roiansmom

No, I would not do this again While it works, and I'm not denying that, I hate puking all the time. I mean, all the time. I chew 30-40 times before swallowing, I don't dring with meals, I have yet to eat a cup of food at any one time. I vomit all the time. If I could do this over again, I would not.

No, absolutely not. I would NEVER do this again. I have been nothing but sick for almost 10mos. I throw up constantly. I chew, chew, chew, I don't eat a lot of foods anymore and still I throw up at least once a day, usually more. For the past week I have been throwing up everything. Yesterday I started throwing up liquids. I'll be calling the surgeons office first thing in the morning and once I get in to see him, I'll be setting up a surgery to remove it. It seemed a godsend at first, losing and feeling great, but now, I HATE THIS THING. It's a sad, sad day when I'd rather be fat than deal with this.

Congrats on you fantastic weight loss LapBandit, that amazing! I'm hoping you reach your goal. I am just so excited to be under 300 I can't even imagine being under 200 yet. I spent the majority of my life weighing between 160 and 175 and I just want to get back there. I just try not to focus on it

I'm in :mad: Tax Day Challenge! (April 15th) Week Zero of Eight Name.............................Starting……..Curre nt……..Goal……..To Go Juliegeraci.......................238............. .......238.................228.............10 Lapbandit.......................231............... .....231………….199.............32 Waterlily.........................300............. .......300.................264.............39 Roiansmom.....................299.................... 299.................270.............29

Well I am doing okay YAY. I have found, that even though it's supposedly a nono, the only way I can eat and not vomit immediately after is to drink a little soda. Not too much mind you, but a few sips. It helps me burp and that has changed my eating/vomitting completely. I still can't eat a lot at any given time, but man, I can eat :confused: and I am thrilled. I would have to say that when you can't eat more than three tiny bites of crabmeat without vomitting and then violently heaving nothing, it's a problem. Now with the small sips of the soda, i can eat about half of the crabcake and be full and not vomit. I don't care if it's taboo, it works :grouphug: I feel better than I have in months, and I'm only 1 pound away from the 50 mark!!!

Awesome weight loss :clap2: That's fantastic. Just be careful about being overfilled. I let it go for a few months and just had to have a small unfill because I started vomitting and couldn't eat anything. It took about 2 mos before it was real problem. Again, congrats on the loss!!

In my opinion and during my research, I found that Dr. Michael Nusbaum (works out of St Barnabus and his office is in West Orange) is probably the best surgeon in NJ. His mortality rate is 0, his success rate is amazing and he a great doctor. Also and I find this great, he designed/created/whatever the word is the new"standard" for performing the lapband surgery. His office staff is wonderful and I can not say enough good things about him.

For the most part it hasn't been that difficult for me to follow that rule. Sometimes though, I really need a drink while eating. I have found that hot tea works as long as I don't drink to much and use it as a tool to eat more. Just a few sips seems to do the trick. Good luck to you.

:embarassed: Oh, and he did say I'd probably lose more if I actually started exersizing.

and I haven't felt this good in months I actually ate and it didn't come back up...and I was FULL after about 3/4 cup of food. I think this might just work after all. I have also lost 48 lbs according to my docs records :clap2: I'm having a much better day today

I haven't lost any hair and I am almost 5 months out. Or it honestly could be that since I have so much hair, I don't notice if any is missing

I do it when I remember :cool: Sometimes that's every day of the week, sometimes it's every 3 weeks. I know it sounds weird, but I don't really care what the scale says. I am buying smaller clothes and doing/moving more. I know it's working. I also know I will have to update my ticker That amount was from last month.

Wow, thanks Wheetsin. Now I'm wondering if the problems I've had since the accident have more to do with overusage of Ibuprofen/pain meds/muscle relaxers more than anything else. I'll find out on Friday when I see the surgeon.

It's all very weird to me The worst is when the food I ate today with no problems is a HUGE problem tomorrow. It is so frustrating.

I am going in on Friday to see my surgeon. I have been having a lot of trouble since my last fill in November. I think I need a little unfill. It's gotten worse lately, but I think that is more to do with irritation of the esoph and stoma than anything else. I was also in a car accident last week and am having more trouble since then. I don't think my band slipped, I am able to keep down hot liquids, but can't do anything cold with out spitting it all back up and food is out of the question. I am hoping an unfill and a little less pressure/swelling will do the trick. Keep your fingers crossed.