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I am sooooo close to under 200...I am 201.4....getting there..slowly....I am seeing the scale go down.....but been at 200.8 to 202 for week now... waiting to see the scale go 199.9

I burp when I may have eaten too fast or a little too much...also after drinking water I do also...I tell people it is one of the "new" me features

I will be one month out an dI go tomorrow to see doc..not sure he will fill..but was wondering if anyone has yet to be filled

Is there a card that states we need to be offered the ability to eat off the kids menu?

I was banded a month ago and I ate a spoonfuls of chili and i have been suffering all day....I go see the doc tomorrow and that is my number one question..MY back pain is mid back and i have rumblings also in the lowee abdomen I cannot belch or let go of gas...I feel like I have entrapped something and the whole area is just all jammed up(so to speak),,, I have had Water but nothing else since the chili earlier.... What confuses me is that I had chili 2 days before that and not an issue...i have been keeping a food journal and when I get this back pain*sometimes chest pain also...I have had this pain mainly in the mornings, but yesterday it was dinner.. I am thinking this is normal....but I plan to ask doc

OH WOW......JUST SPECTULAR for what u have done....gives me great hope

MY doctor stated that he did not place any saline in the band during surgery...I did read the operative report and it is noted that he "primed" the band...what does this mean? Thanks

So IF I am 3 weeks ouut..have not been filled and I am struggling to get the caloiries about or at 1000..I am getting in on average 600-700 calories. I have also found eating even soft food(eggs) in the morning hurts me...my back and chest have pressure and this lasted for a couple hours. So I am thinking no fill for me till I can get the feeling of hunger and also the lack of pain on eating simple soft foods... I am going to start a protien shake in the mornings to see if that will not create the pain

Just hit home for me so much..I lost alot of weight when I was 40 years old and kept it off for 12 years and now I am three weeks post op and am not able to drop the weight even with the surgery(so far) then I did when I was 40 and I am glad you wrote this as I am so in need of a prospective of what I can do now versus what I did then...I am older and need to realize my body is going to react to the surgery and my metabolism is not where it was when I was 40. I thank u

I am going in Monday for a post op visit. Not for a fill..I am just wondering if I can go without one for a long period of time...that is, I am three weeks post op...he said that he did not fill the band at all...I still feel restriction...I ate tonight some pasta(angel hair) had less then a cup...and I am now having chest and back spasms....

Hi, I am interested in the calorie count when eating so called normal foods. I am keeping a food journal and I wanted to see what others are doing as far as calories. I have been doing less then 1000 calories a day and I am 3 weeks out Thanks

Thanks to all..I am not hungry much...maybe later in the evening after I have eaten at lets say 6pm and i am awake at 11p..I get a hunger feeling...

I am three weeks out today..I am still feeling some restriction due to swelling of surgery. I am scheduled to have a fill next week.. I am debating whether or not to get it filled...even filled at all. I wanted to know if anyone had a band and never got it filled Thanks

NO, Ia m in the good old USA....but thanks for the info... Might be the same here for all I know..

Hi, IS there anyone out there that has medicare and had a fill? Does Medicare cover the fill? Thanks

Much better today....taking it easy and not eating any solids today....had mashed sweet potato and soup....

Thanks for the advice....I do wait and chew...but maybe I took too much of a forkful and that is the problem..

I am feeling a bit better....will do the liquids for the rest of the day... what is strange, is that the band has NO saline in it..as I do not get filled for another 12 days...wondering if this continues will I need a fill?

I am 23 days post op....I had today turkey deli slices...I chopped the turkey up into extremely small pieces, atr slowly, no drinking till I was done. The amount of turkey was maybe a palm of hand portion.. I then had all the stuck symptoms...chest pressure, back pain, shoulder pain.....this has lasted for over 3 hours...the main pain in the back is still there...I have been sipping Water..and the water trinkles down and then the pressure starts all over again.. Has anyone had this scenario happen??? what do I do next? Thanks

going to get one that is for sure..last night I screamed as the sudden pain just stabbed me.....bending over is a no no...

waist binder? I do not have that..maybe that will help...wher did u get one?

I have to hold my abdomen if I lean down as leaning over makes me feel the sudden pain...I am trying to figure out what not to do as far as movement....I even read where a person bought a abdominal binder to secure the area...

I am three weeks out....no more gas.....

Hi, I have lost 8 pounds.. The jeans I have been wearing before surgery(they fit), I am not able to get them buttoned at the top...what gives? anyone else have this issue? Am I full of it? LOL Thanks

I am starting to feel not alone...that is soooo important to me.....because if i was an anomaly, I would be in deep depression, thinking why me...but as it turns out...we are all facing the same issues here...I so wish I could NOT step on the scale...LOL...would make my day so much more forward thinking...I get on the scale and I want to scream.... I am three weeks and a day out from surgery...no fill in the band..I do feel restriction at times. last night had turkey slices, chopped up fine, and ate maybe 3 oz and then had the typical headache, backache and chest pain...went away after abut 5 minutes.. Doing a Protein shake now... Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible." - Tony Robbins .