Humming Bird

I sometimes take a double dose of Jr. strength liquid ibuprophen. If I need something stronger I disolve aleeve in a shot of hot water (burns like hell on the way down).

I'm down a pound too! Even after the M&Ms at TOYS-R-US! Gotta love the band!

Several years ago I was denied because of my weight. I weighed 240 at the time (not my highest). I wonder if the same company would deny me now that I have a normal weight, but have lapband. It might be worth it for me to apply with them again.

I had coffee in the early morning. Late morning I had a small piece of pumpkin pie. At about 1pm I had a glass of white wine, then on a salad plate I had about a tablespoon or 2 of potatoes, 2 T. green beens with velveeta, a bit of yams and a bit of cranberry sauce. Then I went and stood in line at Toys-R-Us for 3 hours for the early black friday sale ..... drank a cup of coffee on the way .....ate a bag of M&Ms while in line (bad girl) ................drank a small ready made yogurt smoothie at 12:45am ......off to bed now

I'm glad you are unstuck. Maybe you can think of some creative liquids for Thanksgiving...... Pumpkin spice latte ? Pumpkin spice protein shake? Egg nog?

I had a hiatial hernia repair during the lapband surgery too. It is very common for obese people to have them.

I hope you are doing better this morning. If not, I agree with the folks that said you better see if you can get in with the doc. I just hope they didn't close down early for the holiday. I'm not sure if many E.R.s know what they are doing when it comes to the band. Are you taking other meds whole?

You may not be stuck anymore, just swollen. It feels different though. Does it feel like something is stuck? Like still slime and pain?

Oh gosh Cheri, I have never been stuck that long. All I can think of is papaya enzyme or pineapple juice. Remember ice cold helps any human tissue swelling go down. This is why they have athletes put ice on injuries. A slush helped me when I was swolen. (go slow)

Surgery is scary no matter what, but your chances of having a better life and living longer are better with the surgery. Many Many more people have died from obesity related conditions than from lapband surgery.

Oh geez .... sorry to hear this happened. I do hear pretty positive things about the sleeve. Keep us posted.

Great idea. I may try it some other time too. (not so sure about the small bowel tho...lol ...just giving you a hard time)

I guess do whatever you need to do to make the band journey work for you. For me, it really seems to be too much trouble to go to those lengths, but I did not have the same issues. I learned pretty quickly, with trial and error, to chew every bite and eat slower. If the timer helps you, go for it.

My avatar pic and my profile pic used to be different. Can we no longer do it that way?

This will be my 3rd Thanksgiving with the band. I plan out my day so I can have a little bit of each of the things I want. It may sound a bit crazy, but this plan includes pumpkin pie for breakfast ... lol, it's the only time it fits in. It worked out well the last 2 years, so my plan will stay about the same. I actually lost weight during Thanksgiving week the first 2, now I'll just maintain this year doing it the same way.

Water should always flow freely unless you have food in the pouch. It really sounds like you will need another fill or 2 but keep in mind to move ahead with solids very slowly now after your next fill. It sounds like it will get you to the point of having trouble if you don't chew things well.

I agree, you can't really change who people are or how they act. Success is the best revenge. Keep your eye on the prize.

Wow! Kristina, your weightloss looks great on you! I am so happy for you!

No, this has not happened to me. This does not sound right at all. Why are they making you wait a week to see your doc? You can't eat anything? That is not going to work for a week. Can you drink protein shakes?

Both my avatar pic and my profile pic are gone......got a new avatar. I had a pic of me in my profile and a hummingbird as my avatar. I ended up with a red x in both and the pics are gone.

Thanks ... got one. Now I don't know where my actual profile pic went.

I think many of us have this same fear. What if I can't change? What if the band doesn't work for me? I can only speak from my own experience. The band has given me no choice. I reached me green zone very early in the process and I simply can not over eat. I still have chocolate. I just had some yesterday. I just don't live on the stuff. In my experience, with proper restriction, if you have a significant amount of weight to lose the band works very well. My eating habits have changed with very little thought or effort on my part. There are quite a few foods I can no longer tolerate and that is a good thing because they are the foods that made me obese. I no longer even miss those foods.

I have to disagree somewhat. Some people have to work hard, I don't. Some people can still eat burgers, fries and pizza, I can't. It has been sort of a magic fix all for me. The thing is, a person doesn't really know how the band will work for them until they are already banded.

Go get your teeth cleaned. It really may help quite a bit. You may have a bad taste in your mouth and bad breath from your body being in ketosis for awhile.

I asked a dermatoligist this sort of question just yesterday. Biotin is the only thing that has shown any true results in studies. Even the studies show it doesn't work for everyone. As for my own experience, I started taking biotin before I had surgery and I still lost a great deal of hair (40% at least). I tried everything from shampoos to, vits., extra protein, even rogain. Nothing was going to help. I have fine thin hair and it just had to run the course. It took quite awhile, but my hair is back to it's normal thickness. Now I take the hair-skin-nails chews from GNC.