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Looking for a Southern Buddy!! I was banded Dec. 31, 09 and I've only lost 30 lbs. I just got my fills right 3 weeks ago and I'm having trouble making right food choices. i'm really eating anything I can get down. Anyone else out there from the south that faces the same obsticles, ie: Fried this fried that!! Help:blink:
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I'm glad to hear from you. I have a nursing background, so I also know how to eat properly!! But obviously I did'nt!! :w00t: I was banded Dec 31, 09 and have only lost 28 lbs. :frown: I just got my fills right 1 week ago and now I am really doing what I wished for. i can't eat more than 1/2 cup. Yahoo!!:wink:
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I had my 4th fill 1 wk ago today. For the first few days I could only get liq. down. As the days have passed I been getting better, My hsp & I went out to eat last night and I only got Soup because I was afraid to try anythig else and I did just fine. Today I can eat most anything (in small Qtys of course) so this is really new to me even though my band date was Dec. 31, 09 I am just now at my sweet spot?? Anyone else get better after a week?? Will it get any losser??:w00t:
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I can totally relate!! I just got my fills right after being banded Dec. 29, 09. I am so afraid to eat in public. I never know when I will get plugged!!! It is not a pretty sight, oh my!! My hsb. loves to eat out, but I've told him to give a little while to get use to this. Let me know if yours gets better.:thumbup:
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You sound just like me. I was banded Dec. 31, 09. lost 15 lbs the first 2 weeks, Been getting fills every 2 months with hardly any restriction. and only losing another 8 lbs. :thumbup: I went yesterday for another fill and I got too much!!:thumbup: I drank some Water after I got in my car and it came up through my nose!!!! Yuk !!! :biggrin: So I wen't back in the Dr. Office and they removed some and now I have really good restriction. I have found out this is a strange thing getting it right. I did not have good restriction @ 7.5cc in an 11 cc band. Now I have 8.5 and it's just right.:thumbup:
So hang in there.
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Hey, where in North Al are you?? My hsb's family lives in Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, Decatur and Athens. glad to have you with us. We will be your buddy!!:smile: I went back to my Dr. yesterday for my last fill?? :smile2: I think it maybe too tight. Can't eat more than one bite every 30 min. O'h well maybe thats what I need to jump start me. I've been a slowwww loserrrrr!! Let me know about your progress.
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Hey Nawlins lady, hang in there. It took me 6 months for ins. junk before I got my date. It seemed like forever, now I'm trying to get my fills right. I did not realize it would take so long. I love Dr. Bellanger and staff. I go tommorrow for my last Fill???? lets hope so.
Keep in touch.:scared2:
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I'm so glad to hear from you!! We southerners need to stay in touch! I was banded Dec. 31, 2009. I've only lost 25 lbs. i'm still trying to get my fill right. I live in McComb, Ms about 90 miles north of New Orleans. 18 miles from the La. line. My Dr. is in Gonzaales, La. (Dr. Drake Bellanger) I really like him, but he is taking too long to get my fills right, or maybe I'm just frustrated.:scared2: i can still eat too much!! Let me know how you had such great success!!:cheers2:
Susan
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Hey, I just posted a new thread looking for buddies from the south!! We really need to stick together. As I posted, we face different challenges that the rest of folks. Mainly our coulture and food!! Glad to see ya'll out there. Lets keep in touch. :scared2:
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I really need a buddy from the south. :cheers2: We face different challenges that most of the rest of the country does have to deal with. Mainly Southern Food!!! Fried this fried that, Sweet tea, banana pudding, ect., need I say more?? :tt1:My surgery date was Dec. 31, 2009. I go back to my Dr. for another fill. Still trying to get that right. Been a slow process, and I'm getting discouraged. :scared2: I need others to bond with that are facing the same obsticles.
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I have the Realize Band and it's capacity is 11cc's.. I had my 3rd fill yesterday up to 7.5cc's. I did not feel any restriction untill 6cc. But I think I sti ll need a little more. My Dr. is afraid to give me too much cause he said i may not be able to swallow my own spit!! Yuk, yuk!!! I guess everyone is different. i have a friend that has 5cc's and is doing great. Go figure. :redface:
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Hey yal'l!! How many Ms Banders are out there. I'm in McComb. Banded Dec. 29, 2009, and I've only lost 26 lbs, but I will get another fill tomorrow. Yahoo!! I hope this helps. I can still eat too much. I also need to make better choices!!!. Let me hear from yal'l so we can support each other.:scared2:
Susan in McComb
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thanks for the motivation!! I was getting quite discouraged. I have an appt Apr. 28 for my 3rd fill. I hope this is it!! I'll let you know. Thanks again for the encouragement.
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I am getting very frustrated!! hope this next fill does the trick. I had so much hope for this to help me to get control. Let me know how you are doing.
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Hey, I'm a slow loser too. I was banded on 12-30-09. I lost 15 lbs the first 2 weeks while I was on liquids, but only lost 3 lbs in the next 4 weeks waiting for my first fill. I returned 3 weeks later for my second fill and had only lost 3 more lbs. I can eat anything I want and fairly large amts. I hope my next fill makes a greater difference.!! My Dr. seems to be ok with my loses but I'm not.
Need Lap Band Buddy / Mentor Looking for a Southern Buddy!!
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I live in McComb, Ms, approx 90 miles due north of new orleans. Just over the MS/LA line. I would love to have a buddy from the same region as me. I think we face different challenges than other folks. Don't you?? When is your surgery date??