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I had surgery on September 24th, I since have been filled 2 times with a total of 5 cc's in a 10 cc band. I have no restriction right now, I could really eat WHATEVER I WANT as long as I eat it slow. I have gone down to 270, then I gained 4 pounds, and now, I dont even want to get on the scale. I will get another fill Monday, but I am starting to get worried, that I will never have that restriction that I was hoping to have, and that would continue to get me losing weight. I DO get food stuck, well, I used to, not anymore, because I learned not to eat fast, and drink while I eat. has anyone else been here, and can you give me motivation, or advice? Thanks in advance!

I was banded on Sept 24, and on my larger incision under my left breast, the incision started getting red splotchy patches around it, and its itching like crazy. I also see that one of the stitches is poking out, I can seel it. At first I thought it was the glue they put over the cut, but its not, its a stitch. Any suggestions... Thanks!

I know how you feel lady, I work at an offive where EVERY TUESDAY they have a standing order to have pizza delivered, I wont lie, I cheated 2 times, but this helps.. go and get a HUGE glass of water, drink it, if your still full, go drink another glass.. Call me if you feel the need to, I will send you a private message with my number.. I know how your feeling, I truely do, and it sucks.. but Im now2 weeks post op and I have already lost 30 pounds with my preop diet and with the post op too. The results are SO WORTH IT!

I will be there, it sounds like fun. I was hoping to find support here in Potland. Will you please do a reminder post a week before? Elaine

I had surgery this last Wednesday, and today I went back to work, I felt like I was running all day long, BUT at the end of the day, and towards this evening, I have been feeling my area where the band is get hard like a contraction. All I had today was a slimfast for breakfast for protein, and some crackers because I felt like I was going to pass out, I also had a lemonade to drink as well. I used a straw. Whats the deal with straws, are we not suppose to drink from them? Anyways, any suggestions to whats up?

I just got banded Wednesday, and my surgeon said that we need to realize that the tools they use in durgery really manipulate the skin, and the tissue underneath the skin. I too have a large cut under my left breast area, and it has a HUGE ball type feel to it. I was told its scar tissue, and to take it easy, not a lot of bending, and to use vaseline to help it not scar too badly. But realize our stomach area was manipulated in every which way, and quiet frankly, doctors just do their job, not really being easy on the skin, thats why when we wake up from surgery, we feel like a MAC truck has rolled over our tummy. So, call your doc and tell them how you feel, but thats what the post op visit is for as well, and they check those things out.

Hey congrats! Do you have some gnarley scars... how about your stomach does it seem swollen where the main incision was done? I posted some pics... from the surgery, and I was banded a day before you. Do you get the hiccups, or anything like that? I am on the protein drinks, and soups, and yogurts.... yummmmm... kidding.. I wonder, do you know how much your doc filled your band wth initially? I heard that out of surgery your band already had a little bit of liquid in it. Congrats!

What makes bread and rice, pasta and lettuce problem foods. Please explain. Thanks

I was told by my surgeon that basically after the band is on, it is filled a little bit already. She doesnt think I will need a fill, but I most likely will get one. My surgeon had me eating yogurt without seeds, and tomato soup, and protein shakes the morning after surgery, because she needed to make sure that I could swallow and what not. I would say, if your hungry, eat a cracker, and make it really musy, or even eat an egg. I know its hard, but remember, its a short period of time before its too late, and express to your surgeon that look, your breastfeeding, and it takes a lot of energy for you to do so. Tell him or her that your feeling lightheaded or something to express the fact that this is really hard for you. I told my surgeon it was hard for me to be on a skim milk diet for 3 weeks prior to surgery, and she told me to eat a yogurt, or a cracker when I took my pills, I did and I still lost 19 pounds. So, hang in there, and were all here to support you.

Do you even have support going through this change from your wife/girlfriend/friend. Just wondering, and also, has losing the weight given you confidence to date if your single?

Im starting to get nervous about my surgery tomorrow. I dont know why, really I know there is no reason, but I think its more excitement than anything. Any suggestions for what to expect from the surgery day, how did you feel, and did you go home the day you had surgery?

Thanks to everyone for their responses, and I know I have made the right decision, and I think the only reason why I asked was because Im getting anxious about getting banded next week... and everyone is right, less evasive, less hospital stay, reversable.. all those things are the things that I originally chose the band for in the first place. Thanks for all your support!

