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Hi everyone. I have just moved to Vancouver and am looking for a bariatric doctor to continue my post op lapband with. I found one doctor through a private clinic, but they want a 5 year fixed term with a pre-pay of $5000. This seems unrealistic to me. I had my surgery done in Mexico. Is there anyone out there that can recommend a good follow-up doc? Thanks,

I still have my gallbladder and the pain is higher in the front than my port.

I am getting pain today and nauseated when I lay on my side or on my stomach. Anyone else have this before? When I am on my back not nearly as bad!!

I should also add that I am getting a "little" bit of discomfort when I eat. I will contact my docto, but he lives 1500 miles away, as I am in a remote area.

I should also add that I am getting a "little" bit of discomfort when I eat. I will contact my doctor, but he lives 1500 miles away, as I am in a remote area.

Since my last fill all was going well and the weight was coming off. All of a sudden I find the weight loss has come to a halt the past 3 weeks, and I notice a couple of changes. I get heart burn almost every night now when I lay down in bed and when I eat it does not feel like I have the same restriction I had a few weeks ago. There is stil some restriction, but it does not seem as much. Can any one shed some light?

I have really started to focus on this in the past month. It is easier than you think. Although I will have a coffee with my oatmeal in the morning as I know that I am at the office and that is all I have until lunch anyway. When I am home or in public I will not drink as I know the cupboards are close by and ordering more food at a restaurant is easy. Seems to work for me. Adjust it as you see fit.

I do not think the band is too tight as I am eating okay. It only happens when I work out and drink water. I do not have an issue drinking water throughout the day. I wonder maybe if it is the type of foods I am eating for dinner that night as I tend to work out at 8pm or so?

I have been going to the gym for the past week. I do about an hour of the eliptical. I get the worst heartburn during, but especially after the workout. I also get terrible heartburn when I drink water. I make sure it is 3 hours plus after I eat before I hit the gym. Anyone else experience this and have any suggestions?

Thanks ladies for the messages. Your support is greatly appreciated. I am the only one with a band in the town I live (that I know of), so it is hard to garner support in this neck of the woods. I really need to get back on the wagon and am going to start at it today!!!

I feel like a complete failure. I have avoided this website for 8 months now because I have not lost much weight with my band. My diet sux. I was so pumped at the beginning and lost 40lbs. I am still down 40 and have gained nothing back, but have not lost more. I know I need to have another fill done but my diet is the pits. I eat terrible calories like ice cream and chocolate bars as they are easy to swallow. I know the first thing everyone will say is well you know what is wrong, so fix it. I am having a really tough time and would like someone to chat with to get through this and get back on track. I just needed to vent as I am so frsutrated with myself that I have not lost a pound in 12 months now!!!

Well here is the situation...I am banded and last weekend got stuck a couple of times and was quick sick trying to get it back up. I did get it up no problem, but I found the next day my stomach was not feeling well and I was also getting pains in my sides. I have noticed I can now eat a lot less and still have a nauseated feeling after I eat. It has been 5 days now. I am having diarrhea and just feel like I have the flu. Maybe it is the flu or maybe something wrong with the band? I live a 3 hour flight from the closest band doc, so going in for a routine check up is not that easy. Any thoughts?

I am up here for work. This city is the diamond capital of North America and there is a lot of mining happening, so it is about $$$$, that's why most people move here!! Also the fishing is pretty damn good :-)

Thanks Gals for the replies. The biggest thing is, I am looking for someone to stay in daily contact via email to chat about how things are going. Almost like a motivational director :-) I am not a slow loser....I am gaining, which to me is even worse. I live in Yellowknife, which is in the Northwest Territories, Canada, so even more remote than much of Alaska!!

Ok, so I am 4.5 months post op. How has the weight loss gone since surgery you ask? Well I have put on 15 of the 30lbs I lost pre-op. I am having a hard go at this. I can eat what I want and am never feeling full after eating. I have had one fill only and it was only 2.5cc's in a 14cc band (there was 3cc's in surgery so I have 5.5cc's now). I live a 2.5 hour flight from my closest fill centre so getting down for another fill is a bit of a challenge...but I will get another the end of October. The town I live in is small and quite remote and there are no support groups or even people with the lapband. I am hoping there is someone on here that would like to become almost a pen pal by email so we can work together and track each others progress. This site is great, but I find there are sometimes too many opinions that vary from one extreme to another. I just want to meet someone that is going through the same thing and have that support from someone who understands this process. Let me know what you think.