shalya

I don't understand how people can say things when everyone is different. Yes, it must be difficult to not be able to afford the band fills and i've been there, as I lost my job right when I had the surgery. Really hard! I had to pay for the bandfills out of pocket. One thing I've been doing and has helped me personally is fiber. It's helped me not gained so much weight back and it's natural. Of course it's always best to speak with your health provider to be sure that it's safe for you. Either way, yes there will be some responses that are blunt, but there will be others out there that care and understand. Good luck to you and I hope that everything works out for you as it can be stressful especially in this economy. Take Care, Shalya.

I understand what this feels like. It's been 18 months since my surgery and I only lost 25lbs. I've been on and off 7 Ibs. It's true I was not expecting this to be a miracle cure for me, but I did think it would help more than this. I find i'm able to eat certain foods on somedays and somedays not. It's easy to circumvent the band so to speak, but then again my fills have been a little bit of a disappointment. One time I got less on a fill and some removed from a past fill. In other words the MD's office realized this happen and had me come back in. Luckily, I wrote down my cc's and keep track of it. I to this day do not drink sodas, and wait one hour after eating to drink. Sometimes I wish I had it removed and other times I feel blessed I did it. It's easy for others to say hang in there, but really this does not help. Yes, I realize that I have an eating disorders and that's not a surprize to me as this was a reason for gaining the weight and taking the route of surgery. If anyone has advice on how to stay full longer, I would appreciate it. Especially after lunch or dinner. Breakfast I'm good at. Also any suggestions for those things that go down easy like sweets. Thanks for any sincere feedback.