Firecallie

So after a night of acid reflux (and the fact that i've lost restriction) the doc. unfilled me Friday without a barium swallow. I go in monday for a swallow but I am wondering does an unfill irritate your stomach? I didn't get any eating instruction either? Should I be on a special diet or does it matter since there is not fill in the band?

Sorry Jack, Those are great ideas btw. Thanks! Lately I have had a loss of restriction, I figured I needed a fill until I had one night of pretty bad reflux. That got me concerned. The doctor managed to see me today but could not do a barium swallow because everyone else was gone. So I was unfilled all the way and am waiting till Monday to go do the barium. What I have learned so far is that when i'm stressed (like now) or bored I want to eat. It makes me feel better. Alot better. But now I know I can't eat to feel better. If something is wrong I need to cut my diet so maybe my pouch and band will be ok by Monday. If something is not wrong I still don't need to pig out just because I don't have a band. So I am sitting here figuring out what will make me feel better other than food and am thus far no solutions are coming to mind. :-p. This too will pass I guess and things will be back to normal soon I hope.

Well the doc. saw me but couldn't do an barium swallow today so he unfilled me and told me to come back on monday. So what do I do in the mean time?

off to work now...

I'm about to leave for work and somehow it has slipped my mind. I know clear liquids for 24 hours before a fill but what else? I don't know if i'm getting a fill or if my band slipped but i'm going to go find out today.

I haven't had restriction for awhile, but I figured that was just because I had lost weight and was at goal. Well last night and all day today for no apparent reason I have had seveare acid reflux and the feeling that something is stuck in my throat (which is very different feeling than something being stuck in my pouch). I am terrified I have a slip or dilation. I mean it seems to be that this is a sure sign that something is wrong with my band. Early on the doc. said that my pouch was slighly dialated but he didn't feel the need to do anything about it. Now I know i'm getting ahead of myself but I wonder if it slipped all the way.

I haven't had restriction for awhile, but I figured that was just because I had lost weight and was at goal. Well last night and all day today for no apparent reason I have had seveare acid reflux and the feeling that something is stuck in my throat (which is very different feeling than something being stuck in my pouch). I am terrified I have a slip. I mean it seems to be that this is a sure sign that something is wrong with my band. Early on the doc. said that my pouch was slighly dialated but he didn't feel the need to do anything about it. Now I know i'm getting ahead of myself but I wonder if it slipped all the way.

So I took a gel tab tonight right before i went to bed and it feels as if it is stuck...or giving me a sour stomach or something? How long does it take those things to disolve? I find it odd that I had no problems when I took it but now it feel as if it is stuck in my throat? Anyone know what this feeling is?

Thanks Kat, I think I will try the sugar free things. Since Christmas the sweets kinda hit and haven't gone away yet but I think I might get some sugar free gum or something...

Detox is a strong word I know but I feel as if am addicted to sweets. I crave them all the time, especially after every meal. I don't know if this is biological, or if it is a learned behavior but I need to stop before I start to gain back the weight i've lost. What strategies have you guys found to help stop the sugar cravings?

So it's been about a year and a half since i've had my surgery. I am at goal and VERY pleased with my results. I love everything that this band has helped me attained. I am now at goal (though I would still like to drop maybe 10 lbs) but mainly tone up. In the beginning two of my friends inadvertantly found out about my surgery. They were really supportive and great but I kept the surgery a secret from everyone else. Well time went by, and my friends really began noticing my eating habits drastically changed. What's more I often gurgle and have to get up and walk around in addition to not eating much. My friends wondered about me, always making side comments on how I wasn't eating much, making them feel like a pig, but I always told them it was because of my gallbladder. Eventually it got to the point where one of my friends was convinced I had an eating disorder, she was confused because I wasn't eating much but I would get up and walk to the bathroom (to walk around) virtually every meal. So finally I sat down with them at dinner and I told them that I had not been truthful about the gallbladder surgery (initially, because later on i did really have to have my gallbladder out and I had to tell them that it was a hernia) and that I had a lap band put in. All in all I was SO glad that I told them. It was so hard for me to hide the truth and to make excuses for everything. They accept my decision whether or not they approve I don't know but that has not affected our relationship. So that's that, my success story, and I now only hope that I can maintain now that I am comfortable with the shape i'm in.

I don't know what my deal is. It's like suddenly the band is something to work around? Or see how much I can eat and then eat terrible. It happens to me every time. I drop alot of weight and then I start not caring so much anymore. I almost want to say I am sabotaging myself and I haven't the slightest clue why. I am so happy with how far I've come I mean it's amazing and I have all the reasons in the world to keep going...so why don't I listen to myself? Why do I seek out the worst choices I can make?

Paula, you know your stuff. Thank you. Mary and Maude thanks for the idea, i think i'll call it in and see if i can get it switched to a liquid.

Anymore input?

thanks guys

because i am very sick and my doc. perscribed amoxi/clav but i don't think he had any knowlege about the lapband.

