after surgery but you know what? I am human, I make mistakes and if any one has a negative comment to make about this I suppose they ought to check their own inventory before picking at mine :confused:

So, I had quit smoking before my surgery and was very proud of that, however, I did start smoking and have been for the past 6 months. Now I have smoked since I was a teen - eek! I know and I hate it, I have quit so many times but then something happend.... my husband and I quit New Years day together at 8 pm and this is the longest I have gone without actually feeling like I wanted to start up again. This is huge because while before I had quit for long periods of time I would obsess about smoking them but now for whatever reason I just feel different. Of course I have also become anal retentive about exercising and have started the couch to 5k program I saw posted, so that motivation has helped me immensely Also, for the simple fact I had this surgery to be healthier I just finally think after 6 months of having this band in me it is time to get my ass in gear and take better care of myself... so I am not proud at all that I began smoking again after surgery but you know what? I am human, I make mistakes and if any one has a negative comment to make about this I suppose they ought to check their own inventory before picking at mine :confused:

:laugh:Oh heck yes I do! I had my first fill and it was not a pleasant experience, even though my surgeon is good at giving fills, and he used fluro it was very painful for me. So now I always get a numbing shot before hand and I am much happier :thumbup:

Yes, I have experienced that pain and I ended up having a port that would bonk against my rib area and cause pain that got worse and worse. I would call your surgeon, be very adament that you need to be seen, they need to determine what is going and then fix it! I ended up having a port revision with a low profile port that was smaller and thinner. My surgeon was very responsive to my needs. Good luck to you and do not take no for an answer!!!

LOL, I also read your post more than once and I was praying you were thinking Kilos not Pounds! Heh - funny about the virginity reference - I find it funny :tongue2: Good luck to you can't wait to hear more from you as well! Barbie

I have the same issue as well, some days it is all I can do to get some calories in and then others I am so hungry I can barely stand myself! Of course the mornings difficult regardless, I am so tight I can only have my coffee for the first 2 hours after waking.

Aw, screw it! I will confess, I needed to gain weight because I too was under the bmi requirement for my insurance company. I ate crappy and gained (like I wouldn't have anyways?) and I wore the heaviest wool sweater, jeans etc anything that was heavy for my weigh in - I made it. So, I ended up losing it afterwards for my pre surgery requirement and all has worked out fine. If I had not gained, I would not have had surgery, if I had not surgery I would have gained!:wink_smile:

I understand how you feel. It is hard to accept compliments and it is hard to "see" how you are changing when your mind just won't wrap around it. Simply say thank you when you get a compliment and maybe have some updated photos taken that you can compare your old ones with? You are so much more than your weight loss - but I have to say that 40lbs is freaking amazing! Your hard work is obviously paying off. Good luck to you :wink_smile:

Well it seems we have all shared our experiences and I am glad I asked the question, although I worried I would offend or hurt someones feelings I was hesitant - but everyone was very pleasant and adult when answering, I can see I didn't have a thing to worry about after all :wink_smile: So that being said it was great hearing everyones take on their privacy, lack of privacy, etc. in regards to their surgery and LapBand - hopefully I will get to know some of you better as I putter along in this forum now that I am not lurking and reading posts for the better part of my evening :thumbup: Barbie

Hello! My port is below my right ribs a few inches down, this a new low profile port however. I had to have this new one put in on November 19th as I had pain from my other one. Much better now Good luck to you and welcome!

Thank you so much you guys!

I had a port revision because my port bonked against my ribs continuously, I couldn't get comfortable no matter how I slept or sat, I tried to adjust myself all the time - lean to the side LOL, but it just wasn't working. The new port is a low profile port that is smaller and thinner (this is what the Doc says) it was placed inside using the same incision site and they moved it slightly further away from my ribs. Feels great now! No pain at all

Wow! It is really wonderful to see such a great and positive response from each and every one of you guys :cry_smile: I guess it really is a personal decision and some of us are more personal than others and some less than than others. I am the happiest to see that not one person felt embarrassed about the surger. Regardless if we keep our surgery close to our hearts or Celebrate it loudly and verbally we all seem to be very proud of our decisions

Good for you! It really is such a personal decision to tell or not to tell and it makes me happy to see how each person feels and deals with this surgery

I am not terribly private either, but I know I have friends who are - makes for interesting dynamics lol. I am in the process of checking out your blog and I have to say I like it, straightforward and a nice clean looking page.

I understand what you are saying and it makes sense completely You look like you are doing wonderful!

****DISCLAIMER - I am just a regular person, who is a regular poster, on a regular forum for Lap Band surgery who is just sharing a thought in a regular way...no offense is meant towards anyone So, as I have been reading and posting today I have been thinking... am I embarrassed to have had this surgery? No way! I was embarrassed when I couldn't fit comfortably in my seat on the airplane, when my thighs rubbed so much they were raw, when the skin folds on my body had an odor (you know what I mean).... those are the embarrassing things and honestly my surgery is not in anyway something to be ashamed of. I am honest always regarding my weight loss and my surgery - it doesn't matter who it is I am sharing it with - and this is my personal choice - if you do not want to tell anyone that is fine too and that doesn't mean you are embarrassed by it just you are more reserved for your reasons than I am. Plus, I always think back to when Star Jones had surgery but she wouldn't say she had surgery.... I know I was wondering why she didn't. So yes, I am proud to have had my surgery - I have no issues with it and if someone does well it is no different than any other aspect of life - people will have different thoughts, feelings and their own insecurities and issues - who gives a rats a$$