yayatrudy

I was banded on Feb. 11th 2009, and I had a lot of gas pains in the back and shoulders. It really does get better I wish you could talk to your doctor or his nurse just so they could reassure you or check you out. Take care.

I make a big pitcher of Barg's homemade root beer with splenda and it satisfies my pop addiction. I use to drink diet coke alot and sometimes diet root beer so it was not a hard transition for me. It just isn't offered other places.

The support group is open to anyone so join us tonight at the surgery center on Corporate at 7. btw I got a little saline taken out and then ate too much cause I could and got sick...when will I ever learn:sad:

I don't do the water stuff while getting the fill, just sip some afterwards. My first and second fill were rather exciting too. my port decided to flip over so the doctor played pickup sticks with a couple of needles and flipped it over....It had sealed itself into a pouch of fluid but it didn't hurt at all just a little pressure. nothing to deaden it or anything..The third fill the pouch had no more fluid and they couldn't flip the port so I went back into surgery and they turn that sucker over I haven't had any real trouble...except now I am too tight and they will unfill a bit tomorrow. I had my first fill 2 or 3 weeks after surgery. I think I have lost about 40 lbs.

The doctors in HOUMA have done between 300 andd 400 lap band procedures. We have a support group that meets the last Wednesday of the month at the surgery center. I find the group very helpful and encouraging.

I spoke to the nurse at my doctor's office and I go in tomorrow for an adjustment. They will take out a bit of fluid this time.

I have had 3 fills and I am definitly restricted. My problem is it hurts to eat. I know I am chewing and eating slowly but one or two bites and then I am in pain. I have the back ache and shoulder ache from the time after surgery. I can eat crayfish but chicken and beef kill me. i couldn't even eat a scrambled egg today. It even hurts to drink. I am one unhappy camper.

I just found your message and it was really inspiring for me, i have had two fills and only lost weight before and right after surgery... so you have given me hope...

ok you want to be really depressed i have had 2 fills and can still eat like there is no tomorrow..... Yesterday was my worst ever ,today was better....I know it will get better but yuck.

I was banded on 2/12 and got my second fill yesterday. I ate a much smaller amount tonight and feel full, i hope this one is the right one. I am still having trouble with my port flipping over. If it flip again they will go back in and resew it down. This does not exicite me. I am not as tired as I was but until this second fill did not feel full for very long I am hoping I can really start to lose weight now. I have lost 25 lbs but only 10 since surgery. But I am not losing faith in the band I am just ready to eat less without the hunger.

I had my first fill last monday, I was doing great until yesterday I grazed all day I am doing better today..I also don't feel much restriction and get the chest pain and back pain if I eat too much or too fast. I had an interesting time with my fill,, the area where the port was had filled with fluid and the port was upside down...So they extracted the fluid and used a couple of needles to turn the port over and then completed the fill. hopefully it stays in place now. But there was little to no pain and they didn't numb anyything.

I actually gain a few lbs. sob sob I do great in the morning and at lunch, but I am eating way too much at night, I get my first fill on Monday. i hope it helps..It is so amazing to me how different all our doctors and diets are. ing

Congratulations on your weight lost and your pregnancy...both are two great things. My shoulder pain has gotten to be just a twinge evey now and then. i am going to have to notice if it is when i am full or empty. I get my first fill on Monday.

I am really hungry too, I fill up fast but I am hungry again in a very short time. I get a fill in two weeks, well almost one week now. i have been told we are hungry because the swelling has gone down and we have very little restriction with just the band. My doctor said the back ache was from irriatation of the diaphram. I am trying to hold off on eating everything in sight.

I went to water aerobics again yesterday. ran into a friend who was banded 3 years ago she has lost 140 lbs and still has about 30 to go....but she is looking good, feeling good and is ok with the food etc..She gave me a good boost. I have bad knees and can't walk very far so water is my best option.