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are you at or were you at your goal weight. Yes you need a fill. That is what the band is there for , but you have to use it . Not to be mean but there is no way i would have allowed myself to gain 20 lbs with out getting a fill before hand , unless there are circumstances where you could not get a fill for some reason . Your just causing a yo yo affect and there is no reason for it w/ the band . for instance, I get fills when i start to be able to eat a lot. Some people get them when they can eat a lot AND are not losing weight , some get them when they can eat a lot and teh weight loss stops. I chose to not weight for the wieght loss to even slow down and get them just when i can eat alot. Again it does sound like you need a fill . In my opinion , unless your at or near goal ( and even then ) there is no reason to NOT get fills when your gaining weight . Good luck Mindy

are you seeing a doctor ? Mindy

Have you had any fills between then and now ? It does sound like you need a fill. That is the great part about the band. its a tool , just use it when you need it ! Mindy

i still think ground beef is one of those things that you need to ask your doc if you can have or not . Its a go either way thing, i think if you puree it its better but i would still check w/ the doc !

Careful w/ Crackers, some docs say they are ok but they can gum up and get stuck . But the chili and cheese is AWESOME i lived on taht stuff. !

I go in tomorrow at 345 to see my doc, I am going to ask him to check my band under Flouro ! So we'll see. I will SMACK HIM If he wants to totally unfill me though !! LMAO I just had that done in June late July ! So CROSS YOUR FINGERS NO TOTAL Unfill , SLIGHT Unfill i'll live with but TOTAL i'll beg scream and kick !!!

I know i am late on this , but if you are still looking , I used Dr Jorge Rincon , he's in San Antonio but only 45 mintues from Austin , he's awesome. I cant tell you how great he is . I looked into some of the austin docs and was not impressed, plus being self pay they were quite a bit more expensive than Dr Rincon . I am happy to give you more info if you like. His self pay price is $12,000 includes 6 months of fills and follow up care. his website is .: Welcome to San Antonio Weight Loss :. I am down 110 pds in less than a yr ( im a yr out now but I lost 105 in 10 months ) he's great !! Mindy

WOW they want to charge $600 a FILL ? Holy Crap ! Where do you live ? I dont blame ya then. I was just wondering about that . At the very least i would call and talk to your doc . W/ the GERD it might be something that is caused by that if your on meds your meds might need to be adjusted a bit , if your on meds then maybe you can start to get on it for the GERD. I would start by talking to your doc. Have yo spoken to them about a cheaper fill ? My doc doesnt even charge that much for patients he see's that were banded in mexico . that's ridiculous !! Good luck let me know if you need anything . Mindy

Mary the link Susan gave is the link i was telling you about last night ( I just emailed it to you too ) it has some really good ideas in it. You can do the last few weeks of the post op diet you will do great ! hang in there ! Mindy

You may need another slight unfill, What i consider my sweet spot and what others consider I think might be 2 different things. BUT what i consider is when I have decent restriction can eat solid Proteins comfortably and I am losing weight. HOWEVER that Sweet sport goes away as you lose weight. So just becasue you have not gotten there yet does NOT MEAN you cant get it back. Also you have had your band for 2 yrs and only had 3 fills ? Now as if your too tight or not ? the best thing to do is call your doc , I have ALWAYS found ( and I have issues too , I am VERY sensitive to fills i have had more unfills than fills ) that if I THINK Im too tight i probably am . BUT Slight unfills are not necessarily going to make you lose total restriction. So i would discuss it w/ your doc. Mindy

Did your docs office give you a list of suggestions for each stage ? each doc has a different idea of what is ok . Its best to ask them . Email me if you want i can give you some more suggestions that might help ? Mindy

I think you should ask your doctor to be more specific as to what he wants you on and for how long ? each doc is different. My doc requires 3 days of each phase (Clear Liquids , full liquids, mushies , semi solids ) after each FILL and unfill no matter what ) others require no liquids , others requires 24 hours and so on . So I think you should ask your doc to be specific ! mindy

You do not have cysts all the time. I have had sonograms and had no cysts and I have had them and had as many as 110 cysts in each ovary , If you have a sono and have none go back a different time of the month and you will have them . Chances are they just never caught the cysts when you went in for a sono. Th eproblem is since people w/ PCOS do not know typically when the ovulate you cant go in of or a sono to check for cysts at the right times. HTH Mindy

I was diagnosed as a teen I was 110 pounds when i was diagnosed. Like i said before. PCOS Is SYMPTOMATIC if you have the majority of symptoms you have PCOS .

