Hi all, would love to hear from anyone being banded in May 07. My surgery date is May 30th at Ashford Hospital Adelaide SA. Looking forward to the long and rewarding journey ahead.

Gday Margie, Welcome. Sorry I missed your thread. Good luck with your surgery. I was banded in February. Come and join us and chat on the Australian Bandsters Chat Thread.

Susannah

Hi Margie - I'm being banded on May 24th at Greenslopes Private in Brisbane. As of today my surgery is 1 month away!

I am starting to get excited now.

I'll be just recovering as you go off for your surgery.

Hi Everyone

I Have just been given a date for surgery, 22nd May 2007 at Western Private by Dr Nottle.

Good luck to all who are waiting

Claire

Hi all, would love to hear from anyone being banded in May 07. My surgery date is May 30th at Ashford Hospital Adelaide SA. Looking forward to the long and rewarding journey ahead.:myscared:

I'm nearly half way there

Hi I am new to this forum, i only found it today, i want to say that i was banded on the 9th may 2007, and am struggling

Cheers flamingnutter

Hi Flamingnutter

In what way do you find that you are struggling - to loose weight, to cope with the changes, are you having complications ? all of the above?

Let us know, if we can't help at least we can *listen* (or read )

keep well,

karyn

Hi Karyn, thanks for your reply, i am sorry i didn't get back to this earlier, but i couldn't find the forum again, for some stupid reason, i have pasted a post i made in another section with some of the problems i am having at this minute.

I am not regretting doing this but i am finding it very uncomfortable a lot of the time and i find it a bit depressing.

- repeat post below

Hi I am a bit distressed at the moment, i was banded on the 9th may I recovered well, i was able to eat after 2 weeks and was not sick once, and had a 2ml fill after 6 weeks, i was unable to eat much for 6 weeks, i vomited alot and felt terrible, then i was able to eat for the past 2 weeks without having much blockage, then on tues i received 1ml fill and now i can't even keep a sip of Water down, i feel terrible, i spent the day yesterday spitting up all day, and not being able to take in anything with out feeling very tight in the chest and spitting up, i don't even seem to be able to swallow my saliva, has any one else had these sort of problems. I feel awful.

I hope this wasn't to graphic

Also i had put on a kilo in the last 4 weeks i was very dissappointed, but i have also been going to curves for the past 4 weeks and i hope it is just muscle buildup, because i am losing body measurement, i should stay off the scales.

cheers Jane

Also I have a lot of gas going on and every burp brings up some sort of Fluid, hense i couldn't go to work yesterday, because i don't think i needed people to hear my belching and vomiting

Cheers jane

Hi Jane

I've had 3 fills too, and I'm now at 3mls - although my fill went in a bit more gradually - from 3 weeks post surgery.

I honestly can't offer any direct suggestions - because it seems that everyone has such a different experience, and what works for me might not work for you - and I'm new at this too.

But I do wonder if perhaps you should have a little bit of fill taken out - even just .5ml?

I know that contemplating that idea could be difficult given your recent gain - but if you're spitting, burping, vomiting, PB'ing and all the rest then perhaps it is too tight - just for now - you can get the fill topped up when you start adjusting to it again...

I find that for myself as soon as I start to feel a little poorly my eating, exercising and general mood go completely haywire! If you're starting to feel yuk, and your body is all over the place that can't be making you feel good - try to get that sorted out before you worry about how much you've lost. That's my only piece of advice. Look after yourself first, then the weightloss will come.

ciao, Karyn

:confused:

Thanks Karyn, i now have an appointment this afternoon to see the DR, it is 200km away, that i am not happy about but i will just have to go, i am obviously overfilled and when i got on the scales this morning my weight had dropped 6.5kg since monday night, so i think that this is not the way to loose the weight, i would just dearly love to be able to have a drink at the minute without it rebounding immediately, but i should be back on track tonight, so i will let you know how i feel later.

Cheers Jane

Hi Jane - I don't envy your 200km trip to get fills, that must be adding extra stress to the mix for you.

Let us know how you go, I read that you're in NSW - do you mind revealing where in NSW you are? If you don't want to say on the board, you can PM me if you like.

Do you know anyone where you are who has had the surgery?

karyn.

Hi Karyn, i am a lot better now i have had 1/2ml taken out and felt an immediate release, and i was able to drink a glass of Water, i had lost 7kgs on her scales in 2 1/2 days and i thought that was really scarey, then she told me off and made me feel like a child, and i was not happy with that, today i can drink and eat small amounts, it is so good to be able to drink, i am exhausted now, and i hope this is a better way to go,

i managed to get there safely and return home safely, don't want to have to travel that far again, i can usually see her closer to home, only 80km one way in comparrison to 200k's one way

thanks for the support.:clap2: , how are you going with everything? and i will pm you

Cheers Jane

Yippee weight going down nicely, Have gone from not being able to get a size 18 stretch denim jeans on to a size 14 being on the baggy side.

Edited March 20, 200818 yr by margiecandoit