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When I was on my liquid diet I could not have yogurt or anything dairy. You can have yogurt on your liquid diet. Could anyone answer this for me. thanks

My port is flipped but my doctor said he can still get to it and fill it, but it sometimes takes him 2 or 3 times to stick me before he can get to it. I have not been able to loose any weight for the last 8 months and that is when my port flipped. I asked my doctor could this be why I am not loosing any weight and he said no because he is still able to fill it. He does my fill under x-ray and you would think he could tell if it was not going in, but sometimes I don't think it is because right after my fills I still can eat as much as I did before a fill. I have reached my fill capacity and I still have fourty pounds to loose. I just do not think my band is working anymore. My doctor just saids I may just have to live with what weight i have lost. Does any one have any suggestions. Thanks

Please keep us posted and let us know how you are doing and what you are eating. I have been to the site livingafterwls many times but I did not know if the 5 day pouch test would work for lapband people or not. Good Luck

I couldn't agree with you more TommyO. You may not agree or even like the questions people ask but that is what this forum is all about. So if someone does not like the question skip it and go on, and no one makes us reply to a question. Also just my thoughts.

Hi, no I am not from massachutsetts but have always wanted to visit their. How long have you had the pain in your side and does anything make it worse or better. I too have trouble eating the right stuff and no problem at all eating all the bad stuff, which I do because I am hungry and it is good.lol But it seems like even when I am good and whatching what I eat I still do not loose weight. I walk almost everyday and if I did not I probably would gain weight. I am thinking about maybe seeing another Lap Band doctor for a second opinion but I hear it is hard to get someone to see you if they did not do the surgery. I too keep thinking about bypass because people loose so much weight so fast. But I have already gone threw this and my surgery was very hard for me. I did not have any problems but it took me along time to recover and was very painful. I do not know if it is because of my age or what. So you see I do not want to go threw another surgery if I do not have to. Also like I said to you before their is not gaurantee that in a few years I won't gain it back, their is another site called livingafterwls.com it is a site where people talk and discuss things something like Lap Band but most of the people have had bypass surgery and have or are gaining it back and they discuss it all on this site. So you see even people with bypass have problems to. It has been nice talking to you write to me anytime and keep in touch.

Dear speed racer. I am also like you except for I have only been banded once. I had my surgery Oct 28 of 2006 and lost 20 lbs on my pre opt diet and 42 lbs since for a total of about 62 lbs. I still have another 40 lbs to go. I have not lost anything for the last 8 months. I have had since surgery about 8 fills and am now at the limit. I to am so frustrated no matter what I do I cannot seem to lose any more weight, and yes I do execise. My doctor said I may just have to except the fact that this may be all that i will lose. Yes I do feel better and am a little smaller but I was hoping to be at least 139lbs. Right now I would be happy with 150lbs. I weigh now 170 when I started I was 235. The doctor also suggested that I might want to get the bypass surgery, which I to wish I had done in the first place. My friend had it a year before I had the band and she was 245 and now weighs about 130lbs and is a size 6. I also know my son had the bypass and has gained most of his back, their also is so many people who have gained back their weight even with bypass. Look at Roseanne Barr and Carnie Wilson. I guess what I am trying to say is that nothing is for sure and that no matter which one people have it is something just to help us, and if we do not work with it and eat right & exercise it will not work. I know I could go and have the bypass which is permanent and loose 100 lbs but what is to say that I will not put it back on in a few years. We as banders have the fur balls as some put it and some have slimming, but their is also other things that bypass patients have such as dumping and also throwing up. So for me I am not going threw anything eles I am just going to have to work with what I now have and hopefully someday I will lose at least another 20lbs. Good Luck to you with what ever decision you make.

It sounds like you ladies drink protein shakes, my nephew is into body building and had me to order a protein shake from the same place he gets his. So when i went to my doctor for yet another fill I asked him about drinking protein shakes. He told me not to because that is just empty calories? I was banded in october of 2006 and have lost 65 pounds, but for the last 8 months I have only lost 4 lbs. Even with a recent fill I still seem to be able to eat alot and stay hungry. So i thought i would try the protein shakes. Has anyone else been told this by the doctors?

