onenuttynurse

I was losing hair before the band, so i don't think it is the band causing it as I only have 2cc in my band anyway. Hmmmmm, I read a interesting article on spironalactone stopping hair loss..I am going to look into that.

Just wondering if everyone is having some degree of hair loss. I get my protein in, take hair vitamins, use nixon, had my blood check and still losing hair...Jeezz. Was banded on Dec 28th, 2009. My weight loss has been slow, so I don't think it is necessarily from losing to much weight? What kind of vitamins are you using. I use hair revive 5.....Suggestions anyone.....:blushing:

I am a every day biker and since I have been banded, I also pain in my port site about every other day, especially when i am crouching down and accelerating. I mentioned this and they told me its because I don't suck in my stomach muscles and they are vulnerable to the postiion I am in when I am biking...Just a thought. May try a binder if you have one lying around.

I lost 18 lbs before my first fill. I did not have a preop diet. It has been by will power that I have done this and a heck of alot of biking....

I am a nurse for many years as well, and I totally agree with what has been said in the above posts. Focus on your journey to becoming healthy. Your friend definately needs to go back into therapy to conquer her own demons. Even though you want to share your success with your close friends or those that want to know, she may not be the best person to do that with. I see this as treading dangerous waters with her. Please forcus on yourself. She needs to find her own way just as you have found yours. Good luck and may the force be with you in your journey to becoming fit and healthy...ps...Congrats on your weight loss....

My port is on the lower right side and it is all to do with perference of the doctor and which side they are operating on. Some of them that are well experienced have learned from trial and error. Also she said it dependens on the amt of scar tissue they see when they get in there.....Hope this helps....

Of course she was kidding.................Jeeeezzz..lol

Dont worry it will dissolve by itself. When they do a laproscopic surgery they use co2 to blow up the stomach to visualize the organs better. Then when they remove it, there is alwasy some gas that gets trapped and no gas x strips don't help..Wrong kind of gas. This is not bowel gas. Everyone gets that mixed up. The co2 gas travels to the highest spot which is ...you guessed it your shoulders....put a heating pad on it,,walk around...be patients..it is painfull but will go away in a few days...........

When ever they do any type of surgery, there is always a chance that excess fluid will stay into the tissues due to all the irrigant they use during surgery. They either put in a drain and suck it out, or the body reabsorbs the excess fluid. Now, there are instances where there is a small clot sitting somewhere or a loose stitch that continues to ooze and they end up cauterizing it or adding a stitch again. I am assuming you tried to apply pressure and ice to it. Ice is a vasoconstricture. It is their responsibility to take care of that because if you are oozing, THAT IS A FABULOUS PLACE FOR A NICE POCKET OF INFECTION TO START. THEN MY FRIEND, YOU WILL HAVE A WHOLE NEW SET OF ISSUES....make them take care of it.....changing a dressing 4 times a days is excessive.....

Good luck with the lawsuit you will not win. You haven't even tried to work with it, shown any committment to yourself. You obviously did not research it well enough before having this surgery. One last thing, no one commenting on this post should apologize for anything they write, because this post is silly to begin with. Projecting blame when the only one to blame is staring at you in the mirror...You really should have the band taken out and stick with Jenny Craig...Ask your friends in 1 year or 2 how they are doing with the 1 to 3 percent success rate...............

Oh my...You will know. It is the worst chest or back pain you will feel. You will instantly want to put your fork down.No doubt about you knowing when it happens. Sometime you will start sliming and need to go to the bathroom. It is very painfull at times...Ughhh i hate it but mine passes soon.....i am learning my lesson every day i have the band....

I love the band, but I do become concerned with flipped ports, band erosion, or band slippage. Would i do it again, absolutely down right YES. YES YES...

Well. I can say from a different perspective. I love the stuff and does wonders for wrinkles. As for the Kidman thing, She's entitled to do with her body what she wishes because frankly...she's not lacking in the looks department as far as beautiful goes. I don't want to age gracefully and therefore I am for the fillers, etc. Thats the great thing about life. You are responsible for your own actions. Juvaderm works wonders for deep wrinkles. I am going in again for botox soon.....and NO i am not obsessed. I don't call going in twice a year obsessed....onenuttynurse

i wish you the best with them. I bought a pair of them about 2 years ago and gave them away. That was 150 dollars down the drain. Personally myself, I think it is a waste of money. Something new to try. Walking for me does the same.However, I know lots of people that have them, and they aren't sure whether they can tell the difference or not...some have had achilles issues with them. However, good luck and keep us posted.....

I do premier, muscle milk and atkins...but my favorite is the premier at 30g a shake....costco sells them.....

I am not sure what you mean by a blocked band. Can you tell me more about that....where was the block at?

Do you have a hospital aquired UTI...Thats what it sounds like or a swollen urethra...

Scars...Well for me it really didn't matter because I had a huge scar from a tumor in my stomach that I had removed in my 20's. My scars are healing nicely. I am waiting for the 1 year anniversary so that i can finish to transition with a tummy tuck. The scars will be barely noticeable at that time as I have had other scars that healed nicely....Lets see..scars covered up by clothes or clothes that dont cover up your weight...I am going with the scars every time. As long as they aren't on my face...Dont care........Have a fab weekend...

Being a person that uses texting as a way of communication, I have no problem with people making errors. I am more interested in what they have to say than correcting their every word......If I corrected every person that used a medical term in the wrong fashion, I would go crazy...

Well this is my thought...If you are needing to be tubed or getting chest compressions. I wouldn't care so much about the band as I would making damn sure they do those compressions right. Because in the end...if they dont get you back, the band isn't really going to matter at that point........Crista(nurse for 20 years)

Hang in there girl...It will happen soon enough..I had to have 6 months of nutrition counseling before I could have mine. Then 1 week before my surgery, they found I had a pulmonary shunt, and it was put off another month. Talk about depressing..uughhhh. However, I was finally banded on the 7th month which was Dec 28 th, 2009. I think I am out about 17 days out and feeling great...Good luck, dont give up and may the force be with you.......onenuttynurse

Okay...so now that the cat is out of the bag. It is time to take something that was so negative(person opening their mouth) and turn it into something wonderfully positive. I am a nurse and was also recently banded. Yes, I have people just waiting to see what I am going to eat. Do I care, absolutely not. They are just curious and the nay sayers who constantly have nothing good to say. They don't deserve your friendship in the first place. A conversation came up with a RN at work. I heard her say, "i dont know why she cant just lose the weight, just stop eating, its that simple". I marched over to her and said" I don't know why you got two divorces,couldn't you just work on it, its that simple"...Needless to say..she keeps her mouth shut now...........

I am a charge RN on a cardiac floor and routinely help other nurses do lifts, turns, etc. I am returning after being off for 3 weeks. Doc said that would be sufficient. Thanks to the crew i work with, if i dont want to lift anything I dont have to. They will be looking after me....I am always leary of lifting heavy pts anyway so i rely on slings alot....Hope this helps..........

good luck on the 19th...

Yep...water doesn't work for me either...hot tea works a little to break it down....