I have fallen off of my own wagon but seeing this thread has rejuvinated me. Tomorrow is a new day. Tomorrow I will drink all of my water. Have a protein shake for breakfast and eat healthy the rest of the day.

Today sucked...work was demanding. Decided to punish myself by eating. Seems like I think eating is a way to unwind or that I deserve it. In the end i'm just doing myself damage. Today I had: 2 protien shakes soup half a tuna sandwinch and a few chips 3 cheese sticks soup 2 taquitos After eating all of this I do not feel better, or less stressed, or good about myself. I feel miserable. Like I ruined it once again. Am incapable of losing weight and that my band will not work for me. Remember this tomorrow. When I do good by eating right and excersizing during the day I end up feeling good about myself. When I indulge and eat I do not feel good about myself. It's my choice. Temp. fix or long term feel good. Ultimately I will choose. All of this bad eating is happening after work for the most part. MUST REMEDY THAT. Note to self. Tomorrow is a new day. A clean slate and a new beginning. Learn from the past, try not to repeat their mistakes.

Today sucked...work was demanding. Decided to punish myself by eating. Seems like I think eating is a way to unwind or that I deserve it. In the end i'm just doing myself damage. Today I had: 2 protien shakes soup half a tuna sandwinch and a few chips 3 cheese sticks soup 2 taquitos After eating all of this I do not feel better, or less stressed, or good about myself. I feel miserable. Like I ruined it once again. Am incapable of losing weight and that my band will not work for me. Remember this tomorrow. When I do good by eating right and excersizing during the day I end up feeling good about myself. When I indulge and eat I do not feel good about myself. It's my choice. Temp. fix or long term feel good. Ultimately I will choose. All of this bad eating is happening after work for the most part. MUST REMEDY THAT. Note to self. Tomorrow is a new day. A clean slate and a new beginning. Learn from the past, try not to repeat their mistakes.

A very philosophical title for a very nonphilosophical post. Sometimes it seems as if I finally have a good fill. But then this evening I ate a whole chicken pot pie. If I had a good fill I shouldn't be able to do that...RIGHT?!? And then suddenly about an hour later my stomach feels tighter again. It's so frustrating. Then you have the question of how much do I eat. My Dr. says to do a 7 day liquid diet. Which sucks but okay say I do it. HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO GET ENOUGH CALORIES ON LIQUIDS?!? So then comes the question of will I lose weight if I don't get enough calories in? Yada yada yada. I really think I need to stop worrying about it and let happen what will happen. That's what I shall endevor to do tomorrow... Today I ate: 1 protein shake for breakfast 1 cup of soup for lunch (split up by a few hours) 1 chicken pot pie (chewed up and spit out chicken and veggies but ended up eating the crust) <----not a good food choice and I shouldn't have had the crust. On the upside I did work out on the eliptical for 15 minutes and then went swimming. I fear i'll be a paranoid old lady in a few years. I am so worried if the pool is clean...almost like dirty water is beginning to be a phobia. I hope not. One day when I have kids (which would mean I would have to be in a relationship...which right now seems like such a long ways off.) I would like to be the kind that takes them swimming and has fun with them. Thought of the day: When I am in a good mood, the children in my class behave better and I have a better day. It's amazing how much your mood controls your life. P.S. I woke up feeling fine and haven't been sick all day. Odd huh?

A very philosophical title for a very nonphilosophical post. Sometimes it seems as if I finally have a good fill. But then this evening I ate a whole chicken pot pie. If I had a good fill I shouldn't be able to do that...RIGHT?!? And then suddenly about an hour later my stomach feels tighter again. It's so frustrating. Then you have the question of how much do I eat. My Dr. says to do a 7 day liquid diet. Which sucks but okay say I do it. HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO GET ENOUGH CALORIES ON LIQUIDS?!? So then comes the question of will I lose weight if I don't get enough calories in? Yada yada yada. I really think I need to stop worrying about it and let happen what will happen. That's what I shall endevor to do tomorrow... Today I ate: 1 protein shake for breakfast 1 cup of soup for lunch (split up by a few hours) 1 chicken pot pie (chewed up and spit out chicken and veggies but ended up eating the crust) <----not a good food choice and I shouldn't have had the crust. On the upside I did work out on the eliptical for 15 minutes and then went swimming. I fear i'll be a paranoid old lady in a few years. I am so worried if the pool is clean...almost like dirty water is beginning to be a phobia. I hope not. One day when I have kids (which would mean I would have to be in a relationship...which right now seems like such a long ways off.) I would like to be the kind that takes them swimming and has fun with them. Thought of the day: When I am in a good mood, the children in my class behave better and I have a better day. It's amazing how much your mood controls your life. P.S. I woke up feeling fine and haven't been sick all day. Odd huh?

Just curious.

Hey i'm in mesquite too. But i haven't had enough weight loss to change clothes though. Maybe next time for me.

IMO it stings a bit but it's not bad AT ALL. I've had fills both lying down now and standing up. I think I prefer standing up and drinking the water and telling him when it won't go down anymore. Lying down has always been under flouroscopy.

I hope so, and you're probably right...thanks