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Hi, I just celebrated...yes celebrated my 1st year anniversary since my band. I have lost a total of 66 pounds....i started at 227 pounds. I feel great and I feel beautiful...i love the compliments...my life has completely changed. I have had 2 fills and up until a week ago, I used to throw up at least 3 times a week. but it stopped bothering me. Once in a blue moon it was unbearable. Here's my concern: for the past 5 months, i have been eating everything! yes everything. I drink soda, i eat ice cream...a scoop each time, sometimes every day for a week, i have a small piece of chocolate every dayl, i eat chips...the only thing is i eat them in a much smaller portion...Last night i had two slices of pizza. I don't normally feel guilty, i am actually really happy that i am living a normal life i guess. But i want to lose another 25 pounds...am i being unrealistic? does the weight loss stop? BY they way, i go to the gym at least 3 times a week. THanks for all advice

i hear ya...i remember when i moved 2 sizes down...my mom kept telling me to stop buying so much since I was going to keep losing...i didn't listen to her and now i am upset that some clothes are too big...never in a million years did i think i would've had that problem. I went from a size 18/20 to 8/10. Congrats1

My dr didn't say anything about carbonated drinks...i haven't had any since i was banded in March. I used to have 3 diet cokes a day.

Hi everyone. I just got my second fill 3 days ago. I've thrown up everyday so far...not so much. But at least for a second. Yesterday my lunch was completely out but dinner was great. Today I was at a restaurant for lunch and had to go throw up every 10 minutes...which was how often i took a bite...I was ready about band slipping etcs...please advise...is this normal or should i worry. I drink water just fine!! I can't go through this surgery again!

MixKitten...sorry for what you had to go through...I hope everyting will be fine. I haven't thrown up in 24 hours ...yeay...i am not having breakfast...i will start having slim fast for breakfast...or portein bars...and for lunch and dinner...i did as dr advised and had like half a bowl of soup!!!! yeay...so excited...for dinner i even had half a slice of thick pizza...but i ate it extremely slow...it's been 30 minutes...can't wait till i can drink water.

Thanks everyone again. Smoothshell- wow...you have lost soooo much. That's wonderful. I had Soup for dinner last...wonderful. i had one piece of bread with it and i had to run to the bathroom but i was fine. See for the past few days any time i felt like something was stuck i would stick a finger in and throw up. After my soup last night, i had a little piece of veal and mashed potato and it was just fine. Today i had a toast with cheese and threw up again but without helping it. I spoke to my doctor and he told me to have soup before every meal and not to intitate throwing up...although i didn't think i was intitating....just helping. He said no unfill. I will stick to liquids and mushies for a few days!!!!

Thanks everyone for all your responses. Its weird I am only getting sick lunch time and not dinner...I have a confession- I am not having breakfast. I am waking up at like 10:30ish (since I am off work) and then i am having lunch at 1ish. I will try going easy for a few days. I am drinking just fine though so should i not worry. I don't want to go see my dr yet...i don't want to get an unfill because i am the maid of honor at my brother's wedding in 3 months and want to lose quickly until then.

Hi everyone. I was banded on March 6th and had my first fill on the 6th of April. I didn't even feel a pinch. I was so happy since I was soooo nervous. I was supposed to get my second fill on the 6th of May but i was out of town so I just got it yesterday. Okay first of all i felt it a little bit and it took longer (dont' know why?) Since my first fill i had food get stuck like 5/6 times. Nothing that i couldn't handle. The hardest part was not drinking with food and waiting 30 minutes after eating. BUT yesterday he told me I HAVE TO WAIT 2 HOURS AFTER I EAT OR ELSE I WILL THROW UP. That doesn't sound right? anyone advice please? also i am afraid to eat because he gave my husband an extra needle in case i need an unfill. Why? should i worry? please advise!!!!!!!

i have a realize band too, he said it was 10 cc. My doctor said he put 5 the first fill and 2 yesterday. But he said i have a total of 6 (somehow someway the one disappears don't know how?) I was scared all day today to eat but hopefully i will get back to normal tomorrow. how much more will he fill it? He said next month will depend on how much i lose this month.

any suggestions on how you lost so much!!!???

Boo boo Kitty...wow great results! he told me i could an hour after fill. Weird. I am soooo scared that I will mess up something, he freaked me out about the second fill. Was it different after the second fill?

salsa...wow....you results are wow....I hope i have great results like yours. A size 4 would be a dream come true. I don't live that far from the doctor, so I don't know, but he's a professor during the day and he practices from 5pm to 9 pm. Maybe that's why? I drank an hour later today and was fine. I am just scared!

