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I also had a small amount of shoulder pain, but it went away. This past week my mother who has not had lapband surgery started to have the same type of pain 3 days later we rushed her to the emergency room she thought she was having a heart attack, form the pain. She had really bad shoulder pain and it hurt when she breathed sometimes and under her arm and down her arm hurt too. Well she had some call flursy(sp) I have no idea how to spell it but it is when a a little sac under your lung gets infected sometimes it gets liquid in it also. They gave her antibodics (sp) and some pain pills. It might be worth a trip to the Dr. and it can bee gone in 3 or 4 days.

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I am 2 lbs away for being fifty lost but I was banded 3 months before you. You did great I started at 250 and now 202. waiting for those 2 lbs to leave. again congratulations!

Fire&spice: I drink coffe everyday, no problems

Look at amazon.com, I bought about 6 different ones from there. Cheri

I believe that all life is a gift from God and he loves all children no matter how they made it into the world. He has a plan for every baby. I think abortion is a sin, not a unforgivable sin but a sin. God gives life and is the only one who should take one. Just my belief.

Momof4monkeys: got your private message not sure if I anwered you are not. But my brother passed away a few days ago and so next week will try to get with Janice and see when she can meet. We do need to meet. Also i am so sorry about your slippage i will be praying it returns to normal. Cheri

A couple of us are still meeting. We try to just get in touch with everyone and see when we can work it all out. My brother just passed away on the 30th so I have not tried to get together with everyone so far this month. Will try to next week. Try to set something up towards the end of the month. I will get in touch with anyone who showed interest.

You just have to stop eating more than you should even if you can. Measure your food out until you start losing again. I can eat more than I should be we just have to stop even if the band does not stop us until we hit the right spot. Sometimes we just have to go on will power

Don't waste your money go to walmart or target and get the bigger ball to exercise on. I was very dissappointed when I ordered mine.

december 30 my brother (40 years old) overdosed on vicoden. Last night he died. Too much vicoden put him in complete liver failure and made him bleed internally faster than they could put blood in him. He was an organ donor but every organ was too damage from the drugs they could only take his tissue and bones. He went from fine to coma and death. Please pray for his family he had a wife and a 20 year old son. His death was gory and hard to watch he would have never wanted to die that way or have anyone see him like that. Take prescription drugs and anything with acetaminophen only as directed. Cheri

I would suggest to you to get some counseling. It has helped me so much. Although I still struggle with things I learned alot about myself . . . things that I was carrying around and had no idea. I went through my church association. But there are a lot of places that offer a sliding scale for counseling. We spent a lot of money to fix our outsides . . . what could be more important than our mental health. Trust me it is good to talk it out and learn coping skills to help you. Good luck!!

It has been a great experience for me. I would do it again in a minute. Life is still the same except now you have hope that once you lose the weight you will not regain it. You have to change how you eat some mostly the first couple of months is hard but after that is is so normal. I can eat whatever I want most times with no problems. I am healthier now because I workout everyday. If you have done your research and are willing to make some changes then I think this is for you. Let me know how it goes. We all had anxiety before surgery!!

I was told to crush all meds from now on. I did this for 2 months and then quit because it was too nasty. I drink coffee or tea in the morning to help open up the band some then cut my pills in half. You can buy pill spliter at walmart real cheap. The only thing is that time-released meds can not be cut in half or crushed! Talk to your pharmcey about that. But you should be able to swallow pills just take them one at a time. I know that is not what my Dr said but I did bend the rule on that. I should tell you do what your Dr says. Drink a lot of Water but not with a straw. No Straws!! No carbonated waters either or soda. I kissed diet coke goodbye 5½ ago. You will do fine. Private message me any time. Cheri

Wow 6ccs. I have had 3 fills in 5½ months and I am only at 3ccs and I do have restriction. Give it some more time and it might kick in. My Dr does fills under floro everytime. Does yours?

ParrotHeadCathy, Melinco, Minimeme, don't stop answering people's posts because what you say is just as important as what the Thread Starter has to say. I learn a lot from every one's point of view and so do others. Just take the good from each post or thread and ignore the rest.

I also suffer from clinical depression and have been banded 5½ months, lost 44 lbs. no problems with band. Depression is worse sometimes than before surgery but I was having panic attacks several times a week and have only had 2 since surgery with no change of meds. Losing weight makes me happy but my depression is deeper than that. I have done 2½ counseling and try to use my meds and coping skills. Hope that helps!

Don't feel bad I gained 3 lbs and I too was dissapointed in my behavior. I ate somethings I had no business eating but let my emotions rule over what I ate. But today is a new day and I am going to return to the right type of thinking and follow the rules just like I did for the last 5 months. Forgive yourself and take it one day at a time until it seems normal again. Good luck to you. You can get back on track just remember probably a lot of us are doing it along with you. You are not alone!!!! Cheri

God blessed me this Holiday season. By letting me enjoy it even though my depression is so very bad right now. He is with us always! Good times and trying times! I am so glad I am never totally alone. God is good!!!

Drive the 100 miles. I drive 50 one way in bumper to bumper traffic most times it is worth it

Down 2 this week did not make goal.

For the first 3 months I crushed everything. But now I just take them. I take all mine in the morning after I had some coffee so the band is not so tight. So far no trouble. If you can cut them in half do it, if not you should be able to take them. My Dr. wants me to crush everything but I just can't do it . . . . taste too terrible

Down 2.4 lbs this week after 2 weeks of no weight loss.

I really have to use discipline with my lap band otherwise I would still eat whatever I can. I look at it this way I have to work really hard to lose it and then I am hoping the band will make it easier to maintain it. But yes I have to use discipline. I have not had a diet coke in 5 months to me that is discipline I miss my diet coke. I am so sorry for all of you who have had so much trouble. You all scare me to death that it could be me at anytime along the path. Right now I am stalled for 2 weeks even though I am doing everything and I think what if that is it 41 lbs is all I am going to lose and it is scary. I wish they had a better way to know how certian people will respond to the different type of surgeries because we are paying alot of money for this. Cheri

You need a fill to help you along. You can do it again, but why not get a fill to help your “Tool” help you. Good luck and keep us posted Cheri