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Thank you all for your supportive responses. Toomuchfun -I feel that if I wait until my life is in order I will never do the right thing by me and give up completely on my health. It does not look like my stuff is clearing up anytime soon so i will have to live with what it is despite how sucky it is. Anyway I do know how to persevere I am a fighter I am just trying to figure out what route to take. I was actually thinking about having some fluid out and seeing if it puts me in a better place. I am not losing with what I have in it so dont think it will hurt much. I appreciate all of you!! thank you your encouragement literally brought tears to my eyes!

Here is my crazy story. I had the band done Nov of 2010. I have not had any crazy problems but the band has been getting on my nerves lately. I initially lost about 30 pounds and then my life had a big crisis hit..the stress is near killing me and I started eating crap and of course gained weight. I am working 4 part time jobs to keep my family afloat, i have two young kids and no time to take care of myself. Anyway i find it so hard to eat lately, it hurts and the crap food is so much easier to eat. I have been to the doctore but is not much help. I feel like i vomit about twice a week but i avoid the good food for me since it is hard to eat it and i dont have relaxing time to eat slowly non stressed. I hate never getting the normal full feeling, sick of the lump in the throat and pain in the chest, sick of the being afraid of certain foods, plus i feel bloated all the time and gassy. Then i have been hearing all the horror stories about the band and cancer and then i get anxiety thinking i have a ticking time bomb inside of me. sometimes i really truly regret getting this, It was a waste of time and money and heart ache. I feel like i was losing better without this thing in me and feeling better also. I want it out most days but not even sure if insurance will cover it. Any ideas suggestions??? Mot sure what to do. thanks in advance!

I was wondering if anyone out there has done medifast with the band. I just ordered my first month and I am really praying it will give me the structure i need. I will be doing the 5 and 1 which is 5 medifast products and i lean and green meal.. thanks....

I hate to be gloom and doom but I really think tha I have given up onmyself and this surgery. I had it done november of 2010 and I did lose about 40 pounds. I had a major life crisis hit and my ife has not been the same since and since that point about 1 year ago my weight loss has ended and the ain started I am up now half of what I lost and I am so mad at myself. I feel like I went though this whole process to just fail at this also. I feel like this was just another failed weight loss attempt. I am in a rocky marriage, i have two kids work about 50 hours a week and can not find the time to take care of myself, and when i do have the the time i dont have the energy or the desire. I think that i have a decent amount of fluid in my band to the point where i can get stuck on certain things but yet other things, maily junk goes down so easy! I am afraid i stetched my pouch at times, i at times also wished i never got this thing now its one more thing for me to worry about going wrong inmy body! I need to get on track, i need a buddy, i need some advice to pick myself up somehow and move on in the right direction.....not sure if there is hope for me though..maybe i am destined to be like this....

i was told that mine was a stoma spasm..i get the pain also sometimes but it is random and i could follow all of the rules and it would not make a difference. i had a small amount of fluid removed and it has gotten a little better. my kind of feels like a stuck pin with the food going down but its not stuck.....same way with me also after a few painful bites then i could at times be fine. hormones also back the band feel tighter i was told

Hi everyone well I had my surgery Nov 15 of last year and have lost about 35 pounds ..only problem is , is that my life has got really complicated and stressful (more so than before) and I started putting myself on the back burner again and hello weight gain! So my question is I need a diet plan or some sort of structure to follow..I ma to free for all now..I can eat most anything still.....Please I would love any ideas. The doc told me two shakes and one small meal ....I dont know if that would keep me full..what do you all do and think is a good food plan????? And for those of you who have been really successful what worked for you in the losing phase of this process???

I feel your pain because ice cream has been my complete downfall lately. My husband is not home on the weekend nights due to work so when the kids go to sleep I am lonley bored and looking for some comfort int he ice cream! I need an alternative as well and have been searching around my dad said to try to eat pop corn instead..any ideas out there?

Hi everyone! I have two questions for all of you banders. the first is I am finding it very hard not to eat at night my husband works on the weekends and I am all by myself. After I put the kids to bed I am bored and lonely and all I want to do is eat! Please any ideas or surggestions would be greatly appreciated! Also I am so gassy and bloated everytime I eat I am 8 months post op and wondering if anyone else experiences this. Thanks!

I love jay robb also no after taste..sometimes i put some sf ff pudding powder in the chocolate to make it a little stronger.

I was banded in Nov and I have lost about 38 pounds I feel like a failure also like it should be more but Ineed to remind myself of what I have lost and keep pushing ahead

Just from hearing your story I think that you are amazing! I am going through much stress now and a crazy marriage and so on and I find it very difficult to care for myself the way I should. But you found the courage to fight cancer and you can fight the little bit of extra weight as well. You are beautiful ! Dont ever let yourself forget that!

thanks everyone I am trying so hard to keep positive! I appreciate that you guys all offered positive words and did not attack me! I will keep trying and if anyone is interested in a buddy I could use one also!

Hi everyone. I was banded in November of 2011 about 7 monhs ago and I have only lost about 35-40 pounds. I can og course eat all the bad foods and the good foods are as little harder to eat. I do occassioanlly get stuck and I also get shoulder pain when i eat a little too much or get stuck or sometimes even on the first bite. I think I have about 7.5 cc's in a 10 cc band. I think if i get more I will be stuck all of the time and if i get some out i will be hungry b/c I feel now like it does very little to help me. I am starting to feel like this band is a sham and part of me is regretting doing it. I I am still fat but now have scars on my stomache for when and if i do lose the weight and also now i always have to worry about this foreign object in my body. I wish I could have just done this on my own and had faith in myself to just do it! I dont mean to be so negative i dont want to be i want to believe that this was the right thing for me I just need a puch LOL. THANKS!

you look great How long did it take you to lose the 50? I lost 35 and feel like I still look the same! LOL

thank you guys for all of your responses!