lizzyann
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Hi,
I am 3 years out with the lap band and have just had an unfill due to what my surgeon says is a prolapse!!!! Why after 3 years? Had a major esophageal cramping session this morning and actually was going to go the ER when it suddenly relaxed as fast as it came on. WTH? I did have some reflux issues a couple of months ago but they've been managed so I am really discouraged by this whole chain of events. Really don't want to go through all of this again if I don't have to. My surgeon wants me to come back in 3 weeks for another upper GI to see if it will straighten itself out but he didn't look too sure that it would happen like that. This is so weird. I have no idea what it is supposed to feel like when the band slips. Anyone?
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I feel your pain. I have an ice cream addiction that I'm really battling right now. Nice weather comes and that's the first thing I think of. Stressful day at work and it's there again. Try giving yourself a time out. Put your head down and remember why you got this band in the first place. All those years we've spent pacifying ourselves with food landed us in this place and now we have to step up and take our lives back. Call your doctor and see if you can get a fill on a payment plan, but you sound like you definitely need a fill bad. I'll be crossing my fingers for you. Fill yourself up with some Crystal Light and talk a walk. Let me know how it goes. Good Luck:thumbup:
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Hi Blues: Stick with it and it will get better. Try some lentil Soup and potato soup, even cream of broccoli if you mash up the broccoli really well will help that hungry feeling. I'm really surprised you feel hungry at all. My first week was a real no hunger week for me. I went back to work the second week and even then I ate because I needed fuel. Got too tired if I didn't eat something. The gas is probably here to stay for a while. I felt it was more like listening to everything passing through my stomach rather than actual gas. It has alleviated somewhat but after a year and 2 months I still have days when I'm really grumbly. Hang in there, we'll all be rooting for you:thumbup:
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YOU GO!!!!! PREPARE TO BE SORE:eek: PREPARE TO BE THIRSTY AND GROUCHY:cursing: PREPARE TO CHANGE:thumbup:HOPE EVERYTHING GOES WELL!!!!!
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Hi and welcome. Hope you find out all you need to know here. You should be aware that some insurances don't cover the surgery unless you are 100lbs.over weight with other co-morbidity issues ie. diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol etc. It certainly is'nt an easy way to go but it sure gets results. I call it my surgically implanted conscience. Good luck.
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I went in for a fill on Wednesday and had horrible reflux, no sleep for two nights, coughing up acid, burning etc. called my doc and he had me come in for a slight unfill because he said it was probably too tight. Told me to take some otc pepcid and see how that worked. I too take my meds before bedtime and have started taking them at least an hour before bed. I'm sleeping with a wedge to elevate my upper body and it is helping but I find if I have anything at all in the evening, such as liquids it will come back up. This has freaked me out especially since I've had no reflux for the past year since the surgery and I was prone to it before. Keep up with the acid reducer and try propping your upper body up a little till your band relaxes a little. Hope this helps.
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Hmmm, I won't miss walking past any reflective surface and trying not to look at myself to see how bad I look.
I won't miss my lipitor & blood pressure med's. I won't miss sitting on the sidelines because I was always too tired, sore, self conscious to join in the game. Being treated as though I was invisible to men. Being told, but you have such a pretty face and a bubbly personality.
Having to ask for an extension for the seat belt on airplanes and then feeling squeezed into the seat.
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Stopping you for 2 hours does seem a little intense just for some stuck chicken and dough. The stress of having a feeling like that is enough to cramp everything up and it takes a while to settle it back down. I can no longer eat eggs in any form without having them come back up, same for most breads, toast or spaghetti. I think it probably is normal for the two to be happening at the same time, just try to relax and take a break from the meal. Hope this helps.
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Breakfast is Apple cinnamon oatmeal with a splash of milk
3 hours later snack of yogurt
lunch is chunky type of Soup or stew
3 hours later snack of cheese or yogurt or cottage cheese
dinner is Protein i.e. 3oz chicken/beef/fish
green veg and some type of starch if I can handle it.
It seems like a lot but eating every three hours really helps keep the furnace running. I eat so little of what I do eat that it all works out.
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I was banded 1 day before my 53rd birthday and it was the best birthday present I could have ever thought of. I did have a stress test prior to surgery and although it was not fun it was'nt nearly as hard as I had built it up in my mind. Since you will be monitored closely, if the technician thinks you're not doing well they'll stop it. As to the liquid diet pre-op, I did a version of that for a month or so before to reduce some of the fat around my liver. Makes the surgery easier so they don't nick your liver while installing the band. I had 3 shakes and two meals per day. Lean Cusine's worked great. Go for it. It's got to be better than hanging on to all the fat. Good luck!
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Congratulations on joining the ranks of the banded. Now what? I too still have to remind myself to just breath, relax and focus on what I'm doing while eating. No more mindless consumption while the TV is on. No drinking any fluids till at least 1/2 hour after eating which is hard since I always drank Water with my meals. Try holding the liquid in your mouth for a few seconds before swallowing and this might help remind you to take it easy. Good Luck!
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Good luck with your Quest. My only advice regarding the psych eval is "BE HONEST" we fat people lie. We lie to ourselves, we lie to our families, we lie to our doctors. That's one of the ways we got fat. The psych eval will let them know how committed you are to this whole process and how well you are likely to do as to following the doctors reccomendations so like I said. BE HONEST!
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Get used to it. I still hear everything I drink as it makes it way downstream. Thicker liquids like the Protein Shakes and cream Soups don't have the same effect but this soon after surgery your body is adjusting to the novelty of such a small amount of food in a rather empty environment don't you think?
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Hang in there Banded, it does get better, although not as quickly as we'd sometimes like. My incisions were sore for a lot longer than I thought they should be and I still see the scars quite clearly but it's only been 10 months and I know they'll fade eventually. My best advice is to sip slowly, chew slowly, and savor your food as much as possible. It helps fool the brain.
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Hi to everyone out there in lap band world. This is my first ever forum discussion so be nice to me. I had my surgery in April of 2008. My doctor is Dr. Krause out of Beaumont Hospital in Michigan. Did a great job, nice guy. Ive had wonderful support throughout my pre-surgery and post surgical periods and feel very lucky to have been able to finally do this for myself.
Weight pre surgery 261lbs.
Weight now 207lbs.
Still feeling hungry sometimes.
gerd
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Wonder if it's too tight? I had a similar session like that about 2 months ago and only got through it with Zantac150 an hour before bed, but I still keep the Gaviscon tablets handy.