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My Dr says the same as Jen_1381s. That carbonation is fine if it doesn't cause you discomfort. I drink a light beer or ginger beer occasionally. I drink champagne - please don't tell me that's not good for me, I won't believe you.I drink soda Water with a dash of lime in summer as it is really refreshing etc etc I do not drink it in excess and I do not have issues. The supposed rule though about not drinking it is so entrenched that some people really believe that soda will cause everything from slips, to AIDS to the fall of Babylon! As with most things I believe that moderation is the key.

Exactly. I have a noisy stomach post band too. Sometimes in the middle of the night it is loud enough to wake the dead!

Not fun is it?

There are reasons that your Dr has given you this diet to follow. It is about healing, not punishment. If you feel that you cannot stick to it the CALL YOUR DR and ask what else you can add to your diet to get you through it. Eating things that are not on the list your Dr gave you is setting you up for failure and worse - possible future problems such as a slip.

I've always been allergic to exercise. I get hot, sweaty, can't breath properly, sometimes it causes a rash...............

We all hated the liquid diet. The good news is it is not forever even if it feels like it is. Just keep the end goal in sight.

Make your own soups. Then you can put the herbs and spices that you want in them and they will probably be a lot healthier and more satisfying than the shop bought ones.

What stage are you on? What do your Dr's guidelines say? I would think it should be soft stuff like mashed veg, stewed fruit, cottage cheese etc but without knowing what your Dr has instructed it is hard to give advice.

All the online stuff is fairly self explanatory. I think the 1st day or 2 is liquids, then the next day is mushies, then soft protein then firm protein or something like that.

Yep, it doesn't do anything to stop you eating cake and chocolate. I know as I went to High Tea for a friends Birthday yesterday and ate far too much. On the positive side though at least I didn't come home and eat dinner as well!

This is 1 area where I think it is far better to receive than to give!

Try remembering what you have just done to yourself and why. You have had major surgery. Presumably you did that to lose weight and improve your health. Think what a waste it will have been if you don't take control.

I know how you feel. Over time it becomes easier and easier to eat things that initially were difficult and also motivation levels are not so high. I also need to get back on track.

You will probably find that your stomach talks a lot. Mine can't shut up! A noisy stomach does not mean that you are hungry which is something a lot of people seem to find hard to get their heads around. Sometimes mine is so loud that I swear it could wake the dead.

I think you have to focus on quality rather than quantity. We went to a very upmarket restaurant for lunch on Saturday for my sons 18th. I knew that I wasn't going to be able to eat my moneys worth but I also knew that as we would be there for a couple of hours I would be able to eat far more than I should. I have had my band for 3 years so unfortunately I now know how to eat around it! In the early stages when you are focusing on losing you definitely need to try to pick places that are going to work for you.If faced with a buffet walk around first and look at the food. Think about your choices and pick things that are special and will satisfy you. For instance on Saturday I ignored the roasts as i can make those at home myself and concentrated instead on the wonderful fresh sashimi and prawns.

Well done.

I also can't see why it would stop you having surgery. Some antifungal cream should clear it up.

Who was her original Dr. Who has she been seeing for fills? Has she gone back to Mexico, is she in the US trying to find help? She has been to see her Dr twice in the last week? What did he/she say or do? It is not normal to see your Dr that often unless there is an issue and if there is then the Dr should be in the process of assisting. Losing 1- 2lb per day - that in itself sounds unbelievable so if it was happening then the Dr should be treating it as an emergency.

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Sometimes this happens. It doesn't matter how experienced the Dr is. It is easy to hit a small blood vessel and that will lead to bruising. Having it done under fluoro probably won't make a difference to anything except the cost. The last fill I had my Dr had to manipulate the needle quite a bit once it was in to get the right spot. That was unusual as he always tells me how easy to find my port is, but even if the port is easy to find it is necessary to pierce the membrane correctly so that the fill goes into the correct place. It was uncomfortable lying there with him moving the needle around but it wasn't unbearable and I did not bruise afterwards. You would have thought that doing this would cause a bruise especially on me as I bruise really easily but it didn't. Bruising does not mean the Dr does not know what they are doing it just means that on that occasion the Dr was unlucky and hit a blood vessel.

It sounds as though you may currently be a little too tight. That could explain the sliming yet still feeling hungry. You definitely need to find a Dr that you can work with so that you can make your band work - a port revision should have no effect on how well the band works other than to allow fluid to be put in/taken out.

An apple, albeit a smaller one than I used to be. I think apples are the worst pick of the bunch.

The phrase " I deserve something" worries me. That is part of the type of thinking that led to us being so overweight. I've had a hard day at work.............I deserve something I'm tired............I deserve something I've lost xlbs.......... I deserve something. We need to stop treating food as a reward and treat it as fuel. But we should also be able to eat a variety of foods healthy and not so healthy. We should not have our bands so tight that we cannot eat as that inevitably leads to future problems.Instead of good and bad foods we should look on them as all the time foods and sometimes foods. Yes possibly you could eat a cow now but you will probably find that if you make good choices and allow your band to work the way it is supposed to then you will not be as hungry as you fear.

What freaked you out? There is reflection from flash in the mirror but I can't see anything freaky!

My first was 1.5 and then after that they were approx 1 ml at a time. I lost weight. I didn't feel overly hungry. I don't recall going through bandsters hell. Australian Dr's believe that small frequent fills are safer than large aggressive fills and they do still work. They also allow you to ease into the new eating style so theoretically it should be a bit easier.