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@angrybaby, Im a fast eater too honey, Im half asian, and my whole asian side eats FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol And I do some of the tricks you do, and I take a bite then i get online or get up move around and do something right quick, then ill go back and take another bite so on and so forth. I also do what another person said on here and that is once you get stuck over and over u tend to learn to slow down, but honestly your trick that u do works better for me aswell. When i go out to dinner with my friends im like a snail, b/c im in the process of feeling the food out to see if its gonna be good to me while im in public..b/c believe it or not even with my friends who are naturally slow eaters im 10x's slower at eating a meal then they are, to the point that its get obvious to the waiter, or other people at the table who aren't aware of my band.....

Dr. Fred Maese (pronounced mace-ee), he is a heart doctor that also does lap band fills, he is not a lap band surgeon, but an after care doctor along with his main practice of heart health. He has 2 offices, one in N. Dallas, off of Preston Rd. and Northwest Hwy ph# 214-234-0330 at this time he does fills @ that location on Mon and Thurs. The other location is in Farris, Tx which is going south on I-45, past city of Hutchins. That locations ph#972-842-3911 he only performs fills Tues and Friday's at the Farris Office. All of his fills are performed with fluro's completed either before or after the fill is done, but never while he is inserting the fill. I go to both locations depending on my schedule at the time I need a fill. I have Aetna ppo insurance and my copay is only 40.00 but that is my price based on my insurance, everyone's is different.

hey deb, i wasnt really having symptoms...i mean i was able to sneak in more solid foods...at times...without it coming back up, but i always get my fills done under xray....so thats how it was really detected...they call it "early signs of a stretch"

Yes im thankful i caught it early!! im on my 2nd day of liquids..and soo far soo good!

THanks Betz!! QUOTE=BetsyB;1414214]I don't have experience with it, but wanted to say I'm sorry you're facing this. 30 days of liquids would be so hard to take!

Ok, So I went in for a fill today, and was advised that i have EARLY stages of slippage, etc etc...the pouch is still within the parameters of the band, but i need to fix it now while its early...so they tell me to do a 30 day liquid diet!!! WTH??!! I still got a fill of .2 bringing me to 7cc, b/c believe it or not the 7cc ranges is where i get my sweet spot. I was once at 7.9, but was too tight, resulting in an unfill of what i thought was .3, but ended up being 1.4cc now i have to work my way back up..well anyways i am just wondering if anyone has experienced this and did the liquid diet for less than 30 days and had their problem fixed. Im just being realistic...i can do a 2 week liquid maybe 2 1/2, but 4 weeks???!!! im like in shock!!! lol I will post a picture of the stretched pouch in my album today, so yall can see and get an idea of what im working with... Any tips, ideas, and experiences of your own are very appreciated!! Thanks

Alot of you all listed some great tips...but something that i loved to eat before banding is now hard to eat.....VEGETABLES....which ones are the least hard on the band...i love broccoli but cannot do it anymore....i need to up my veggie intake but i haven't had luck with them going down easy even when i do chew chew....can someone advise me which ones are easy on them....thanks!!

i finally made this recipe and oh my it is delicious and it does help me with my sweet cravings. But with the exact ingredients that the thread starter put down.....i used those ingredients and one serving of this is already 440 calories yikes!! So im going to have to adjust some of the ingredients, whether its changing to skim milk, and or doing just one Tsp of the peanut butter..

olive garden was my hot spot before banding..and til this day it is. but unfortunately i have been too scared to even try pasta there especially in public so i just stick to about 2 bowls of my favorite ZUPPA TOSCANA soup and maybe half of a breadstick....!!!

40 lbs...yea that isnt much to loose compare to the normal goal of many wls patients...how much did u need to loose before surgery?

