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Fluoro is not used here in Australia or if it is only rarely. I have had 3 fills - one by my surgeon, the other 2 by two of his team. They have all managed to find the port really easily.

Glad you said its painful Erin because it sure is.It certainly isn't the simple process that I thought it was when it was first explained to me.It hurts like hell, takes a while and all the slime makes it really disgusting.

I think that most people have difficulty loving them selves. It seems to be part of human nature that we are never satisfied. When I was younger I usd to weigh around 48kg and I was always on a diet. I only wish I weighed that now! I look back at photo's and wonder why i wasted so much time dieting and being unhappy.

3ccs is not conservative by Australian standards. I have a 10ml/cc band. First fill 1.5, 2nd 1, 3rd .6. So here it is really slow and steady. the funny thing is that although I have less than 3ml in a 10ml band I am already starting to feel some restriction.

Correct. Liquid in food doesn't count, strong coffee doesn't count,alcohol definitely doesn't count - it dehydrates rather than hydrates but a lot of things do. And checking with your own doc is always a good idea.

I find it amazing that you are expected to drink that quantity of water in addition to other liquids. My bladder gives me enough trouble as it is! People often don't realise that other liquids actually count towards your Fluid total. The recommendation from my NUT is at least 2 litres (which I assume is 64oz) of low energy fluids between meals. Those fluids can include :- water, mineral water, tea/coffee(no sugar) and diet cordial. Water is obviously the best but there is no way I could drink that much plain water especially in the colder months. I find hot water with a tea bag and a splash of low fat milk goes down far easier. Often magazines, websites and diet plans give us this incorrect idea that we have to drink 2 litres of water plus whatever else. I actually went for tests a while back and when I told them how much I was drinking I was told its not surprising I run to the loo so much! At that point I was striving to do the 6 - 8 glasses of water +++. I was informed then that it was incorrect that other fluids count towards your total and a number of doctors /NUTS have confirmed it for me since.

I got my 3rd fill just over a week ago and am having a similar problem. I think I eat slowly and take small bites but obviously not small/slow enough.Sometimes I think it may be first bite syndrome as I can feel the sensation in my throat even before I have swallowed. My daughter came home for a surprise visit at the weekend and I have not told her that I have had the surgery. Probably a mistake as I can feel her watching me and wondering why I am eating so slowly. That in turn makes me nervous and probably not chew as well as I should. Last night I was finding dinner hard to get down and got a mild stuck feeling. Got over that but then my daughter made some comment which made me laugh/choke and swallow all at the same time. Ended up rushing to the bathroom where I managed to PB - yuck. Painful and revolting not simple and easy like some people have described.That was the end of me trying to eat . I'm also wondering if it was my eating technique or the actual food. I was eating mince,rice and green beans. All foods I have eaten since this fill and not had problems with. But as many have said the band can be fickle so maybe it was what and now how I was eating. I know rice is a common problem food.

Thanks for explaining that.

They are allowed because they dissolve before they get to the stoma. Just be careful though - they are very high in fat( even the so called low fat ones are very high cal) and it is easy to eat a lot of them!

I am not 100% sure but i think slipping upwards is the way that it normally happens.

I find it incredible how much fill levels differ and how totally different people can feel from them. I have had 3 fills.Currently sitting on 2.3ml in 10ml band. Since I got the 3rd fill a week ago I have been getting stuck a lot more and had my first PB yesterday. Yuck! I definitely have to learn how to eat properly and what I can eat. Its amazing as this is less than some people have for their first fill!

Just been doing some reading over at the VSG board . From what I read it appeared that some of the issues banded people experience can also be experienced by sleeved people. The one which surprised me was that sleeved people can also get that stuck sensation and have to bring food back up as it won't go down. I thought this was a problem with the band that wasn't experienced with the sleeve and that it was due to the small stoma that the band creates.So why do sleeved people have this problem as well. Can someone please explain for me. Thanks

Baked potato. I think that may have been the cause of my first PB yesterday. Not sure - it could have been the chicken. All I can say is it felt so awful there is no way I would want to do it every day!

Apparently it helps to digest Protein. I bought some recently at a GNC shop and tried it for the first time last night. I had that stuck feeling after eating some chicken and veggies - not sure what was stuck. They are chewable tabs that taste like papaya. If you like papaya they are OK - personally the smell of papaya has always reminded me of vomit. I chewed one and nothing much happened. Waited , still had lots of pain. Decided to take a mouthfull of Water. About 5minutes later I PB'd (my first). Don't know if the papya helped or not. Having now experienced a PB I cannot believe how easy some people make it sound. When it was first explained to me it was as though you just burp and the food comes back up - I wish. It was very painful and with all the slime it was almost as bad as normal vomiting.Have to try harder not to let it happen again!

Welcome to the club! Most of the adhesives make me really itchy, although I was quite lucky i didn't have too many issues postop probably as i prewarned them so they must have used a hypoallergenic type.

Greek yogurt is more satisfying because of the fat content. it is very rich and creamy. obviously the fat content could be a problem. A l/f or n/f variety sounds great but I can't see how it would then ne any more satisfying than regular l/f yogurt.

I am shocked at the way that you have been filled.Info that I have read states that being filled too quickly causes problems such as slippage.See info below from another website. I am also wondering if what you are expecting to feel is different to what the doctors expect us to feel. I am still very new at this but I have read that we should not be expecting to feel full as we did previously. Instead we should be aiming for satisfied. Try eating the recommended amount and then stopping and working out if you are still hungry. Not hungry is a lot different from full. This is whatIi have been doing and it works. If I had to eat until I felt full I am sure I would be overeating. The risk of slippage is also increased by: Not emptying the balloon during surgery. Filling the band too early. Introducing solids too soon into the diet. Eating excessive quantities and overfilling the small pouch Having the band too tight and not allowing food to pass steadily through the opening into the lower pouch.

Well done. That is fantastic

I would think that the main consideration is transport to and from the hospital. So long as you have that sorted you should be OK. Plus with children you may need someone to help drive them around for the first couple of days.

I drove the day after. It was only to the school busstop and back but I felt fine. At first when I asked the Doc he said this could be a bit early but to go ahead so long as I felt fine. I drove as soon as possible after my 2 caesars as well and had no problems. I went back to work about 6 days after the LB surgery and had a round trip of 90km. I felt fine.I think the main thing is to only do as much as you are comfortable with. I also have an automatic car so that may make a difference.

Just proves there is a good and bad side to everything. Fat fills out wrinkles but I'd still rather be slim its a lot healthier! I have noticed that the skin on my neck seems to be saggier but that has to be better than extra chins. How many times have people said that the band will not be the last surgery. Well maybe they are right - we need to save so that we can afford the plastic surgery as well. On my wish list so far mini face lift and boob job.I am sure hubby will be happy with the latter.

These sound like classic symptoms of being overfilled. Don't leave it as it can lead to all sorts of problems including a slip. Go back and get some fill out. you need to be able to eat proper food for the band to be able to work properly.

That's fantastic - I'm not alone. Yay!

I have so many books , all based on scientific research , telling me that the particular diet they are promoting is THE ONE. But of course none of them are.What Jacqui has said is so true. It's all about balance. Totally excluding whole food groups and overeating others is not healthy and is extremely difficult to follow for life. Starting to eat food that our great grandparents would recognise as food would go a long way to solving a lot of problems. Yes they had overweight people in those days but far fewer and they weren't as overweight as they are now. For every scientific study that argues and proves a point there is one that contradicts it. How about some of the scientifically proven facts and theories from previous years.eg Acid Rain Babies should not sleep on their backs as they will choke.They should be put on their stomach, then it was their side, now it is their back as this apparently helps prevents SIDS. Solids should be introduced to babies at 6 weeks, currently I think it is 6 months. There used to be a go to work on an egg campaign , then eating more than 2 eggs per week was bad for you and now apparently we can eat them every day again. I could go on and on and on. I am just waiting for them to finally admit that man made global warming is not true. We have it shoved down our throats all the time but a lot of the so called scientifically proven facts regarding global warming are not true/haven't been proven. Oh and just to get really controversial I have read some really interesting studies from some esteemed scientists that say that raised cholesterol is not related to heart disease. That the cholesterol myth was invented by the drug companies so that they can sell their drugs to a huge percentage of the population on an ongoing basis!

Wow Rusty that's impressive with no fill. How did you do it? Did they prefill at the time of surgery?