andrea0121

Nelly, I had surgery December 8th. Have 5.5cc in a 9cc band. I'm not at my sweet spot either. I'm STARVING (not mental, but sick feeling...stomach growling [not gurgling]) STARVING. I go tomorrow for a fill hoping for some restriction. I've lost 25lbs by pure willpower for sure. I haven't gotten stuck, slimed or vomited once since surgery. It's crazy!! I hope I'm not 'one of those' either. Keep us posted, I hope you get more restriction eventually too!

Courtney, I lost my only sibling 3 years ago, my little brother. Yesterday would have been his 30th birthday. I so empathize with your pain. When I lost my brother, I didn't really turn to food - I drank myself into oblivion that whole summer. Finally, about 7 months later I had enough and started to really tap into the grief. The loss of your brother is sooooo fresh and so raw right now, it's probably super hard to concentrate and focus on what (in normal circumstances) is a tough road (weight loss). Allow yourself time to grieve. Tackle it day by day, DO NOT beat yourself up over not losing weight. Not now. There will be a time when the smoke clears a little bit and you'll feel like a human being again and you'll recognize what you need to do. I promise. Best of luck to you, sooo sorry for your loss...I totally empathize with you. If you ever need to talk, send me a message. Or find me on facebook. :HUGS: Me and my brother

My surgeon is too. Dr. Chua at Sinai in Milwaukee. I had 3 cc's in my band at surgery. I'm just envious you guys don't have to have the needle hanging out your stomach while they unfill and fill for cc levels. There's something not right about that.

It truly has helped. I hope it stays that way!!!! I was starting to get the crabby hunger back.

Plenty possible....not true at all!!! Some people have legit hunger within weeks if not daysof having the surgery. My stomach wasn't as fatty perhaps as some other stomachs...so the band itself isn't restriction. Please don't say it's plenty possible...if it works for you, fantastic...but it's not that black and white. Congrats on your success.

OH!!! I'm fixed now. Somebody must have fixed me. YAY!!

Hi, I haven' t been on in 2 days, and neither the "View New Content" nor the "View My Content" is working for me. They both say something to the effect of no content to display.

I have no "new posts" even though I haven't been online here in a couple days. I'm ready to throw in the towel.

Got my second fill today. She put in 1.5cc for a total of 5.5 in a 9cc band. Here's to hoping it helps with hunger between meals.

My second fill is Feb 7TH, I'm totally ready for it as well. Re: salad, I love salads! I use a balsamic vinegar dressing all organic and only 60 calories for 2 tablespoons. I eat the greens salad too, not iceberg. Totally not a slider food. Seems to keep me satiated for hours! Still ready for that fill though

You ARE a success story. Dang!!! I was banded 12/8 and have "only" lost 14lbs!!! People need to stop comparing themselves to other posters on the board!!! I was on phentermine about a year before surgery and it took me almost 4 months to lose 20lbs. Some people are slower losers than others. I look at it as at least I'm LOSING, not GAINING 14lbs.

This this this!!! I stayed over night in the hospital and the next morning was given a protein shake and cream of wheat. I didn't really even have a clear liquid stage at all.

My pouch or band must be near a nerve - when I get full I feel it. It starts with a sinus pain on the left side of my face - if I don't stop eating (which is what happened the first time I felt this) I get a horrrrrrrrible headache. Horrible. I've only had it happen 1 time after that because I didn't listen to my body. My surgeon and his PA seems to think it's a nerve and not sure if it will go away with time. As of right now, I don't mind it. It tells me when to STOP!!!!

I had my surgery 12/8, had my first fill 1/7 and my second fill is scheduled for 2/7. I had 3 cc's in from surgery (I have a 9cc LapBand) and got 1 cc put in for my first fill. I have 2 small meals and 2 small snacks a day. I go about 2.5 hrs after eating until I feel physical hunger again.

Congrats on the loss!!! That's awesome. I'm a Packer fan so we'll see ya next weekend.

