I had my 2nd fill done this afternoon with Dr. Mathew St.Laurent from north Houston. Very professional, courteous with excellent hands for my fill. IMO. I was very nervous since this fill was being done without floursocopy but alas he soothed those uneasy feelings and before I knew it.......done! Great guy....super. Thought I would share that with all.

He is scheduled to do my surgery tomorrow morning around 8:30ish. I am sooooo nervous!!

Hi Cookster!

Good for you!! Well, since it is 6/22/6, you've had your surgery and are probably in a little pain right about now. You did the right thing and as I found out a couple months ago when I was banded, it wasn't so bad. It seemed like everyday I was 100% better than the day before. Good luck and let us know how you are doing.

Dr. Spiegel did my surgery and I had my first fill about 10 days ago. Since he is out-of-network now, he is charging $100.00 a fill - which I thought was outrageous until I'm seeing that there are doctors out there doing it for $150.00 - $300.00.

Good luck to you both!!

I am doing better today than yesterday. I thought I was doing well until yesterday about 1:15pm and then the horrible gas pains and nausea. Oh my the nausea was the worst. I feel the gas is in the bigger part of the stomache and trying to squeeze up thru to the little stomache but just can't make it. I have been having so much pressure in that area. I have been taking Gas-X strips, using a heating pad, walking and even had my husband go get me some Mylicon drops. No of it has really helped. I woke up last night around 12:30 with the horrible need to throw up but you are not supposed to feeling. My husband has been hitting me on the back to help some of it move around. I probably have bruises on my back! The liquid diet is so boring and I am not really eating anything that has calories in it. The funny thing is I am not even hungry. I know that will pass but right now it is a godsend otherwise I would propably be in worse pain! Thanks for the well wishes.

I had a lot of trouble with gas pains also. They were horrible. And, as all the bandster will tell you, and what I found out is true...is WALK, WALK, WALK. Good luck, and hang in there. It gets better and better.

Yes today was better than yesterday and the days before. The gas wasn't so bad today. He he he....a lot of it came out this morning!!! But I have that strange gurgling/burping thing going on that I have read about. I hope that goes away soon. I went to work today but decided I couldn't handle the 8-5 so I went in at noon and it went pretty well. I was tired of being cooped up at home anyway.

Hi Cookster!

Oh my gosh! You've lost 15.4 lbs!! and maybe more since the 23rd! Good for you! Glad to hear you are feeling better. I am 2 months along since I've been banded and have had one fill. I've only lost 20 lbs. But, I'm not worried about it, I'll concentrate on losing around 8 lbs a month. I've got about 60 to go now. I still burp ALOT!!! Sometimes just out of nowhere, up it comes!! I just hope I'm not in a meeting sometime when it happens!! ha!ha!ha! My boss thinks it is really funny! She laughed until she cried one day because I burped like a man in a burping contest -- and believe me, I have never been one of those people that had long burps! ha! So, the gas is normal and like the others have told you, walking is the best way to help it come up. I'm walking about 1 hour a day now, after work. Keep in touch and let us know how you're doing!!

good for you!!