If you could have your insurance pay for either bypass or band.. which would YOU choose... the one where you lose the weight quickly, or the one where you lose it gradually... and you dont gain it back as you would with the bypass?

Do I need to crush them, or take them like normal, and they wont get stuck in the band?

Ok, so I have had to be on a skim milk diet for ALMOST 3 weeks now, and seriously, I cant help but eat, because I feel faint, or because my office has a standing order for pizza delivery EVERY TUESDAY... So, I eat, and fall off the wagon.. I feel like crap, but Im human and I dont believe skim milk and water is suppose to be enough.. anyways, anyone else having problems or had problems staying on your pre op diet, and for a long period of time for that matter? I have already lost 13 pounds though...

All I have to say is that your so lucky.. my pre op diet is nothing but skim milk and crystal light and Water.. THATS IT! I would love to be able to eat something and not fall off the wagon like I have... but I have lost 13 pounds so far, so stick with it! Elaine

I should also mention that her office DID recieve the center of excellence from the Lap Band people themselves. I know that means a lot.

All I have to say is I am SO GLAD I am done with that whole mess.. with them sticking stuff in my hair, and on my face.. I HARDLY would call it a sleep study, cause I didnt even sleep... I kept pulling the stuff off my face cause I like to sleep on my stomach. Good luck.... bring your own pillows. They didnt seem to have enough for me.

I got back from my pre-op visit with my surgeon on Friday. We were talking about I asked her how many bands had she placed already. Expecting her to say like hundreds, she told me 50... JUST 50. She explained to me that it was because when bands first came out, there wre people getting them taken back out due to complications. She JUST started implementing bands in HER office as of a year ago, and she only allows around 50 a year so that she is more personal, and can remember the patients she puts them in. She wanted everyone else to get the kinks fixed with the bands before she started putting them in. So with that reassurance I feel better about it, but now.. I wonder... would YOU be concerned? Thanks in advance for your answers.

I feel so horrible. I was at a babysitters house today checking things out, and the daughter at the house was eating Burger King. And seriously... its like could the smell be any more horrible to me right now! I wanted to die.. and the fries were just smelling SO GREAT!!! I went to the drive thru and ordered a whopper jr. I feel so crappy! After I ate it, I cried, because I had gone ALMOST 2 days without eating anything! Now I am back on the wagon. Yes I take a vitamin everyday, and I drink only skim milk and crystal light and water. Its hell....

I feel so horrible. I was at a babysitters house today checking things out, and the daughter at the house was eating Burger King. And seriously... its like could the smell be any more horrible to me right now! I wanted to die.. and the fries were just smelling SO GREAT!!! I went to the drive thru and ordered a whopper jr. I feel so crappy! After I ate it, I cried, because I had gone ALMOST 2 days without eating anything! Now I am back on the wagon. Yes I take a vitamin everyday, and I drink only skim milk and crystal light and water. Its hell....

Thank you so much for your support, in this post that I didnt even create. I just need to talk to my doc and see if she will allow me to eat anything at all, and if I can have a lean cuisine, then great, if not, then thats life, and I will get pumped like the other post said. Its just that feeling of my stomach pain is killing me.. but I know that by day 3 I will be fine, your right.

Hello, I started my milk diet today, and I am crying too.. I feel like my stomach is eating itself. LITERALLY!!! I have my surgery on the 24th of this month. My milk diet consists of skim milk, 3 times a day, Water, and crystal light.. AND THATS IT!!! I dont know what your diet consists of, but I feel weak, like in the sense that I am wanting to eat something.. ESPECIALLY when I feed my kids. I am starting 2 days early because I am going to my high school reunion next weekend, and in case I fall off the wagon you know. I would be more than happy to be a support to you too.. private message me. Elaine

I know I know, I am in the Men's Room... wouldnt be the first time I was in the mens room looking for a guy.. lol Kidding.. Anyways, I am just looking for someone maybe between 28 and 34 looking to chat, and see what could happen, I mean .. how exciting.. So, if you are single, going to get your band, or already banded, get ahold of me, lets see if we can be a support to one another.. I am getting banded on the 24th of the month. :smile::frown::wub::frown::w00t::tt1::tt2: