Jump to content
×
Are you looking for the BariatricPal Store? Go now!

asenft

LAP-BAND Patients
  • Content Count

    34
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by asenft


  1. I've been either throwing up, getting heart burn, or stomach aches. After a full year on the band, I'm on 8.5 cc out of 15 and I still can eat as much as I want. I paid $20K for this procedure and all it does is make me sick...


  2. I lost a lot of weight in the beginning since I was on a liquid diet for two weeks. I lost only one pound since then though. I have a 7 cc fill on a 14 cc band so far. Another problem is that they tried to fill me slightly more but I failed the Water drinking test. It got stuck so they had to back off down to 7 cc. I can basically eat as much as I want still. My doctor is concerned and I paid out of pocket.


  3. I'll be having my first fill in 4 weeks and was wondering your experiences of each of your fills. That is, what was your hunger (restriction experience) like after your first fill, second fill, and so on? I know that doctor's don't inject the same amount of fill but this should give me a ballpark answer.

    Happy Banding!


  4. Good question. I was pretty surprised when I saw the reading at the hospital today. I wasn't drinking the requirement since my stomach was feeling blah or I was resting from fatigue. I don't recommend losing this much this fast. It takes a toll on the body. I'm so glad that I'm on soft foods now.

    Good luck with your band progress. :thumbup:

    Hi fellow avengers,

    Asenft, how did you loose 30 pounds in 2 weeks? That's a LOT!


  5. Two weeks since my surgery and I lost 30 lbs. I had no pre-op diet. Great drop but I've been run down considerably. Thank God that today is my first day on soft foods from just liquids. Today I use a fork. Woo hoo! I've been craving real food for over a week now but I've been sticking to the diet plan. I never dreamt of food before either. Ha!


  6. My surgery went well according to the doctor but it was longer than expected. Just trying to get to my stomach was the hard part they said. After I woke up from surgery, I was in extreme amount of pain that I was breathing fast and moaning pretty loudly. They put me on pain relievers through the IV right away.


  7. April 1--Bunky1965, mamakatken, nortone (Erika), alicatcyclist (Allie)

    April 2--MissLady, Natasha, Leoyne, dogluvr(Amanda)

    April 3--GiGiRN, ebowling, alicia99, p3photogal,BigBandFan(Amy),dsk

    April 4--magic 1127, ColoradoChick, cheercoach08

    April 5--southerngirltx

    April 6--

    April 7--davisd, Lizb88, Susanbee, mrspws, thunderstorm816

    April 8--Carol422, CinniMae08, carol4784, Cori in WA, Mrs. Green

    April 9--bft33, lizalee, moosey52, warrior

    April 10-Turler, cadencemarch, dreamsize8, Denise (from Canada), VegasJen, Leslie2Lose, Karly1, Ashleykay5, jeepsssss

    April 11-Lynne (countingthedays), tatt2, LisaB411,Susan{livn4jesus}, tweety63

    April 12-

    April 13-

    April 14-DaNieLLe (Dshea8285), Sluefoot

    April 15-Chilly

    April 16-nurse7263, Bea1128, Hunee B, yarddog, Andy (RedDirt), Pearlygirl

    April 17-Johnst027, Jo Skinnie, Asenft

    April 18-Astrid(scarlettbegonia), JennyLynn, Cameroncapt rolleyes.gif,Shakara(tyme4change)

    April 19-88KEYZ (Debbie in Mexico)

    April 20

    April 21-Marisa (dancinglamb), Kris (kalipso2), sldeems, BIG DAWG LONG ISLAND

    April 22-Pat (Tricia1105), CTCUTIE,Katkeen(Kathleen), Jeanie3b, NewDiva2008

    April 23-Pearlygirl, Yvonneb3

    April 24-Savedbygrace,KatieBelle, Blund, Bobbiedoll

    April 25-bling

    April 26

    April 27

    April 28-bigdaddy:thumbup: , ImWkgOnMe, jrob281, newl

    April 29-lisa65, nesser081982, Maria79, schoolrn (Sharon), wdwcrazy

    April 30-Enchanted (Christine)


  8. I just found this website tonight. :)

    Anyway, the surgery went well according to the doctor although there was swelling and they couldn't inject any saline at all because of that. They say I have a "natural" band. Ha! A lot of pain the first 16 hours and then I quit using pain relievers (morphine) all together probably around the 20th hour. With all their lap-band patients, they had me stay at the hospital. After that, I went to stay for a couple days at my sister's to recover for a bit. That ended up being a great idea, especially the first day since I was just too slow moving around (Thank you Anne!). I'm back home as of last night. I was able to drive two hours in the pooring rain home fine. Each day get's better pain wise. The worst is moving my body around in bed. Less burping too. I'll be on a liquid diet for two weeks and see the doctor the end of that two weeks.

PatchAid Vitamin Patches

×