Redhead1

Hi, my doctor says no and no drinking through straws. I occasionally with have one, but it gives me bad gas, taste great, but I don't know if it is worth it. Good luck

Thanks I appreciate the comments. My doctor moved and I dont' get to see him often, so good to bounce things off of others. I don't feel to tight,and I have daughter getting married in May, I want to look good!!!!!!

Wondering if I'm tight enough or should get a little more. I have 7 cc and it has been 2 months from the fill from hell and bruised so bad I've barely recovered, so I'm not fill scared! I have lost 10 pounds since, but wonder if it is time for more fluid. I am really tight in morning and can't eat much, lunch I can eat pretty good and at night I'm kinda tight, I get the hiccups and my left shoulder hurts when I eat to tight and too fast. That nerve is very sensitive. I'm I'm almost 7 months out and down 50 pounds. Any ideas would be great!!

Shoulder pain from the air they use to do the surgery is way different than this pain. I work in the OR, where we do this surgery, that pain from the air should only last 3-4 days. This pain is from the nerve around the place where they put the band. It is the same nerve that when people are having a heart attack it radiates to their left shoulder and neck. So if shoulder pain is longer than a week out, it is the nerve irritating the band. Mine seems to be right up against it or trapped in the band. Crazy! Thanks for your reply./

Hi I have replied to many concerning shoulder pain,now I'm sending out a thread, I have come to find that my nerve by diaphram is trapped or my band is rubbing aginst it and when I eat and just doing nothing I get the pain in my left shoulder. It is quite painful and if I eat to fast or too much it is my indication to stop. I have been told that it usually lasts up to 3 months. I'm now 5 months out, has anyone had this longer and did it eventually go away? I've been told it will probably always be there unless he goes in and readjusts band, which would mean another surgery and money, since I paid this myself, really don't want to have to come up with more. I can live with the pain most of the time, but it seems to be more often now. I have 7 cc's in but don't really want any taken out, cuz I finally feel restriction. But it maybe too much,. Would love to hear if anyone has had similiar situation. Thanks

Good Luck to you! Hope all goes well.

Welcome and good luck. I was banded 6-30-08 and immedtiately had left shoulder pain. At first thought it was from the gas they put in your abdomen to fill to do the band, but now have found out the nerve in the area appears to be trapped in my band. It is the same nerve that tells people when you are having a heart attack. Mine comes and goes, after a fill it is worse and when I eat it is my que to stop. There isn't much that can be done, unless readjust the band, but that would be surgery. Anti inflammatories meds help, heat and cold packs help. Some say it goes away in a few months, but mine hasn't. Hopefull yours will get better, sometimes it is the band rubbing against the nerver. But I'm still very glad I had it done. 46 lbs down and still going. Good Luck.

Hi congrats on becoming a bandsters. I'm out 5 months. They pain could just be everything settling. Sometime when you move the sutures to hold the band and port in place pull a little. Give it time and good luck.

Thanks for replying. I had the fill from hell that same day. I now think it was a sign. It took the dr. 30 minutes he was sweating , I was sweating, but finally got it, I am way bruised and sore, he has never had a problem before. After 5 days of liquids and mushies, I actually ate normal today. I finally feel restriction and have lost 4lbs. Go Band.

Hi I Have had pain in my left shoulder from day 1. 3 1/2 months out. It is from the band rubbing on a nerve where they put it. It is refered pain. Mine has subsided some, but if I eat to much or early in am it hurts, Good luck. Heat helps some.

Oh my, I am 3 1/2 months out and this morning was the first time I ever got anything stuck. I always feel tighter in am and pm, but in middle of day I feel like I'm starving. I had a scrambled egg this morning and all of a sudden my shoulder and chest started hurting so bad I couldn't hardly breathe. I walked around, drank water and nothing. I finally made myself throw up and hardly anything came up.. I don't get it. I have been sore all day and what's ironic is I'm suppose to have a fill this afternoon. Life with a band! But don't regret it. I have lost 39 pounds, but in last month have only lost 2, but I am losing inches. I feel like I have plateaued with the scale.

I'm kind of concerned for you, because I work in surgery where we do bands and had mine done at my work and I have never heard or had anyone put Fluid in band with the surgery. Where did you have the surgery? Have you talked to your doctor. I don't mean to be negative at you, but in the post op phase your sutures have to heal around the band and shouldn't have any pressure on it for several weeks before a fill. Hope you are doing okay. Concerned Bander

Hi Congrats and Good Luck. One thing I have noticed is that some people who also have weight issues, don't like or get jealous about your weight loss. My sister was very supportive at first, but now I can't talk to her about it at all, she gets really depressed. She can't afford the surgery. Some people maybe not intentially offer you foods you shouldn't have or have food like that around all the time, it is definetly a mind game.

HI Did you get the 6cc put in your band at surgery or when. I had shoulder pain immeditaly in recovery room and I still have occasionally. There is a nerve close to the area they put the band and the band irritates it, if you eat to much it also irritates it. It is refered pain. There is not much you can do about it. Mine was pretty bad for first 2 months, has gotten better, but still bothers me. Heat packs help. Gas X none of that stuff helps, cuz it is from the nerver and refering pain. Good luck

Bless your heart. I know you are very frustrated. What does your doctor say? Where did you have your band done. I heard a crazy story that a patient had her band somewhere in Mexico and came back to states for fills. She was having problems and found out they put the port in, but no band. I was banded in July and have lost 39, I feel kinda frustrated,I have 6cc and don't feel much restriction at all, I am getting another fill this week. Good luck. Keep reading this site, because there are great ideas.