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I just want to thank you all for all the advice and support that you all have shared with me. I go to my surgeon within the next week and I will speak to him about this. I have told him that I vomit but I didn't tell him exactly how much, he did swollening studies on me and they all looked good. I have trouble most of the time making smart food choices I take advantage of the band most of the time, this is stuff I have to work on cause I no this is no way to live especially now that my children have noticed me getting sick all the time they say mommy your skinny now but too bad you throwup all the time. Brakes my heart but I feel like there is no way to stop this or its just too hard to do it. But for the new year I am going to talk to my doctor and get a referral to a thereapist for this wonderful problem I am blessed with, could be worse.

Thanks all but does anyone else get sick daily??

Hello all!! I have a problem and I no what I have to do but I don't want to do it. I was banded May22nd 2006. My starting weight was 215 today I weigh 167. I just want to get to 140 then I keep telling myself I will get my band loosened. I have a 4cc band and have had 2 fills so I am 3cc filled. Since my last fill which was a while ago say in june or july I get sick all the time. After each meal. No matter if its solid mushy I eat fast or slow which I can say this is problay the success to my weight lose. I work in an Emergency Room and when I am on lunch break people see me tring to each my lunch leaving to go to the bathroom at least 4-5 times throughout my meal. They are so concerened they say I am bulimic and when i say i will get it loosened after i reach 140 they say I will be so used to vomiting that I will automatically do it even when looser. I want all the weight gone so bad that I am putting myself threw this, along with compulsive over eating. Just like I did in the beginning to gain the weight my habbits haven't changed much. I figure well I am ginna puk it up anyway why not enjoy the moment. I no this is a wrong way to think and act but its so hard to break its easier to just go with it. I tell myself that If I didnt have a problem to begin with i wouldn't have ended up where i was from the start. For my pschiatric exam to have the surgery he said I have a eating disorder but will not say that cause then i wouldn't have been eligable for the surgery. I no there's a problem here and I plan on going to thereapy after I get the band opened up a bit when i reach 140. I am wondering if anyone else is going threw the same battle as I am. Would love to have some support and would love to give some back as well. Thanks for listening!!

Ever since I have had children I suffer with psoriasis. It started for me on my scalp then as the years passed by I now have it on my legs and arms. I also use Dovonex oitment works better then the cream and I use ovlux foam for my scalp. I have had a tummy tuck so on my scars I also have it. Don;t no why its attracted to scars but even my tattoos are infected with it. Apperantly the doc says I have a mild case of it but to me its more than that. I work in a hospital and have seen some pretty nasty cases of it and it scares me that mine someday could look like that. Wish everyone good luck.

i DON'T REALLY NO, NOT A DAY GOES BY FOR ME THAT i GET SICK AND NOT BECAUSE I AM TOO TIGHT BUT BECAUSE I TRY O FORCE MORE IN THEN I SHOULD BECAUSE I WANT IT AND WHEN I REALLY WANT IT I DON'T CARE CAUSE I NO THAT IT WILL COME BACK UP AND I WON'T GAIN THE WEIGHT. SO IS THIS BULIMIA NOT REALLY SURE CAUSE I DONT MAKE MYSELF VOMIT IT HAPPENS BY ITSELF FROM ME FORCING TOO MUCH FOOD IN, LETS FACE IT IF WE DIDNT'T LOVE TO EAT NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I NO ITS WRONG TO DO AND I AM TRING TO GET A GRIP ON IT SOMETIMES ITS EASIER THEN OTHER TIMES, I DEFINETLY THINK ITS SOME KIND OF DISORDER.

Hello All, I would really like to be a part of this thread since I was banded this past may, may22nd to be exact. I started at 215 and am down to 178.5. I was banded where I live and work in New Jersey. Have a Great Day Cheryl

<TABLE id=HB_Mail_Container height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 UNSELECTABLE="on"><TBODY><TR height="100%" UNSELECTABLE="on" width="100%"><TD id=HB_Focus_Element vAlign=top width="100%" background="" height=250 UNSELECTABLE="off">I had a episode today at a resturant, was eating felt like a elephant was sitting on my chest went to the bathroom and threw up now i get sick alot cause i try to eat to much to fastsomething i no i have to stop doing, anyhow I saw bright red blood, now i was eating ketchup, tomatoe sauce with my meal but see I have before and never saw it look like this. Anyhow I went back to my table tried to eat a bit more and got sick again but this time it was only food nothing red. I am figuring that if i was bleeding it wouldn't stop that fast. It sounds right about the breight color blood being from the eshpogus cause i work in a ER and i no that dark colored blood is an emergency. Good luck to all </TD></TR><TR UNSELECTABLE="on" hb_tag="1"><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt" height=1 UNSELECTABLE="on"> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

ps haven't been able to update this ticker thing or even get it to come out right so don't go by what it says.

