Does anybody else have a problem trusting their fickle band? One of my doctors thinks I'm rejecting my port tube, which will most likely lead to erosion - but nothing can be verified till I have an edoscopy. Naturally, I lost restriction last week, so I was sure I was dying (or badly eroded.) But then I have to remember that I've had days with little restriction in the past, and my restriction has always returned in a couple days. Well, I just ate lunch and got down 2 large eggrolls and too many cheese and crackers. Big mistake since Madam Restriction came back and now has me really tight in my ribcage.

Why can't I just trust my band till it gives me a reason not to? Is this typical, or am I getting closer to the rubber room with each passing day?

You crack me up Lisa... Since my 1 cc. fill I have pretty much had to be careful with meals but last weekend we went to my mother in laws and she made us nachos for dinner. I LOVE nacho (mine was more like taco salad) and I just kept loading on the toppings. I NEVER thought I would be able to eat it all but I just kept plowing thru it. I couldn't believe I actually finished the darn thing. Salad type dishes go very easily for me as well as any kind of snack food such as chips, crackers and deserts... I don't understand WHY??? I am back to being a good girl this week but I was just amazed that sometimes things go down like lead while other times it all goes down way to easily... Best of luck to you and certainly hope you do not have any further band related problems. Teresa

Blossom, when do you get your first fill?

Hi Kathy & Teresa, I can eat anything... except pork rinds! Maybe we should just eat a few before every meal to keep us from eating anything else.

Hi, Pat! I am going to see the surgeon next Wed., Dec.8. He told me if everything looks ok then we will go to the hospital for a fill (I wish we could just do it in his office!)

Lisa, I find I can eat corn tortillas, but not flour tortillas. Seems weird to me since I can eat a huge burger bun!!! Sometimes I think my band wears an evil little smile!

. I occasionally get a stuck feeling if I eat to big a bite of bread, but I thought I wasn't even supposed to get bread down. It is very frustrating because I am losing and gaining the same 10 pounds since being banded on 9/24. I am going for another fill on Monday and hopefully I will have good restriction then. I am also wondering what it is supposed to feel like and how you are supposed to know when you are full. Haven't felt that yet.

Try stopping the bread products. Not only are they apt to roll up in doughy balls and stop up your stoma, but they are high in calories and starches which turn into sugar, which effect your weight loss.

As for 'full', if you are eating hard Proteins and veggies, the 'full' you will feel will be above your band. Most of us even feel as if it's in the lower part of our throats/esophagus. You will not be feeling a tummy 'Thanksgiving' full sensation anymore, unless you are eating softer foods that will slide through the band easily. In my book, that's quite a relief to me! No more going to bed miserable or full of guilt over what I ate.

Leatha are you calling hard proteins? (This is one of those, you don't know until you ask ?) you said its ok to ask dumb questions

Hard proteins - lean, moist meats, fish, seafood. Healthy choices, not fried or fatty. The hard proteins stay in your pouch and give you a sense of fullness longer.

Thank you, boy do I feel silly.

Pat, please don't feel silly. We've all had to learn the little abbreviations and Banding lingo. We all learn from each other. P. S. I just learned how to post pics.

That is a pretty good idea, maybe I won't throw out those pork rinds.

I loved pork rinds pre band and PBed on them before I had the band..my god with the band it must be horrible!

Next time I lose restriction I'm buying some fresh pork rinds. I'll do anything for good restriction! Polish Fill. (I can make Pollock jokes since I are one.)