OK guy's,:clap2: lets have our Own thread and take about our bands and stuff..My name is Ted and I live in Oregon . I'm going to get my band Jan. 31st in TJ. Mexico with Doc. Kuri and his team..I was on the Jan. bandsters thread but I think I was the only guy there and felt left out.. A bit back, there was a few guy's that thought our Own thread would be fun, so here it is lets get started..Ted

I went for a fill yesterday, when i descibed everything to the nurse she said i needed a fill. We put back in the 1/2 CC i had removed a while ago because it was too tight.

I woke last night 3 times with acid reflux, I did not eat naything after 9:00 pm I promise and I am only on full fluids.

I know when I lay down I shut the band off completely so I try to not have anything in there before I go to bed. I thought I had achieved that last night but as I said I woke three times coughing acid.

Should I get .25 CC removed? Can it come down to .25 CC or should I just battle through this, lose some weight and in the process loosen the band?

Suggestions and thanks?

Dave:

Do you have the fill done in the office or do they do it under x-ray? I wonder if you are still to tight. With the x-ray they can tell if you have to much reflux etc. That is what my doctor looks for when he does the fills.

Chris

Contact MS Dad Eddie; He is on this site. He is in Jacksonville, Fla. I used to live and work in Jacksonville and Orlando I worked for a company that built a couple of the big bridges over the intra coastal Water.

Chris

The first thing to do is to call your clinic. That is why they are there and you paid so much.

You sound right sometimes a small defill is good in this situation.

Good luck.

I went for a fill yesterday, when i descibed everything to the nurse she said i needed a fill. We put back in the 1/2 CC i had removed a while ago because it was too tight.

I woke last night 3 times with acid reflux, I did not eat naything after 9:00 pm I promise and I am only on full fluids.

I know when I lay down I shut the band off completely so I try to not have anything in there before I go to bed. I thought I had achieved that last night but as I said I woke three times coughing acid.

Should I get .25 CC removed? Can it come down to .25 CC or should I just battle through this, lose some weight and in the process loosen the band?

Suggestions and thanks?

Hey, guys. I'm new to this site. It's really cool that there is a thread just for guys! I am scheduled for surgery on Dec. 20. Any advice on what I can do to prepare between now and then?

Question on portion sizes. I've been told 2-4 ounces of protein (plus 1/2 cup veggies). I always thought that meant 2-4 ounces by weight. Turns out it's by volume??? I have a hard time picturing chicken breast in a measuring cup, and a ditigal food scale is a lot easier. Am I the only one who's been weighing my protein instead of measuring it?

MDix30, I would verify that. How can you neasure a solid with a liquid measurement? A cup measures volume so with a strech you may be able to use that on something like ground meat or tunafish but chicken??? I would check the source.

Tom

It's from one of my doc's podcasts (successful habits):

Southwest Weight Loss :: About Our Program :: Listen to Dr. Simpson

He mentions it as an aside, as if everyone knew this already. I had to back up and repeat it twice to make sure I heard him correctly.

Matt

I am so glad I found this area. I'm new to the forum and knew I was in trouble when I tripped over a topic in the food forum us guys definitely do not want to read

NHLAPBAND I just had the surgery a week ago so I may be in a position to give some relevant suggestions.

1) Do exactly as the doctor says, but question everything. If something doesn't make sense ASK!!!

2) If you know where your port is going to be placed start practicing sleeping away from it NOW.

3) Make sure to lose some weight before the procedure, I only lost 5 and they almost didn't do my surgery (however, they also never told me that I was supposed to lose weight before either)

4) Post any questions you may have. This seems like a pretty good group of folks.

5) Yes, be ready for pain. I am an exception that my banding was (and continues to be) very painful. From everyone I have spoken to, this is not normal, but most people do experience some discomfort.

6) Plan on at least a few days off of work. I get to work from home much of the time so this has not been a problem for me, but I do find I need a nap in the middle of the day and am much more tired than before the surgery.

Other than that, Good Luck.

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Hi guys, got banded Oct 23 and I have lost 30 lbs. I have gone from a 50 waist to 46. It was pretty easy just a little pain for about a week. then no more. I am scheduled for my first fill on 12/20 Is there some kind of diet I hae to do before and after the fill?? My doctor hasn't told me yet. I have a little restriction and I FELT IT a WEEK AGO when I ate some rice to fast, it was horrible. The pain was intense and then I vomited it up, I will never go through that again, small bited slow down and chew chew chew!!! SO happens before the fill and after???

Is there some kind of diet I hae to do before and after the fill?? My doctor hasn't told me yet.

The only diet I have for fills is 1 day of liquids and 1 day of mushies right after a fill. Other than that, its all the same. Good luck on the fill and congrats on the weight loss so far....Dave

Isvadela, congratulations on the weight loss. Keep up the good work.

My surgeon said the same thing as Dave01, liquids after the fill for a day - then watch what you eat.

I had my 1st fill this week (12/5), felt the restriction and only had liquids that day and the day after. Today on regular foods and all seems to be OK.

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I was banded with the Sweedish band on Saturday December 15th by Dr. Joffe in Sarnia. Woke up in pain but pills take care of it ok. Getting better day by day. On just clear liquids. I have to remember to sip! it lets me know right away. I lost 30 lbs pre op so I'm kind of proud of myself. I could only have yogurt, water and one chicken breast daily. Oh yeah and some cottage cheese but I was sick of that very quickly. I am sure I will have questions later but for now I'll just take it easy.

Terry

I finally got my date. I have Pre Op on 12/27 and I get my band on 12/31. Dr. Wright will be doing the surgery at NIX Hosp. in San Antonio Tx. I will start 08 with the means to finally control my weight. I've been fighting my weight for more than one half a century. At age 14 I was 214 Lb and it has been a YO YO all of my life. Two years ago LOML got a gym membership, I stepped on the scales and it read 299.5 Lb., My waist was a snug 48 and I hurt all over. I went on a GI diet and started losing weight but after 50 Lb. it slowed and we knew something else had to be done. That is when LOML pointed out an ad about the Lap Band. After hearing Dr. Wright and talking with him I knew this could be the tool I needed to finally take control. Medicare is paying for the operation so there is a mandated overnight stay in the Hospital. Also they say the operation has to done in a Center of Excellence. So I guess I'm on my way and it looks like I'm good company from all the posts I've read.

Gene