Rosie Sue

For me it happens if I overeat or i get stuck. It hits me in the neck, shoulder and the worst one is when it hits me in the back!. But as I learn It's getting better, I make sure not to overeat. (chips are the worst, very painful food, i see them and get scared now, so i guess it's a good thing!)

Of course we've talked about it. His grown children from a previous mariage talked to him about it (they don't come around much because of it) He knows he has a problem, admits it, but won't get help for it. He keeps saying he's too old to change. I think he's too scared to change. After 15 years if it, and watching it get worse, I've had enough, life is too short for all this waiting.

For me, eating is an ADDICTION. Telling you to stop eating after 1/2 cup is like telling an alcoholic to stop after 1 sip. WE have to eat to live, we need food. it's not like just stop going to the liquor store. I got the band because i needed HELP. I agree with you that if you're not feeling restriction, whats the use having the band? I couldn't do it on my own before. I really really need the help. I'm not losing much, but i'm always looking forward to a good fill that will give me restriction and actually make me feel FULL after that /2 cup of food. i beleive it's out there, i just need patience and not lose my mind when i'm having a hard time with no restriction. hang in there with me shurmeka, we're truly in the same boat. we'll get there eventually!

Hang in there. I havent lost much either (3-5 lbs in 2 months) i've had to fills and now have 5cc in a 10 cc band, and it's not enough, i still dont have enough restriction at all. i can eat over a cup of food if i eat slow enough. i know thats the choice i make, i can't stop myself, so i lose SLOW. i go for a fill in 3 weeks and i will be lucky if i'm down a pound. of course i dont exercise as much as i should. i want to be realistic about this, i know i wont be a gym person or a marathon runner, so why dump money into it now so i can fizzle out of it in 6 months. if i lose slow, i figure it will be a normal slow, not a run around with my head cut off, exercise freak, fast losing different me. i want to stay me, but in a smaller body. does that make sense? anyways, i just hope my next fill will be the ticket. good luck shurmeka.

I have 5 cc in a 10cc band and it's not enough for me yet. i can eat over 8oz some days, and i can gulp water just like before the band. I slime at least once a day, but thats because of poor choices on my part. i still have 3 weeks to go before my 3rd fill.

You sound like me. Things are going slow for me. I've been banded 2 months and i've been bouncing around the same 5 pounds. But i got my 2nd fill last week and WHAT A DIFFERENCE. Now i have restriction. I was very sore too in the beginning, i couldnt sleep very well, i'd get up in the middle of the night and cry because of the pain especially to my back. But it took about a month to get back to normal. Now i have to learn not to cheat on my band. i have to stop eating 'sliders' as in chips, pie, shakes....it's all up to me now. the first fill did nothing for me. nothing. but the 2nd one is helping a lot. Please don't get discouraged, it will get better. I was where you are and now i'm back to normal.

oh, and i've had my first fill a few weeks ago, didn't do a thing for me. no restriction. and i can pretty much eat anything. i get my next fill next week so hopefully i will be able to eat less. it's frustrating, but we're all in the same boat. we must have patience (how can i grow patience?!?!?)

I had to check the user on this blog, I thought I'd written it!. I've been banded almost 2 months, and lost about 3 lbs since surgery (20 pre-op) I've been very dissapointed, but i have to admit i wasn't giving my all in this. Only the beginning of this week have i started counting my calories ( iHATE THAT) and i noticed that even though i wasn't eating much, way way less than before, i was still getting in close to 4000 calories! now that i've cut down to about 1200-1300 calories a day, i've started losing, i've gone down a good 3-4 lbs!! plus i also have to admit that i'm not exercising through this, that would help if i did, but i'm stilll the fat girl inside, even with the band. so it's not an easy road and the band surely is a tool. i guess i'll have to get off my butt & work at it. Good luck, let me know how it goes.

Thanks guys. Yes I used to be strong, but with the help of my lapband, i feel i'll come out of this a new stronger person with more confidence than before.

Don't turn back, in the long run you won't regret it! I questioned myself too, I was laying on the operating table, and I kept saying to myself "what are you doing?!?" And after when it was all done, I still said to myself "what did you do?!?" But now, 7 weeks out, I have no regrets whatsoever! I'm eating less, have absolutely no pain, and i feel GREAT about myself! I want to shout from the rooftop I LOST OVER 20 LBS!! And the best part is knowing more weight will come off. You're lucky, you have support, I had told NO ONE, not the husband, kids, family, friends...It was a personal thing i was going through, i did it for ME and didn't want anyone saying it was a bad idea. And i would do it all over again in a heartbeat! Keep us posted!

Yup, atlantic Canada here, where are you at?

You talked about this with me on my blog. You sound like the same thing I had. I think all it was for me was heartburn. My pain was in the same spot yours is. when I took zantac 75 for the heartburn, my backpain was GONE. I had pain for a MONTH, DAILY, until i took the heartburn meds. check out my blog, i explained it a bit more. Let me know how it goes OK?

Kathleenh, I've had back pain since waking from surgery. In the hospital I was asking for pain meds, not for the surgery but for my back. That was a month ago. After that I had back pain daily. When the incisions healed and the swelling went down, i started paying attention to my body, and I figured that when i ate too much, even just a little over, i had back pain. Then I took zantac 75 for heartburn, and i haven't had any back pain since. no more pain. I am also on solids, i don't know what difference it's making, but i'm just glad to be free of the constant aching pain. what was heartburn probably felt like back pain for me, it was all aligned with my band too, all in the same area. i am seeing the doctor next week because of this, but i feel so much better now, i;m a whole new person, really. Today i had so much energy, i like my band even more, and all the songs on the radio were great! life was good today! Don't give up, it WILL get better!, and keep close contact with the june bugs, it's a great pack of people and great help!

There's a dr. savoie in bathurst, and a lady doctor in moncton, don't remember her name... Did you get your band in TO? What a pain to drive all that way for a filll! good luck, hope you find a place in NB!

Well, I got the call and they've upped my appointment/fill one week. They think it's spasms that has me in such pain. oh well, we'll see, hope it's as simple as that.

YOU CAN DO IT RO-RO! (see, I also talk to myself!) lol

Ok, I know. I also have to stop being so NEGATIVE! tHE WEIGHT WILL START TO FALL OFF SOON!