I don't have anything to add; you guys have the patience of a saint though. The support on this forum is amazing. FF, I wish you could see that people are only trying to help.

I'm 5 weeks post-op and have yet to burp. The tightness in the chest does go away, the only time I feel it now is if I am full...or ate too fast.

Packers and the Patriots! Green bay for the win. (I'm a Packers fan obviously ) as long as the Bears get nowhere I'm a happy camper.

honk, I know I should jump on it now. I'm so paranoid that someone might say or think (heaven forbid) something mean about me. I'm going to look around and see if I can get a membership to our wellness center just for pool usage. Thanks for the heads up about the waterproof MP3 player, that's awesome!!!!

I have nothing pertinent to add, but this cracked me up. My aunt has HORRIBLE rheumatoid arthritis. Horrible....she's had booth her feet broken to try and straighten them out...anyway, swimming is about all she can do and is wonderful for her. I swam competitively all through grade and high school. I was fit as can be, the only time I had any issues was when swimming breaststroke and having my knees pop. Otherwise nothing else ever bothered me. It's wonderful cardio too. I can't wait to get some lbs off and go swimming again.

Awesome awesome awesome. Well done, and thank you for sharing!!!

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/01/tea-party-group-blames-leftist-for-giffords-shooting/69153 Tea Party Group Blames 'Leftist' for Giffords Shooting JAN 9 2011, 1:49 PM ET400 Showing no sign of tamping down on divisive political rhetoric in the wake of the shooting of 20 people that left six dead in Tuscon Saturday, the Tea Party Nation group e-mailed its members Sunday warning them they would be called upon to fight leftists in the days ahead and defend their movement.TPN founder Judson Phillips, in an article linked off the e-mail "The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords and the left's attack on the Tea Party movement," described the shooter as "a leftist lunatic" and Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik as a "leftist sheriff" who "was one of the first to start in on the liberal attack." Phillips urged tea party supporters to blame liberals for the attack on centrist Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was shot through the head and is now fighting for her life, as a means of defending the tea party movement's recent electoral gains. "The hard left is going to try and silence the Tea Party movement by blaming us for this," he wrote. Clinton used the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to "blame conservative talk radio, especially Rush Limbaugh" and "The tactic worked then, backing conservatives off and possibly helping to ensure a second Clinton term." "The left is coming and will hit us hard on this. We need to push back harder with the simple truth. The shooter was a liberal lunatic. Emphasis on both words," he wrote. The Tea Party Nation is the sponsor of the Tea Party Convention at which former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was the keynote speaker in February 2010. "America is ready for another revolution!" Palin told the assembled at the conference, to standing ovations. Other tea party groups took a less combative tone. Tea Party Express Chairwoman Amy Kremer said Saturday her group was "shocked and saddened" by the "terrible tragedy." "These heinous crimes have no place in America, and they are especially grievous when committed against our elected officials. Spirited debate is desirable in our country, but it only should be the clash of ideas," Kremer said in a statement published by the New York Times. "An attack on anyone for political purposes, if that was a factor in this shooting, is an attack on the democratic process. We join with everyone in vociferously condemning it."

OMG that quiche sounds fabulous, yum! I'll have to print that out.

I had my first fill today. I found out I have a 9cc band and had 3cc's in at surgery. She added 1 more today for a total of 4. My Dr numbs it first and then puts the LB needle in. That just felt like pressure. I've lost 9.5 lbs since surgery. I kind of stalled since switching to solid foods. Hopefully with the next couple fills I'll have some restriction and get back to losing. Plus our treadmill came today so I have that to work out on too. Woohoo!

Dave, you just explained my pre-op hunger to the letter. Same thing with post-op. As I'm typing my stomach is growling, I certainly feel hungry...I'm trying to drink water to quiet it up a little bit...but I'm not dyinggggggggggggg. Unfortunately, I only go about 2 hours before starting to get that growling hunger again. It does not take much for the feeling to go away though. I go for my first fill this afternoon so I'm curious to see how that will work for me, maybe I'll be able to go 2.5 hrs instead of 2.