Where do you buy fat free carb count dowm milk. I have never heard of this before. Is that the brand name? Also is drinking crystal light and water like propel count for the 64 oz of water we need a day. I think this question has been asked before but I do not think anyone has really answered it completely with yes or no.lol Thanks everyone.

Where is Go Roma and is that an italian restaurant? So how has everyone been doing. I have been checking out another web site called livingafterwls.com. It is pretty interesting they had some pretty good receipes on that sight. If I can get away Sat I will try to come to lunch with you all, don't know for sure the DH is home that day. You are all meeting at l. Well talk to everyone later.

Band-Chick thank you so much for the posting, I will definitly try it? I will be starting it on Monday and what about you. This is what I have been looking for Thanksssssssssssssssssssssss.

Hi Mandy & Sonia, can you tell me how long do you guys exercise for and how many days a week. I know a lot of people on LBT say they do it for almost 2 hrs a day in the gym almost 5 to 6 days a week. I don't think my old body could hold out for that long.lol It has been nice being able to talk two you girls I hope I will get to meet you soon Thanks.

I am so glad you started this post. I have been banded 18 months and am still 40 lbs from my goal. I actually stopped loosing about 9 months after my surgery even though i was still getting fills and have stayed the same since. It is so frustrating no matter how much I try I still stay the same.Argggggg

I was on the same pre-op except I could have atkins or slimfast shakes as long as they were no more than 2grams of carbs. I could have them 3 times a day and them all of the other things you are having now. Hope this helped. you might want to check with your doctor and ask him about the shakes I mentioned, good luck

Niki I was just at my doctors office and while I was waiting to see him I was listening to some of the knew banders in the offie talking. They were talking about this knew band that they have out and they had it, it is suppose to help you lose faster than any of the older bands. So when I went in to the office to see him I asked him about this and he said yes it was true, just like everything else as years go by their is always something newer coming out. With this new band you supposely do not get stuck or sick. Go figure right.lol Take care Niki and it was not chatting with you, I guess we will just have to work harder than some.

Good Luck linesj, we will all pray for you and I know everything will be o.k. for you, and you will be off of your meds and playing with your grandkids. I am 54 and had diabetes, sleep epna. high blood pressure, hypertension, and high cholestrol. I was banded 18 months ago and have lost 65 lbs and I am off of all my medication which was about 12pills or more a day. I also was worried and almost cancelled, but my doctor said if i did not do this i would not live to see 65! It will definetly be a big change in your life but in the end it will be worth it. I want to see my grandkids grow up and my young and only daughter get married, that is why I did not do the gastric bypass because it was more risky. God Bless.

Hi Niki, I am so glad to finally here from someone that knows what I am going threw. Most people on this site has had great success getting to their goal. I also think my Dr, put to big of a band on me, after surgery he told my husband that he had to use the larger band because my stomach was to big he thought for the smaller one. I think he said mine was a 10cc and I am almost their now. Have you gone for many months without loosing any weight? Also if you do not mind me asking what was your starting weight and what are you at now? What does your Dr. say about it taking you so long to get to your goal. Thanks again Niki for sharing this with me, I was beginining to think I was the only one out their with this problem.

Yes I do exercise everyday and I try and stay between 1000-1200 calories a day. I weighed 234lbs before pre post diet. I lost 20 on the post diet and 45 up till now. Like I said before I just stop loosing about 9 months after which was around July. I have tried just staying to protein and veg and now I am trying Whey protein Shakes that some have recommened to me. I am at the point that i really don't know what to eat anymore. What does every one eles eat in a day?

