sandra267

I think like might be the key word here. I don't like to go to work on Monday but I do. Ask point blank will they fill if you need to be filled?

I did not know that this was a signal for fullness. I keep thinking i was catching a cold or swine flu.

I have had 6 fills since October. I did not really feel restriction until my last fill on Wednesday. I believe that slow and steady wins the race. If you push it your band could slip. Be patient, it will come.

There is nothing like feeling confident in yourself. I throught that being heavier did not bother me, but know that I have lost some weight I know I lacked some confidence in myself. Congrads

Have you tried Brighams? I went for my consult in July and was banded in October.

I eat between 1,200-1,600 a day. I try not measure or count calories. The day I start weighing and measure is the day I will feel like I am dieting.

The economy has been the biggest changed for us. I have to think twice about going to wholefoods and buy salomon, tuna fillets. I don't buy junk because it can really eat into your food budget.

I had surgery at faulkner with Dr. Vernon. I love the single rooms. I also had surgery at brighams 3 months later. It went very well. They are both teaching hosipital so you get alot of traffic. I would highly recommend my surgeon as well as brighams/faulkner.

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I try hard to eat at least 1,200. Sometimes if I eat less than that one day I up it the next. I don't eat more than 1,400 calories.

My surgeon said she was doing a small fill because of an upcoming surgery. I got 4.0 cc

I told everyone. I think of this surgery as a blessing. When I was having surgery they found something else. This probably would not have been found if I was not being banded. I had another surgery and now I am on the mend and feeling great. I now have a friend that is thinking about getting banded.

I am wondering too what restriction really is.... I have not had a problem with anything I have eaten. I just don't like to eat bread, it feels unconfortable for me. I just don't want to snack, I can eat a bowl of cheerois in the morning, protein shake for lunch and tuna salad or stir fry for dinner and be ok for the day. I don't feel like I have found my sweet spot.

Same here, but only two kids. I would love to got back to a size 10.

At first I wasn't going to tell anyone, but then one day I just started telling everyone. That was the right decision for me. If I was going to Mexico to have it done, I don't think I would have told too many people. There are alot of people that do not understand what medical treatment is like outside of this country.

How much does you doctor put in for a fill? My doctor gave me a "small" fill that was 4cc due to an upcoming surgery. Reading the message board I have found that some doctors fill at 1.5 and some fill 7.0 on the first fill in a 10 band.

It was a blessing that I was having surgery. Pheochromocytoma is a tumor on the adrenal glands on your kidneys. It is the reason I have had high blood pressure, heart palpatations, sweats and a host of other symtoms. I am going in for surgery on 1/7 so I should be ok after it is removed. I am ready to start getting regular fills and doing the lapband thing. You might want to also bring a good lotion. The air in hosiptals are kept dry to stop the spread of germs.

I like Ruby. Maybe she would have lost the same amount of weight with GB but she is getting b*tcher and b*tcher with each show. I hope she makes it but she is torturing herself with those hour glass meals.

I am reading the Sonoma Diet. I haven't made up my mind if I am going to actually do it yet>

Ear plugs and eye cover. The nurses on the ICU floor were so loud. The lightswere bright too. I did not get any sleep until I was moved on the regular floor.

Don't they take out the liquid to check if there is a leak? Good luck

Over here it has alot to do with insurance. I have not hear of anyone having to do a colonoscopy.

I got the band because I was having heart palpatations, sweats, headache and to get off my blood pressure medicine. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure 2 year ago and put on medication. After I started on this medication, I started having these symtoms. Watched my diet, exercise but could not get rid of my symtoms. Decided to have lapband surgery to get rid of the high blood pressure. Long story short, During the lapband surgery my pressure went really high. Lapro became open. Woke up in ICU 8 hours later. I was diagnosed with pheochromocytoma. This is a tumor on my adrenal gland on my kidney. This is suppose to be some rare thing? I will be having surgery soon to get rid of this tumor. Just think, I almost did not have lapband because I was going to try one more diet. Left in the body this can become a stroke, heart attack. My sister suffer a stroke at 35. My lapband is a true blessing.

Banded on 10/23 with at 4cc fill on dec. 2. I haven't eaten anything that has given me issues. I can only eat 1/2 a sandwich and very little pasta/rice. My portion size is maybe a 1/3 of what I use to eat. I am feeling hurgry now but can't do anything about a fill until the end of January begining of february..:tongue2: