ItsGottaGo!

Please don't feel ashamed! You need to let the band help you. If you need to be filled to 10 cc's, so be it! I'm probably headed in that direction myself. If I need 10, I'm going for it. You'd be surprised how much difference just 2 cc's can make. You can do it!

I did online dating for about 2 years. At the time, I was in the best shape ever and looked fabulous, but I still didn't post a full-body shot, of course I thought I was fat, wearing a size 6 and all. Dunce. Still I didn't end up meeting the love of my life. I met mostly liars, lots and lost of liars, one or two nice guys, lots of sex feinds, all kinds. Dated some really hot looking men, boy was the fun :Banane17:. I miss the good old days. I did end up meeting the father of my daughter through my ad also, but we didn't end up getting married. Anyway, I always wanted to write a book too!! I actually had saved all of the responses to my ad, but never got around to it. When I moved across country I threw them all away . I know I'm sitting on a bestseller here.

Please, don't even give it a second thought. He's probably some old, grotesque looking creature sitting behind his computer stuffing his face with cheetos and oreos and has nothing better to do than troll on-line dating sites and insult people. Ignore him. He won't be the last email you'll receive like that either. There are a lot of jerks out there, LOTS! Hope you find a nice guy, I know you will. Good luck.

I've had bronchitis too for the past 3 weeks! I think it is finally going away, but I was afraid I was going to slip my band too, I was coughing so much and violently. I feel like the coughing has made my port pop out, as I can feel it so much more since.

I have restriction, and I know that I can definitely still binge, on certain things anyway, if I wanted too. I am sure I would have no problem downing an entire bag of Peanut Butter Cups if I tried. I don't think I could binge on Ice Cream anymore, it seems that extreme cold tightens me too, as someone upthread mentioned. I also don't think I would be able to eat an entire pizza ever again either! I guess it all depends on what you decide to binge on. I wish I could say the band has taken away all of my cravings, but, alas, it has not. I, too, wish they could band my head!

I lost restriction for about a week. I blame it on PMS, but TOM is still not here and today restriction is back. What the hay?

It would be fine, if I didn't have to eat the whole or half of the 8 oz. block all at once!

Cortisol, huh? Very interesting. Too bad I get so hungry and eat during that time, because isn't Cortisol supposed to reduce belly fat or something like that? Anyway, I am starting to feel my restriction return tonight. Maybe TOM is coming tommorow.

I was doing that too, until I realized I couldn't stop at one, two, three, you get the picture. I think my restriction is definitely gone! I am waiting for the dr.'s office to call me back to make an appointment for another fill.

I always lost alot of hair, in the shower it would come out in clumps and even after it was dry, I could run my fingers through my hair and always come out with strands. You should see my hairbrush! The past week I have noticed my hair rolling around the house like hayballs! This morning it was all over my bed. It is definitely falling out even more now. Luckily I have thick hair and lots of it, but I swear I feel a bald spot happening on the top in the back.

I know! I wish though it wasn't happening to me this week. I am going to see a friend of mine this weekend who I haven't seen since 2 months before my surgery. I know I am going to have a gain this week too. This morning I ate a half of a bagel and just last week that would have been impossible, that was after egg whites, 2 boca sausage and cheese. I still wasn't full! This is ridiculous. I know it's TOM, I can feel all the symptoms, but I called to make an appointment for another fill anyway.

I figured it's the hormones, but what I DON"T understand it how it affects how much I can eat while banded with restriction! I don't think I need another fill, but maybe I do. I'll wait and see what happens when TOM goes out of town!

I swear my port flipped last week. I have had bronchitis now for 2-1/2 weeks and have been coughing alot. I layed down on my bed one night and I swear I felt my port flip. It has felt different to me since then, but maybe that's just because I think it flipped. I guess I will find out at my next fill, whenever that is. I'm hoping it didn't, but if not, what was that movement that I felt?

I did good today, only a tiny piece of feta with my egg whites this morning. Oh, and for lunch I had some pizza, but it wasn't too cheesy. I am really going to try and limit myself, it just goes down so easily for me.

I hear ya' Terri. I feel like I am going insane! The bottomless pit, I hate this feeling. TOM better be coming early because I can't go on like this for another week!

I am wide wide open, I mean wide! I can feel TOM coming any day now (about a week early). Why can we eat so darn much at this time of the month??:peep:

I NEVER thought I would be able to not drink with my meals, but somehow I have done it. I just drink lots before and lots about an hour after. You can do it, it's just a matter of retraining yourself. Now if I could just control head hunger.

For me, I will only slime when something is stuck. This has happened twice. The stuck feeling is the worst for me, I cannot tolerate the golfball and the burning that it brings. Both times I touched the back of my mouth with my finger and proceeded to PB. Luckily this did not last for more than 1 minute (the PB), but I had to do it to make the burning go away. The burning and stuck feeling gets me very scared.

Anyone else have this cheese addiction? This is going to put a kink in my weight loss for sure if I don't stop. It is feta cheese. I love to eat it with my boca chicken patties and morningstar farm pizza burgers, acually, I can eat it without anything! I must stop buying it, I must stop buying it....

I just went to Medicare website. Actually, it says that it DOES cover laparscopic placement but does NOT cover open placement. I hope I can get this straightened out.

Yes, I did. I specifically went to this facility because they were on the Medicare list for Center of Excellence. They seem to have covered the rest of the procedure, but it looks like they just aren't paying for the laprscopic placement of the band. Maybe they only pay for "open" placement. I will have to call tomorrow and find out what is going on.

On my statement from the hospital, there is still a charge of about $2,900 for "Lap Placement of Gastric Band" that apparently Medicare has not covered. Do they not cover the procedure laparscopically? I am confused. I am going to call tomorrow, but just wondering if anyone has this information tonight. Thank you.

On my statement from the hospital, there is still a charge of about $2,900 for "Lap Placement of Gastric Band" that apparently Medicare has not covered. Do they not cover the procedure laparscopically? I am confused. I am going to call tomorrow, but just wondering if anyone has this information tonight. Thank you.

I am wondering the same thing because I have the same problem. Some days the same food goes down, other days stuck and slime and PB. And what exactly is that slime and where does it come from??

My surgeon also ONLY uses the VG band, regardless of stomach size. That being said, my first fill was almost 2 weeks ago with 5.5 cc's and I feel like I have really good restriction so far. Although I do seem to be more opened up later in the evening, but I shouldn't be eating at that time anyway. Good luck to you!