kirafiki

My guess is yes it is your period. Usually a week before I stop losing anything and usually a day or two before, I gain a little. Then a day or two after I start my period, the pounds I gained drop off, and the weight loss starts up again. I have been this way in all my 30 years of dieting. Stay positive! You are doing amazing things for yourself!

Hello there... I was banded on 7/2/08 and I felt the band for about three and a half weeks, and then magically one day I couldn't really feel it any more. I do feel the port still, but like Patchelton, I think its going to be a small price to pay. I got my first fill this past monday, and felt the band monday evening and some of tuesday, but don't again today. I am so amazingly happy to have done this for myself... every day it just gets better and better! Good luck and happiness to all!

I felt a heck of a lot better about day 8. Everyone is different though. It will get a LOT better, and you will never look back on having taken care of yourself like this... and I am only 4 weeks out! I know I did the right thing! 315/278/265 5-22/7-2/current

I wish I had a tour of my favorite foods... the NP at my doctor's office scared me to death thinking I might get my surgery cancelled if I didn't loose any weight before my surgery. In four weeks I lost 37 pounds since I was so scared! I am glad I lost the weight, but I wish I hadn't been scared into doing it.

Holy crap is what I think too... am on a bit of a stall, but I expect that is normal. I still marvel at the fact that I have lost 1/3 of what I want to already. I consider myself lucky, to be sure.

Thanks for the replies...my doctor said no to those things for some reason, but will keep asking.

Except for maybe the gas, heheh. Total lost since beginning the pre-op in May (my doctor required liquid 1 1/2 mos prior!) 50 pounds!!! :biggrin: Surgery date 7/2/08. First fill is monday, July 28, 2008. Am STARVING lately, so I am looking forward to the fill. Afraid to start mushies, so I am waiting until after the fill appointment. Still doing liquids...I miss chewing!

I am so sorry you had such a horrible experience. I also had a very similar experience with the nurse practitioner at the doctor's office where I was banded. I finally decided that she is just a person with no communication skills, and doesn't understand that the people who are coming to see them have been talked down to and berated for years, and that hasn't been of any assistance to us up until this point and won't be now. I would maybe find another doctor? Or decide that most of your support will come from others at the office or through forums like this? I finally decided that getting the surgery was more important than getting along with this particular NP. I also believe that some of my emotional scars from the past experiences I have had regarding my weight maybe made me have this reaction to her. I am so sorry this was such a disappointing experience for you.

Hi all... I am sure you have heard this before. I was banded 4 weeks ago today. I am not eating dairy, I am still just having liquid, am loosing very rapidly, but my problem is the gas. Thank goodness I work for myself. I am passing gas, and I am not kidding here, every ten seconds!! Not small amounts either. I just can't imagine that this is the CO2 still. I am sure there is some in me, but from what I understand that is released through respiration. This gas is in my tummy, painful, and distending. I am afraid of two things: this will never go away, and the bloating will dislodge my band. Any info would be great. Other than that, I feel great.