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Dates are a winner for me. 3 or 4 of them and I am fine and dandy for a few more hours until dinner.

Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately I can't actually submerse my body in Water because I have incredbily dry severe eczema prone skin. The water dries it out too much and I end up with cronic rashes and need steriod cream to fix it (I try to stay away from it as much as I can). I haven't had a bath in years (I do shower though lol).

Thanks guys. I know that the heaving isn't good for my band, I was thinking that as I was doing it - "Oh man this is no good". Thankfully it was only the once and in my banded life I have only PBed one time too. So I don't think it would have done any damage. That aside though, I felt terrible afterwards. I just went to bed (it was like 9:30pm). I try to go to the gym when I need to get it all out but it wasn't an option yesterday. Perhaps meditation might be something to try. I don't know....I'm a bit, uh, lost right now. Sigh.

I am currently organising my wedding (which is 2 months away) and am having a generally stressful time in all other areas of my life (work, my relationship, my friends and so on). I've no appetite at all, but I am making myself eat 3 times a day because I know I have to, I'll get sick otherwise. But I have found that even found that eating half of what I normally do is making me feel quite ill. I'm not PBing, but I have a teerrible aching feeling in my stomach. I am worried though, last night I was drinking a glass of Water about 2.5 hours after dinner (had maybe 200mls) and I felt a horrible ache in my stomach. I paced around my house for about 10 minutes and then had to run to the bathroom where I dry retched. In the end only a little water came up, no food. I am SO stressed out right now and it is not only having an affect on my relationship, but its seems also my band :eek: Has anyone else experienced this, and how did you fix it (the band side of things I mean). I know I'm not too full - its not that at all.

Cool, just checking I've always felt pretty restricted for a few days after a fill and then it eases off after about a week. As we lose weight (and you are going great guns with that), the band will be loser around our stomach cos there is less fat around it too (this is a GOOD thing :biggrin1: ). I think thats why I am starting to feel like what was a "perfect" level of fill is easing, and that the fill can evaporate, I guess. Its a tricky thing this finding the right fill level!!

Good idea Susie! Did you get my PM yesterday? PS enjoy the restriction while it lasts

I couldn't agree more with Jacqui. How on earth does jogging down the street dripping with sweat and looking terrible warrant a whistle or horn honk? I'm exercising, so what? Is my exercising really the highlight of some guys day?

No worries! Its going to be a great run, I'm excited too (Although I have tickets to the Missy Higgins concert the night before so I may be a little slow on the day due to lack of sleep hahaha)

How was she ever big enough to be approved for the band if its true? She was what, maybe 25 pounds overweight? She looks awful (well more awful than before now). So gaunt and thin. I want my band to work, but I don't want to lok like that!

2 weeks of optifast for me, and I could have 1 cup of non starchy veggies (broccoli, yellow squash, bok choy, onion, cauliflower zucchini etc), a day. It was super hard. Harder than anyday since being banded, thats for sure!

Ok maybe my fisr post was a tad harsh, I wasn't so much kicking her, but her attitude. But all I was trying to say is she doesn't seem to have gone into her LB with all the knowledge and preparedness as I can claim I was. I researched what I was spending my hard earned money on - I spoke to other patients. I saw an optional nutrionist, went to a seminar, spoke to my surgeon's consultant and had several appointments with my surgeon. Again, I wouldn't let some one cut me open unless I knew what I was getting myself in for, for the long term. Any one with any insight into the band KNOWS that its not a quick fix, and it isn't easy. I've worked hard to lose the almost 70lbs I have. There is a lot of info and research out there about the LB now, if you go looking for it. So, why kick the surgeon? Do you mean the LB surgeon? She CHOSE to go with that surgeon. She went ahead with the procedure with the apparently limited info she was given. She made the decision. She could have done more of her own research, or gotten another opinion. If you are talking about the bypass surgeon, then yes, kick him hard. He is taking advantage of disheartened people who are at a point of desperation. Shame on him. But still - I can't help think that the failure of her band can't just be because of the surgeon/surgery. Maybe I am wrong - I'm not a qualified medical profesional, obviously. I don't know, if my LB surgeon said the things she said hers said to her, I would have gotten a second opinion immediately.

Did you get signed up Chickie??

