Camel_Cracker

I called and Dr. Shayani charges a $500 program fee, then $130 fills after ;( Im only here in Illinois for another 4 weeks... I guess I'll wait until I get back to Texas to see my surgeon. :thumbdown:

I just called Synchrony for information. There is an ititial 500 transfer fee plus 95 for the adjustment. Subsequent adjustments are an additional 95 each. Hmm... If I were here to live and not just for 2 months I would consider it but that's a lot of money!! Will see what my other options are..... dont' want to spend more than 200-250.

I have never had any twinges of pain because my doctor gives me a shot of lydocane before filling me. I have also only had the fills/unfills with the barium and xray thing (the real name has totally escaped me)

This happened to me! Back in January I started having a little reflux, which by March turned into bad evening and nightly reflux (vomiting acid at night). When I went to my doctor, he saw that my band had actually tightened and I had too much restriction. My last fill had been more than 6 months before. When he unfilled me by 1cc, it made a huge difference for me, and after PBing pretty much everything I had eaten in the previous 2 months, I went nuts and enjoyed eating. I still had ok restriction until about 2 weeks ago, when I was "able" to comfortably eat almost normal sized portions and hadn't felt any urge to PB. I scheduled a fill with my doctor this weekend thinking I needed more restriction, but he saw on the fluroscopy that my pouch was dilated, so instead of getting a fill, I lost another 2cc. I'm lucky that I still have 4 left, but this experience has scared the bejesus out of me. He told me to come back in about a month, so I need to know more about what to eat now. I am going to try mostly liquids, but does it matter now much of the liquids I drink? I feel so overwhelmed and scared. I don't want to sabatoge my tool, and I REALLY don't want to gain more weight.

Look into the Gastric sleeve before you get a bypass!

I have pita bread from the arabic stores all the time... I eat about a half piece of a small one and have no trouble, but they are much thinner than the ones from the regular grocery stores. (They have a lot of stores in Richardson). Tuna makes me barf, donuts, french fries, soft breads. I can eat crunchy tacos, but flour tortillas are a no-go. I pretty much have to do liquid breakfasts because if I eat solids too early I throw up. I'm probably going down to Mexico for a slight unfill next weekend though.... maybe I'm too tight.

I was told only to expect 1-2 pounds of weight loss per week. You haven't hit a plateau if you're still losing.

Oh Jeez! Too bad about her divorce! My husband's name is Ahmad too :biggrin:)

I am half-assed following Weight Watchers along with my band. It's so hard to eat all of my points eating healthy, since I still get 31 per day, but throw in an ice cream and they're gone ) I feel a little guilty that I have my tool in place, but I don't tell people at my meetings. I divulged that I have a band this summer at an out of town meeting and I was treated like a leper. I stay on WW for the accountability, good tips and accurate weekly weigh ins. Plus... I look forward to getting my "Lifetime" membership for free.

Breakfast- 1 cup of skim milk Lunch- 1 chicken nugget that came back out Lunch round 2- Banana liquado (1/2 c skim milk, 1/2 banana, 1 tsp vanilla blended) Snack- Cheese Nachos Dinner- WW Recipe for Moroccan Meatballs 2(ground turkey, prunes, grated ginger, garlic etc) and 1/4 cup of coucous Snack- 1/4 cup of couscous with skim milk and 1T honey

I can take and keep down a tiny bite of anything my husband orders (keeps me from feeling deprived), then I chew the fire out of it before I swallow and am usually fine. I can't keep down Chick Fil A fries anymore, but ate Fuddruckers fries no problem. I order a Childrens Chicken Tender basket with a fruit cup instead of fries then steal 2-3 of my husbands. It's a lot easier to eat chicken with a dipping sauce than it is to eat them plain. I can handle nachos pretty much anywhere or a small quesadilla if it's made from corn tortilla. I cannot handle flour. Ditto on everyone's Wendy's Chili response.

Hmm.... I hit a plateau after setting my goal. I've lost 8 pounds since then and have 8 pounds to go before Valentine's Day. 244 is my new realistic goal.