Hey everyone thank you for your quick replies. I am living overseas temporarily in the Middle East and he is number one here and is Board certified. The reason he said he gave the needle to my husband is to keep it with us in case of emergencies to take it to the ER with us. Under no circumstances would i allow my husband to give me the shot. LOL. What i am worried about is should i worry that a problem will occur because of my second fill. And no water for two hours???

Hi everyone...I really would appreciate any input. I got banded on march 6 (a day that i will never forget) and i have lost 25 pounds since then (nothing before). I just got my first fill 10 days ago. I am supposed to get my second fill on the 8th of May but i am traveling for my brothers wedding and i will be gone for 3 weeks. I am debating whether i should get my second fill a week before or wait until i get back which will be three weeks after when i was supposed to. i have only lost 2.2 pounds since my first fill i was hoping more...i haven't thrown up at all but sometimes i feel weird...At first I was thinking i would wait until i get back since there is a wedding and a lot of family members around but now i am thinking more of a reason why i should get my second fill so i can lose more weight quickly....my doctor is not very helpful...please advise.

banded march 6...28 pounds

Been there...done that!!! NEVER in my life had i been constipated...before now...but same thing happened to me around the same time too. My doctor prescribed a laxative (first time in my life). Did the trick like 4 hours of suffering later...better now, haven't taken any more but i try to drink a lot of water.

HI...I am supposed to get my first fill in the next few days (4 weeks post-op) i am soooo scared. 1) I am scared of the pain? (2) scared that something might go wrong (3) scared that my life will dramatically change...i am eating small amoutns now and have lost 22 pounds in 4 weeks. Please someone help.

came down...it will soon be over...i regreted it a lot in the beginning but 22 pounds later....it's the best decision!!!!!! good luck.

THANKS EVERYONE for all your advice...JUST CAME BACK AND SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY DIDN'T EVEN FEEL THE PRICK...didn't feel anything but i cried hysterically so they had to wait for me to calm down. The nurse kept saying you already had the surgery what are you so stressed out about. I felt weird like 15 minutes later weird burning there but it's 2 hours later now and I am fine. My doctor told me i could eat normal....but i think i will take everyone's advice here and eat liquids. My doctor doesn't talk much and barely sees me 5 mintues. But he did give me a compliment...he said he wanted my pictures for before and after for his office LOL... i am looking forward to losing more...my brother's wedding is mid may and i want people to feel a difference. thanks again everyone. FILLS piece of cake...stress before will pass anytime.

Thanks everyone. Will let you know how it went in a few hours. I called my dr this morning to ask him some questions because he doesn't spend too much time wiht me when i am at his office. He said i could eat normally after a fill but he said the he would fill me 5cc....doesn't that sound like a lot...i don't know. Will keep you guys updated!!!!!!!!!!

kbinaz...i haven't lost in the past week...i lost the 22 the first three weeks. and i feel that i am eating a lot lately though much less than before and kind of feelig hungry. Question....after the fill...will it hurt again??? like in a hour? a day? will i not be able to eat for a few days? or feel bad for a few days? thanks everyone? I am pmsing should i wait until after?

Honey, i think we have all been there done that. I couldn't stop crying for like a week. BTW I had my period too when i was banded so I am sure that made it worse. I was so depressed and regretted my decision for like a week...now a month later and 22 pounds less...very happy and can't wait to see more results

i was banded on march 6th and i have lost a total of 22 pounds. i am supposed to get my fill in afew days but i am really scared!

Just as I thought I was getting much better...i hit rock bottom. But I am better today. Yesterday is another story. I had not gone to the bathroom for 3 days but yesterday i felt the weirdest things. Most of my life I have had loose stool so this was a first for me. But all day yesterday I would get this weird feeling pushing (down there) and it would hurt but nothing would come out. VERY painful. I finally called my doctor and he told me take a laxative (which i have never taken before) So here i am thinking that it's a magic pill but three hours later i am sitting and nothing and feeling sharp pain...finally after 5 hours...it happened. So at night because I was so scared of this happening again, I took one before i slept...i was up 4 hours laters with diaerhea and abdominal pain and every hour afterwards. My question now to you brave ones who read this thread...what now...should i take another laxative when i eat? before every meal? every night? i mean it's not like i like having diaerhea or the cramps BUT i would take those any time over the constipation? please help. and thanks for those who read this...

thanks everyone. I appreciate all the information. I love this site.