Hey everyone! I hope you guys don't mind that I've started a new thread. I've been talking to Terri from Dr. B's office, and she wants to email all of Dr. Bagnato's patients about this website and this support chat that all of us Bagnato Bandsters have going on. She was really impressed by how we've been supporting each other and wants all of Dr. B's patients to be able to come here and get support.

I wanted the title of the thread to be clear and make sure everyone who was banded by Dr. Bagnato knows that they are welcome here, even if they don't live in Albany.

For anyone who is interested, we have formed a support group and have decided to meet once a month.

Our first group meeting will be Feb. 7th at Ruby Tuesday in Tifton, Ga at 6:00 pm. This meeting is basically just a "get to know each other" meeting. I hope to see all of you there!

It WILL dana! I went in for a small unfill a few weeks ago myself and it is SO much better! Let us know how it goes!

Thanks Mia. I feel confident that this will help. She just took out 1/4 cc.

Just wanted to let you guys know I just cancelled an appt for a fill Wednesday at 1 pm. If you need one, call now...the next available was April 2nd!

Has the rain washed everyone away? :tongue_smilie:

Where is everyone? How is everyone doing?

I have not heard from anyone on this board in forfrickinever!!

Please don't make me get out the cattle prod. I am really heavy-handed with that thing. :ohmy:

I am here. It has been so rainy and blah.

My school just finished up standardized testing last week and it was a killer. I am ready for spring break coming up the first week of April.

I am also contemplating joining Tony's again, and actually going and exercising this time! Thelast time I joined I went for about 3 months and then that was it. I really feel like that is a big part of it for me.

Oh well, enough yakking.

Talk to you later.

Wondered the same thing this afternoon. Checked to see if the group was still 'in business'.

Did everyone come out undamaged from the weather?

There's a new thing happening. Yesterday and today when I eat, there's a little discomfort just below the lower end of my sternum. It's not pain and on a scale of 1 - 10 for pain, it would be a 1, if that. :thumbup:

Has anyone else experienced something like this?

Jackie

Bagweaver I has a similar kind of thing going on a month or two ago. I called Dr. Bagnato's office about to talk to him about it. Just like you, I could not even call it pain. It was just a discomfort. Sometimes after I ate, sometimes just out of the blue. When it was out the blue, I just kinda rearranged how I was sitting or kinda shifted myself to releive the discomfort and it was gone. Dr. B told me to come in for a check. When he got there he palpated my abdomen mainly to make sure one of my incisions had not herniated. It was fine. There have been other people on the board who I felt like they were describing a similar thing. One lady siad her Dr. said it was that her incisions were scarring (a natural and process after any surgery), another said her dr. said it was her band or band tubing occasionally irritating her diaphram, there were alllll kinds of answers given.

Being the big science nerd that I am, i went online and googled the mess outta it. I joked with Dr. B's office that they better hurry up and see me, cuz they know that i was going to google it and by the time i came it i would have convinced myself that I had everything from band erosion to Monkey Pox. ::thumbup::

I still don't know exactly what it it/was. I still get it sometimes, but like you said, it was more like discomfort. I think Terry (the one who works in Dr. B's office) said she had the same thing also.

All in all, no matter what I say in this post, remember that I am not Dr. B. If it concerns you, give him a call and see what he says. It may be soemthing, it may be nothing, but at least by discussing it with him you will get peace of mind.

How are things otherwise?? :eek:

I'm around..I've checked here in the past and when nobody posted after me, I just figured everyone had gone off to greener pastures! I am getting ready to cancel another fill appointment (Thursday at 2 pm) if anyone wants it! I'm still loosing slowly, but the key is loosing, so I'm happy. It was fun to go and buy a dress this weekend that was not in the women's section, but the ladies section! I started more intense workouts about a month ago and I can sure tell. Before, I was walking, doing one day of aerobics (hit or miss) and yoga. I knew I needed more, so I started hitting the gym and doing more cardio and more weights. I can really tell a difference in my body, too. And it seems to have helped me get out of a stall I was in. I've been going about 4 days a week, other than last week when my daughter had the flu...just couldn't leave her those days, but I'm excited to start back today! Hope everyone is doing great!

Hi everyone! Its been some time since i posted. Just wanted to see if anyone has had this problem: I will throw up after every meal, It has been like this for the past 3 months. Was told eat slower and chew more, I really think I have been doing all this and more but no change. I have lost 41lbs since banded in july 08. Everything is great besides the throwing up.

Sandy

07/25/08 Dr Bagnato

highest/surgery/current/goal

220/215/174/140

Brina

My discomfort was when I started eating. When I stopped it went away. It would start as soon as I swallowed something. This wasn't the eatiing too much or too fast thing. This was something new.

I didn't notice it today, so maybe its over.

Allykat, where do you work out? I was thinking of joining Tony's again.

I'm not in Albany, but started working otu at Anytime Fitness. It is a 24 hour gym, so I like the flexibility of the hours. We just went to 10 hour work days, so it is nice to go at odd times and get it over with.

Yea, I've always wondered if a 24 hr gym would make a difference with me, but I'm sure it wouldnt!

Im thinking of doing the spin classes. I have a heel spur and plantar faciitis in one foot, and had surgery for the same problems in my other foot about 4 yrs ago. Due to this, I am not able to run or really to walk for any distance. It would be good to get my cardio through spin classes and then do weight training. What kind of work out do you do? I'm just curious.

Right now, I'm doing about 20-30 minutes of cardio (depends on how much time I have) and then I'm working with weights. I do abs daily and alternate legs and arms. I then end with about 10-15 mins of more cardio (although not high impact...more of a cool down). My workout takes between 1-1.5 hours, depending on the reps I do. I aim for at least 4 days a week, but will do a minimum of 3x and have done 6x on a good week. I can definitely tell in my clothes that it is doing me some good. I'm a very slow looser, but I'm okay with that as long as the inches are coming off. I started off at a size 24/26 and am wearing 18s for the most part now but can fit in some 16s. Tops I wear 14s. I have a weird shape...need more room around the hips/belly, but it bags in the waist and legs. I did notice a cool result of weight loss...my car seat is now too far away from my steering wheel! Just never thought of that happening before!