xavier

Hey how is it going???

I am hoping you're doing well, post procedure. Was it done for cosmetic reasons or was your port flipped or inaccessable? Let us know how you are feeling...

Thanks for the friend req! How is it going? I think its really great that you and your wife did this together.

Just a comment related to your fill and your not feeling any restriction. If its been four days and you dont feel it, I say get back in there for more fill. I just got my second fill and its perfect. If I dont chew well, and take a few second break between bites...I get in trouble! Very painful and also some sliming. I am very happy because now I can only eat about a half a cup of food at a time and I still have to be super careful to chew. I eat four to five very small meals a day now and I am really happy with that level of restriction. I am the kind of person who needs to feel very full and even get that painful bitch-slap I deserve if I'm not careful...good luck!!

You are just such an awesome example to try to follow...thanks for all your photos and especially your words of advice!!!In terms of pain/recovery how did your TT compare to the banding? Thanks!!! Diane (Xavier)

Thanks for the req! Hang in there, once this thing is tuned up right its all good. I just got my second fill and I can only eat tiny meals...or I get a painful bitch-slap from my band...which, obviously, I need!!! Diane

Good luck with the procedure...sounds like good trouble to have in a way!

Holey moley you are doing great! I have to be careful to try not to compare myself to you!!! I am going slow but doing ok now with another fill.

I am wondering if you should change your ticker so the Marilyn Monroe pix are taking over for the fat black and whites...i looks like that heavy lady is winning!

Got another fill yesterday ( I slid in on a cancellation) and I think it has no effect yet...today will tell. First 3cc now 2.5.My next appt is in 3 weeks so I may try to sneak in next friday...I really wish I could do this myself! LOL!

Hot drinks loosen up the connective tissue I think like loosening up a strained muscle rather than reducing inflammatory swelling...I wish these questions were multiple choice...LOL!! D

You are right on all counts, as usual, oh, wise one! I think you are right about gravity but maybe not exactly what you were thinking...you're suggestion brought me back to some of the classes I think I have long forgotten. While we sleep and lie down all night much of our fluid in the body moves from inside our cells to outside (the extracellular space!) and now I think this is why we are tighter in the am but I really dont know if I can remember why that fluid shift would do that but now I'm sure it does!

Long haul, long haul, long haul...D

Well I hope I get tighter becaue right now...nothing. And I cant get in for another fill till Nov 6th! The office seems very busy. Well I just have my fingers crossed that, like uou, it snugs down...the thing is, it was my first fill (3ccs) in a 10cc band!I just dont see how it can tighten up later but really the whole thing is a bit of a mystery!!

Thanks for the great info! Do you ar your doc know why the fill doesnt kick in for a few days? I got a fill on Friday and I dont notice any difference but maybe I should wait till later in t he week to decide if I should go back. I have to drive about 4 hours to get to the office so I want to be sure I need it...thanks again for the info, I wonder how many other people have had that kind of 'delayed' sense of restriction?

I was reading one of your comments on Band Groupie's blog and I have a question. Just got my first fill yesterday even though I got my band in May...I was lucky not to need it until now. Anyway, you said something like "the fill I got just kicked in"...how long after the fill did you perceive its effect? I figured I wont know till tomorrow when I am allowed to eat solids...what do you think? Thanks, D

Just sent you a long gincko mail...Life is good ,D

Hey! I am getting my first fill on friday...got stuck the other nite on dry pasta and wondering if that means I don t need a fill?! Other times I swear i can eat anything and everything!! As you know I got 2cc at time of surgery and it had to be taken out that nite...how much do you think I should ask for??

Hey, I miss you dude! I had a job in Sacramento for the last three months...really needing a fill but couldnt get away...long story short...I am just happy not to have gained LOL! Getting a fill in two weeks, my first.

I am guessing you re buried in work and work stress....write or blog when you can. D

Your pictures are great...I know what you mean about being able to see the difference on yourself. I think a lot of us have that problem. Here's a couple of suggestions. Take a current front and side view in the EXACT same position as the first one and then cut out your skinny self (literally, with scissors) and lay it over the original one...I think you'll see a huge difference. Suggestion two: Lay your biggest jeans or pants down on your bed and then your current ones on top and take a picture...look at those pictures as often as possible!!! Good luck!

Here's american slang for you, "DUH!" meaning I cant believ I am so stupid I assumed (dont know why) youwere a brit...I did that to another aussie and apparently didnt learn from my mistake! I saw your bandster profile and saw that liek me you self payed but I wonder how the AUD converts...I payed $15,000...ouch! Our healthcare system is a joke. But worth it so far. Guess I was whinging there.

I see you're just joining...welcome...lots of great support and brutally honest answers here...your ticker indicates you must be a low BMIer...that can make it tough because people with a couple of hundred to lose lose faster than us...let me know if theres anything you need or want to know!

I cant even believe your pictures! Part of me thinks you are some european supermodel who killed that poor heavy girl in the Pizza Hut uniform and has her in the crawlspace...never to be heard from again!!! You are so beautiful!!! (Thanks for osting the pix of the tuck...you know were all considering it but also scared!!)

Sorry, the username is ThomasSpencer and the most recent one is today, "why custom wedding dress is..." Its just an ad and not even a person who has anything to do with us! He has done at least four blogs! Thanks!!

Hi! Since you are a moderator can you get rid of some guy who's trying to sell wedding dresses on his blog? It really bugs me for some reason!!!

Hey how are you doing? Feel free to whinge!!! (does it rhyme with binge and hinge?) I cant think of any good slang for you but I will...some I may have to PM as it may not be PC!!