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Hey lady! Hope your well. Yes, lunch and dinner is fine. Sometimes though I get a pain in my left shoulder eating or drinking though.

Hey all, I had my second fill last week. I have restriction for the first time and still getting use to it. Before it was as if I had'nt a band...now it's a whole different story!! I was hungry this morning and ate too fast. I had my first PB. AT first I felt a hrrible pressure and could feel the food trying to move into the stomach. It came in waves and I would burp, find a second of relief until it tried again. Finally, up it came. Now, what is the protocol after a PB? Anything I need to do? Thank you.

Your right, it's defo a different kind of vomiting. "Sick vomiting" is the worst. I really hate it.

p.s. I already ate a somewhat solid dinner, I hope that doesn't mess things up too much?

Thank you! Figures it would have to happen around Thanksgiving.... I do have plenty of aloe juice here, I'll drink it.

Oh my gosh, you poor thing! I hear that is extremely painful. I do hope it passed quickly for you.

Hey all, I need to get into the jacuzzi, this weather has me aching. Is it okay to submerge ? (i.e. infection) I just had my second fill today.

Ah foo, it's the one at the gym. They do chlorinate the hell out of it though.

Why doesn't she keep the band AND get the counseling???? And about the high protien colon cancer link..I'd have to say I developed problems in my colon while on Atkins. SInce going off of it and sticking to Fiber and verggies, etc, it is much better now and healing.

I understand what your experiencing. I also emotionally eat, but what I do even more than eat wrong foods is eat foods fast. This week, I have been trying to rescue kittens in my apartment complex that will be abused here, and the stress has made me eat too fast. Twice I got a "Knot" in my band area. I could feel the food stuck. I've never done that before. It's so very hard to break these habits.

Hey all, Is it just me or does the office seem TOO busy these days? Is it because one of the other doctors left? I know there was three and now it's just Bertha and Abkin.

Hi all, I'm in central-northern NJ and also Dr. Abkin's patient.

Justy, I know EXACTLY what pain your talking about. It's so bad, nothing else matters and you can't do anything but be with the pain. I never had a child, but I always said that if I can go through those gallbladder attacks, I can go through anything. They did not find stones in mine either, when that first started. Then, my pancreas became compromised from the gallbladder disease and it came out. That is serious business and I was lucky no permanent damage was done. I have heard of people who get chronic pancreatitis from such things and that is a horrible disease. Turns out there was so many stones, my doctor said he could have paved a driveway with it. 150 stones. It was distended, scared and just a mess, he said. Since then, I have not had one of those horrible "attacks"..thank god. You really become religious and get close to whatever higher power your associated with during those attacks...hehehe

Mine has never recovered fully, no matter what I do.

I can understand that your embarrassed, but don't sell those tickets. Chances are, those people will be very gracous and humorous about it. Who cares what they think?? Life is too short to keep you and your hubby from having fun for people who you won't know in a few months time.

Steve's truck on it's final journey... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlI_JmIHs9E]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/ame] My boyfriend didn't know it was coming on, and for an hour before he kept saying "what's wrong". I knew I had to prepare myself to watch this. Terry with her sunglasses on the whole time told me how bad off she is. You just KNOW why she is wearing those. The man singing said he had trouble holding it together during this. He also said the guy driving it was the guy trying to revive Steve at the time of his death, and that this man was crying as he piled the things on the truck, and that made the singer almost not able to sing. I said to my boyfriend after it, as we were blowing our noses (I swear I couldn't even breath out my nose I was bawling so hard) that people tend to forget and move on, I would haate to see this zoo and Steve's conservation projects go down the tubes. THAT would be a real tragedy to come out of all of this. I want to shout out to people to not let that happen. http://www.wildlifewarriors.org.au/ Wildlife Warriors and his zoo is the place to contribute if you feel the same way.

I have heavy facial hair too, I actually have to shave my chin every day and get 5 o'clock shadow. I also have PCOS too. ANyone recommend anyone in NJ at a resonable rate??

I read today it was a combination of Ambien and Lexapro. It made his system toxic for some reason.

Malitol...oh.my.god...hehe

What the....?? LOL !:puke:

Sunta, it's because your empathetic and something about the people or the situation connects you. I feel the same way about Steve irwin's death, because I identify with him. Your a good soul. :-)

Hi, I'm told it's hormones for me too, but they have not given me anythign to help. Did they give you any meds?

**Nevermind****

Hi Alex, Yes close it. I edited because I could see where it this was heading. My intention was to discuss how we can create a lively, but supportive and informative atmosphere and debating without being argumentitive, not create any more drama. I

My posting this was to open up discussion, and it was not negative at all. I asked what other's thought, opinions, etc. I guess we can't have civil discussion either? I was simply expressing my own opinion. My saying to you;"clearly you need to get around more"---now THAT would be a negative.