Irish Girl

And more hugs here too.

225 in April and 154 this morning. :clap2:

Things are going well at this point. My doc believes in agressive fills and my band is almost filled to capacity. I just have to remember to be careful when I eat. I am so excited that I can fit into a size that I wore in high school. I still have a bit to go, but I know I can do it.

My son usually pops a bag on our family fun nights. It smells super yummy and I treat myself to a small handful. But if I am not careful to chew really well, I am in for trouble.

I hope you feel better soon. Hugs

You could have the doc schedule your surgery for later in the day.

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Let him take some after photos. I have asked the doc about this exact thing. He told me that sometimes it takes our mind some time to catch up with our body. I still see chubby me too. I did have a wow moment on Saturday for our girls night out. I put on a 10 and thought I looked thin. So maybe my mind is starting to catch up.

I am 5'4". The doc is sure that when I get to goal of 135ish, that I will have a really noticeable lump. He said it is completely my choice as to whether or not I will have it placed lower. I guess I will have to see how it looks when I get there. My birthday is in March. Wouldn't hitting goal by then be the best birthday present ever?

Currently it is on my left side between my breast and my hip. He wants to cut into my abdominal muscle to make it a lot lower.

Hi all, I have been banded since the end of April. I am getting very close to goal and my port is really getting noticeable. I went in and saw that doc today and asked about a low profile port. He told me that a low profile port isn't really a whole bunch smaller than the port I have now and suggested that I think about having my port put into the abdominal muscles. Has anyone else had this done? Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks and have a great day.

I am 5'4" and have gone from an 18/20 to a solid size 10. I am headed for an 8.

I don't understand why my nose runs when I am full. Just curious if anyone has this happen to them. Do you know the reason why? Or is it just one of those lap-banding phenomena? Any light that can be shed would be greatly appreciated.

Post band for me, I take Benefiber once a day and a ducosate capsule once a week. No fun, but better than the consequence.

Someone called me little today. WOW!!!

Hi all... I am almost at my 6 month bandiversary. I feel I have done really well and am happy. My concern is that for the past 2 days I have been absolutely starving. Not head hunger either. The tummy has been growling like crazy. I have been trying to drink more Water between meals but that isn't helping. I haven't changed exercise patterns and I am trying to make sure it is Protein, protein, protein. I don't need a fill as I am pretty restricted. I was just wondering what everyone else does when the real hunger hits. Not like we can eat a whole lot anyway. I just want to find something that I can do. The doc did give me a prescription for phentermine so this must be a normal occurence. Any good tricks to fool the hunger? Any advice from fellow bandsters that have taken phentermine to suppress the appetite? Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom you share. Hugs.

No real burping here anymore either. I get hiccups every so often and its usually only one or two and they are kinda noisy.

Hopefully she won't bad mouth the band. After all, it did help her lose the 125 pounds. It sounds like she knows she isn't living by the way of the bandster.

I am a lefty and I am a left side sleeper. Boy was I a happy girl when I wasn't sore and could sleep on my side again. Woo-hoo!!!

I was in your situation too. Mine ended up arriving after I got back to my room after surgery. Great fun.

I was banded April 28, 2006 and believe it or not....I am at 4.25 in a 4.0 band. My doc says the elasticity in our band enables them to go up to 5.0 sometimes. It has taken 4 fills for me to get here and I am pretty restricted. I guess Dr. Fox likes to be aggressive in his fills. I have to make sure I chew really well or food does get stuck. My last fill was the end of September and my weight loss has kicked back in and I am down another 7 pounds in less than a month.

My favorite is Designer Whey (chocolate). No after taste and reminds me of watered down hot chocolate. You can add some sugar free coffee syrup for a mocha flavor.

Oh my gosh...I lost a ton of hair. It only lasted about 2 months for me and now it seems that things are back to normal. My doc said I could spend the money on supplements if I wanted to, but he didn't feel it was worth it. From what I understand that a lot of people that lose a lot of weight quickly is one of the times the hair loss happens. So have faith and know that you are not alone and that it will definately get better. Smiles.

You will be fine. Your day will be here before you know it. We'll see you in bandland.

Too cute. Thanks for the giggle this morning.