Sarah.R

Please don't gain weight, use ankle weights, they help way easier and then that way you can "miraculously" loose that weight before surgery =P ** So I retract everything I said there lol. I don't mean to be rude but like most I believe that you aren't heavy enough to have surgery BUT that is my opinion and it is definetly not your decision/choice to listen to it which is understandable - In saying that, this is weight loss surgery not "I want to loose 10lbs and then I will be my goal weight surgery" Also I have one question, your first post you said you could never afford to be self pay and then all of a sudden you can?

Jenna of course there is risk with any surgery but like the first person said, you probably die in more car accidents - This is a life changing surgery so obviously there are going to be risks but don't you think the benefits far outweigh the risks? This was my 3rd surgery (2 lung biopsies before) and the biopsies where more dangerous than band and yet I was more paranoid/scared getting the band. Try researching on here, honestly it will put your mind at ease more and the more you research it the more you'll know your making the right decision

21 when I had mine but I could have had it when I was 19 if doctors hadn't screwed around lol. Didn't really care when I got it as long as I did

If it says its a can have but not a requirement then really you don't have to drink it, just make sure if you take it out you have the same amount of something else so your still getting fluids in

Honestly I do the same thing, I mean I totally agree with you, it's liquid - it goes straight thru and waiting those 20-30 minutes will just make you dehydrated anyway, the more important thing is waiting after.

Because weight loss should really only be for adults, in saying that you obviously didn't look hard enough because there are plenty of teenagers in the teenage forum - Not trying to be rude either Heres the link: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f116/

I totally agree with you which is why I spend most of my time in the chat room. The thing that annoys me the most tho is definetly people who say they eat earlier than usual - I still remember one chick who said she ate an entire hot dog about a week out, she said it took her like 2 hours but she did it just to see if she could - People like that should be tranquilized and then have the band taken out - Yeah people will bitch at me for saying that but honestly who does that kinda thing?

So I had issues with poached eggs but any other way cooked is fine - Go figure. Sometimes have trouble with mango but I find if I have it in like a fruit salad and eat like strawberries first it acts as like a cushion and have no trouble then? Had trouble with bread last time I had it and sometimes have trouble with rissoles (probably because there so dry) Really that's the only thing for me. But I got a fill yesterday so that's bound to change lol.

So I always thought I didn't know my band size but when I went in today the nurse asked my bariatric nurse "Whats the most that can go in" And my bn said oh about 12 - Which makes sense to me because I'm almost at restriction (well I think anyway) So I got .5cc put in and I'm just wondering for those with a 12cc band what amount in your band has you at restriction? Thanks

MissK I saw it as well and I posted on there discussion board how disghusted I was as well with the whole segment - FYI if you look on the discussion board and theres a story and the thread starter was blackstars yeah that's me lol. Anyway yeah I was totally disghusted in the entire thing, I hated the fact that they focused on the one person that had a nicked bowel during surgery when in fact ANY surgery is dangerous really. And with Andy they didn't even focus on how people are actually being proactive and choosing not to be like this anymore. I personally think they should do a follow up story apologizing, it's a load of bull and I think that freakin Mike guy needs to be given the axe especially since he clearly didn't do any research at all - For your info Mike, I eat fruit all the freakin time and have no issues lol Edit* Xellia if you do write in a letter asking them to show the positive instead of the negatives, will you let me know if you get anything back? I agree with you though, being healthier and weighing less I think far outweighs the negatives of this surgery. If I didn't have this surgery my weight would still be going up - I was 125 when I started and I would probably be up 130 but now and at my age honestly that's dighusting so yeah this surgery was a life saver. One other thing to mention, I went on the website and the dietician that is against it and everything is funnily enough employed by the same people that employ the surgeon. I thought that was pretty interesting - I'm pretty sure the surgeon brings in my more moolah than she doesn - And she's probably only bitching because she'll be loosing clients because people will actually be healthier.

