SheeShee

I was at my sweet spot for months before I got pregnant but as I started to get morning sickness I was way too tight from the swelling and irritation from the band, I have the large band and need it pretty tight for good restriction 11cc in a 14cc band, I went down to 5ccs and could eat anything ( gained 40lbs fast) as your uterus pushes everything up you may need adjustments throughout your pregnancy, my doctor had no problem with keeping restriction as I was told during pregnancy you only really need an extra 300 calories daily.

Im sure it's possible to keep good restriction throughout the pregnancy but you may require lots of adjustments

Good luck and happy baby making ; )

I had my surgery with Dr.K about a year and a half and 150lbs ago ... I came from out of the country and was considering Mexico ...the fact that in the USA surgeons are required to have liability insurance was something that set my mind at ease. Not to say its not the same in Mexico but for my peace of mind I chose Dr.K ...The whole experience was great with him, his staff, the hospital, everything.

Good luck with it

I have been going through the same thing... I have lost just over 80 lbs since getting my band last Aug. - I saw my doctor because I was concerned .. he tested my blood pressure while I sat and then standing ... turns out that it is just like restless monkey said "orthostatic hypotension" I now have low blood pressure and it really drops if I go from sitting to standing .. he figures that it may be weight loss related .. he says that for every pound lost you lose somewhere near one mile of blood vessels !!!

Hope that things get better for you

Shee

Since I started to lose weight on the pre-op diet, I have been dealing with my TOM every two weeks !!!! grrrrrrrr

Way more cramps, heavier and longer than anything I have had before too.

I went to my doctor for some help, birth control pills or something to help me out here. I am just waiting for the results of the bloodwork to come back to see what is going on with me. It may be that there is a rise in estrogen when we lose weight, as it is strored in the fat ...

It's great to lose the weight, but it would be nice to do something about this little side effect !!!

I was in quite a bit of pain after the surgery - I had read how great people felt after the surgery, this was not my experience. I thought something might be wrong because the pain was more than I expected, on a scale of 1-10 I would say a 7 and constant !! I refused the additional pain killers when I woke up because I didnt want to feel any worse than I did waking up from the surgery. After some time I did take the pain killers they offered me in the hospital- that helped a lot ! The pain killers made me sick even with all the anti-nauseant I was taking so again I was feeling pretty awful - I started to think that I made a huge mistake, I wondered why I had done this to myself ?!?! And thought I will never feel "normal" again. This has passed .. I am less than one month post-op and feel like my normal self again, except better. I have not had a fill yet, but already love my band. I feel like my band and I got off to a rough start but are friends now :shades_smile:

Hopefully you will feel better about your band soon !

SheeShee

For Migraines my doctor has given me Maxalt, it comes in a wafer form that melts under your tongue in seconds. And the Maxalt is really effective for me. If I feel a Migraine coming on, and take it, I can be rid of the migraine in an hour or so.

Regarding Dr. Kirshenbaum - I was banded on Aug 12th - My incisions/scars look great. He does not use staples but dissolvable stitches and the incisions were covered in second skin which I removed in a week

Hi,

My surgery date is Aug 12th in Colorado : )

*Feeling like I have to buy at least one of the items I took with me into the change room so I don't endure the walk of shame that nothing fit.

*Buying clothes without trying them on just so I don't have to do that.

* The dread of the person at the checkout holding up the pants I'm buying and stretching out the entire width of them to fold them with others in the lineup.

*Girls giving my sexy husband that "You are with her"? look.

* People being afraid to even make eye contact with me - as if being fat is a catching disease

* Knowing that my husband can't lift me.