Wow, really? Well, since you seem to be SUCH an expert and the final word on everything, I'll crack open the old Yellow Pages and find a shrink... that is, a head doctor because I have the Realize band, which according to your scientific reasearch is a fool's tool. Then again, I guess the real Tool is someone who overgeneralizes and make judegment calls based on personal opinions and "facts".

I can hardly eat in the morning or afternoon, and I still dont chow down well at night unless it's nachos, so I don't think I could finish off a Lean Cuisine. I'm not knocking the programs as much as the misleading advertising.... it's irresponsible!

It's funny that you should ask... I swallowed some last night, and followed it off with a shot of light Whipped Cream from a can that I used to make a "Man Junk Sundae" with that and edible body paints from Victoria's Secret... back to the question though... I have PBed DH's swimmers a couple of times, but that's in the morning when my band is super tight and after waiting for a few days before ejaculating... Mens' ejaculate is thicker the longer they wait, and harder for me to swallow. It also helps if your man doesn't smoke or drink, as that can give an awful flavor to the baby batter.

Has anyone else noticed/been irritated by Jenny Craig's new obnoxious ads? They have recruited Phylicia Rashad for this season, and have dressed her in VERY baggy clothes. Of course she's going to look amazing next month when they put out new ads of her wearing clothes that fit, regardless of the extent of her weight loss. This pisses me off/amuses/annoys me as much as the diet drug ads that show before pictures of miserable looking women frowning in ill-fitting bikinis, a greasy ponytail and no makeup, then magically after losing 30 pounds, they are wearing a flattering bikini, sporting a huge white smile with a full face of glamorous makeup and their hair is Miss America Runway ready... :bored:

Our frequency has doubled and I find it a little easier to orgasm. My flexibility is great since there is less of a gut there preventing my knees from touching my shoulders, and I don't feel as much like a whale when I'm on top. Before, my thighs would crowd his sides and cause some friction, making it a little uncomfortable for both of us and distracting me, also delaying orgasm. We have gotten a little more adventurous... just last week I propped up on the balcony at the top of the staircase while he went at it standing up :bored:! Someday I want to be light enough for DH to support my entire weight in a standing sex position, or even up against the wall (he's 6'3" and I'm 5'6"). Kama Sutra won't have nothin' on us!

I have a different TOM because of my IUD, so I have light cramping, very rare spotting (like one or two spots) only a couple of times a year, a very very tight band (I called the doctor's rep and she said she'd never had anyone ask about that). It sounds like a dream not to be able to eat, but it's actually frustrating and i usually end up resorting to ice cream on those days, as it's the only thing I have NEVER PBed.

It can cause some 'roids.

I have always had a healthy appetite (for food and nookie). That hasn't changed since surgery, but my husband wants it twice as often as before. The loss of inches has removed some of the padding that was in the way of deeper penetration, and my flexibility is amazing now. It is also much faster for me to reach climax now :frown:

Well, most of our daily or frequent foods were made to be enjoyed on special occasions. Because we can, we eat them more often, but it's busting our waistlines. My husband's family is middle-eastern, and while their food is mainly very healthy, they drown everything in EVOO... It's very healthy, but only a couple of teaspoons per day.

I did pretty well at Christmas dinner as far as my food choices and proportions. I ate twice as much as normal, but still about 1/5 of what I ate in years past. My husband really saved my butt when my sister tried making me a to-go box. He refused to let her for my own good and I really thank him for that now. I sure would love another sliver of pumpkin or pecan pie right now, but I'm glad it's not there. I will wash dishes instead :thumbup:

:tongue2: Enjoy your Realize band Ali... I love mine.... Especially fishing around poking at my port and admiring my cute incision scars from June. Rockstar... take your meds and stop drinking so much barium

Wow,.... This sounds like a nice motivation... 51 days left? hmm... I would like to lose 15 pounds and be down under 240 by Valentine's Day. So, I'll need to lose slightly over 2 pounds per week.... which also means that my 6'3" husband needs to hide all of the chocolates somewhere that I and my handy stepping stool can't reach them.