Princess_Gottalose

I drank milk almost the whole time with little protein and was fine..> I am 10 months out and doing great!!!

See if they can schedule them on the same day! My hospital had a bariatric wing to the hospital (which is where i go for all my appts) I had my chest xray, EKG, ultrasound, endoscopy, blood work and some other stuff done all the same day along with several other bandsters. It was like i had a little circuit around the hospital! LOL The only other time i had to take off was for my nutrition appointments... I loved how they had a whole day devoted to the people going into WLS.... I think there was 6 or 7 of us making that round that day! GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!!

I know the feeling! I am 10 months out from surgery! I have lost a total of 64 pounds I look at myself and I am at a weight that i was for years!! So I am asking myself the same question! I have no idea what I will look like weighing less than I am now! And to make it worse my doctor has my goal weight at 138-140... WOW I probably weighed that in the 5th grade!haha! I can NOT imagine what I will look like at that weight!!! I cant wait!!!!!!!!!! BTW Your feet will shrink... I was up to a size 9.5 and I bought a pair of size 7's yesterday WOW haha

I was banded June 21 2010 so I am almost 10 months out... Like you said it gets worse as my fills go up... I have also had someone pat me on the back like a baby to help it come up LOL The things we do! haha

They had me turned where I could see the monitor and it was weird looking at that fluid moving through my band LOL

I have that SAME feeling its awful until the air comes up!!! I have never been one to make myself be able to burp and i have a hard time doing it... Usually i just have to wait till it passes or my body decides to burp! I guess its normal... I am happy with my last fill and feel like i am at the right spot!

In the beginning i always drank when i ate... I'm a good southern NC gal and I got to have my tea too!!!! LOL But now with my last fill i can not drink anything when i eat or it will come up... I think once you get to the right restriction you will absolutely remember not to drink!

I had posted earlier this week about having a stomach virus and not being able to eat! I found the culprit! I thought it was from the virus but my TOM popped up unexpectedly. Dont really know why it started this week but at least I know now thats why I couldnt eat... It always seems that I cant eat the first 2 days of it!!!! I hate not being able to eat because i never lose weight when I dont eat! Today is back to normal and it feels good!!! My band has a mind of its own!!!

I had an upper GI to check for a slip and i didnt have a slip just to tight... I just went to the XRay room and drank some nasty barium mess lol and they watched it going through my band... It wasnt bad!

I started out a 9 9.5 and Now i am down to a size 8!!! Actually some of my 8's are getting kinda loose so I could probably fit into a 7.5!!!!

I had a stomach virus 2 days ago where i threw up pretty violently. Since then it has been hard for me to keep any type of solid food down... I dont think I've slipped because I can drink water and milk just fine... You think it is just swollen from the throwing up? (not to mention i threw up a few times once i tried to eat again) I'm not sure the symptoms of a slip... but like i said i drank a thing of milk this morning just fine and water is going down fine.

Checking in this morning! Down 2.1!! That brings me to 197.7!!! Whoohoo!! Only 7.7 pounds in the challenge to go for me!!!

Breakfast : 1/4 cup of egg beaters and a piece of sausage Lunch: Cabbage with turkey sausage cut up in it Dinner: Grits and bacon snack: cheese stick and a carnation instant breakfast thrown in somewhere My dinner was a little crazy but for some reason i was craving grits haha

I have had this box of clothes in the bottom of my closet since before surgery (June 21 2010) I couldnt even get the pants in this box over my hips then.... Well since I hit 199 this week I said what the hey lets try these clothes on.... and THEY FIT!!!! not to mention some of them are toooooooooo big!!!!! Guess I should have tried them on earlier!!!!!!!!!! Now I have a nice "new" outfit to wear to work tomorrow that actually fits instead of having my clothes fall off of me!!!! I love this band!!!

Your welcome I use to think that "small fills" would be no weight loss.. I am now learning the smaller my fill the better my weight loss! This band has a mind of its own lol and I am finally getting the hang of it!

i cant wait till this batch gets to big! I am a 14 now so I cant WAIT to I get to a 12 then I can shop at my fav stores instead of online!! My bank account better watch out!!! :lol:

I had a 1cc fill and was WAY to tight... Went back they took out .5 cc... still couldnt eat much solid food... so went back for another unfill of .5 cc which took out that whole fill.... Just went back a month ago and this time they added only .25 and YES i can tell a difference... I have steadily lost 1-3 pounds a week since this fill... My fills the doc said from now on would be in very small increments like that

I just started one today! http://2pretty2bfat.blogspot.com/

I'm Nikki I was banded on June 21 2010... Its SO hard to believe it has almost been a year!!! My birthday is June 17 so it was almost like a new birthday for me! I am 24 I started out weighing 260 pounds... I finally hit 199 this week!! Woohoo!! I still have a bit to go as they have my goal weight at 140.... Anything you need just send me a message!

my port is 3 inches above and to the right of my belly button. They stick the needle right in for my fills. I had my surgery June 21 2010 and I had 5 incisions 4 small ones i cant even see any more and one above my belly button (where my port is) thats about 2 inches long... you can see it but its not terrible

This morning I got on the scale and what!? I was 199.8!!!!!!!! ONDERLAND!!!! Yay!! Finally!!!! I havent been that weight in probably 8 or 9 years!!! What a great feeling!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Its a great feeling! The scale hadn't moved it seemed like in forever and the past month is just keeps going!! Woohoo

My surgeon is always the one who fills my band... Every fill appointment I have they schedule with him. They rub some numbing medicine on mine... But when they stick the needle in it just takes a second and it doesnt hurt at all..I have NEVER had them have to move the needle around to find the port. He always gets it right in. i usually leave feeling just as i felt coming in.. I'm sorry yours are painful... might just be the people doing it...

Thanks!!! I was beginning to wonder if this was going to happen! I have stayed the same weight for so long had a fill... then two unfills... then a fill again and FINALLY we have found the sweet spot! I'm so excited!!!!!!

I stayed out of work for about a week... I felt completely fine by the next week! I didnt have an office job then.. I was working at a summer camp and moving around with kids and up and down on the floor playing and did fine after the week!