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I am not a swallower either so I dont think that would fill your pouch but it does get my gag reflex going just thinking about swallowing that. I just wanted to add though that before band sex was good WHEN I was in the mood now its great and the mood never ends. ANY TIME ANY PLACE ANY WHERE. just another band gift.

I feel like you are all singing my song here. I am exactly the same 2 years banded and its still that way. Just something I have to deal with for the advantages of the weight loss. Ive grown used to it.

It will take a few days for the gas to dissipate but the walking will help. The gas-x and malox did nothing for me just had to wait it out.

My Dr. gave me a sippy cup after surgery and told me to use it for the first week. It was a 6 oz cup I think. He said one sip from it about every 15 min. It was to help keep the size of sips small enough not to fill full so fast. Try that it may help.

Wow you have done great. Congrats on the family too! I wish you luck with the tummy tuck and glad you found the site now for miantenence support.

My DR said no solids 2hrs before but liquids are o.k He also told me one day that lots of people eat alot before a fill because they are goung to be on liquids the next few days. He said that they always kow when you do because he can tell with the fluro. Since then I always fast beforea fill I just dont want him to think Im a pig .

Dont be ashamed to go see your Dr. as you can see from all the responses to your pot you are not the only one. I lost 35lbs gained that back ant then 50 more before I got the courage to face my Dr. the worst thing he said to me was why did I not come in sooner that he was there just for things like this. I wanted to lose some befor I went back to see him but the weight just kept piling on. Dont do like me and let it get to far out of hand before you get back in for a adjustment!!I am now back on track and have lost 93lbs since Nov. so I know you can do it too. Dont give up!!

It will all happen in time for all of us. I can wear my seat belt with out it pulling at my neck and smashing my boobs! And even though its still the plus department I shop in I can find something to buy! NOW All Im waiting on is my big gut to get as Flat as my butt!!

I just wanted to say hello to everyone I have been reading on the forum since my surgery in Dec. 2007 but this is my first time to post.I just wanted to share my story a little so here it goes. I had my surgery at 334lbs and lost 15 the first 2 weeks post op :smile:Then struggled up and down 10lbs here and there then I was laid off from my job and gained all back and more:thumbdown: I was at my highest weight ever @376lbs when I guess I had the aah!haa! moment I should have had a year earlier. Better late than never! Now Im on track and have lost 95lbs since Nov this year:smile::bored: I almost gave up and had my band removed because I was not losing the weight I wanted to. Now I realize my band was not the problem It was my head all along and I had to use the band to help me and not wait on It to do the job itself. So to anyone discouraged out there I understand and can say you are notalone just hang in there and make it happen for yourself

I am so glad I finally got it had a follow up wed. and am 7lbs away from being down 100lbs since Nov. So if any one out there is struggling it can be done no matter how much time has passed It took over a year to get going but Im doing it it is possible!

It sounds like you have pretty good restriction if thats all you can eat for the day. I to think that you may need more calories. I am a creature of habbit and will eat the same thing every day for weeks sometimes. So usually for me just switching from the pepperoni to soup would break my platue.

ERIN18 I think you have done great not to gain more weight than you have and that you have lost the weight you did needing a fill. Alot of poeple could not have done that well me included. however I thik what others are trying to say is to put something else off a little while and take care of the band issue first. Not the dentist though because your teeth are just as important! As for your Drs attitude lots of them just have a bad bedside manner without knowing it they see hundreds of patients a day. I think you will figure out something to get this all worked out but untill then try not to stress so much

hi! Im from North Alabama like naynayto2 said not to many of us here but I would be glad to be a friend

I think everyone has gsve you some great advice. I just wanted to let you know I have been in the same spot but I waited a whole year to get a fill and gained over 50lbs back.If I would have ask my Dr he probally would have done the fill and took payments but I was so stressed and to embarrased to ask now I wish I would have.I have had to lose the 50lbs for the second time.You are doing really well to keep from gaining but if you dont get a fill It can get worse. Just talk to him the worst they can say is no and if he is in this to really help his patients Im sure you will get a yes.

Im not saying to unfill for every trip or vaction but I sure wish I had. One day of not enough sent me on a downward slope with my band and it took days to fix. I did not fly I drove on my trip. Its just harder to keep up with things when your trying to have a good time. I do agree that we have to learn that holidays and vacations should be focused aroun food. But reality is when your in those situations thats what it is. I got through Thanksgiving and Christmas fine but traviling was a whole different story. Its just a personal choice. Do what you thinks best and it will be the right one for you.

Dont let the scale rule you. weighing once a week was some good advise I had to take to. 2years out from surgery I still weigh on every Mon morning but i do sometimes step on thursdays just to keep myself in check. Now changes dont bother me to much. Its just a number. Usually if I have a 5-6ld gain its from water retention because I cant let go of the salt shaker. Just have pacience you will be back on track when you get more fills

I was told by Dr to only eat 1/2 cup at a time.3 hrs between but if I felt full befor 1/2 cup stop. I have to admit though when I eat soup I do eat alot more than 1/2 cup. As for the Burping I had that Problem For first 8 mo. really loud burps starting from deep in my stomach Dr said to try to learn to breath out through the nose while swallowing. Really hard to do but it really helps.

I had just started losing really fast at Christmas and we took a trip to Mexico. I wanted to have a slight unfill but opted not to because things wrer finally going well with the weight loss. The day we left things wrer great but when we went to dinner I noticed my band seemed alot tighter. About 1 hr later we had to stop on the side of the interstate so I could Throw up.It only got worse from there. The first 4 days of our trip I could not eat anything sometimes water would even come back up.I was miserable. I sipped cofee in the mornings and water the rest of the day but just had to sit and watch the rest of the family eat when we went for meals. I wish I would have unfilled I would havw gained Im sure but it couldnt have been so much I would have been to discouraged. I lost 10lbs in 7 days but i would have enjoyed my self more if I could have eaten something. Next trip I plan on getting a unfill I know I can Start Over when I get home. If you decide to stay filled just make sure you stay on top of the water drinking I think that is what started my ordeal.

i to have had this happen several time then usually I will drop 5lbs the next time i step on the scale. ive learned to increase my calories for a few days then drop them back down and that seems to help alot.

I just wanted to say I to feal like I was a failier I have had my band a little over 2 years I lost about 36lbs then after I was laid off from my job I gained that back plus 50 more. I feel like I just started over this Nov. when I decided I had enough. I am determined to do this! I went in for a fill 43lbs heavier than the day I had my surgery. I was so embarrasing:blushing: the Dr was more understanding than I thought he would be. Now Im down 91lbs as of 5/5 So dont give up you can get back on track and do it:thumbup:Just keep at it. its not as easy as some think it is with this band.

i had to move on to thidker liquids early on because i to felt very hungry and sooo tired of jello and apple juice try some tomato soup or cream of chicken. My friend had the surgery 6 mo. before me and she suggested potato soup. that was the real life saver.:thumbup:

Im 2 years out and have the same issue before lap band winter and summer I froze the husband and kids to death and now Im cold or comfortable and they are burning up.