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I know this is a silly question , but i was thinking about this the other day. Has anyone had anyone ask, or whisper behind there back that your on drugs? I haven't been banded yet, but I would think that with loosing so much weight so fast. Don't people ask you how in the hell your loosing so much weight so fast? Not that I'm really hiding it, my friends know, and i'm friendly with ONE person at work. I just think theres only a few possibilities that weight comes off so quickly. I know that its not like that for everyone, but I just wonder if anyone's had anyone say something to them either way. Really I think I'm asking cause I lost 80lbs once when i was 20 and people i saw from highschool would make comments like that. i'm from a small state someone is somewhere at some point. I just thinks it would kinda be funny.

Hi my name is alicia, I am 26 and starting my lap band journey I guess. I've done alot of research and I'm positive at this point that this is what I want for my life. My big problem is that I freak out that nothing is ever going to go my way so even though I've contacted my insurance company and I am covered obviously as long as they approve me, I'm still just concerned and scared that i'm going to go through all this and not get the approval for some reason or another. I guess really what I'm asking for is if anyone has any information about what I really need to do I'm going wendesday for a seminar at chrias. how much more is involved after that? and usually how long is it that the surgery happens after you've gotten all your tests and evaluations. Also any surgeon suggestions my pcp is dr bianchi and he works out of st francis but i'm not really comfortable with that hospital. Also any other information anyone can pass my way would be greatly appriciated. Thanks Alicia :help:

Yes my band is 10cc's i would say do .5 at a time make sure you can drink Water before you leave the office, and if it does end up to tight that would suck but your gonna have to get there somehow. I'm so fortunate that hasn't happend to me but it is a fear every time i go in especially since it's taken so much fill to get to this point. I would say if you really don't have any issues with food and can eat at a reg/fast pace try for the .5 if you think your on the cusp of being there then maybe .25 i really think if you pay attention to the way the food feels when your eating it you know how close you are to being there. Jmho good luck

Well I had my surgery at the end of april and have had 6 fills totaling 8.5cc's. My last fill of .5 was done this past thursday and the differance is significant. I really wasn't losing weight very fast and I would only occasionally have issues with food if i was eating to fast, or before i learned better, drinking with my food, but no real restriction. NOW! however I'm not really ever hungry the amount of food I can eat is alot less and I've lost 4lbs since thursday. So really it just very's per person I was begining to wonder if i would ever get restriction but I just kept at it. It does become somewhat discouraging at times because I feel like its been so long since my surgery and I havn't lost as much weight as i would have liked to, but I also kept thinking once i get restrition maybe then I'll catch up with my goal. I'm hoping now I've got all the parts to my tool to acomplish that. hope you get your sweet spot soon.

Hi everyone, so I got a fill yesterday and everything seems fine except, if I get hungry because I haven't eaten in a few hours, I've been getting this pain in my mid back directly in back of my sternum. once I eat it goes away but once it starts, its really painful and makes me feel like i may vomit. Now obviously i need to get some snacks to put in my desk so when it starts i can eat, but I was curios if anyone else has this problem. Its very strange and uncomfortable.

wow well i'm guessing with 41 views and only one responce I'm alone with this one. thanks anyway.

nicole, So very strange but you basically just wrote my story except you've had better weightloss than me. I was banded on 4/29 tried to have my 1st fill 4 weeks out and could not due to swelling i had my 2nd fill on 7/3 and it brought me to 5cc's, doc said because of the holiday no one would be in the office incase of emergency so he wanted to keep it at a low fill this time. I was very discouraged untill this last fill, and now with a bit better restriction i can tell its working not how i want it to but i'm on the way. Anyway it was nice to see you experice thank you and good luck.

well you just basically listed every reason I didn't want the bypass. I mean actually it wasn't even an option for me. I researched the band decided that these were risks I was willing to take. Bypass was just not something I thought about, I realize that the weight comes off alot quicker with bypass but I think, and this is from just knowing people that have had bypass that its easier to go back to old habits and gain a large portion of the weight back. the band being adjustable means I have control for the rest of my life. Its everyone individual choice I just wasn't willing to take all the downs of the bypass surgery for the quicker weight loss, it will come off in time. Good luck

My 1st fill was thursday and my doc gave me 4cc's and I go back 7/3. I guess its really up to there discretion, I would hate having to go for .5cc's at a time I mean I only got filled on thursday but I kinda feel like I know I need more already.

my step father in his unfunny humor says to me on the day of my surgery" one year to get skinny, then a man then a baby" I just told him to shut up. I really feel for you it's amazing how people can't think its possible someone wants to fix themselves for themselves and not to catch a man and produce children. but whatever that there isssue not mine.