Just a quick update. I took my meds this am fine, that's usually a good or bad sign if my meds do or do not get stuck. My topamax is the size of a birth control pill so if that sucker gets stuck i have issues. And it went down fine this am ! So looks like i'll be in the office on Monday . Thanks for everyon'es help Mindy

The same thing happened to me . I lost the majority of my sweet tooth ( I still have a tiny one lol) during my pre op and post op diet. Once i started on my "regular " food intake and had gone at that point 10 weeks w/ out "bad " carbs I realized how much better i felt and how little crap i craved. So i thought " Why start that again " . I realized just how TRUE that was when i was totally unfilled and ate the carbs again and felt like crap . its not for everyone but Its worked for me and I think its a part of my weight loss. Mindy

thank you Susan , I really appreciate your input. I am very careful to not keep myself too tight. My last fill was 8-25-08 and I did not have any issues w/ it at all. And when i threw up it was not really violent but its the amount of times i have done it since then that concerns me. My other concern that I watn to bring up to him is that I do not get stuck , meaning when some people get stuck and stay stuck , I dont, I throw up . (PB) because of my esophagus problems, i just throw up I have to work and work and work to NOT throw up . SO I need to see if there is ANYTHING I can do to fix that ? Thanks again i'll keep ya'll updated !! Mindy

thanks Kat, I am sorry you had to go through all that. I am doing fine on liquids, I can drink Bolthouse fine, I just had some Soup . And even some ice cream ( Mixed it up well so it was liquidy ) . The last time I called told him " I cant keep liquids down " I was in his office an hour later. he is quick and does not mess around. he'll see me in his office on the weekend. I promise if i thought i was in trouble i would be in there now . But I think im good until Monday on liquids. BUT I will go First thing Monday to get the unfill or see waht he says to do I do want the band checked though to make sure im good Thanks so much ya'll ! Mindy

thank you Susan for answering my post. no he has not done a flouro last time he was not at all worried about a slip . He did however totally unfill me because i was getting acid reflux , it just started that day . He wants me to come in Monday , unless I start to not be able to keep liquids down and he'll have me in this weekend, But right now im fine on liquids, I want him to check under flouro to make sure the band is ok. Just to make me feel better and he will , he's great about that. My band becomes aggervated so easily and i become so swollen so easily its hard to know .. I have kept him informed , i waited about a week before i called him , But he's informed know's what's going and he's great. So i'll be in there Monday unless things change drastically . I have always heard " OH You will KNOW when your band slips " BUT Throwing up as much as i have lately I KNOW is a iffy thing . BUT I also know that MOST Slips can be fixed by unfills. do you know what caused yoru slipps ? Or what lead up to them ? So thanks for the help Mindy

Curious. why do you need inspiration for a fill ? have you not been getting them ? Welcome to the board ! Mindy

Anyone have an input for me ?

GIRL call those insurance people. its ok to bug them !!

Ok I have been dreading this post ! First a little background. My doc discovered that I am VERY sensitive to fills due to an esphogial problem that I did not know I had caused from YEARS of throwing up from migraines. So .25cc's of a fill for me is like 1cc . I can get tight very easily and quickly. For the most part If i get a fill i find out im too tight in about 7 days go in get a slight unfill im fine. No biggie. IF I PB however I have a tendency to swell as well very quickly and it takes me a bit longer to recover than "norm" So to now, About 3 weeks ago i threw up pretty good. Got swollen went on liquids did ok for a few days , then started all over again ( put my self back on liquids every time i PBed , Finally called the doc on Monday , he said go back on liquids for 3 more days call me Wed if your not better. I did told him im good , can keep things down fine, He said progress to mushies, I did today , I PUREED CHILI and IM STUCK !! I basiclaly have not had solid food in almost a month now. Should i be worried i have a slip ? I have a call in to my doc , he is going to want to see me Monday , this was my second fill BTW ( last month ) from a total unfill ( From the same thing ) back in June ! Im very worried, scared and frustrated, Im only 20 pds from goal !! and now this ? Any thoughts ? Sorry so long Mindy

GOOD LUCK To you !! I hope your doing well Stacy !! You should be a loser by now !!! Mindy

A- which is not very common so wonder what the hell that means LOL Also I do NOT Count anything, Unless I stop losing which has only happened to me once in over a yr. I do not count carbs, I do not count protein , I simple watch what i eat. I think going on "Diets" after the band is just silly ! Mindy