Just getting ready for tomorrow. This is the place where we can offer support, ask questions and chat about our band, the changes we experience, NSV's, whatever. Please remember to update your information, (weight changes, fills, etc.) in the "August 2006 ~ Running Totals and Updates" thread in the General Lap Band Discussion section.

Cheers to the ABC!!! WE ROCK!!!:peace: :rockon:

Well crap. Went in for my fill and he couldn't access my port. He stuck me about 12 times and still couldn't get it. He said I'm going to be really sore later! Not fun since I didn't even get the fill to make the pain worth it. They are checking with my insurance company to see if they will cover a fill under x-ray (I was self-pay for the surgery) and possibly a port revision. He thinks my port might have flipped, in which case he will give me a local and some light sedation then make a small incision and move the port closer to the skin. He's had some patients with a short area between the rib cage and waist, like me, who've had problems with port access. I'm hoping my insurance will cover it all. We'll do the x-ray fill first to see if it has indeed flipped.

Dang it! I just want some freakin' restriction. I feel like I paid all this money for nothing right now.

With my second fill, it seems to vary from meal to meal. The day after my fill, I had some meatloaf and some veggies. Two days later, when I tried to eat a skillet dish with eggs, I literally took one bite, and couldn't eat any more. I find that fish goes down the easiest. I am hardly eating anything - yogurt and a half of a banana in the morning, a few tiny bites of protein and some veggies at lunch, maybe a piece of fruit an hour later, and a few more tiny bites of protein at dinner, followed by a diet fudgsicle (which I am NOT giving up). I am losing weight, but I am eating SO much less than I used to eat, I don't know how I couldn't.

Eileen

5'10"

banded 8/10/06

243/188/155

Brandy, get off the scale! You are probably losing inches. Muscle weighs more than fat. I also had a few weeks where I didn't lose a pound, and then it started again. And of course you can have a hug!!!!

Eileen

Brandy, get off the scale! You are probably losing inches. Muscle weighs more than fat. I also had a few weeks where I didn't lose a pound, and then it started again. And of course you can have a hug!!!!

Eileen

Thank you Eileen. I need to throw my scale into the garbage. It is not my friend. I hate it. I am addicted to it though, what do I do to break the addiction???

I had my second fill today -- although it turns out it was really a "refill". I had lost .5cc so he just added it back. Ok, I know it is totally normal to lose some and the doctor said it is NOT leaking. But WHERE does it go? I just can't wrap my brain around the concept that this sealed thing loses saline. Yet it does not actually leak. Anyone have a good way to explain it?

So far I feel good restriction, though I've only been on mushy stuff. PLEASE let it last longer than the first fill.

BUG, I'm so sorry. That totally sucks. I only got stuck with the needle once and I am sore - you poor thing!

BOO BOO, I found that if I only weigh myself once a week I don't get too obsessed. Ideally, I'd like to get to every 2 weeks. Then I think I could safely say it was a true loss or gain. Even every week can give you a screwy impression of you true progress.

I've been busy and haven't been able to check in and say hi. I went down to TJ for my second fill today. My original 1.8 was still in, and now I'm up to 2.5. I've had NO problems yet....eat anything I want....and I'm down a total of 43 lbs. now (including pre-op), but I'm so worried that the trouble will start with this second fill. Guess I'll have to wait and see. I'm so hungry right now. Thank God it's only 24 hours of liquids for me this time.

Ok guys I just posted my first pics on LBT. So I'm gonna post em for my fellow ABCer's

The first pics is Dec 2006 and second is October 2006

Looking AWSOME girl! Look at you!

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pebbles, you look great! WTG!

I go today for a fill under flouro. Keep your fingers crossed they can access my port and it's not flipped. I so need a fill. I gained 2 lbs this week.

that is awesome pebbles!!! You look great!

Thanks everyone!!! I am at a stand still right now I havent had a fill yet and I really need one. It's takin alot more to fill me up and I'm not losing much lately but with everything else that happened after my surgery I havent been able to get a fill. I go to the Dr today so we'll see....

Finally, finally, today I hit 199!!!! I lingered at 200 so long that I thought the scale was broken!!!! This is a big milestone for me as I never want to see the 200s again.

The 2nd fill is definitely working and I have watch everything I eat at every meal every day because the restriction kicks in really quickly.

Pebbles, you look awesome!!!

Congrats Robin!!! Keep up the good work.

Congrads Robin! I just had my 2nd fill and had two days of liquids (my own decision) because I have been between 301 and 303 for a month. I wanted to give myself a kick and hope that I become a Twoterville. Well, I did it. I am now 298!!! I'm staying on mushies for a couple of more days so I can get further away from 300. I never want to see that number again.

I don't know if I have restriction yet but it does feel different when I swallow. So I hope I do.

Diane

WTG Robin! That's great!

Well, I got my fill. Turns out my port has flipped on it's side, but with a bunch of maneuvering, the doc was able to get it turned right so I could get the fill. He added another 2 cc, so I'm up to 4 cc in an 11 cc band. I hope this one works! I'm going to need to get my port fixed, so I'll probably be getting that done in the next couple weeks. I'm just glad my insurance is going to cover the revision!