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Lol... So went to hospital today. Did two swallow tests one b4 and one after... Such a difference. The first one the band totally blocked. No wonder I was nauseous... And I even vomited back up the first swallow.... Oops. Doc took all the Fluid out.. 5 cc and a half... But I think band tight from blockage and then inflammation.... Anyway as he was taking the Fluid out I could feel everything getting better and better. Thanks for all the support. I am going to be fluid free for a month and then I will start slowly again ... Focus more on exercise and just keep the band in play in the background cheers for now
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Hey I just saw I wrote barbaric review not bariatric review .. Ha how funny
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The band was a nightmare! I don't get why people are still getting them. Like we are all stupid but that won't happen to them. They latch on to the few "success" stories and get it anyway. I guarantee those "success" people will end up band less someday. I wish I had people to tell me about these nightmares back in 2005. It was too new. I really don't get why doctors are still putting them in. It is all about $$. I hope they do recall them and stop them from going into future victims.

Generally after surgery, you have so many wounds/scars that it is hard to find a comfortable position when you sleep. Some people sleep in a recliner for the first few days. I sleep in a Water bed, and trying to exit the bed was murder because of the pain. As time went on and the scars/wounds healed, it became more acceptable. As I lost the weight, I not longer had a fat cushion between my legs and I found that putting a pillow between my legs helped a lot.
I think your nightmares/strange dreams may be due to your pain medication. It would be advantageous to get off this medicine as soon as you are able.

Do you think perhaps the meds are what are triggering the dreams and headaches?
I found when i had the meds in hospital i was actually dreaming (i never normally do) and my sleep was off....
When i got home i didn't take the meds only paracetamol and ive slept perfectly since

I have not had mine yet just trying to support from someone that is going through it or that has had it done already. You see I have no one to talk to about this.

Has anyone had second thoughts about getting the surgery done? I'm so afraid of what is going to happen. Do anyone have any advice? I'm doing the bypass
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No regrets whatsoever...I regret not having bypass from the start!!!

Sounds to me the alcohol inflammed your stomach making your band tighter.
Stick to non inflammatory soft foods for a couple of days. .. it should resolve.
I also found that if i travelled in a plane it would get tighter for a week or so

Thanks do much for replies. Sorry I didn't say what country I was in...its Denmark. I think I said it in another separate post. I am going to spend today finding a specialist. I found two websites in Danish but they do all speak English. I will keep u informed. Thanks so much. And hey Miss Meg I came from Melbourne lol
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@@Birdland, if this has been going on for a week, find a surgeon right away. Your band probably needs to be loosened. Right now you are dehydrating as well as getting no nutrients.
Check under the "Surgeons" tab, above, and go to the website of your band's manufacturer. If you have the LapBand brand, it's lapband.com. Obesityhelp.com is another source of info. You'll be able to find surgeons where you are now.
You may also start a new topic with your location (city & country) and the fact that you want a local surgeon who does bands in the title. No one can refer you if your whereabouts are unknown.
No need to panic. Stay calm and get busy. Best wishes to you.

Hi there. I am 9 months post gastric band. It's all gone well till last week. I had three glasses of wine. Woke up next day in terrible stomach pain... And got major food blockage. Iced up and reverted to liquids and now two days later cannot keep real food down. Just regurgitated Water now. Everything seems stuck.
I eat two bites and that's it I feel full instantly. Is my band too tight? I just moved to new country and have yet to org a specialist to support me. Any advice?
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Oh and yes... Wine, actually any booze at all definitely off the cards these days
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Be very careful going to Mexico! I have read too many nightmares! Plus you will hotel fare, flight there and back, is it really worth it.! Try and find a way to stay in the good ole USA!! Just my opinion though.

All the more reason to always ask/research before attempting. I thought I had come across the dangerous facts in the past, but these past few days, I have seen many WLS ladies I follow on IG using these and it surprised me.
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(And as stated above, none of this is for anyone else but myself.)
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I don't necessarily view it as an insult to women. My stomach is probably my BIGGEST problem and the one thing I'm most self conscious about. In almost 7 years, I have not been able to wear a shirt to work without a cardigan because of this. Or a baggy thirty on weekends when doing activities. My hopes are that as I lose the weight, my stomach will get to an ideal size that nothing more than Spanx is necessary. Hopefully even that won't be needed. This isn't for me to fit some mold of what society expects of me. This is for me to feel comfortable because I personally do not like to look at myself in the mirror while seeing every roll through my shirts. I want a smooth, yet curvy torso. Not because society tells me that's what's sexy but what I think is sexy. My legs on the other hand, I don't want pencils for legs. I want thick/fit legs. I have an idea of what I want my body to look like. And it's going to take work on my part to get there. Just looking at options. Sent from my SM-N910V using the BariatricPal App

I know nothing of "waist trainers" in terms of being able to recommend or warn away, though I have seen references to serious problems.
The notion itself is insulting and repugnant to me. Wearing a garment for a certain effect for a certain occasion is one thing, but do women really need another wholesale statement that we are deficient or defective out of the box?

I personally find them to be not only useless, but potentially dangerous. I have read articles about how they can squish your internal organs.
http://news.health.com/2015/03/10/what-is-waist-training/

I went from only sleeping about 4 hours at a time now I get 6-8 if I take my pain meds right at bedtime. However, I can't usually fall asleep until 2 or 3 at night and then I either get up and lose sleep or I sleep in and get behind on the whole Fluid and Protein thing. It's such a fine balance right now but it's getting better!
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I am 61years young. I had surgery on 4/4/2016. Sent from my SM-N920R4 using the BariatricPal App

I googled soft diet bariatric surgery and found quite a few sites with lists of foods
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Bariatric Eating also has TONS of awesome yummo recipes. Google it

Hi April pals
Did anyone else find that they gained weight in the post op days in hospital??
I list 3.5 kilos on the pre-op phase.
Sugery was on 19th April. I have been on clear fluids and I.V. fluids only since. I weighed myself today (23 April) and I have "gained" 3 kilos!!!
I cant believe it?! So dusappointing to gain weight on i.v. and mostly Water in hospital.
Any other with the same experience...or some advice....
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I've been sitting here at the hospital for 5 hours, 1 hour until my surgery
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I had my surgery April 15th. Came home April 18th.
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April 19th for my GP..omega loop/mini bypass.
Very scared about life afterwards.
I'm having a revision from gastric band to bypass.
Anyone else afraid of the unkown??
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I dont tell people about my procedure...didnt tell them about the band either. Its tricky because i need time of work as an Art teacher. But i have a hiatus hernia (caused by the gastric band) so i can legitimately say i need time off for that operation and not have to make up a story☺.
People are so judgemental about weight and i always hear the old adage "just eat less and move more". ..they have NO IDEA.
Im looking forward to being back to a size where i am taken seriously and not pre-judged by my weight.
Like all of us inside I'm a skinny girl...i dont identify with my fat body and i dont know how i got to this place to be honest?
I do attribute some of my metabolic issues to 10 years as an anorexic in my teens and twenties.
The strange thing with the bypass is that im actually turning myself back into an anorexic again.
Whatever it takes i guess?
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