arizonafrog

Its not just you I have been trying to get on for days now

Hi i will start off by saying I was 497lbs and am down 203 lbs :blushing: in 19months. I went in to weigh in and saw one of the doctors who didnt even req me well when he was told who i was he started to jump up and down and was all happy and watery eyed. He said i made his work so worth what he does, he also said he was gonna go back to the other doc's that he consulted w/prior to my banding who told him it would not work and tell them to KISS his A$$ lol. So i would not listen its posable and i am proof and i have proven so many wrong :couch2: Good Luck to ya hunn

Ok I too have had this issue this issue, but the crazy part is my last fill was a year ago aug 2009 i have lost 2003 since being banded well since my last fill i would say a good 140 of that. Well with in the last 3 weeks i too have been waking up vomiting and the only time i have acit reflux is if i eat sweets. Well i also have gotten so tight that if i eat solid food it comes right back up. Note: there is no pain at all. I am worried but doc said if i dont have pain and can eat some foods in slow pace and can drink shakes he is not worried. I am setting up a EGD this week just to make sure but I am also gonna do a unfil just for lil bit. I am scared too though how bout you all???

Hi i have a delema, a week before my period i am so tight i sometimes cant even keep food down, and it last up to 3 days after my period. I dont know what to do. Anyone else dealing with this. Help i can you use any suggestions all but getting an unfill. I have lost 200 lbs in 19months and have 80 more to go. I just feel bad that i dont eat during this time.

Hi I read your post and I wanted to tell you, I thought I had slipped my band so I went to the doctor today. Thank goodness I have not but the Doc said that if it was a slip these are the symptoms, heartburn, reflux, vomiting, and painful pain in your chest and not being able to keep alot of things down. I dont want to scare you but I would just go to the Doctor!!!!! :thumbup:

Oh Thank you so much:lol: I'm only half way there. I so hope you are right. Called my doc's office a bit ago and they assured me of what symptoms would be if it was bad....like a slip> constant Vomiting (not PBing) nausiated, pain (bad pain) they told me its just a new feeling so i am worried. what do you all think :thumbup:

HI all, Let me get right off to the point. I was banded on 10/27/2008 I am down 116 lbs as of 06/29/2009. My last fill was in March I have a 15cc band and I am at 6.5cc right now. I have had great restriction but was having issues on learing how to eat right, it was either to Fast or at times a bit to much. Well I was getting use to PBing at least everyday (big sigh) Well I finally made the transition a few days ago to where now I never eat more then a cup of food and I pick at it and eat s l o w :thumbup: Well now I am freaking out because I have no indication of restriction because I am not pbing but I can say I do not get hungry for a long time and the small amounts I am eating do satisfy me. Now there is another thing I have som pain on my side and in my belly area but not no where up towards my upper chest. I have been having alot of gas the last couple of days and have been told by many that could most deffinetly be that issue with the side and tummy pain. I dont know what to do. I am afraid I have done something wrong. How would I know if I am ok. What does a slip feel like if I have one. Am I over reacting. help direct me. I called my doc and nurse says I am fine. What do I do help!!!:cursing:

Well I have aetna and I can only tell you the hoops I had to jump through to get my band. (note: My bmi was well over 50 and the doctors scales would not get my wieght because they only go up to 350 or something so no documentation all just guessing) Well I pulled my charts from my 2 last pcp and then i did a sleep study which showed i have a slight case of sleep apnea, I also had high blood pressure and asthma,I went to see a cardioligist and did a series of tests, blood work, chest x-ray, ekg, physical, phsyc eval, nutrional eval and monitoring for 3 months with supervised diet and excersise, and then the eval from my WLS and that was it I started the whole thing on the 27th of july 2008 and was banded 3 months to the date on 10/27/08 I never even really had any issues I just did all the test the WLS told me to do and they did the rest. I do know that my WLS did spice up the eval he submitted to Aetna. Once submitted it took less then a week to get my responce. I dont know if all that info will help but that is what I had to do :thumbup: Have a great day and GOOD LUCK

I get these ones at Walmart

Wow that is very interesting I wonder what it could be ???

So maybe if I get some blood work done it might show something and then I can take care of huh thanks

HI all A bit fustrated I was banded on 10/27/08 and am down 72 lbs total 21 of that is pre op. I am excited about that. Well the thing that has me fustrated is I have been real sluggish lately, tired all the time and at times it feels like my bones and muscles are tired. I dont do strenious work outs just walking. I was wondering if anyone else felt like this. I hope this to will pass.

Oh my gosh burb..... Yeah I burp like crazy and there these hollow scary burps from deep in my stomach and I also hiccup alot, I use to like when I would get hiccups before being banded but now they are just too much.

pre op diet is not for loosing weight it is to shrink your liver. and protien shakes and chkn breast w/no skin and baked and broiled or boiled is good and tuna in Water and egg whites are good as well. I followed this for 16 days and lost 22 lbs pre op and my liver shrunk alot dr was very happy.

well if you get the vanilla one and add orange crystal light it tastes like a orange dream ice cream, there is this protien shake at Walmart that is fruit puch its good too and then there are some flavorless protien shakes where you can make your own flavors

Hey there I was banded on 10/27/2008 and to be honest with in the first week I was the same wondering what I had just done. To be honest now I would do it a million times over as of 11/7/08 I am down 52lbs and I cant wait to go on my great journy. Just remember why you went into it, its like all new Quest its always scary. Just keep up with it its will be great!!!

I too am afraid of stretching my pouch, I stressed my concern but was told as long as I do not go beyond the feeling of fullness or do not eat more if I get something stuck that I will be fine. I am not sure as well??

Hey there I too experience the same I was banded on the 27th of october and am able to eat somethings alot more then what they say, I was told to try not to do so but that it will be better when I get my first fill on the 10th of december I will let you know how it changes :biggrin:

Talk about emotions, I am 3 days before my operation and I have so many emotions running. I am one min. Very happy and excited and then I have morbid thoughts and get so nervous! (deep Breath) I just take the feelings and let them pass and think all these feelings are worth the end I will come upon a healthy me :eek:

Hi all I am 34 and in Arizona, I have been overweight for as long as I can remember. I have so much to loose though and I am ready for the journey. I so badly would like to have a child before I hit 37 and in order for me to do so I need to drop alot of weight. Plus I have HB and am on medication and I want off it. I am a bit scared of my journey but hey any unknown teritory is always scarry huh. I have about 250 lbs to loose I went to my consultaion and test on june 25 and went to my last noutritionist apt on sept 22 and they submitted to insurance now I am waiting I hope to have the operation in october some time. I am scared of my out of pocket but I have applied for a care credit card to handle that. I need to do something or one day soon I wont be around to do anything at all. The one thing that is hard for me is the not drinking anything before and during and for 30min after my meals, it even has made me cry I am not sure why maybe fustration. I did it ever since june but here lately have stoped because of alot of things going on and more shakes being drank than anything else I am down 28 lbs since june hope to go down another 20 before I get my pre op diet. thanks guys :tongue2: