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My doc is in the Long Beach area, it's the St. Mary Center for Surgical Treatment of Obesity, (562) 491-7935. Call them.

I have the same thing, my doctor says it's muscle pain. He says I have to stretch really good before any kind of exercise.

YAY for you!! Shrinking is a great feeling isn't it??

I am so with you on this! I too am a food addict and you are so right, the best combat for addicition is abstinence but you can't abstain from food like you can from drugs, alcohol, etc! It's a daily fight that isn't going to go away ever. But you can do it, you have a great tool to help (the band), just take it one day at a time, every victory over food will make you stronger. Also I've found for me sugarfree popsicles and jello help because they satisfy my sweet and chew needs.

You're supposed to sip slowly at first, getting the band adjusted causes your stomach to swell a little but it goes down in a couple of days, that's why you have to go back to liquids for 2 days, then mushies for 2 days. If the water goes down after a couple of seconds you are just right, if it sticks in your throat and won't go down it's too tight. Sounds like you are just right, I'm only sipping also, took me 5 hours yesterday to finish 10oz protein shake. Today I'm working on my cup of coffee, have had about 6oz since 7am.

NO PeptoBismol! It contains Aspirin and shouldn't be taken by a lapband patient. My surgeon said never, never take Pepto, it can cause erosion. Call your doctor and tell them about your stomach problem, take only what they tell you to.

YAY jeans shopping!! You're doing great, don't worry. I'm glad you mentioned your BodyBugg. My gym has been trying to sell me on one, is it really worth it? I'v never gotten a chance to talk to a real person (not trainer or gym rat who's 98lbs and thinks they're fat) about it.

First believe me it hurts much, much less than gallbladder surgery. That was the first thought I had when I woke up. Secondly it's probably morphene that makes you nauseous, with me they gave me Dilaudid post op instead of morphene and I had no nausea. Also my doc injected lidocaine into the port site directly so it was numb. Talk to your doc about your fears and the anesthesiologist about it. When I went in I told everyone who asked how I was doing that I was scared, they were all very nice and supportive. I also told them I have a very low pain tolerance. After the 2 shots they gave me post op, my pain level was 1-2 till after I got home and as long as I took the Lortab every 4 hours my pain never went over 3. It's ok to be scared, this is surgery but think of this, how much pain, both emotional and physical have you already endured by being overweight? I'm sure that this few days of discomfort are nothing compaired to that.

Remind your doctor that if you could control your eating on your own you wouldn't have needed the lapband in the first place. Tell him you need a fill and if he doesn't work with you get another doctor!

YES THEY'RE BAD FOR YOU!!! You need healthy protein. You should be drinking chicken broth, protein shakes (think Atkins, Weight Watchers, SugarFree Boost, etc), cream soups with protein powder mixed in, sugarfree Jello. Didn't your surgeons give you a sample menu?

YAY for you!!! Don't worry you'll be fine. Believe me it was much less painful than I thought it would be. And I've been waiting for a month for "complications" to happen and nothing, everything is going smoothly.

YAY for you, you go girl!!