YngGram

Sorry but, HA HA! Over 2 years and gas is just with me. So much better than it was at first, it would wake me during the night. Now some foods more than others, if my first meal is heavy. Also if I eat, no matter how light and get in the car or sit for a long time. I guess I just need to move around so things can adjust.

It never crossed my mind!

Some people are to stupid for their own good! What if the same had been said to him? Men are really sensitive about the big changes they see in us. We can't help it, our attitudes change about ourselves, we dress a little different, a little more outgoing and we are happier. Age doesn't matter, I am 53 and I like it when people notice the change, it is hard work for us and the husbands are happy for us but not sure how our change will change the relationship. There is an older gentleman, at lest 75, with a portable oxygen tank that goes out of his way to speak to me when he sees me weekly. My husband teases me, but I find it funny that he is watching this old man.

I didn't have a hunger problem after surgery. I felt really lucky because it made it easier for me to work with the band. I lost weight, felt good and and very few issues. I can eat almost anything, even bread as long as I don't try to eat to much. I did have my Carnation Instant this morning, and I will try some turkey for lunch. I try not to eat just to eat because it gets me into trouble. My band is tighter in hot weather and some foods give me a little trouble, not getting stuck just uncomfortable after a bite or two. Last year I had to get an unfill, waited to long to go back and gained about 7lbs that I have been fighting ever since. I just have to keep my mind on what I'm doing so I am on track. I really thought that at 2 years I would have reached my goal. I am glad that I haven't gone back up to 200 so there is some happiness.

I was banded in March 09, I didn't loose as much as I would have liked but I found myself happy. My problem is that I don't get hungry. In the morning I am a little tight, protein drink/slimfast got me going. I have become a coffee junkie so that's my start point. now. I am a late nighter and a late riser(10), my DH is usually fussing because 3 p.m. comes and goes and I still haven't eaten. I do about 4 cups of coffee and water, but I just don't feel a need for food. HELP!

We hear alot about streching the pouch, but does it shrink? There is the Pouch Test, and to me that seems to be the goal, and the docs seem to put patiens on 4 or 5 days of liquids to get them back on track. Does anybody know?

Sounds like you need a slight unfill. I keep Papaya Enzyme tablets with me to get relief when I forget to eat slowly and get stuck. I get it at Wal-Mart. Good luck.

I have had some bad moments because after having a fill in Oct. of last year my band tightened and starting in March I would have a problem every now and then. By June it was every meal. What helped was chewing 4 or 5 Papaya Enzyme tablets. I get them at Wal-Mart and always have them in my purse. I use them even when I get indigestion hours after eating. If I am stuck I just chew and head to the restroom, the pills will let the slime come and give me relief in minuets. I don't get much of a warning to stop eating, it is just one bite, and it's wrong NOW! Love my Papaya

Congrats. Now remember the fills don't make you lose the weight, your choices will. What you eat and how much. I lost on my preop diet, eating what I thought was a lot of food. And right after surgery I lost and only had very little in the band. My first fill was at about a month and I continued to loose. Was banned in March as a size 22, for mothers day my daughter bought me size 14 jeans and they FIT! So yes the weight will come off if you follow the rules. Good luck.

My band tighten on me after a fill in 10/09, all was well until March and once or so each week I would have a problem until it was every meal every day. Got an unfil in July, but waited until Oct. to get another fill. Gained about 12 pounds, mostly from stress eating and all the jeans I bought last year are just a little tight. I am so mad at me and the even after the fill the scale is not coming down. I am FIGHTING the urge to get up and have a Cinnamon bun right now.

Please keep in mind that you still have to make the choice about what goes in. There is no reason you should have even tried to eat that sub. Bread usually doesn't go down well and beef is hard for many people to do. You could be setting yourself up for a really bad situation. The pain that will be involved will let you know that the Band has the real control. For me temps, what I ate the day before as well as how fast I eat make a difference. Make good choices and try to keep the food at 1/2c. It works if you work with it.

I sometimes feel that I have air trapped somewhere in the middle and it makes me feel like I ate a goat. I am bloated and uncomfortable even if I haven't eat in a while. It's as if I got in trapped when I ate and it just sat there until the food got down to it and added the pressure. It can't come up in a burp because of the food and it's blocked on the other end.

Very normal since they pump in gas to do surgery, it seems the body doesn't absore it right away. I felt bloated for about 2 weeks, lived for my GasX and I found it very uncomfortable/lightly painful for over a week. It does PASS!:frown:

I am here. Had my surgery in Richmond, hit me back. Jay

No blame here, so take this as it is given. Most of us have had the same issues, it takes some learning about what works for you. 1. You might not be able to eat the things you have chosen. Some can't do chicken, or beef or something fried. 2. Slow down, also try eating alone. With a recent fill I have found that if I talk I will have a problem of some sort with the meal. It's been over a year but this started with the last fill. 3. If I drink and eat I am done for. I seem to take in to much air and create a bubble in my chest very, very painful. 4. Small bites well chewed. 5. Don't drink at least an hour before eating, might make it a little better. 6. I am tighter in the morings so I do a Protein drink. Since the fill I am also tighter after 6, so dinner has to be by 5 or I can't get more than 2 bites down. Now this is BIG, at 4 months how are you clothes fitting? I wasn't loosing on the scale but my clothes had gotten to big. Sometimes as the body adjusts to the change the weight might not come off, but relocates moving from the tummy, legs, face or the back. Giving the smaller size pants and a better overall appearance. You aren't doing it wrong, listen to your body. You don't want to be uncomfortable so stop at 2 bites, wait an hour and have a Protein Drink or some yogurt. You may have been given info from the dietian about Snacks or 5 or 6 really small meals until you stomach is done healing.

