justme2u

I had a fill on 4/9. I was very tight and for 5 days couldn't keep anything but liquid down. By the 7th day started eating food again, very tiny bites and chewing really well. Now I have had this feeling of pressure in my stomach and chest. Even waking up in the morning, I felt like I had something heavy in my stomach. I was able to eat two scrambled eggs this morning, still full and pressure 6 hours later. Is this normal? Surgery 12/10/08 no fill 3/12/09 first fill 3 cc's 4/9/09 second fill 1.5 ccs

I chose the lapband because it is a slower and healthier way to lose weight compared to GB surgery. My surgeon makes his patients wait 3 months after surgery for the first fill. That is an eternity in Bandster Hell...... I finally got my first fill of 2cc's in a 10cc band this week. My weight loss has been very slow, but steady.. I was banded 12/10 and down 28 lbs. I started an exercise bootcamp and do that for an hour and a half 2 days a week. That is the most intense exercise you can imagine. I also do cardio for 30 minuts on my own 2 days a week. But I am so sick and tired of people who know I have had the surgery, looking me up and down and getting that look like, what went wrong with your surgery because I am still fat. 28 lbs on someone my size is nothing..... I guess they all expected me to be a size six by now. I can see the look in my co-workers and family memebers. It just pisses me off... Ok, I'm done venting...

I was initially never told, but there is a lady on here who had her band removed because of over use of asprin. When I read this I looked at Allergen (the manufacture of my band) and it states on there to use caution with NAISD because they have been associated with band erosion so I asked my surgeon and he told me to take it occasionally was fine, but not on a daily basis. Just my 2 cents.

um, yeah. My husband convinced me to try it one time after too many drinks. It hurt so bad, cannot imagine doing this for fun.

I am almost 6 weeks post op, an am just getting to the point where I don't obsess with it. I would get the creeps thinking I allowed a foreign object in me. Then there is the worry of leaks, slippage, errosion and couldn't believe I made this decision. I remember on the way home from the hospital I cried because I was so disgusted with it in me. But time does make it better. Like I said, I rarely think about it, unless when I lay down to sleep, eat, or am working out, then I obsess about it again.

I was just banded by Dr. Carter on 12/10/2008. I thought he was nice but was dissapointed and surprised when I went for my post - op appt and didn't get to see him but one of the office workers. I am trying to accept that I have to wait 8 more weeks for my first fill.

Ok. I am 4 weeks post op, lost 18lbs with the pre-op diet up to now. But for the last week and a half I have not dropped a pound. Not gained anything either, which is good. I know I am in what everyone calls Bandster hell but I still have 8 more weeks till my first fill. Up to now, I have not been eating much, so didn't think I needed to count my calories; however, after this standstill decided I would give it a try. I had no idea where to begin. I found this really neat site www.thedailyplate.com and it counts everything for you. It is the easies thing I have found to help me. It tracks your water consuption, exercise and for me, most importantly calories and protien. Thought I would share. By the way, I swear my nutritionist said I should only have 1000 calories a day. Doesn't this sound really low. I mean, I have no restriction so am going at it alone on this and I'm thinking if that is all i had, then I could have done this on my own without surgery. course I wouldn't have the hope of fills coming up to help me stick to it.

I am 4 weeks post op and on solid food now. I know how you feel. I feel miserable. I am eating 1/4th of what i did before surgery, walking and still nada..... I have been at 18lbs lost for the last week and a half. Plus with everyday I can tell i am having less and less post op restriction and able to eat more and more. At first it seemed like a great idea for my surgeon to wait 12 weeks (3 Months) after surgery for the first fill, but now it doesn't sound so great to me. I have feakin 8 more weeks to go in Bandster Hell...........Sorry venting.... I too am getting so discouraged and depressed over all this. At least we know we are not alone.

I took Phentermine for 8 months back in 2001 and dropped 82lbs in those 7 months. It was great, I never ate, completly lost my appetite. It is an appetite suppresant and speeds up your metabolism so you will sweat, get hot flashes and terrible dry mouth. Can raise your blood pressure and should not take it if you have any heart problems as it can make your heart race. I could just eat a hard boiled egg for dinner and be fine. After I got off the pill my appetite came back with a vengance. When I stopped seeing the weight Dr. it was terrible, I gained the 82lbs back in about 9 months, plus another 20 on top of that. It totally screws up your metabolism.

I always start on the top and work my way down. Face, neck, arms, boobs. But for some reason my stomach is the last go.

I am saving money as I type this to have a tummy tuck and give the girls a lift. I know from all my yo-yo dieting and pregnancy that I will need it.

vonnie, did you get banded yet? I used Dr. Carter. I am ok with him. I was disappointed that at my 3 week post op appt I didn't get to see him at all but only the office people. I wish that when you had a post op appointment you actually spoke with the person that actually performed the surgery.

Do either of you know of a support group in Arlington? My surgeon has a support group but it is too far to drive after work and I wouldn't make it so I was looking for one in Arlington/Mansfield area.

dnurse, I have aetna and they paid for my surgery. I went to True Results off Precinct Line in Hurst. They contacted my insurance and did everything for me. My aetna plan had me go thru 4 months supervised diet, cardiologist, chest x-ray, see a Psychologist etc.... But True Results took care of everything for me, it was so easy. www.trueresults.com. I picked Dr. Carter but they have other surgeons that I know others have gone to that they love them.