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Oh I would like to be down 15, That would be 3 lbs a week, I think that is a realistic goal for me. It is something i know that i could do if i just put my mind to it. I have been trying to let my band do all of the work and i have not mentally participated. I think i need to step up to the plate. I just my third fill today I think i have 4 cc in a 10 cc band. Good luck to all.

I just have to say that reading everyones experience and advise has helped me. I am at a point where i keep going up and down the same 3lbs. I have had two fills but i think i am going to need more to get to the sweet spot. I think I am in what ive heard called bandster hell. My next fill is Nov 25th and i hope that does it for me.

I was banded 7/31/08 and i had a lot of bruising. Everyone is different. My bruises were still very much there when i hit my one month bandiversary. Mine were completely gone at about 2 1/2 months.

Thanks everyone! Skinnymike congratulations on your great weightloss. You must feel wonderful. The people i work with do not know that i was banded, and i always need an 8:00am apt so i can get to work by 9:00 and they never even knew that i went to the doctor. well that is my reason for my apt 2 days before thanksgiving. I have had a few people tell me to r/s and enjoy this last nice meal, however the way i figure it i have enjoyed far to many of these nice meals. Happy to have someone on my banding birthday keep in touch skinnymike.

Thanks everybody, all of your input does help. And you are right, I was able to eat two even three slices of pizza, not just one. I guess I am eating less most of the time. My next fill is November25th(a couple of days before thanksgiving, convenient right!!) The funny thing is i have my whole family at my house and that is about 40 people and i cook. HA. Oh btw I had dr geiss also and i live in Selden.

Wow 40lbs thats great.Congratulations! Thanks, that makes me feel better.

Other then the scares on my stomach I really can not tell that I have a band. I have had two fills. my first brought me to 2.6 cc and my second brough me to 3.6 cc in a 10cc band. I can eat anything i want. I can still eat a whole bagel. a whole slice of pizza, a bowl of Pasta, a whole sandwich. I have never thrown up from eating to much, and I have never had slimming. I never had PB, I wonder could i just need more fills, or does anyone think that my pouch has streched? I though that this was finally going to be my answer and i would finally get this weight off, but now i am starting to worry that nothing will work for me. HELP. :rolleyes2:

I had the same gas pains. I know it hurts a lot but hang in there it get better. Since you are in a hotel and don't have access to a heating pad(that is what i used) maybe you could get a 2 liter bottle of soda, dump the soda of course and fill it with hot tap Water. you could hold that on your chest and maybe that will help. I know i was walking lots of laps.. it does go away

I just wanted to make a suggestion. I know that you said you stand all day, and walk across a campus but maybe you need to add to that and do some different exercise. They say that your body gets used to the same exercise after a while. Maybe you could fit an extra 1/2 of cardio in somewhere. Hang in there.

I am a person that bruises very easy. MY bruises lasted for about one month and they were deep purple. I also had the bruising on every incision. Don't worry its normal and it will get better.

Hi Midwestchickie, i have to say that i felt the same was just after i was banded. I had one fill and still feel like i need more. I too can eat anything bread, pasta, rice, you name it. And I do not eat as much as i did before the band, but its not because i feel full its because i am trying to keep track of excatly what i am putting in my mouth. I have posted some questions myself about this and from what everyone says this is normal. And like Kalipso2 said i think this is "bandster hell". The only way we can see that we had this done is by the scares. Good luck to you.

Wow I love what Misty said, I think she is right. I am coming to the same conclusion.. I have 2.6 cc in a 10cc band. I only had restriction for the 1 1/2 weeks after surgery. I guess from being swollen. Now I do not seem to have any. My next fill is at the end of october. Boy i can't wait. For now I am trying real hard to watch everything i eat and i am trying to recognize that satisfied feeling in my tummy before it turns into that stuffed feeling.

I had my band done July 31st. I have an appointment for my first fill today. The past couple of days i have been feeling very nauseous every time i eat something. I have been able to eat anything i want for a couple of weeks now. Nothing seems to be off limits to me. Is this a normal feeling? I don't feel stuffed after i eat so i don't think it is because i have eaten to much. Any comments would help. Thanks

Wow I am having the same problem. I can eat anything. My problem is with the drinking while and after eating. I am having such a hard time with this. I was banded on July 31st. My fill apt is next week i hope that helps get me on track. Its nice to no that there are others that feel the same as i do.

It is scary isn't it. I guess we just have to wait until the fills. I actually feel as if i didn't even have anyting done. Except for the port you can feel slightly when you run your hand over my stomach.

I was banded on July 31st this year. I went to my post op visit and everything went great. Well, now that it is over a month since being banded, i find that my internal swelling must have went down because i can really eat anything i want and as much of it as i want. I was due to go for my first fill on 9/11, but i had to r/s due to the fact that i will be traveling out of town for the weekend for a wedding. My new apt is for the 17th. Please tell me that this will get much better after my fill. So many people can't eat bread, Pasta, meat. Well i can eat all of the above. Good and Bad i guess.

Any input would be very appreciated.

There are some great ideas here, i can't wait to try them.

I have the numbness too, My surgery was on July 31st.

I had one, and did not even know about it. My doctor told me after surgery that i had one, and he fixed it. Don"t worry.

Hi, I was banded on July 31st, as i approached my second week post op i was down 18 lbs, but since being able to go onto mushies, i have gained 3lbs back and they won"t leave. I feel like i can eat the same amount of food as i could before my band, I go back to the doctor on September 11st, i can"t waite. I don"t have the restriction that eveyone talks about. I had it in the beginning, but i think that was from being swollen. We just have to hang in there. I'm sure it is going to get better and better.

I used eye makeup remover, its just like baby oil, it didn't come off right away i just dabbed on, and let it sit for a few minutes, when i took a shower and used my soap to wash off, it came off so easily.

I was banded on July 31 and within the past few days i have been feeling the same way. It made me feel better knowing that someone else who was banded the same time as me, feels the same way. I had lost a total of 18lbs from the pre-op phase until now(well friday the 15th. Today i got on the scale and i was up 3lbs. :wink2: . I had two parties this weekend and I did not eat near as much as i used to eat but i had some stuff that wasn"t so great. I have my follow up on September 11th, they said that was when i could get my first fill. I think i need one.

I was banded on July 31st. I am down a total of 18 lbs including the pre-op. I am posting my meals and drinks on my daily plate. Its a great place to keep track of what you are eating everyday.

I am right with you Eyeore, my stats are almost exactly the same. I have been getting discouraged because i am still on the liquid phase of recovery and in the past week my scale did not move AT ALL. Its very upsetting. And if it was not for my band and my recovery, I would have blown my diet already and then be feeling guilty that i failed again. But I have been following my doctors instructions and I just keep saying to myself no matter what in time it will come off. I am still healing and have not had a fill yet. Good Luck and hang in there you may all of the sudden see a nice weight loss.

Thank you so much, I am a new bander July 31st and i appreciate all that you have said, and the way in which you said it.

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