Surby

This is such an interesting post!! Strangely, I can eat ANYTHING except cereal and scrambled eggs. Go figure!

Oh I so remember having a hard time with the pre-op diet AND the first few weeks post-op. Taking it one day at a time is good advice, and I even literally had to think ONE HOUR at a time! I really like the Unjury chocolate protein powder mixed w/ skim milk. I blend it w/ ice in my smoothie maker sometimes, too. You can order it online, and it comes quickly. Good luck!

Oh my gosh, I posted a very similar thread just a little while ago. I was unfilled after an overfill b/c I was going out of the country and was having terrible reflux. During that time, my mother was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer and passed away Dec. 17. I have gained 20 pounds, and I hate the thought of going in for a fill. How embarrassing!! I think we're taking a step in the right direction just getting on LapBand Talk. I'm already feeling a little encouraged. I'm going to try to go ahead and cut portions in half again and walk a little every day. Maybe little baby steps will help!!

Zofran is your friend. Call the doc and get some! No more vomiting!

I was banded 08/06 and was doing fairly well. I was overfilled for several months and was going out of the country, so I got completely unfilled (June 08). Since then, my mother was diagnosed w/ breast cancer that had spread to her liver, and she passed away Dec. 17. During this dilemma, I have gained TWENTY POUNDS!! How could I have let this happen?? Now I am too humilated to go back to get filled again. Someone please help me!!!

My surgery was 11 months ago, I've had 5 fills, and I have only PB'ed one time. I scarfed down some trail mix kinda early in the morning, and back up it came. I made it to the bathroom that was filled with HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS! It was quite funny, but it didn't feel too good!

I suppose that my restriction is really the question....... I feel that maybe if I had the right restriction that I would NOT be able to eat certain things. After 5 fills, I would think that I would've reached my "sweet spot." My surgeon won't say how much fluid I have in my band, so I'm clueless there! They have all been performed under fluoro, so I am assuming the band is OK. I have learned A LOT of self-control as well. I NEVER EVER eat anything sweet anymore, and my taste for them is almost completely gone. It's awesome!

I've never had a problem drinking from a straw. Sorry, but in restaurants, I'm not about to put my mouth on the rim of a cup! Ugh!

Are there other Bandsters out there who can eat ANYTHING?? I'm approaching my 1 year bandiversary (Aug), and I've had 5 fills. I feel a little tight, but I can still eat absolutely ANYTHING..... thick crust pizza, burger with bun, sandwich with bread, rolls, shrimp....... you name it. Am I the only one? I've lost around 60 pounds, but it is very frustrating!

OK, so I'm now terrified that I have a slip. I just returned from spending 2 weeks at the beach, and I think I overate every night. I have had 5 fills (my doc's staff refuse to tell how much of a fill I have), but I can still eat absolutely anything. I ate a lot of shrimp almost every night. I don't know what happened to me. I was just out of control. Now I'm having some pain, some tightness (which I never experience), and lots of nightime reflux. I'm trying to live on SlimFast for a few days to see what happens. Any advice????

I remember reading something about a nerve (maybe called "vagus" nerve?) that is somehow linked to the area where our bands are located that causes referred pain in the left shoulder. That's why I'm here now.... to research it. I had a HORRIBLE episode with left shoulder pain today for about 3 hours. TOM is here, and I'm really reallly tight, so I think my scrambled egg got stuck.

I've been doing that lately as well, but I've quit drinking water or anything around 6:00. I get so thirsty, but it's what I have to do. After just reading Dr. C's post about that being a sign of slippage, I'm terrified!

Dr. C, you're da bomb!! I keep hearing about pouch stretching..... does that contribute to a slip as well??

Add me to the list! My doc fixed my hiatal hernia, and I haven't had ONE BOUT of reflux/heatburn since. It is AWESOME! Find another doc!

Unfortunately, after 5 fills, I can STILL eat ANYTHING I want, and if I were to really try, I could still eat a lot; HOWEVER, I have an amazing control over my food intake now. I was an incredible sugar-consumer, and now I eat almost no sugar. I just don't want it like I used to. The lifestyle changes are amazing, and I'm SOOO much more confident. I'm hoping for a little more restriction with my next fill. I've lost 55 pounds, but I'm almost to my one year bandiversary, so I gotta get on the ball!!

No problems for me with wine......... I also have margaritas a couple times a month with no problems. Just empty calories, but sometimes worth it!

I FINALLY did it! 198.5 this morning!! WOOO HOOOO! I hope the scale wasn't wrong. I didn't give it a second chance! It has been a LOOONG time since I've been in ONEDERLAND!!!

I have NO TROUBLE at all with lettuce, and I'm pretty restricted. I eat a salad for lunch every single day. I'm loving the new Southwest salad from McDonalds. I use a minimal amount of the dressing on it, and it's YUMMY (get the grilled chicken on it).

K@T, if I'm not mistaken, SRA is published by McGraw Hill, and it's more of a packaged product rather than a theory or strategy. I'm thinking that it's directed instruction, which typically translates into a scripted program. I'm sure that if you searched McGraw-Hill's website, you could read about it. Good luck!!!

Vegas would be AWESOME because it's the cheapest place to go as far as accomodations and travel!!! Let's do it!!!!!!!!!!

After surgery, I didn't have much pain, but I felt HORRIBLE for a little over a week. I was very very weak and vomited up saliva often. I was apparently very swollen around the band and not much would go down. I felt like I was going to die. Then it was all great after that! Be aggressive with your fills because that's the key. My doc is very conservative, and it took 5 fills and MONTHS of waiting to get the right restriction. Also, you MUST exercise....... the weight loss will be so much better if you do!!! The fills aren't bad at all....... just a little pressure from the needle popping in the port. GOOD LUCK!

Unjury products are GREAT!!! I love the chocolate protein powder!!

Love this thread!!! I'm an assistant principal at a high school with around 1200 kids. I used to be a reading specialist....... I've taught everything from 1st grade to 5th grade and Reading Recovery. I see my job as a benefit because I often only have time for a few bites of lunch and I drink water throughout the day. That's a little difficult because I often go from 6:30-3:30 without going to the bathroom!! Wild wild days!! Let's keep this thread going! It's great!

I really really regret telling so many people, and if I'd known things wouldn't change that much, I wouldn't have! I did tell people that I was having hiatal hernia surgery and that my esophogus was damaged from so much reflux (all true), so that's the reason for the dietary changes (especially because I was the world's biggest Diet Coke addict and everyone knew that)...... I haven't had a carbonated beverage since Aug. 26!!! I still eat out with my group of friends and I eat much less but I do eat many of the same things that I did before. If you don't make a big deal out of it, they likely won't either! GOOD LUCK!

CONGRATS to you all!!!! I'm at 200, and I was SO hoping for even a .5 pound loss so I could get the "1" today........ no such luck!! Probably because I had a margarita last night! The weirdest thing..... I haven't had one in a long long time, and it usually takes 2 for me to feel loopy. After 1/2 of one last night, I was in la la land! Very strange!! Here's looking forward to the "1"!!!