I'm 3 1/2 months post op & I have a 10cc band & I'm at 7.2cc so frustrating because I haven't lost a large amount of weight because I'm not at the green zone...I have starting riding my bike & walking almost everyday & trying to eat healthy but geez I got the lapband so I won't be hungry all the time & eat less but just isn't happening for me

I know it's a slow process and I'm losing inches not a lot of weight and I know loosing weight slower is better but it is so frustrating. When people know I've had the LapBand done they expect me to lose a lot of weight or to be skinny. I hate eating around people because I still or looks like I still eat the same when I'm supposed to eat smaller.

So....i got my 3rd fill today to 6.5 in a 10cc band. Feelin really restricted today. I pray it lasts. Just in case it doesnt i set my next appt to the next 2weeks & not 4!

Ill never lose 20lbs by New Years goin in every 4wks

I've only had one fill since my surgery on may 29th. Went in to dr last month thinking he would fill me but said my weight loss is so good ( what he sees in bypass Pts not lapband) and just wanted me to continue as I was doing. He said he doesn't fill every time . I work at my weight loss . Can't say it's easy all the time but didn't expect it would be. Will keep on keeping on. Not an option for me to have gone thru surgery and not lose weight!

Does anyone still have left shoulder pain or has ever experience that??? I was told it was gas pains but that was after surgery & then after that they said it was a nerve that was near the band that sends signals to the brain when we're full. Seems like every morning I am waking up w/ it & sometimes feel that if when I'm eating and I start getting full. I went for my fill yesterday and they would not give me a fill because I was complaining about the shoulder pain The nurse said I had a go see a cardiologist & I was like WTH it's not chest pains it's shoulder pain that goes away the same pain after surgery and the same pain that I've explained to the nurse and they told me about the nerve that was there and this nurse looked at me like she didn't know what I was talking about so she did not give me a fill. I understand when she heard me complain about my left shoulder pain she was concerned & just a precaution to see the cardiologist but just wondering if anyone else have this problem???

I feel the same way

Just as hungry as before

I feel the same way

Just as hungry as before

I still get the left shoulder pain and i had my surgery on july 16 th. It happens if i eat too fast or dont chew well enough. I still havent quite gotten the slow down and chew good thing down yet but i am getting there. I have lost 40 pounds since surgery day and i am at 8.5 cc in a 14cc band, had 3rd fill.