I'm right there with you, I was banded on 4/29 and have lost 8.5lbs since surgery. I went today for my 1st fill and the doc put 4cc in. I asked him while I was there if my weight loss was normal, and he said yes average is 1-2 a week and that's about where I am. He said some people do loose more faster but not everyone and to not be discouraged. He said he is very happy with my progress and my fill should help with curbing my hunger and come back in 2 weeks. I really understand your frustration and concern, but when I get a little upset that I'm not 20lbs lighter already, I just think 1 i'm still 8lbs lighter. 2 I'm loosing not gaining and that is exciting, and 3rd and finally, if I continue with 1.5 lbs a week I'll have lost 78lbs by 1yr and thats incredible. So although it may not be coming off as fast as we want it to, the scale is still going down and that all I wanted. best of luck

I wonder why people feel it nessasary to remind those of us in the U.S. that pot is illegal, and to be quite honest it's not really illegal if you have a perscription, or in some states you have to have more than a ounce on you to be charged with anything. There are plenty of things that are technically illegal that people do all the time. Speeding, littering, Some sexual acts. Its all about personal responsability if I choose to purchase and partake in smoking pot I'm not hurting anyone and I deal with the consiquenses if I do get caught. I don't think responable people are smoking in front of children, and if you are that is bad. And if the illegality makes people stay away then that's there choice, I like to take my chances with johnny law, call me a rebille if you must. BTW in no way do i want to excersize high, that is comfy time.:rolleyes2:

I was really sad when I first saw your post, thinking that a man could cause you to possibly postpone your surgery. I'm so happy you decided to go ahead with it. I wanted to send you this link because I found this girl on youtube, and she video blogs about her lap band experience. she too was broken up with days before her surgery. and now almost a year later she's thinner happier and with a differant man.[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw9eEb6R7us]YouTube - 7/7 Video Blog #3 WLS Lap Band[/ame] check out this and all of her blogs very inspiring! you can search her at you tube thebandinme.

So I went for my one month post- op appt with my surgeon on Thursday. He asked me how I was doing, and blah blah, and then he said are you feeling full? Well I said no cause I'm not, I don't over eat and get sick but I really have not alot of differance in fullness and for sure hunger. but I'm trying to get through. Anyway so he says well lets see about a small fill. he numbs me and sticks me about 6 differant times but couldn't get it, said I was still too swollen around the port site. Has anyone else come across this problem? I figure it was a little too soon to try but man was I dissapointed I really thought I was going to get a glorious fill, Oh well another two weeks and hopefully I will be less swollen. :laugh:

Hi everyone, Its been a month almost 2 more days for it to be official. Anyway so I've lost 8lbs, and I want to be excited because it is a loss, but it seems low. I know i'm not restricted yet, and I've been on solid foods for a bout a week. I'm not having any problems with any foods, and I'm eating alot less then I did before. I've been walking for a hour a few days a week, when I can. Although my portions are smaller I'm just as hungry and have been since about 2 weeks in. Is 8lbs normal amount to lose? does this mean it may not actually work for me? Is there anyone that got fills and it just didn't work for them, I'm afraid since the weight isn't really coming off. Any advise will be greatly appriciated.