I was never told yes or no but always heard you shouldnt. My sister bought a milkshake one day and I had some with a straw and honestly it was like alot of air was being put in my stomach and I just stopped drinking. I tried it again like a week later and didn't have any issues, and really when you think about it and people saying you get suction and stuff it's a load of bull, you don't really actually swallow air when you eat or drink because if you did that's actually when you choke. Just do what's right for you

I hate how they keep "fixing it" but they just seem to be screwing it up for more and more people all the time

Me either, and since when do we have to actually log on in the chat page? That's whats giving me all the difficulty

I've been trying since saturday (monday now) and I still haven't been able to get in, it just loads really slowly and then it says the internet couldn't connect me to it which is a load of bs

From what I've heard from others - The ones that are jealous or are rude about the entire thing are usually bigger than you themselves and are jealous because they can't get it - The ones that are supportive are the thin ones - Go figure. This is why I choose not to tell me friends, one of them is a little bigger than me and maybe she will take it fine but chances are she won't - I didn't do this for vanity although that is a good motivation lol, I did it because I have more health problems than a 80 year old, add on that that I'm fat and it makes the problems 50 times worse so it was just the better solution for me.

I choose to only eat whole grain bread toasted, tried a toasted sandwich and just not the same thing =( Still eat pasta but try not to do it alot as I tend to be able to eat like 1/4 of a cup more of pasta than anything else which is really annoying, also I make sure I cook it til it's really soft and add heaps of sauce, just easier to eat then - Also they sell kiddies ravioli here in aus lol so I eat them cuz they're tiny.

Honestly no one here can give you the best answer, the first person that replied is the one to go with - See your doc and discuss it with them, overall the thing that is the main issue is stretching of the pouch from carbonation which can lead to weight gain so why risk that? For me I have it in my mind that if I take one sip I'm going to have it all foam up in my throat and I'll be in severe pain, that's probably not true but for me it's good to think that way lol.

It can stretch the pouch Paige, meaning you can end up eating more and the band won't work as well - It doesn't happen overnight but gradually.

I'm sorry but I doubt your surgeon really believes that any of his patients are 100% true to his post op diet. In saying that at least you only cheated with soup and it wasn't something hard, don't beat yourself up over it - I cheated on my preop diet and I admitted that to my nurse, I also said to him after you've screwed me around 3 times for surgery I wasn't entirely sure if I was going to get surgery so I didn't stick to it faithfully at all, he agreed with me of course cuz he was in the wrong lol but everyones different.

So everything with the band was kind of fine until my last fill, the doc put in .5cc and I've just had issue after issue since I had it done, the day after when I was allowed to eat after having liquids I got stuck. Then about a week later I got stuck again and then the next day I also got stuck, then yesterday I got stuck on one bite of a rissole (fair enough it may have been a bit too dry) so I took it easy the rest of the afternoon, then we had fish and chips for dinner tonight, I put my fish on my plate (by the way it was grilled so it was healthy) and a couple of chips, I took one bite of a chip and thought great. So I've just recovered from bringing it up because I was in that much pain, this fill has just been horrible for me and I'm tempted to stop eating all together and just go back on a liquid diet - I really don't know what to do - I only have restriction for about an hour to 3 hours depending on what I eat and also depending on what I eat I can eat as little as 3/4 cup of food to a cup and 1/4 so I don't know. I'm really at a loss and just thinking should I get a tiny unfill or should I just go to a liquid diet for a little while? I know I should talk to my doc about this but I called him thursday actually thinking I needed a fill and he said he'd get back to me which he hasn't so when he rings should I ask for an unfill or what? =(

Honestly only a couple of people know about my band and they've been supportive and those that don't know about my band haven't really noticed the weightloss except for my pharmacist lol - All I'll be telling them is that I've cut soft drink, bread and rice which is completely true, explain that and how high in carbs they are and because you ate so much before and then decided to cut them out you've lost alot which isn't lying at all, I mean we can't have soft drink and we can have rice and bread but not alot so really your actually being honest =) Good luck

Is there a reason the chat isn't working for me today? Any other time it does - By the way I clear the cookies and history everytime I get off the computer so that shouldn't be the issue