I have my fills done under xray, I have to because the port is flipped. It is hard for him to do the fills sometimes he has to stick me a few times before he finds it. I just visited him about two weeks ago and was weighed at his office and still was the same weight as last time. I ask him why is it I have not lost weight in the last 7 months. I exercise and try to eat healthy, I am not saying somethimes I don't cheat. I do know I think I can eat a lot, I know if I am having beef veg soup I can eat a hole cereal bowl full. If I am having cabbage I can eat 2 large triangles. I just know even when i have a protein drink I am hungery again about 30 mintues later. I want to snack late at night, I really try not to but sometimes I give in. When I talk to people on this site that has had it done around the same time as me or even before me still cannot eat much at all and have reached their goal. I talk to the doctor and he never saids anything about further test to see if everything is o.k. How do you know if your band erodes your stomach? I thought about getting a second opinion but from what I have read on this site is that other doctors that have not done the surgery does not want to see other doctors patients. So I just don't know what to do. HELP!

Hi i sort of know what you are talking about. I had my surgery on 10/06 and was losing weight slowly but yet I was still losing. But then in july of 06 I stopped losing weight and have stayed the same. I have not lost anymore weight in 7months. My doctor said my port is flipped but he said it had nothing to do with me not losing any weight. I still have another 40lbs to loose. The doctor said i may just stay at this weight. I am so depressed I do not want to stay at this weight, I really need to loose the rest of the weight for my health, this is why I had the surgery after all. I have had about 9 fills and some as high as 5cc he also so told me I am almost at the limit of my fills. I have never ever had a fill that was so tight that I could not eat. I have heard of people having this problem but no matter how many fills or how much i never had that happen to me. Sometimes I wish i could so that i would loose weight. I also can eat anything I want, I feel I sometimes eat as much as I use to. I feel like I have no restriction at all, and when I do get a fill it seems to last only for a couple of weeks. The Dr. also told me that maybe later I might want to think about gastric bypass? In that case I would have done that in the very beginining. I just feel like such a looser, I have really tried to diet and also not eat and I still cannot loose weight. It feels llike I am going threw all the diets I tried before surgery.

piercedqt78 did you go to Romeoville High School? My son is the same age as you. What a small world you also live in Romeoville, I to am a disney lover.lol How long did it take you to loose all of your weight. Soniacan, how far are you from Romeoville? Yes, getting together would be just great. My doctor has said nothing about testing me for a leak, I asked him if it was possible and he said no. But how would he know for sure if he did not take any test. Who did your surgeries. Thank you for writing me back it was nice to hear from someone so close. Yes i would love to get lunch, maybe the three of us could get together since we all live so close?

Hi, I am from Romeoville Il was wondering if anyone was from around this area. I hoping to find someone to tallk to, I am becoming a little depressed about my banding. At first everything was just GREAT! I was banded on Oct/28/06. I was doing just great till July, I had lost 62lbs but then in August I went in for my fill under xray and the Doctor found that my port was flipped. He stuck me several times before he found it and said he was able to get the saline in. Ever since then I have lost no more weight and still have had about 4 more fills. I recently went back to him just this past Friday and all he said is that this is all I may wind up loosing. I asked him if the band being flipped could have anything to do with me not losing and he said no. I still have about 45lbs more pounds to loose and I really don't have the much restriction. It seems like after I get the fills the restriction only last for a couple of weeks. Thanks for listening to me, I didn't know who eles to talk to on this site I am kind of knew at all of this. I also do not know how or where to post. Good Luck to all of you on your challenge and your walk.

Hi everone I was banded on 10/28/06, I started out great lost 65lbs and then in July of 06 found out my port was flipped and the fills are harder to do now and since then i have not been able to loose anymore weight. It seens like when i get my fill it is fine for about 2 weeks and then I don't seem to have anymore restrictions. I asked my Dr. if it was because of the flipped port and he said no because he is able to fill it. I have had about 8 fills since sugery. I am seeing him on FRiday and have a ton of questions for him. I was hoping to be at goal by now.Arggggggg. It is really starting to get to me. Well thanks for listening to me and if anyone has any input feel free to leave it.lol I love this site and the chat room is also great.

I would like to know if anyone can tell me the difference between a tummy tuck and lower body lift? I also have had 4 c sections and I heard that if you have alot of scaring from the surgeries you cannot have this type of surgery does anyone know if this is true or not, because it is more risky. Thanks

:tt1: I know if you take pain medication on am empty stomach it will make you sick. It needs to be taken with your soft foods or liquids.