BigJohn

I was wondering, if any of you have the "low-profile" port ?

And if so, any idea if its like the normal one...right under the incision, and how deep ?

Thanks for the responses!

John

Hey Geo,

I'm 8 days out with similar issues, and chewing Gas-X (look like tums) tablets or Gas-X strips have helped a ton. makes gas (both ends) happen within 2-5 mins of taking.

Goor luck.

Just after my first week, I have already STOPPED, going to the closet, grabbing a t-shirt ( 3 or 4 xl), putting my arms through the sleeves, STRETCHING it wider, then putting it on.

Cheers

Jack: I've just started (1 week post-op appt today) and can "reallY" appreciated your well thought out and informative responses...I seriously hope you will stay around for a while, for all us newbies sake.

Great work!

John

Oh, and BTW...do you have any information/opinion on the newer style "low-profile" port and the newer style band that is a tad bit wider and has no gaps on the inside ?

re: 'I feel it pass through then I eat some more. Does this mean that we do not have enough restriction? Anyone?"

daveintoronto: I'm not stalking you or trying to persecute you...you have great questions that show the need for some answers.

Your quote above shows the good & the not so good regarding your awareness of altered digestive process....

Since you are aware of the passage of the bolus (what you ate) then you can train yourself to be aware of WHY you eat and WHEN you eat.

The only legitimate reason to eat, regardless of the jillion excuses we've all used for years and years....is to produce satiety by eating a Normo amount of food. Anything more that that, is overeating and will produce the undesirable results of Morbid Obesity, since we are all obsessive/compulsive about over eating. regardless of our true physiological state regarding 'hunger'.

If we continue to do what we've always done, we'll continue to get what we've always gotten. To expect a change in results without changing behavior, is CRAZY....

So unless we want to add the descriptors of a psychological disorder to our state of Morbid Obesity, we have to change something.

Either our goals, desires, wishes, dreams, fantasies of being NOT Morbidly Obese has to change, or the behavior that produces it has to change. Our call individually.

To simplify and symbolize all those complex issues that culminate in my life-long eating disorder, I labeled it as 'the Dragons of the Belly' etc....

Either the Dragons are in control, or -I- am in control.

When the Dragons surge in attempt to make me overeat, I have erected tools to fight their influence. When I overeat from the Dragon menu, I feel like crap.

It's getting easier each day to defeat the Dragons, yet they will return with unexpected power. They are tricky and resilient....

....So am ~I~.....and I have a host of friends....

Congrats my friend!!

Were close in band dates and weight...so, lets keep in touch for fun and support.

Cheers.

BTW, Nervous, anxious, etc is all to be expected.

Just banded a week ago, but played tennis right up till surgery day (of course, with my weight, I only played doubles and iced my knees for 4 days afterwards) and was wondering if any of you played before...and how long you waited to play afterwards ?

Thanks

Glad to find this site, have visited others...but like the "band-only" theme here.

Banded last Wed (Jan 30th, 2008), cramping has been a bugger, but getting easier now at day 5.

Wondering how many of you (new/old) remember if you had that "sticking feeling" when no matter what you drank or sipped on, it felt like it was hanging there, and then trickiling down eventually ?

Thnaks!