Gummiebear

I had a fill a few weeks ago. I felt rather alot of tightness in my back and chest about a week after. Occassionally I am still having the tightness. I have never really had this problem before. I did call the doctor but at the time it had went away. Now its back. I wonder if I need to Relearn how to eat because in the Whole time I have had my band (2006)I have never had any problems eating whatever I wanted and I have never had to do the whole drink slowly thing. I can swollow everything just fine. Foods like onions and peppers I could eat before now give me gas. Its just I feel alot of pressure in my throat/chest/back. One thing my doctor mentioned that that maybe I am having espogeal spasms.. I really dont know much about that. I wonder if it sounds like that could be my issue. or maybe I am just finally at some kind of max resitriction and need to eat better or maybe I am a tad too tight? Any input would be great.

I went to the doctors the other day and they told me we would have to start watching my port because it seems the stitches never held and my port is just floating around on its own. I didnt ever get much scar tissue either I guess. Anyone else ever had that happen? I have had my band for 2 years BTW. Also, some of my Fluid has depleated over time, I am not sure how much really but I have less in there then I did 10 months ago when I last went for a fill. She didnt specify how much. I am not sure if thats typical because I was always told that you didnt lose fluid and now I am hearing that you can lose some over time.. IDK..

I have Lupus and sometimes when it acts up I have arthitis in parts of my body or sometimes my entire body. Today its in my knees and I dont feel like I can walk hardly at all. Plus I have been sleeping almost all day long this last week because I get really tierd. So I havent been getting much exercize at all. I wonder if I should try to suck it up and gimp my way through my walks or if that it anti-productive really. I am sure alot of people have arthitis and try to exercize anyway. Am I being a wimp? lol

In our area they say it does. The rule is One hour before school and one hour after school u can not get into any trouble even off school property.

Ok is it just me or is this crazy. Our schools policy is that if you are in 2 fights in one year (even walking home from school) and even if your just defending yourself and didnt start the fight you are out for 90 days. Basically the kid is going to have to repeat thier grade level. And this isnt just for older kids it applies to little kids. My son is the smart brainy type so basically het gets picked on a bit and he was in one fight already this year where he was defending himself and was suspended. Then apparently yesterday a kid pushed him over the side of the over pass by the freeway when he was walking home from school and he didnt fight back but there's still a chance he could be suspended for 90 days. This is rediculous!!! Kids who are the victoms are being punished. And what do they want these kids who get picked on to do...Stand there and get the tar beat out of them so they dont get kicked out of school.

I do the family affair thing. I walk with my kids to school (instead of driving them) which is a mile and a half one way then I walk home. My kids are really entertaining and we have lots to talk about while were walking. Not only am I getting the exercize I need they are getting some aswell. And we have quality time together.

WOW I cant believe how awesome you men look. Good Job.

excuse my spelling my keyboard sucks and so does my spelling lol

Ok so through-out this whole process I have never admitted to myself that I have a problem. I have moaned and groaned to myself about how my restriction isnt good and I haven't lost my last 20-25 pounds. But I came to the realization that I am choosing to be over weight. I now know the band isnt going to do all of the work for me. I choose to eat too much.. I choose to not exersize enough.. I choose to let my hubby sabatosh me.. I dont have to do any of it. I dont have to eat food because its around and I can exersize more. So I have decided today to choose to be thin. No matter how hard it is and even if my band doesnt work as well as other people, I can do it anyway. I dont need great restriction to get off my ass and move around more. So what have I been waiting for? I suppose inside I wasnt really ready but I am choosing to be ready today and tomarrow and the next day. Restriction or not

There is a branch of the Mormon church that broke off LONG ago and they do practice polygamy but LDS people (Mormons) we do not consider them a part of our church. Also Mormons Do consider themselves Christans, we believe in Christ. I know its hard for non-LDS people to not generalize us into a lump with other churches that call themselves Mormon but religion is one of those thing most people dont understand every aspect of every religion. There are just too many. As for Polygamy many other countries practice this regularly as part of thier culture. Speaking for my own feelings on the matter, I could never see myself being in a situation like this. If I were raised that way maybe I would feel different but I am way too jealous to handle anything like that. As for Polygamy in the US I think it can be a hardship for our country seeing as many of the people (not all) put there wives and children on Welfare to help keep thier families running.

