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Thanks to both of you. I do hope my body get's use to it too. It feels like my stomach is a wild horse that does not like being lassoed. And yes, the pain is worse at night. I had a 10 cc band put in, so I don't think it could get smaller, correct? No fill, I'm still on full liquids at this point. I am actually afraid of when I am spposed to eat food.

:phanvan Having squeezing/throbbing pain where my band is and into my esophagus. Saw my surgeon on Thursday and he said it sometimes happens when the body is getting used to the band. I would like to know if any of you experienced this and how long before it went away? I am 12 days post op and I sure hope it goes away. It's not a pain I could function well with on a daily basis.

I get these too. I'm12 days out of surgery. In fact, if I have to laugh I hold that area or it just feels weird.

Hope all is well. Pre-band I had gastritis and GERD and hot dogs would always do a number on me.

Saw the surgeon yesterday about the throbbing and squeezing in my band area and he said it would take time for my body to get used to it. In the mean time my esophagus is really having a hard time. It's painful. I hope this goes away soon. :cry

Saw the surgeon yesterday about the throbbing and squeezing in my band area and he said it would take time for my body to get used to it. In the mean time my esophagus is really having a hard time. It's painful. I hope this goes away soon. :cry

I love coffee and tea, but I'm one of those people who had gastritis coming into this. It really does a number on the gastritis, so does tomatos for me. But I have to have a cup now and again. I love it.

Oh boy...I love me some cupcakes, cousin. I can imagine the bites must have to be tiny, tiny, tiny.

Karen, I'm so sorry. I have also never heard of that condition. Do they know what caused it? Will it go back to normal after the band is gone? Congrats ona huge weight loss though, that is a positive out of allof this.

What Fiveholts said. Udo's is the unfiltered kind. If your going to take it, take the best to get all the benefits. All supplements and Vitamins are not the same high quality.

I understand your fear of what may come. My aunt dropped dead, and I mean dropped dead of a heart attack at 50 coming off the dance floor at a Christmas party. Both my parents are diabetic as were my grandparents. My grandfather had his foot amputated. THANK GOD I did this before my sugars got high. They are still normal. But my good and bad cholestral is 250 and 260's. I had this surgery to save my life, or I would not have taken the risk and the huge lifestyle change. It wasn't about nice clothes for me. Yesterday in my surgeon's office a woman was being wheeled out in a wheel chair. She had to be about 600 lbs and she had one leg amputated at the knee. I don't want that kind of life and I can't lose weight and keep it off on my own. Hunger always wins out in the end for me. And my addiction to food. This band is a tool to help me with my addiction like rehab is for a drug addict or AA for an alcoholic. Just trying to give you my reasons for doing it. But as we said, if you really think you can do it on your own, re-think it. You may or may not, only you know you.

Yes warm does help. I love bread too, used to make it home-made. Would you believe last night I dreamt I was at a buffet and I started putting bread into my mouth and eating it like I used to. I realized it as soon as it went down (in the dream).

LOL Jonathan. I know, I wish there was another therapist in the family so I could get them too! I'm hoping with weight loss, I will feel well enough to go back to my career. I loved it.

I totally agree with Jonathan. I was trying to say the same thing, but less eloquently.

Bumpity bump bump

Thanks for explaining that to me Kathy. :-)

Hi Kathy! Glad you don't mind the flooding of the board with my question. Saw my doc, I'm hydrated, thank god. He said the pain sometimes happens when someone is swollen and their body is still getting used to the band. He said it will go away in time. You mentioned to avoid slippage, PB's etc. Can you get more into why you mentioned it? Is it because you and I have such good restriction? How does one avoid a PB? I thought it was almost unavoidable to see what foods you can tolerate, etc?

Carolyn, I'm 9 days post op, and I was terrified of the changes too. That's why even though I was approved for this surgery a year ago, I did not get it done. I was not ready, plus I wanted to read up more etc. During that time I also came to realize I could not lose weight and keep it off on my own, was steadily gaining and I was headed for early death. It is a huge lifestyle change, I'm not going to sugar coat it for you, so if you feel you could lose the weight without surgery and keep it off, then I would do that. In my opinion weight loss surgery shold be the last resort.

I just called the surgeon's office and will be seeing him at 3 pm

WOW! That's GREAT! Congrats!

Thanks to both of you.

Congrats and I best wishes on the band being everything you hoped for. :-)

Yes, yes..it's Leener and her eleventeen thousand questions. Sorry to be such a pest but you folks are veterens and I bounce them off you first before calling the doc. I woke up last night with pain where my band is, at the bottom of my esophagus. It's been like this since surgery. It feels like a throbbing-squeezing and it hurts. I had to get up and take liquid tylenol. I have to take the stuff every 5 hours all day too. I wonder if this is normal for 9 days post op?? Is this just swelling and the stomach's response to being lassoed? ANyone else experience this? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

I wonder what happened?

Thanks Alex. :-)