Yes, there are some leading questions asked, if you watch the clip. This is just my opinion (and I think is why my Dr makes his patients see a psych pre banding), but if you aren't ready to make the changes, then why get the surgery? If you're not ready to eat a quarter or less of what you used to, and exercise, and make better food choices, and CHEW more than you have ever chewed before and listen to your body (ie when you are TOO full), then maybe the band, or WLS in general just isn't for you just yet. Its not just a physical change, you have to change your way of thinking, and living too. Maybe I was lucky that I had a Dr who educates his patients and has a consultant on call 24 hours a day to call if you have any complications or just need to run ideas/thoughts/problems/questions past her etc. But I would have never had some one cut me open and do the surgery if I wasn't 100% sure that I could commit to the changes required of me. I just sounds to me that this girl wasn't happy about the changes the band meant she had to make in her life. She sure sounds like she thinks the bypass will be the fix for her. Maybe it was, I just hope this Youtube Dr educated her about her eating habits and how much they needed to change again.

Hi Denise, I think you'll find the more posts there are on a thread, the more "spam" it will get. I frequent the Melbourne Chat thread which has 600+ posts (I think) and we get porn spam all the time. Theres not much you can do except report the poster by clicking on the exclamation mark at the top right had corner of their post.

In most cases IS your fault if it fails! You have to work WITH your band. Its not a cure. What a moron. Sounds to me that she was way too full. And now she has no fill its still "hard to eat" and she feels "restricted"? More like she couldn't adjust to the smaller portions. She wasn't willing to change her lifestyle. I bet she has issues with her bypass. I know the band doesn't work for everyone, but I can see why her band surgeon wouldn't then do a bypass afterwards.

Haha no Jacqui! I've done the same thing to my sis and Mum (mum just got banded last week). They wanted me to do the 4km walk, I was like nup, thats a waste of my time lol. Just remind Doug that its for a good cause and you want to give it all you've got

Chickie, I did my first fun run a couple of weeks back I did 5km in 35 mins and 30 seconds and finished 464th from 891 finishers. That was a better effort than any timed/measured run I had done before - I was doing 5kms in just under 40 minutes on the treadmill at the gym. You will probably surprise yourself with your time on the day - when you're out there its really easy to push yourself that little bit harder. So no, you won't make a fool of your self at all! And yeah, you've got the bod for the hot work out gear, go and spoil yourself with some of the funky lycra gear they seem to get into Theres a 4km run on 13th May called the Mothers Day Classic that is going to be run in each Australian state that you could try out if you want to see how you go with your 4kms before then (and it raises money for breast cancer research too) www.mothersdayclassic.org. Thats the next run I plan on doing and I want to get under a 7 minute average km. We'll see! Above all else - enjoy it! Its such a great sense of accomplishment!!

I do!!! Sounds good! (if only melbourne and canberra were closer!) I needed to be waited on hand and foot, I tell you what! hahaha

Hey Susannah. As you know I have been sick sick sick, so I have been laying low, slept for more than 12 hours last night - crazy! First day at work this week tomorrow, and I haven't exercised for 8 days now, I feel so slovenly! And yes, thank god its friday hahaha.

Wow! I bet that shower today was pretty fantastic too!

Georgia, it is totally possible. You have taken the first step - setting yourself a goal. Work towards that. Focus on why you are doing it and how you will feel when you get there. And while I am one of the non religious people, I strongly beleive that when I was going through my trouble a while back, a higher power was definitely looking after me. You God is watching over you, and will pull you through this. Let me just say this though - you are not a slut. You did something that you regret and are trying to start over. Just please please don't let the expectations of other people of you being the perfect girl control you. Be you. Thats all you can do. None of us can be perfect and its not fair of people to put those kinds of expectations on you. And, after all that Kori did, I am glad that he has been able to help you through this. Maybe that is the reason he came into your life. To help you through this to become a stronger woman. You'll get through this, in your own time and in your own way.

Happy Bandiversary! I am sure that your post will help and motivate some new comers as well as us already-bandsters! Thanks for sharing your wisdom and insight!

It took me 6 fills to get to my good restrcition level, it may take some time to get there. In my opinion its better to take your time geting there than to have a band that is too full and be vomiting all the time and not being able to eat at all!

It definitely could be from eating too much, but it could also be from eating too fast. I find if I don't put my fork down between mouthfuls, I get pain in my chest, then when I do, and take a break and let the food make its way down before I take the next mouthful, I'm fine. It could also be from eating food that is too dry. If I eat say chicken with no sauce/dressing or any kind of cake or bread (which I don't do at all anymore) it really hurts, cos there is not lubrication for it to make its way through. However the shouder pain might still be gas pains from your surgery, this can continue for several months for some people I've heard!

8.5cc in a 10cc band (and I'm at great restriction for now).