2911, im right there with u....i was banded 6/19, with no fill...and i just started feeling hard core restriction after this last fill of .7 on 9/24 which brought me to 7cc's in my 10cc lap band ap band. i thought i was the only one who didnt really fell restriction half way through the band size...but i see ur experiencing it too...im 3 months out and have lost a total of of like 27-31 lbs since surgery....and believe me i was expecting to loose that in a month or two not 3 months...but im having to really tell myself that it takes time and that im not the same as everyone else....i was just barely at 90lbs overweight when i had surgery so i sometimes wonder if its taking its time b/c i wasnt like 150lbs or more overweight...heck i dont know... i have been working out atleast 4x's a week....and i have noticed my jeans are looser on me...in the waist area...but my damn thighs are what i want to shrink as well...im currently at 223 as of this morning...so my goals are gonna just be 10 at a time...its seems easier that way then lookin at it as needing to drop another 60... As far as my foods i still pretty much eat what i like...before surgery i pretty much ate alot or Protein and veggies, but i over did the portion sizes and i wasnt active at all. i do love sweets....so that has been a struggle trying to juggle...if i do eat a sweet i have to eat it early in the day...i have no problem with shrimp but i do with white meat (chicken) and ham, whether its deli style or thanksgiving style...those things get stuck it hurts soo bad. I was also a fast eater before banding....i blame it on being half asian lol...even though most asians are small..they scarf down their food....i mean they eat at the speed of light....and i have had to really slow down and take the time to chew or else i will get stuck like chuck..and i just don't want to feel those pains anymore....before this last fill i was really starting to regret getting the band b/c i wasnt feeling restriction..but this last fill almost has me at that spot....i even now feel that whole morning tightness that everyone talks about since this last fill...so we just gotta be patient and give it time.....we're not even 6 months out yet...so i think we should give it 6-8 months after banding and if we still haven't lost a sufficient amt...then thats when we can really began to fuss..... :seeya:

Thank you for your encouragement and words of wisdom from your experience....i go for a fill this thursday and hopefully i can get a 1 cc...b/c i start thinkin bout food like after 2-3 hours on most days...

Ok well im pushin 3 months out..and i have had 4 fills.....and generous ones at that...im extremely upset b/c im already at 6.3cc's in my 10cc band and im still eating more than i should and as often as i shouldn't.....im wondering if my reason for not being restricted yet is due to the fact that i surprisingly didn't have much fat around my stoma as most obese individuals do...I feel that restriction is near in about the next 1cc or so, but i just can't believe im halfway through the band and not feeling that fullness after a half cup of food....now, i have experienced things getting stuck with dry chicken breast, baked ham (thanksgiving style) and even deli ham...but i have not yet experienced pb'ing or acid reflux, etc. and don't plan on it. But sometimes i feel like those negative symptoms are the only signs that will assure me i am tight. I feel like a straight up pig, b/c this tool is supposed to keep me from wanting to eat, but hell im still hungry and im still thinkin about food at 6.3cc's. the weight loss has been very slow so that doesn't help the situation. Please if there is anyone who has experienced having to be filled at 75% or more until feeling true restriction, i would really appreciate your input and advice. thanks

Yes mam, it is possible for you to get a fill every two weeks, but its only if you surgeon allows you to. I myself do get fills every two weeks b/c my surgeon allows it. I'm actually going for my 4th fill this thurs...hopefully i can get a 1cc's im currently at 5.95cc's in my 10cc band, and i feel restriction b/c i have had a few stuck episodes, but i still get hungry and i can still eat a full size meal like 8-9oz of food which is the typical size of a lean cuisine meal. I am too frustrated like u....ive lost about 26lbs since surgery date, but i dont really feel i have lost inches.....i know its due to me not exercise on a consistent basis, but geez why is it that some don't have to lift a finger and can loose 15lbs in a month and some inches...but me....im pushin at around 8-10lbs a month since i had the surgery but dont really see it....

congrats to you...now that you got that weight off your shoulder now you can focus on gettin the REAL WEIGHT off...!!! im only a month and half out from being banded and its a tough road but no big regrets about doing it soo far...i too have aetna pos II and i remember the days worrying that i would be denied....now im taking advantage of my insurance b/c i have met my out of pocket max for the year so until the last day of this year all my medical expenses that in aetna network are free, so you better believe im getting xray fills every month and and doing other medical maintainences....lol!!