Laur86n

So, Im 23, I was banded in March, and have lost a total of 35lbs. I just found out I am about 7 weeks pregnant! I asked my lapband doc. about having pains in my collarbone when i take deep breaths... anyone else having this? My doc had no answer. I also have pain when I burp in my stomach, and Im not having much of an appetite at all... I just want to be sure Im eating enough for me AND the baby. when I do eat- I eat healthy! Cant wait to hear what everyone thinks! oh, and this is my first pregnancy!

:confused: 23 year old female, I was banded March 10th and it's June 3rd- after ALMOST 3 months I have lost 24 lbs, which Im proud of, but i feel like I am FAARR behind most lapbanders! I started to run and hurt my knee for a few weeks, and have not been able to get back into the groove of things! I just need someone to push me! I feel like Im not making the progress that I had imagined!!

Hey ya'll, oh my gosh, im so glad i found this thread even though there arent many answers here yet! I had my first fill last monday and come weds/thursday I had those gas pains, like after surgery, and they progressed throughout the weekend so bad, all i wanted to do was crouch over! I took all the gas x I could, then I had my sister go out and she bough infants mylecon and some liquid tylenol b/c i was SO uncomfortable!! Neither of those seemed to help too much! So I had made an apt. for the following monday--- ONE WEEK AFTER THE FIRST FILL--- to get a small "deflation"... well long story short- they didnt read the papers and put another full cc IN the band!! When they said that I flipped out and started crying, haha, poor doctor! I was furious. They acted like the gas pains were something new and that they'd go away, one of the nurses told me to take ducolax just to clear it out... i did, its gotten slowely better, and ive been drinking hot tea. BY THE WAY, THEY DIDNT REMOVE ANY SALENE. Im at 3 cc now.. all I can do is HOPE its not like this at every fill!!! and good luck to ya'll!!

MrRice- I'm going to tell you something possibly more hurtful than all the posts I've just read, but I'm just brutely honest.... ready??.... MAKE NEW FRIENDS or SHOW YOUR FRIENDS who you really are. I have only been banded a little over a week, I already went out for drinks because doctor said it was okay. Most of my friends are male, and they were out to get "F*ed up" on this particular night, buying shot after shot, shoving them in my face,... MAINLY jagerbombs- redbull=NONO! OOHH man, im the girl always hanging right up there with the guys, and as soon as they set those down, This is what I said "ugghh I really want to but I cant, i wish i could! I'll pretend!haha" so i did the cheers, while they all downed it I took a sip of my vodka cran. THE END. NO ONE EVEN ASKED WHY. Later on, they were drunk, ordered me another one, said I cant... aww come one why not, because it's full of sugar and carbonation- thats why! thank you though, u can buy me another vodka cran!!! Easy Peasy! If you cant do that with your friends, they ARE NOT friends. For Real! You gotta show them who's BOSS! haha, if anyone, and I've had it happen BEFORE being banded, sits there and throws a tantrum because I wont drink with them or take such and such shot, or i slow down drinking and they want me to keep up chuggin all night, those people KNOW I wont tollerate that, I would never pressure my friends into doing anything they dont feel like. Whether they dont feel like it because theyre in a bad mood, or just cuz! So they KNOW not to mess with me :0) Stand your ground buddy! And your friends will respect you more... everyone will. And I would throw nachos in my friends face if they yelled at me like that ;0) Good luck!

:thumbup: Hey! So I had my surgery Tuesday and came home with hardly ANY gas pains, thank GOD, because I heard they are the worst!! I walked alot that day and yesterday the pain finally hit me. Soreness. And last night I started to get some gas pains. I take my gas x strips, but they seem to do.. absolutely nothing. This morning I woke up, well, I dont think I ever really slept, and I woke up this morning think I was going to throw up, watery mouth, went to the restroom splashed water on my face and rubbed my phenergan on my wrists. I still am getting these bad gas pains and trying to make myself burp but they just wont come out!!!! I have been drinking water, vitamin water, apple juice and thats about it, yesterday I tried a little broth and blended some soup up, but hardly ate either of those. I'm trying so hard not to throw up b/c It's not good for the band!!!! support anyone?????!!!!

tomorrow i get my band in... IM SOOOO NERVOUS!! Any support or advice or ANNYTHING at all?? I am sipping on a protein shake right now:tongue_smilie: I have to be there at 7am! Ahh Anyways, I'm going to keep myself busy today so I dont bite all my nails off!

MRS.Ebg- oohh myyy goossh! FIRST OF ALL :0) I am getting banded in 4 days, I have been on this site non stop for the last week, haha, im so nervous and ONE thing I have not stopped thinking about is- man, how much will I likely lose per month?? Reading that you lost 32lbs in ONE MONTH, made me SOOOO proud that I'm doing this! I know you have a long way to go, but you just started and your almost halfway there!! Your doing great! How was your first month energy and healing wise?? I'm so scared! But reading that made me happpyy!

:cursing: So! Six days until my surgery! I have been on my pre-op diet for over a week now, pretty sure I wasnt supposed to, but I can admit my faults... I drank this weekend.. :cursing: No beer though! Does that make it any better? I stuck to vodka cran's all night. Anyways, I'm just not starting to get nervous about the surgery- I'm so excited though too! Anyone in or around my area that has or is going to be getting the lap band and wants a goin-out partner, I'm here!! CAnt wait to start tracking my progress!!!

So! Six days until my surgery! I have been on my pre-op diet for over a week now, pretty sure I wasnt supposed to, but I can admit my faults... I drank this weekend.. :w00t: No beer though! Does that make it any better? I stuck to vodka cran's all night. Anyways, I'm just not starting to get nervous about the surgery- I'm so excited though too! Anyone in or around my area that has or is going to be getting the lap band and wants a goin-out partner, I'm here!! CAnt wait to start tracking my progress!!!

Hey Everyone! I'm Lauren, 22 and am scheduled to get my band on March 10th!! I'm a self-paying patient and am scurd outta my mind! I only know one friend who's had the surgery and she loves it, but I have soo many concerns about how to tell people and what about my beer drinkin?? I know I can drink other alcoholic beverages, but NO BEER?? sheez- reguardless though, I'm ready to make the commitment! If anyone around my age has before after photos or any advise or wants to be a lap band buddy let me know!!!