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and I'm gonna eat it !! Hope everyone is having a good Easter!

It is not trapped air from surgery. That only lasts a couple days at most. It is pressure on your phrenic nerve. Mine was very bad for quite a few months, but then pretty much stopped unless I eat a couple bites too much. I think after I dropped about 45 pounds the pressure wasn't so bad. I used menthol pain Patches from Walmart at night and that seemed to help quite a bit. Maybe since it happens after you eat you need to watch for a more subtle full signal than the one stopping you now. If I eat until I feel satisfied, it is sometimes too much. Now I stop when I have a mild loss of interest in the type of food I'm eating at the time. There was a great bandster here at LBT (elfiepoo ,she doesn't post here now) who had her band removed because it was causing constant pressure on the phrenic nerve and the pain every day was just too much. I hope you find a way to avoid the shoulder pain. I know it is very hard to deal with. Two years is a long time if it happens often.

Much of the sweet spot / green zone / restriction thing depends on the size of the band and the thickness of the tissue and fat that is inside the opening of the band. I reached my sweet spot with fill #2 (a total of 5,3cc in a 10cc band) and dropped 100 pounds in 1 year with that. I am now at 5.7cc.

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In general, it's 1/2c. For me it means 1/2c chewed solid food. For example, when I go to Chili's I drink a glass of wine or a margarita (drinking all of it before my first bite of food) and have a bowl of Soup. (they have very good soup) Depending on the type of soup, I can eat the entire bowl which is more than 1/2c, but when I reach 1/2c of the solid parts I get my full signal.

Dr. Weaver in the Denver area is under $9,000

I'm having the same trouble and a few other problems. I got a new laptop for Christmas and am unable to post with it and the last few posts on threads are on top of each other along with adds so I can't even read. That is on a brand new computer that has seen very little use.

I have told everyone from day one and in over 2 1/2 years have only heard one sort of negative comment. I have dealt with negative comments from people throughout my life though. I have found the best way to deal with negativity is to let it roll off me like Water off a duck's ass. Be the duck! Life is too short to deal with negative stuff.

Her new reality show starts tonight I think. It will be interesting to see how much lapband stuff they show and talk about.

So happy for you Jaqui!

Much of this information by the OP is misinformation. I have been banded since July 2009 and have not spent my time in Dr.'s offices and never made a trip to the ER. I could go on point by point, but it sounds like the OP has made a choice and I support that.

Much of this information by the OP is misinformation. I have been banded since July 2009 and have not spent my time in Dr.'s offices and never made a trip to the ER. I could go on point by point, but it sounds like the OP has made a choice and I support that.

Doesn't it feel great!? It really does make it all worth it! .....happy for you!

I'm so happy for you Jacqui ! It's so nice to hear about a surgery that has gone as well as this one sounds!

During the first half or so of your weightloss your body can be in Ketosis and it can cause all sorts of body odor including vaginal. google it oh, sorry, just looked back.....you say no odor? it could be related to hairloss too. Is the hair on your head thinning?

I've been in maintenance for about a year now and would never remove a drop unless I had no choice due to a medical problem. In fact I have had a couple tiny maintenance fills. For me, staying in the green zone keeps my weight in check. My weight stays the same within a pound with very little effort.

The anesthesia always does this to me after surgeries (I've had 4). I think I also have trouble with opiates and I forgot they bothered me. They gave me liquid vicodin for post-op pain med ....uggh! I took the vicodin that first night and then remembered the stuff makes me feel like crap, so I stopped taking it. I found that the post-op pain was not bad at that point. What I did was keep a large ice pack on my belly (high and to the left) and found that helped quite a bit with keeping the swelling down. As soon as the anesthesia got out of my system more, the nausea was much better. Is your pain bad enough that you really need to take something? Have you tried Adult liquid Tylenol? It is key to stay hydrated. Can you keep liquids down by taking very tiny sips often? If so, try to sip on some liquid Jello. Just mix up the jello like normal, but don't put it in the fridge to jell. Save some out to sip on. It also works very well to decrease the nausea feeling. As each day passes you will be doing better.......hang in there

I agree with Dulci.

40 lbs in a week sounds like a danger sign to me. With that much fluid building up so fast you could be in real trouble. if it were me I would call the surgeon's office first thing in the morning and tell them you need to be seen ASAP. I would not wait for Monday. I would also just show up at the office if you can not get phone contact. The nutritionist is not the person you need to see.

Night reflux is a sign of being too tight in many cases. Have you tried going to get .1 or .2 taken out to see if it solves the problem? or Maybe you have a hiatial hernia? .....just tossing a couple thoughts out there....

LOL, been there, done that! I hope there isn't a next time for you, but if there is use our friend cocobean's trick. As you run to the toilet grab one of those paper seat covers, wad it up and throw it in the water first. It doesn't splash back so bad. (public restroom)

I don't think your post sounded gripy or bitchy really. I do understand. Your rules just may be very different than other's. I think most of us were a do or die situation. Some may not realize just how bad off we were/are. If we reach a BMI that is morbidly obese ........ the word "morbid" should be indication it is do or die. I started with a BMI just over 43 and that is well in to the morbid range. I'm now sitting in the normal range! wooo hooo! (but I could still die tomorrow)

Your stomach is on the left. It may be something as simple as taking one bite too many. You may also find that things shift a bit after you drop a few more pounds and the feeling will go away.

They put in 2.7cc during my surgery and I had 2 fills after that (total of 5.3cc) to bring me to my sweet spot. That worked up to my one year mark. I have had a couple tiny fills since and am now at 5.7cc, I think. It may only take a tiny bit more to get you where you want to be. Pay attention to the foods you have been stuck with and your chewing. You may find there are some foods you just can no longer tolerate. Since surgery, and no matter my restriction level, I just can't eat some things. The best way to judge restriction is if you can eat a small portion and not be hungry for several hours.

I like the lemonade one , yes with water. I don't drink them much now, but they are a nice change from the milky ones. So I get fewer lumps , I mix the powder real good with a tiny bit of water first, then add more water and sometimes ice.