Snowbird, My doctors guildlines are at least 100 pounds over weight I just assumed that it was that way for everyone but as I am learning everyone has there own rules about everything lol. Also you could be right, I dont really understand him. He says he likes girls with bigger butts and boobs but sometimes hes checken out girls that are smaller then me. Ehh men make no sense to me. I do feel like I should help him but everyone is right he has to want to help himself. I hate hearing comments about his weight from people like his co-workers telling me that I am letting him eat too much ect. It really puts me on the defensive. He is in a job where he is driving all day and its really high stress. He almost never gets to eat with the family so I am not servering him food he usually buys it when hes out working which doesnt help because thats mostly junk. He also blames his weight on our decrease in sexual relations. So I know hes thinking about his weight. He sometimes makes comments like, "You dont want to have sex with me because I am fat huh" when the truth is the last few times we have done anything hes the one whos stopped in the middle of whatever and said I cant finish because blah blah blah.....Then he will make up something lame like I didnt feel like you were into it so I didnt want to finish. So confused....whatever the issue is I hope I can get it resolved quickly and he doesnt seem to be helping me out in the communication department.

I am in the same boat as you are. I am a normal (average) size and I still feel like I am really fat. I am also in a size 10 but now I wish I were smaller. My mother-in-law who never has anything nice to say said I was skinny I almost fell over myself. Sometimes I feel like people are saying things like that just to be nice because they are not used to me being smaller.

I wonder if other people have maybe had some of these issues also. Well since I have gotton my band it seems as much weight as I have lost my husband has gained. I really dont know what to do about it either. I dont think he likes being over weight but he doesnt seem to want to do anything about it. I know its hard to lose weight on your own so I hate to say anything to him. When I was really heavy he never said anything to me about it and he always seemed attracted to me no matter how big I was. But at my largest he did have a semi-quazi affair on me and he says it was nothing to do with my size but my attitude at that time. I have chosen to forgive what occured but I cant help to wonder how much it had to do with my weight. I feel like a hippocrit wanting him to lose weight because he was always gracious about me being fat (but then was he really? IDK). I been thinking and thinking over this time and time again. He doesnt support my weight loss because he says he doesnt want me to lose anymore weight. He doesnt want my boobs smaller, he doesnt want my butt smaller. ect ect. But at the same token I am an enabler about his weight because I allow him to eat my left overs all the time and offer to buy him things at the store that he may not have thought about. I decided I am going to start throwing away my extra food and not share my plate with him anymore. I am also going to not offer to buy things at the store for him. If he wants something bad enough he will think of it himself and go buy it. So we have both made mistake. I wonder if I should even say anything to him about his weight. I know how much it hurts when someone says your fat. I have asked him if he wanted to get the lab-Band once but he says he doesnt. I am not even sure if he would qualify because I dont think hes quite even 100 pounds over weight hes prolly more like 70-80. I still have weight to lose myself so who am I to say anything right? I do worry about his health because sometimes his cholesterol gets high and mine has always been low, even when I was fatter. I am so confused about what to do and about how I feel. He has Really large people in his family so I know he has to fight his DNA a bit but maybe he has some kinda emotional issue going on. I just dont know why he continues to gain weight. He also makes comments like "Screw it I am just going to get fatter" then he does. Anyone have any ideas on what I can do.

I can believe some doctor or assistant told them they could eat whatever because thats what happened to me. Also my doctor didnt wait 6 weeks to fill me I was filled in less than 4 weeks. Anyway I hope when something like this happens to someone they can get good advice from the Lap-Band site and learn what most people are told to do. Then use some common sence and think (Hey this doesnt sound right) and ask questions. Hopefully some old timers will respond and tell them whats what. BTW at my doctors office they did a gastric bypass on someone I know. (I didnt know she was going there) Anyway they let her fall off the table during surgery. She also had a stroke and was not informed about it until much later. And she went into a coma after surgery. Then she started to bleed internally and her stomach closed off. She couldnt swallow her own spit. She had another surgery somewhere else to repair the damage. Shes doing ok now but shes suing my doctors office. There was alot more that happened but her medical bills were over a million dollars. Makes u wonder about some of the docs out there. How do u NOT tell a patient they had a stroke during surgery I dont get that and why would she fall off the table /boggles.

I dont think that is a mean post at all. personally. I dont know why there are not clear cut guidlines for everyone either. It gets confusing when alot of people are doing something else and makes u wonder if your method is ok or not. Some docs say one week on liquids post-op, others two weeks, and some do not even do pre-op liquids. I am not sure on the stats of slips but some of it I wonder if it has to do with the band being not very old and there not being alot of data yet. And some of it could be peoples diets also. I actually try to follow the advice of what most people do on the site rather then my personal doctor because these are the people who told me I could eat anything I wanted post-op as long as its not greasy. So I try to make things stricter on myself (just in case). I also find that at my doctors office depending on who I see some people are stricter than others. One person tells you that u can eat anything and another yells at you for eating something that may not have been the best choice. How confusing would that be for someone.

The plain simple truth of why I chose the band was the cost. My insurance only pays 10,000 dollars of Any kinda of weight loss surgery. It was my only affordable option.

I have had quite a few fills but never experienced real restriction from them its just taken me a while. I know I have had some since I have lost almost 100 pounds, but I could eat Alot. I also never felt that stopping point people talk about but I have some of that now finally. Another reason its taken me so long is that I live 400 miles from my doctor so it gets really expensive to get there. So me taking over a year to get good restriction is not typical (Im sure), its just everything had to be really spaced out. GL too you.

I hope you get ur presents out on time but if not maybe let everyone know there was a delay and then get them to them later. It sucks that you may not be able to get the gifts out on time but it will be an extra gift to look forword too after all the Holidays are done. I would be really mad at that place also if I were you.

oops I ment kicked in** (I dunno how to edit lol)

OMG I cannot believe it but I think my fill just kicked it and its been what 3-4 weeks? I tried to eat something that was actually kinda mushy and I couldnt even finish what I put on my plate because I had a kinda stopping point where I knew I couldnt eat anymore and last night I had trouble with a steak. Its like a miracle rofl because i have never felt restricted before (in over a year). I know I have read that it could take up to four weeks for a fill to kick in but I dont think I believed that was possible. =)

I was kinda suprised yesterday when my doctor told me that my walking 30 minuets or so a day was not enough. They told me they want me walking everyday for 60 minuets at least. I really do not like to exercize so its not suprise that I am not excited about kicking it up an extra 30 minuets. But I will do what I have to do. I just didnt realize the exercise recommendations were so much. It used to be that when I was walking only a few days a week they were happy with me, maybe that was because I was just getting started.

Wow applesauce thats a real suprise. I have only really had any trouble with tortillas and really dry chicken. I stay away from soda totally and drinks with calories in it. But I can eat mostly anything else if I wanted.

I am really disappointed, I had my upper GI for my pouch and I finally called them enough for them to give me some answers and come to find out the person who did my upper GI took bad pictures so they cannot tell if everything looks good or not. They want me to travel 400 miles to redo the test with thier people. The big problem is I cannot afford to get this done. I know we all come across hard times occassionally with band expences it just sucks you know. And the tests results for my Gal Bladder were never sent to them even though the hospital garenteed they would be at my doc office before Monday. Anyway I wanted to vent. Thx for listening.

That sucks that happened I couldnt even imagine going through that I would be really scared. Im glad you seem to be ok now but that has to be a little tramatic especially if you ever have to have anything done again.

My stomach hangs every which way. I cant afford a tummy tuck so I will have to live with it everything else is a bit droopy especially my boobs. I wish we had a gym in my town so I could do more weight training type exercises. but I look better than before so thats ok.