The doc had me use Carnation Instant Breaksfast, made with Skim milk, Boost or SlimFast; like that I could get them easily. These do count as meals and liquid (I was to go for about 64oz. daily), but I found that they filled me enough to the snack time most often until meal time again. You can't go only liquid but you don't want to try to eat to soon. Eggs are good as well as cheese products and when you move to meats, eat it first.

Are you me or am I you? Popcorn going in right now.

The loss is from diet change and surgery stress. I have had several surgerys over the years and never had this happen, so I am going with the diet change and the main factor. I take Boiten and my hair still came out, just not real bad. The protein is always mentioned when this is talked about but I don't if it's because we now get more than we did or less??? It started about 4 months after surgery and lasted about 3 months. My bald spot is almost gone :cursing:

I won't repeat all that has been said about being in the "wrong" place, it all applies to me. I was banned in March 09. Doing really well, I felt. Only about 75lbs. down till Sept. I got a fill in Oct. 09 and still wasn't loosing but was holding and inches were coming off. Not much exercise and I didn't measure because I didn't want to. It's not for me and I knew this going in, I have to do this my own way. I don't remember being hungry so it was working. My lifestyle is all over the place and i am away from home nightly and can't bring in my own foods. No life control because of my recreational activy (pool). In Jan. I was getting stuck at least weekly with it building to daily and then every meal was a problem by June. I had an unfill and i have put on about 8lbs. since. I got a fill last Mon. and just started back on solids. I don't feel any restriction yet, but I already know my mind isn't right yet because tonight I ate way more than I really wanted. I just ate because I had it (Navy Bean Soup) and I kept going back until I was uncomfortalbe. Time to get real and get myself back together.:thumbup:

Brocciol will get me every now and then. You may be tight from the fill, I am tighter in the mornings but some folks it's evening. Potatoes don't go down well for me, no matter the form. I feel indigestion with them, the brocciol does well in a stir fry or boiled to death, steamed doesn't go at all; three or four minuets and it comes back up. I had a fill last Mon. (follow up to the un-fill in June), this is my fouth. Previously restriction had been good, but I don't think so with this. I will be picking around the edges tring to find my spot again.

I use flavored or plain yogurt, Protein powder, little milk and ice or Crystal LIte orange drink (or wal-mart brand), lemon juice, Protein Powder, and ice for a pick me up citrus protein smoothie I have a can of natural soy protein powder, I don't really like the taste of it and will replace with whey when it's done. I also have Super Advanced Whey Protein Powder (52g per serving) in chocolate. This one goes well in my coco at night. I also find chocolate with a little instant coffee fills me like food. Fruit can be added, I keep frozen because we use so little. Don't forget fruit has lots of sugar so if the yogurt is flavored I skip the fruit unless I'm going for a combo flavor like orange/strawberry.

esv2000, Frist acknowledge that you were looking for an easy out, then accept that you may not have heard everything you were told. Next, get ready for 6489 people to post here and tell you that the band is just a tool...and so on. I didn't excatly think the way you did, but kind of. I might even had been hopeing because I don't do well with diets. In 11 months (seminar to now) I have learned the following about BAND LIFE! 1. In prep I gave up on my own sweet tea, started eating from a smaller plate with one serving, only eating when hungry and lost about 3 pounds the first week. 2. The gym is still not my place. If I manage to go I do the bike for a mile or so, 1/2 hr. on treadmill. My mind won't let me do more. 3. chicken was my friend from Nov. to Mar., ate it in some form or the other daily with a veggie. 4. My 2 week liver shrink diet rocked! It was high Protein, low carb, had lots of food and I wasn't hungry. 5. The early changes did make the real changes easier. I now have about 3 glasses of sweet tea a week. I have treated myself to german chocolate cake because I refuse to feel deprived. 6. Going slowly with my fills has been right for me, 3 in 7 months. Now at 6cc and I think it might be my sweet spot! It's been less than a week, but 1/2c made me happy today. 7. I have been eating so much less than before, with this last fil I think it will go to even less. The challenge will be to eat the right foods. 8. If I don't get my protein and my fluids I don't feel well and I don't lose any weight. (July and Aug. keept dropping and gaining about 4lbs.) 9. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!!! It tells you what to do if you can understand what it's telling you. 10. SIZE 12 (STRETCH) JEANS LOOK A HE** OF A LOT BETTER THAN SIZE 22.

I did 1 1/2 days liquid, 2 mushies as directed. I'm at a pool toury this weekend and food options are not the best. This morining I had 1/2c oatmeal and 4 spoons of yogurt, no problems getting it down. I don't feel as tight but did get a slight headache after about 2 hours. Was able to eat some grilled chicken and salad, feeling much better. I just wish I had won my pool match, blaming it on the headache and not the dumb scratch I made on the eight ball!

My first two fills I really didn't feel any different, other than a liitle more restriction. On Mon. I had my third, now at 6cc. I have been a WITCH since, I don't feel irritable but I have been looking for a fight. I am truely tighter in the AM, especially now and sipping something hot is not making it ease up. Had frist meal for lunch yesterday without a problem. Dinner however was three bites and of to the bathroom. Ate some deli meat and a little salad last night; was getting weak. I have been tight all day today. Tried some cereal this morning and it was no go, lunch didn't work either. I did get in some chicken tenders this afternoon and about a 1/2 c of soup tonight the result is major bloating. I have not been hungry,but I am in a team competition this weekend and I can't pass out because I don't have anything in my system. I have been sipping tea and coffee and water. I fell like I drank way to much and will pop! But I know I won't because I can't stop burpping!!! I hope I am still a little swollen and this will ease up, oh yeah the weather has been bad.

I got my third fill Mon. to 6cc. I haven't stopped burpping since during my waking hours. Guess things are just trying to find their right place.