AngieAngel

Do you take a daily vitamin? Sometimes it leaves a metal taste in my mouth.

Sounds yummy! What kind of lettuce did you use?

Thank you for sharing. I just watched the video. The big plus is that there are no incisions, the drawback (when compared to Lapband) is that there is no adjustments available. I am guessing it is reversible? Not sure. Also, I would worry more about stretching the pouch (like bypass folks can) Very interesting though!

Hang in there, your body has to reset it's metobolic rate again. I haven't lost in about 2 weeks either but I know that eventually it will break past that plateau and start going down again. Just takes patience and time.

My doc just suggests not using them immediately after surgery. I can use them now if I wanted, but I swallow too much air. I am a Belching Fiesta!

Yup, you absolutely can lose weight in your feet. I actually walked right out of a pair of shoes at work on Friday! I will be giving those shoes to charity along with most of my clothes :w00t::D

I am so glad you had an easy fill! Take it easy with eating for a few days, you never know when the band is going to kick in. :thumbup:

Yes, just had surgery with them. They are very professional and the hospital the surgery is performed in is wonderful. Only bit of advice is that if you are seeing Dr. DiMarco is bring a book because he is always VERY late. (once it was 3 hours!)

Hi Hope! There are a few threads on this topic, this one being the more recent I can remember. You can 'search' on the word regret and get all kinds of information. I am extremely happy with the band, only regretting not having it done sooner. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f178/any-regrets-79318/?highlight=regret

Definitely the mornings and I too find myself tighter in the evenings. It seems I have this 'window' in the afternoon where I can eat something. By 'throwing up' do you mean 'bringing up' food that is stuck in your esophagus? Sometimes I just cough and it comes out. If you are regularly "throwing up" you should see the doc.

Dried apricots. Never again.

Ahhhhh, nice use of the smilies!! :tea:

Inspirations!! Each one of you! Thank you so much for sharing!!

Jachut, I just noticed that you are below your goal! Both of you are such inspirations!!

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: CONGRATS to YOU!! Almost at goal!! I am so jealous! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much for sharing! So, I imagine the newly banded folks complaining "I only lost 12 lbs in 2 weeks" must really fire you up. :thumbup:

After a real bad sliming episode I was very sore for a couple of days. No worries, just take it easy!

Bump!! :sneaky:

Are there any long timers that tracked their weightloss over the months/years and would be willing to share their data with us? I think that there are some misconceptions about how much weight we should be losing and people are easily disappointed when they are actually doing a great job! I am hoping that your data would help show how this process is long-term and how it takes time for it to come off! Come on...I know there are some big losers out there!

The surgery and the band itself is exactly what I thought it would be and I am very happy. If I had to pinpoint a 'fault' it would be the variety of diets the doctors seem to have us on. My doctor has me on the LapBand suggested diet, but it appears from many of you on this board that some doctors seem to 'make up' their own diets. I wish they could all agree on a standard diet for the band and not make some of us suffer through long, laborous preop diets (I didn't have to go on a preop diet at all because I am self pay!).

I have a heart murmur, had the EKG and everything still went forward just fine. There are those patients who are not well enough for surgery and then there are those who 'might' have an issue during surgery/recovery. They want to screen out those too ill and CYA themselves by warning those who are marginal that they may have issues if they move forward with the surgery.

You can make sure you are FULL before you leave the house. That will keep you in control.

Every day is an adventure with my band. Sometimes I can eat fine, and then I have days where I can't eat anything. In the mornings I am too tight to eat and every once in a while in the evenings too. I have PB'ed and vomited a little bit, but nothing major because I am taking it VERY slow when I eat. It definitely keeps me on my toes!

Never! Not only could you hurt yourself, but you risk tearing the port's skin. Then you would require another surgery. Why risk your health and your band?

I started taking Biotin today in preparation. Hopefully I don't have a problem. I can't lose my "Texas" hair you know! :cool: