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Hey guys just thought i would pop in and see how everyones doing now that we're all past the 6 month mark. I'm having some reflux issues right now that have got me kind of bummed. But i'm only 6 pounds from goal and am still very happy with my choice to be banded. I haven't regretted my decision at all so far. So how's everyone else doing?

i w2as driving home from work the other and noticed my hands while i was driving. My wrists are so small!! thin ankles and wrists are something i only wished for in the past

i really cant ever picture getting a complete unfill myself either. I think i may get to a point where i need less restrictio0n, but i can't see most of us maintaining without some kind of fill. Oh and i called my doc today. Going for an upper GI on wed then to see him afterwards. Hopefully he'll be able to help me feel better. I do think a lot of the problems i'm having a re stress related so i'm gonna try to calm down a little. Right now I just feel completely off

I mostly want the unfill due to the reflux issue im having. its been really bad the last few weeks. i've beeen taking prilosec 2x daily. I figured maybe taking out half a cc or so might help.i know it seems crazy to slow down 6 pounds from goalbut Im just afraid of doing permanent damage. Ill see what my doc thinks. it maybe that he will just switch me to a better med for the reflux like nexium. and as far as work goes i made it very clear to my scheduler that i'm slowing down. last week i worked 5 doubles in 6 days. I usually love my job but right now i'm just burnt out on work. im actually off today so im just trying to make point to relax and do nothing. Im making the kids a big dinner and im just going to try and hang out with my family and do nothing this evening. Between work , my kids and my sister im used to being busy all the time. But the last few weeks have just been really bad and it finally caught up with me. I'm just drained both physically and emotionally. I know it will get better i just need to regroup. Thanks for all the positive feedback, you guys are great

OMG!! I am laughing my depressed but off!! My only unanswered question is how come my bands on the inside unstead placed outside my stomach by my local vet. That would be ideal for doing my own fill adjustments

Im really seroiusly considering getting a slight unfill right now for a number of reasons. and before i go much further. I love my band and would don't wanna go back to where i was 6 montths ago. Not now, not ever. 1. i've been having a lot of acid reflux the last week. 2. right now i love the way i look in clothes. but i'm not too happy naked. 3. i've been working like crazy lately. i mean crazy like i worked 90 hours last week/ most weeks i've been doin like 65 or 70. between work and my family i don't feel like i've been making a true effort to eat right and have been eating way too many slider foods lately just because i'm busy and they're easier in a hurry. I've also been PBing way more than i think is healthy. 4. my daughter is 16. she's not heavy but she's a curvy girl at arounf 136. I think seeing me drop so fast is starting to bother her. She is a beautiful girl and the light of my life. Well she's gained the usual 5-10 pounds most teens do over the summer.Recently she's been talking about taking diet pills to take it off. which i absolutely forbid by the way. I"ve lost like 40 pounds this summer while she's gained and she says all the time how proud she is of me but i know its bothering her. and happy as i am i'd cut off my arm before i'd hurt her or contribute to her having an eating disorder. 5. because i've worked so much my exercise is no where near what it should be. Probably why i hate my body so much right now. I've had a long talk with my daughter about the proper way to lose weight and we are starting couch to 5K together tomorrow. my kids are the main reason i wanna get healthy so i think its important to focus on being healthy and break some of the negative cycles i learned from my mom. 6. My boyfriend has been wonderfully supportive. We sarted dating about 2 months before i was banded. He's never made 1 negative comment about my loss. he says i'm beautiful and sexy no matter what i weigh. He's always treated me like a princess. But i have to think it's weird for him at times when physically i'm so different then the girl he 1st met in such a short period of time. 7. right now sometimes i look and i just don't recognize myself. And its a scary thing. Yes i'm happy bring banded but it's just so weird. My body image is so off sometimes. I was out with some girlfriends last night and they were all carrying on about how thin i am. I told them they were nuts. to prove my point i askrd my one girlfrind how much she weighed. Shes very thin to me. Well i figured by showing everyone how much more i weighed then her it would shut them up. Well guess what? I only out weigh her by 2 pounds. my body image is so off at times i can't grasp my real size right now. So i may sound whiny. And i know its a problem a lot of people would like to have. But i think for now it's time to let not only me but the people i love catch up to the dramatic change i've made in the last 6 months. the past few months i've been treating my weight loss like it's a sprint to goal and it's just not the right attitude. I got the band to be healthy for life not to get skinny as quickly as possible. So for all the reasons i've listed i'm gonna schedule an apt with my doc and get a slight unfill. i think it;s the right thing for now. So to anyone who reads this thanks for listening to the early AM rant of a confused insomniac. Life can be crazy. I never have and probably never will meet most of you in person. But i have to say so far some of my LBT friends have been some of the best and most supportive i've ever met. Thanks guys

Im 5'4. I started out at 225 and a size 18/20. I'm now 152 and a size 10 in most things and have just been able to buy a few size 8's.

Hey ladies I'm pretty close to goal right now. I'm at 153 and my goals 145. I'm gonna try with exercise but I've had 3 kids and just don't see me getting it into any reasonable shape with exercise alone. Right now I hate my stomach. If it's not being too nosey do any of you mind sharing what you paid for your procedure? I'd like to get an idea of how much I'm gonna need to save. Also how long was your recovery process and how long were you off work? Thanks!!

I've also been through a lot of the same issues . I can't tell you the years I in awful relationships with men who treated me like crap. Between 2 long term relationships I spent 12 yrs that way. I think we get so used to being treated this way that we believe it's all we are worth. I also saw a lot of my girlfriends going through the same things. Well about 5yrs ago i found my self stuck in a relationship so miserable and abusive I cried daily. One day after i just got to a point that I finally couldn't take it. I just snapped and finally got rid of my sons father. The day he moved out I swore on my mother I was never gonna let anyone treat me like that. My whole life I'd had nice guys like me I was just too dumb to pay them any attention.The true definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I stepped back from serious relationships for awhile. I did the single thing and dated. I made it a point to not date anyone like my exes. I had a lot of fun. But I also learned a lot. Yes there are plenty of jerks that think fat girls are desperate they can just hand us anything. I've learned to give a nice guy a chance. Realized I kept ending up with losers cuz I was the one dumb enough to keep being attracted to them.The previous posters are right if you want a man to love and respect you he needs to know you love and respect yourself. I've found that their truly are men out there that love and respect their women. And no I didn't find prince charming over night. I think we've all kissed more than our fair share of frogs. But about a few months before being banded I started dating someone that finally does appreciate me. I just had to appreciate myself first to find him.

Oh and by the way just like I'm forking over the money for my vacation the Obama's have paid for their thrip to Martha's vineyard. And with the current state of things I honestly doubt the man or his wife for that matter are getting in much relaxing. But they have a right to take their kids away to the beach for a week. Yes the economy sucks but hard working people who can still afford vacations. And Paris and Moscow were not "vacations" it's called doing his job and representing the united states in diplomatic matters.

Ive had an IUD(mirena) for almost 5 yrs . I was only banded 5 months ago. I've already lost 72 pounds and I'm only 9 pounds from goal. I don't fell it had any effect on my weight loss at all. I'm actually planning on having a new 1 inserted in a few weeks when i hit the 5yr mark. I truly love my IUD. I'd keep just keep just to have the piece of mind of such reliable birth control the 1st year post op when it's strongly advised not to get pregnant

The poster of that email probably took out there email address cuz it's probably one of the same extremists responsible for some of the other ridiculous chains out there. You know the ones that say death panels are gonna begin to euthanize senior citizens. Or maybe it's the poster that said all children with cerebral palsy are gonnna lose there Medicaid benefits and SSI. Or could it be the same one that began the rumor that renal failure patents are gonnna be given a maximum amount of time to be on dialysis then kicked off to die. And I reallly don't wanna get into a political debate either. Some people want so desperately to believe our president is an evil man that they will say and believe anything that supports their dislike of the man. I didn't particularly care for George bush myself but I didn't let my dislike of the man cloud my judgement to the point where I was gulliable enough to believe every ridiculous rumor I heard about the man. People wanna hate him so bad if someone started a rumor that he worshipped the devil and had deep fried human hearts for dinner every night they'd believe it. And no I don't think he's perfect or the political second coming. But I'm also not dumb enough to believe the contents of every annonymous chain email that comes in my spam box.

My boyfriend is also in great shape. He actually runs cuz he likes it. How crazy is that, lol. We actually started dating about 2 months before my banding. So it's nice knowing he wasn't concerned about my weight. He thinks I'm beautiful no matter what. He's in the millitary so we only see each other every few weeks. He's always joking my weight loss is so dramatic it's like getting a new girl every few weeks. Lol but that being said I go out with my girlfriends every few weeks. I live in a small city so you see the same people all the time. Now guys that I've seen out for years and never gave me a 2nd look when I was heavy hit on me all the time. And it may be juvenille but I take extreme pleasure in turning them all down. And yes I know we all have preferences( I'm short but I'm a sucker for a tall guy) but the way a lot of men treat heavier girls can be plain out nasty. I consider myself to be attractive and I've got a great personality. But I can't count the number of times I've been passed up for a girl with no brains and a face like a horse just cuz she was thin. Sorry to rant but I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. And ladies you are all beautiful already . You are gonna be smoking when you get to goal

Go to the hospital. And don't wait til tomorrow. You could have an infection or other serious complication. You need medical attention ASAP

That does not sound normal to me at all. It also sounds dangerous and unhealthy. She sounds at serious risk to slip her band. and this may sound bitchy but there's no way in hell I'd put up with vomiting at every meal to have only lost 25lbs over a year and a half. If she's not losing and eating a lot and puking on top of that she's definitely not using the band as the tool it's meant to be. It may be the band wasn't right for her to begin with. She also may one of those people that just weren't ready mentally to have had any WLS. So to answer your question puking then being able to eat a ton a few minutes later does not sound typical to me. Good luck

Just wait until you start dropping weight and start getting smaller than the plate police. The second that happens they start telling you that you're getting to thin. Then they start pushing food in your face all the damn time!! I went out to dinner with some of my girls a few weeks ago. The same people that counted my calories a few months ago were damn near calling me anorexic! After too many cracks about what i wasnt eating, i told them to kiss my rapidly shrinking ass. Good luck! you are gonna be fabulous

I've flown 2-3 times since being banded. A few pointers i can give. Do not eat within 2 hours of boarding. I at least seem to get tight and miserable when i fly. Also i've found having some gas-x strips with me can ease the gassy tightness i get. i've never got an unfill prior to flying. All have been short trips within the USA. But i'm planning on jamaica in a few months and i do plan on getting a partial unfill prior to going. It has nothing to do with wanting to eat a ton while on vacation. Its a longer flight than i've previously taken. and i dont' wanna risk being sick somewhere i don't have access to my doctor. And i'd rather take the risk of gaining back a few pounds than of spending my vacation sick. A few pounds i can take back off. but i cant get back the money spent on a vacation ruined By PBing and sliming the whole time.Hope this helps

The best suggestion i can give you is figure out what he's really interested and get him some book's on the topic. Whether it's skateboarding or video games you should be able find something he's gonna enjoy reading. the more he reads the easier it will become for him. Maybe take him on a trip to barnes & noble with him would be a good place to start.

Now who among as would so juvenile that they would discuss sex in this forum. I know im far too mature for that kind of thing!!!

Try it for a minimum of 48 hours. It's hard but it's the only way you're gonna feel better if you are swollen

You will still get sick on mushies when you are swollen. I have several times. When you are severely swollen hardly anything will pass through

You are really probably swollen because you keep trying to eat. You need to take yourself of off solid foods all together for a few days. I've been in the exact same situation. No oatmeal, no mac and cheese, no cheetos. Fluids only! I don't wanna sound mean but that's truly what you need to do. You're probably gonna be stuck in this vicious cycle until you get your swelling under control

as for when you can have it depends on whether your insurance will approve so soon after having the baby. that might not be an issue if you are self pay. And as the breastfeeding part as a mother who breast fed 3 kids i'd advise against it. I had so little appetite for the first few weeks post op it was a daily struggle to eat. I dont think you would get in enough nutrition to sustain both you and the baby properly. I'd suggest putting off being banded unil you have the baby weaned.

i am so sorry you had to go through all that i cant imagine the pain you've been through. and thank you so much for sharing your story. Thank god you are still here to share it with us. I wish you the best and hope you heal quickly.