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It just happened again. Last night I had 3 pieces of toast with jam for dinner (a craving!) - no problemo. This morning, I took three bites of toast and I started getting that panicky "choking" feeling. It took 1/2 hour to pass. An older platform band?? Now I am even more confused. The doctor said that he used a "smaller" bad on me. It all depends on your own personal plumbing I guess. I guess the long and the short of it is, it's not working the way I thought it would. I had no idea that my 2 eating outcomes would be 1) bottomless pit or 2) choking after 3 bites. I'm not complaining! I've told my facilitator all this stuff and she just keep throwing me the whole "learning curve" spiel. (sigh)...

Ice and a lot of self pity helped me.

You'll know. It hurts - like your choking. You'll panic and want to throw up but will have a hard time doing so.

Hi! I'm being patient to see how this goes, but I need some input. I was banded 2/14/09 - I've lost 20 lbs! Yippee! This represents about 1/3 of my final goal. However, the last 2 months have seen only a 3 lb loss. : ( I've had one fill. If I'm reading my card thingy right, my band is 4 cc capacity and on 4/09 I had 1.8cc put in. Here's my confusion. Sometimes, after just 3 bites - I "choke" and wish I could just spit it right out. I'm pretty vigilant about chew-chew-chewing, so I'm not sure this is the cause. Yet other times, I can eat a full serving (3 cups). Literally - I can eat 3 bites of a sub sandwich and choke or I am practically able to finsih the whole thing. WTF?!? Do I need another fill??? I can't seem to wrap my head around how this band is supposed to work. I don't see how it controls how much you can eat - more like it controls how quickly you can eat. Guidance is needed and requested :smile2:

No - the pain isn't that bad. I have back pain, but I attribute that to my back having to overcompensate for my abdomen. I feel a little better after eating soup. Might be extreme hunger. Thank God I'm moving to mushies this weekend.

Port on the left. Pain is below bottom of sternum , where your bra pushes. I took mine off by the way, but it isn't helping. I just ate some soup - it seemed to help. Maybe it's just hunger. God knows I wouldn't be in this situation (w/lapband) if I knew what hunger was like. I feel good - downright perky - in the morning, but this afternoon I'm tired and can barely manage to speak to people. ugh......

The last two days I've had on and off pain in what I think is my gall bladder. I was banded on 2/14, so I'm still on liquids and blended things. It woke me up last night - I sipped some Slimfast and it kinda went away. Maybe it's just extreme hunger?!? I "eat" about 3 shakes, 1 soup & 1 yogurt (about 1200 cal) a day. Is this not enough? What am I doing wrong? I thought the shoulder pain was bad. That passed and now this?? Ugh... having regrets...

I was banded on 2/14. I have been making my own shakes - milk, vanilla yogurt, banana and chocolate powder. My step mother actually managed to liquify mashed potatoes and meatloaf for me (with a little broth) and it was awesome!! She even liquified a salad - it wasn't bad. I felt like I was eating "real" food again.

I'm nervous too - I'm checking in on Friday (13th) and my surgery is 14th - Valentine's Day!?! Yup. Howz that for date combo? I'm nervous as hell - mostly about the pain. Secondly about the possiblity of failing and letting everyone (especially me) down. Good luck to you. :thumbup:

I'm so nervous!! Thank God my boyfriend found his birth certificate today - otherwise he wouldn't have been able to go into Tijuana with me and I would have had to be alone. We're leaving L.A. tomorrow in the early a.m. to be in San Diego by 10:00. Testing and other stuff tomorrow and surgery on Saturday. How romantic! (not!) I'm afraid of a few things: I hate to admit this, but I am fiercely scared of needles. :thumbup: It usually takes 2 to 3 nurses for a blood test. I know that's stupid - but that's me. So I am therefore dreading the pre-op blood work and the insertion of the IV. I had an IV 6 months ago for something else and it hurt SO BAD. Next thing I am afraid of is the pain after. How long will there be pain? I've read descriptions of the feeling like someone puched you repeatedly in the upper gut. Is it bad? When will it pass? Are there any other Bloody-Valentiners out there? (silence...)

Congrats! Nervous? I am. I get pumped by reading postings here. Feb 21st is my big day. I have three full recovery days after that (back to work on 2/25). I too hope that's enough!:thumbup:

I'm with L12 on this one. It bothers me a bit too. I think the bit about the stretch marks and not wanting to ever be fat. Like fat people are worthless and flawed. Those are hurtful remarks for someone that is sensitive (like me!). If he had said his reasons were health related and not purely vanity, then it would be different. Then again, who cares? We've all got our issues. I'm glad to see with these responses that there are more people like me - on the "lighter" side (for once to be on the lighter side of anything). My BMI is 35. I guess I need the validation that it's okay to nip this weight thing in the bud before I get bigger.

I'm not coming from very far, but I too am going ot Tijuana. I'm scheduled for 2/21 with Dr. Pedro Kuri. $7500 and he does them day in and day out. Check him out.

I'm going to Tijuana next month to have the procedure done by Dr. Pedro Kuri - $7500! Can't beat that! Even with airfare you're out ahead - they include two nights hotel and pick up from the airport. Do some research on him.

I too am in the Los Angeles area and have just scheduled my appointment with Dr. Pedro Kuri (you can Google the name) in Tijuana. $7500! I was originally working with Dr. Owens office- but they charge $10500 for their surgery in Mexico. There are a few of Dr. Kuri's patients on here (again, do a search). I'm a little aprehensive about the whole Mexico thing, but apparently Dr. Kuri does several of these every day.