Hello all, I should post on this site more often since I was banded May22nd, sorry to here of your complications myra wish you luck. I always worry about the slipping thing cause I can't seem to get it right with what to eat and how much. I am so used to eating alot that I insist on it and I get sick daily. Weight lose is pretty good, started at 215 and weight in today at 180. Would like to be 165 as a mini goal would love to stay at and maintain 140. We will see I am just so happy I am down this far so one day at a time. I have had 2 fills. Have a 4cc band and am 3cc filled. Went for a swolling study yesterday he don't wanna fill me at this point and they saw a little bit of reflux but nothing to right home about. Well I wish everyone the best and have a great day.

Can someone tell me what first bite syndrome is??

Thsi makes me real nervous for I get sick at least once a day. I believe i eat to much and to fast. Its hard to get use to very small portions when you have always had big sizes. I wish your friend the best. Cheryl May22 banded-215 Today-182

I no something on how to get rid of hiccups and it really works. A doctor at the hospital told me to do this, get a glass of water turn your head upside down and drink the water. I can't believe this really worked for me. Now being banded I hiccup whenever full but it never last. When I can't stop I do this and so far it works. Good Luck!!

Hi Rita, Yeah that ticker stuff drives me nuts. I am an emergency room technician. I also have my EMT. In nursing school right now. I just made an appointment with my doctor cause I think I need another fill my restriction is gone these past couple days and thats scary!! I am very good at piling weight on!! Cheryl

i don't have this ticker thing down pat yet :-(

Hello All I live in Passaic county. I was banded and also work at Chilton Memorial Hospital. Dr.Vadim Gritsus did my banding in May 2006. He runs support groups at the Collins Pavillion at the hospital. Anyone can call there office and find out about the meeting if your intrested, 973-696-9050. I have a 4CC band and am 3CC filled but lately I feel alot less restriction and that worries me cause I have lost about 30lbs and am scared of gaining it back. Would love to be a part of the Jersey Board!! Good Liuck to All Cheryl

Thanks myra and drew for the welcome!!!! Cheryl

Hello All, Well thought i would join this board since I was banded in May. May22nd to be exact. I have had 2 fills, so I have a 4cc band and I am 3CC filled. My doc told me he will not fill me no more till I get the eating with the band thing right. Its a learning process. Its weird I seem to be able to eat junk with no problem but I tried eggs this morning and got sick, real weird. I can eat choclate chips and ice cream real well but giv eme chicken or eggs forget it I get that golf ball feeling and get sick/ So my weight lose is pretty good, started at 215 day of surgery today I am 187, I was down to 184 maybe its water weight from my period or maybe its the junk I eat. Could be both. So time to take charge and try to eat right, sometimes you loose yourself and those crapy eating habbits find there way back to you but I suppose we just have to stay in control. Thanks for listening and good luck to all, by the way i haven't mastered the ticker thing yet either maybe some day!!!

have trouble with the ticker thing!!

Hello all I am a big time spitter. Unfortunetly is usually ends up getting sick for me right after. Its like a big build up of saliva then the food comes and after that boy I feel much better. But I think its embarrassing and my kids notice now what I am doin I gross my husband out but its better then making a mess if you can't make it to the bathroom. May-22, 215 Today, 185

I hate to do that I finally started to lose the weight, but thanks for your opinion, its appreciated.

Hello, I was banded May22nd starting at 215 today weigh 189. I get sick on almost everything i eat. I told my sergeon he thinks i eat to much to fast. Its a 10cc band filled 3cc. The past couple days I have been exsperienceing soreness ubove my belly button and up the middle. It feels almost like I did 500 sit ups or like as if i was vomiting all nite. Now I do vomit alot but its like haveing a full glass of Water and tiping it over I bend over the food comes right out, I am not using my abdominal muscles at least I don't think so. This is not projectile vomiting its like spitting up all you eat. If you have any suggestions or have heard about this type of feeling I would appreciate your feed back. Thank you so much.

Well one good thing is I went to my PMD and she did blood work on me and everything is perfect. So I no that I am healthy and pretty much feeling good. Have you heard of it being really tight for a few weeks then loosing up a bit cause I was able to eat breakfast this morning without getting sick and thats a first for me.

Hello, I was banded on May22nd started out at 215 now I am 188. I am very pleased with my weight lose. I have had 2 fills. 1.5 each time. So I have a 10cc band 3cc full. Anyhow, I have a problem , just about every time I eat I through it back up. Its not like it comes from my stomach though, its like sitting in my esophugus, at least thats how it feels. I start out with major chest pain then once I get sick I feel a whole lot better. I work in a hospital and have been told this is not normal to get some saline taken out but see before the fills I was loosing nothing, now I am so happy its coming down. I told my surgeon he said he thinks I am tring to eat to much and to fast to big of bites. I don't really no cause not a day goes by that I don't get sick. My omd put my on asiphex to protect my throat but I notice no diffrence. I was just wondering if anyone is exsperiencing the same thing. Thanks for listening!!