GhostDog

Going for another fill tomorrow.

I've developed a "fear of fills"....

I had one early fill experience before I knew to fast b4 & after the fill---it was very unpleasant.

I'm mostly scared that I won't be able to take all my Rx's--and also of that horrible feeling of stuff "getting stuck"

Yes i guess i'm a weirdo:crying:

i'm trying to see if this ticker thing i created works

i'm no expert by any means, but i have realized that fills/unfills/restriction is a very iffy process and different for each person.

i wish my dr would put a little less in. b/c someitmes i have to go back for unfill. :smile:

anyway...just some inf

Hi folks. i'm trying to get back on track and believe it or not i JUST found out about portable calorie/fitness trackers.

I just ordered a CalPal, but am also interested in a fitness monitor. the GoFit is a little pricey for me.

What features are most important? Heart rate, calories burned, target zone?

any help is appreciated:blink:

hi.

my first fill was done under fluoroscopy i guess to make sure everything was OK

all the rest of my adjustments have been done in his office with no problems.

you can look up my threads for backstory.

i am really a failure at this and don't know how to get out of this mess.

it's gotten so bad i'm even ashamed to post on support forums.

I've only lost about 40# since 1/09 and have completely fallen off the wagon. :frown:

i'm disgusted at hearing me make the same excuses ive made for 30yrs.

right now i have 5.2cc in a 10cc band, and i'm going to call for another adjustment see if i can get in next week.

*sigh*

I have exact same issue. My mouth gets extremely dry during the night---i have to wake up to take a drink at least 4 times. i also get a horrible taste in my mouth where i didn't used to.

going tomorrow for my 3rd or 4th fill.

i think i'm about 4.7 cc right now.

Last time he filled to 5cc---i had to get an emergency unfill--i panicked b/c i could not take my RX medicines.

SO i'm very scared about tomorrow. If he fills it too tight--i won't be able to get it changed probably until next week.

also--i've not been doing well and i hate being lectured. i know i have failed miserably.

Did i panic too soon after 5cc?

Can anyone please help?

thanks

G:eek:

PS i have the Standard Size Lap Band--10cc size

WOW that's incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good for you!!!!

I'm 5'3 and currently weigh 243 (down from my high of 307 a couple of years ago)

has anyone used this?

i need something that will generate a whole week's worth of meals for me according to my nutritional needs.

thanks

I don't get fluro fills either. well he did a floro right after surgery to make sure it was working right.

I don't under why ppl keep telling me it's "head hunger" when my stomach is growling so loud that literally my co-workers can hear it, and i have PHYSICAL sensation of what you feel when you are hungy---ie, rumbling, tumbling, buzzing growling in the area below my diaphragm and above my navel.

Can someone point me to definitive information (scientific) that distinguishes this type of hunger?

I appreciate everyone's respone to my somewhat tortured posts.

thanks

GD:blink:

Happy2Lose:

i was banded 1/30/2009

10cc band

i'm female 54 yrs old.

gd

i am an EPIC FAIL so far.

i'm 54, banded 1/30/2009, weigh 243 (down from a high of 306 2 yrs ago)

I have only lost 35lbs with the band.

I need to lose 100lbs

thanks:frown:

the last time i saw my dr back in august 09 he told me i needed to be on an 800 calorie diet.

anyone else on 800?

GD

without going into my long whiney story:

I have a 10cc standard size band

I've had 2 fills, an unfill, and a refill.

I think i have something like 4.75cc right now.

My dr does not seem to be able to do anything in .25cc increments. it's either 50ccs or nothing.

I was very tight at 5cc....maybe i just panicked tho, and should have waited a week.

i really really need to get back on track and i'm ashamed to go back to his office, have him lecture me for the 100th time.

i'm so hungry all the time just like before surgery and i can eat way too much.

i'm very sad and dissapointed with myself most of all

thanks:confused: