This has been a bad week for me. In January I was table dancing and stepped on the leaf of the dining table I was dancing on, fell right through it(well not table dancing, more like using an old dining table in the garage as a ladder:blushing:) Landed on my left foot/ankle and went to emergency, bad sprain and was sent home with crutches. Went and saw a specialist back in January and he saw me for all of 3 minutes, put me in a velcro boot thingy and sent me on my way....Well it's been 3 months and I still can't put much weight on that foot. So I went and saw another specialist. She was very thorough and had me get an MRI. The MRI showed a split tendon and some ligament tears. Bottom line is I have to surgery to repair the tendon. Sure would have been nice to know 3 MONTHS AGO...The surgery is on April 17th and then I will have 6 weeks in a cast. No weight on the ankle either. The reason I waited so long to see another doctor was I thought my huge butt :lol:was causing the foot problem. I weighed 352 and am 5' 9".

I was banded on March 10th and have noticed I can start eating more and more, so I want a fill...ASAP. The good news is I lost 27 pounds, but the bad news is I am starting to gain it back....So I called to get a fill and they earliest I can get in is April 25th. That is really sending me over the edge. I don't want to wait almost 3 weeks to get a fill.....:thumbup: I am afraid I will gain more weight. Especially since I can't walk or exercise for a long time.

Anyway, sorry for the long rant. I am just really frustrated with all this. I was hoping to start exercising and losing more weight. And I AM HUNGRY.

Thanks for listening.

Sounds like you're having a tough time.

I hope your foot gets better, you're right in that your weight is probably an aggravating factor and your inability to exercise much, let alone be generally mobile makes it hard for you.

Really, at times like this, I think you just have to think the dreaded D word. DIET. If we could all diet faultlessly, lose weight and keep it off we wouldnt be here. Its an impossible task. But we CAN all diet successfully for a few weeks, we've all done it before and you can do it again. Set yourself the limits, count calories, do WW, whatever works for you. Stick to it. You are on a diet until the 25th of April. There's an end in sight, its only a fortnight away. You can do this. It is not inevitable that you must gain weight due to insufficient restriction. You can hang on for just a few weeks.

You really can do it you know. Have faith in yourself. Its the only answer and only you can decide not to just let go becuase you need a fill.

Hi, Michelle. If you really want to get in earlier, my suggestion would be to call every other day or so to see if they have a cancellation. As the saying goes, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease". That is so true. Even if they say they will call you if there is a cancellation they get busy and forget or lose the note. So just say nicely that you are very worried that you will gain and REALLY need a fill and if they don't mind, you will check with them in a couple of days to see if an opening comes up. Good luck.:smile2:Tina

I asked what days the Dr is in doing fills. I then said I would come in and wait until he could do mine. I told the nurse it was ok if I had to wait a few hours.

I know you really want that 1st fill but you may want to wait until after your surgery because you don't want to be too tight and having to deal with that and your ankle surgery. Trama to the body can cause the band to tighten for some people and that would not be fun. Be sure to tell your lap band surgeon about the ankle surgery if you do get in before the 17th. You wouldn't want to risk hurting the band.

Good luck!