andrea0121

I took the generic Pepcids when I was too tight. You can get them at Walgreens or CVS. I'd take 2, and they're chewable so they went down. Only thing that helped me.

I'll have been banded 2 years in December. I'm dealing with it right now too. I'm so freaking tight, I slime on everything....even tea. I dread taking my pills, I have to take 2 in the morning and 2 before bed too. I've had HORRIBLE heartburn at night. I finally broke down and bought Pepcid and that's the only thing that's helped me. This is my TOM but holy crap it's bad this month.

Everyone's doctor's orders are different. I was on soft solids 7 days out of surgery - per my surgeon.

Nothing like being in a meeting and having it get all velociraptor on me.

Oh my goodness. I always enjoyed Shirley's posts. Her family will be in my thoughts.

I did some more snooping, and I think this recipe is pretty darn close to the one I've been looking for. I would use cracker crumbs instead of bread cubes though, might lower the calories as well. I'm going to try it out this week! http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spaghetti-squash-casserole/detail.aspx?lnkid=ARPinIt

Hey ladies!! Well, since my last post in February, I have lost 17lbs!! That last fill has done the trick for me and I'm over my plateau. That's seriously the most I've lost all in one go since getting my band. Carol ann, congrats on being cancer free!!! (my mom's name is carol ann :wub: )

An ex's mom used to make this really thin casserole with spaghetti squash. It was like a crusted parmesean topping with the spaghetti squash and something else as the bottom layer. OMG it was fantastic, if I didn't despise my ex-bf I'd totally hit him up for the recipe. I haven't found anything close to it since then.

Honestly? The surgery is very quick. The only thing a lot of us have trouble with is the gas/air they use to fill us up for laparoscopic surgery. Recovery itself isn't horribly bad either. Just sore. You've had a long road to get to the point you're at, so I would say a big congrats is in order!! You'll be happy with your decision!

Love the title!!! Love the suit!! I too can't wait to go wherever I please to shop. Congrats!!!!

Awesome!!! Hope to join you in the 100 lb loss club too!!

Welp. Tried a plain, no bun all beef hotdog last night. Nope. That sucker killed me for about 4 hours until I finally had to bring it up. I had bad heartburn all night and woke up with it STILL in my pouch. Sucker would not go down. Check that off the list. Yuck.

I have a bf who is an enabler too, except I'm not a sweets addict, I'm a salty and cheesy. adorkbl's post is definitely motivating!! OP, glad to read you're taking steps in the right direction and keep us posted!

Well crap, lol. Don't get discouraged!!! Any loss to me is a good loss, no matter how long it took me to get there. I know for a fact if I hadn't have had the surgery I would have put on at least another 30 lbs.

Hi, I've lost 65lbs. It's taken me 15 months to get to this point and I have at least another 60 to go. I'm a slower loser (I have no thyroid and have PCOS) so don't go by my story, plus it took me forever to get to restriction.