So i'm 8 days out, and I'm on liquids for 4weeks so 1 down 3 to go. I've cheated a bit I had some mashed potatoes and creamed spinich and a banana. All went down just fine, however it does bother me that I couldn't do it not even for a week. I'm getting hungry more often now and that makes it really hard. I understand that we all have eating issues that's why were overweight but the self control issue is getting to me. I really just want to say screw it and eat a sandwich. I know it could possibly hurt me and I won't but I'm going crazy here. How did you all do it? I know skinny feels better blah blah. Food taste good and I want to eat. Then the possibility of all the foods I might not be able to eat afterwards scares me. I want to be able to once in a blue moon enjoy a burger or some fries not always like before, but I dont' want to say no for the rest of my life i'm young. I'm irratated about it I miss food and it's only been a little over a week. I think I'm driving myself crazy cause I'm so head hungry and mad I can't eat. I just wish it didn't feel like forever till I can eat something and then I might puke or have something get stuck and feel sick. I thought long and hard about this surgery but I never thought I would feel this irratated afterwards. I'm also a little scared that maybe just maybe I'll be one of those that it doesn't work for. I really don't think I will be it's pretty much been quantity that is my problem so with a smaller stomach, weight loss should be easy, but what if it just doesn't come off? I really think lack of food is making me insane.:cursing:

I was just banded on the 29th, and yes I do think sometimes was this the right thing to do and will it work for me. All I can say is I'm doing my best to make it work and I really hope I don't regret it. Thats for sure not to say that I haven't already messed up, but I have to have hope that after a while I will see more results and be alot more confident about my decsion. whats done is done and I'm working my tool as best I can today.

Hi alesha, I just wanted to say I'm alicia too, and I had my surgery on the 29th. I read your blog and although I am on liquids for another 3 weeks, thanks for the tuna thing I'm really excited about that, I loved flavored spreads, even though it's tuna it sounds very yummy. I can' wait till I can eat hummes again.

Thanks everyone, I took a 25 min walk the longest since i've been banded, and talked with my friend. I'm not saying it will help always but atleast it got me away from the refrigarator and thinking about food. I guess that's really the key is just keeping my mind busy. I know this but it's so hard to not just eat. especially when I see posts where people are already back to real food or mushies and had my date. It makes me think " well if they were ok then it's no big deal", but it is. I made the commitment I need to follow through. I'm just going to try and occupy myself when the erge gets to be too much. ready to change: I did not have to be on a liquid diet before my surgery for long just 2days prior, so I havn't been dealing with this liquid thing long. I honestly don't think I could have done it, I would have sooo cheated and probubly binged. It really just depends on the surgeon what they require.

I'm 7days post op I had my surgery on the 29th and I've been having pain (2 out of 10 on the pain scale) from these burp/hiccup things it hurts around my heart. I don't know how to really explain it. also I don't know if its from laying around too much or a signal that i'm too full but the middle of my back hurts alot. Other than that everything has been going well so far.

I had my surgery on the 29th also. I stayed overnight, and they repaired a hyatel hernia while they were putting on my band. I was initially in a lot of pain, but I walked a lot at the hospital and everything was okay. Yesterday when I finally got home I took my pain meds and slept till about 1030pm then couldn't fall back to sleep for a few hours. Today has been pretty bad with the gas pains, mostly in my back and chest. Sometimes I can feel it in my shoulder. I'm just hoping for the gas pains to go away soon. The incision pains are not bad at all and it's not hard for me to sleep on my right side, I'm assuming my port is on the left, cause that side is more uncomfortable. I really have not had any issues with hunger. But I do have to say watching tv every food commercial is killing me. I want everything and not cause I'm hungry just cause I want it, and can't have it. I guess all in all it hasn't been too bad, just want the gas pains to be gone.

hey everyone I had my surgery yesterday, just got home about an hour ago. my whole stomach area is so sore and i'm tired from not getting enough sleep. I was so hungry last night and they wouldn't give me anything but ice chips, then they gave me luke warm broth before I left. Not very good at all. So I just wanted to check in. I have to say all in all it wasn't so bad but I am in pain, now that I'm home and not hooked up to the pain meds. oh well I'll get through this.

Good luck everyone!

Just a real quick question. My surgery is 4/29 and my pre-op appointment my surgeon told me they give a script for T3 for after. Well what if thats not enough? Can I request something stronger? I had T3 for my wisdom teeth and I didn't really find them to helpful with the pain. I guess I just want to know can I take other stuff like percocet? Cause I really have a a bad pain tolerance. And is there something else I can request? Thanks for any help.

Hey guys I know this is a little off topic but either this site is really not working right today or my system at work is not opening all pages. either way I can't post a new thread, So my question to all of you is I'm having my surgery tomorroe with Dr Irgau, and it's scheduled for 9am. Did any of you actually start on time and also how long were you in surgery for? thanks for any replys.