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I've heard people on here talk about how stress tightens the band, but I never really knew if it was true for me. The other day at work a stressful situation came up right before lunch. I felt myself getting stressed but did not think much about my band. I tried to eat lunch and boy was that a mistake. A few hours later when things worked out, like they usually do, I tried eating some yogurt, that would not even go down. I was totally shocked. It's amazing what stress can do, WOW.

Sorry to hear that your parents don't want to do the band for now. Maybe if you prove to them that you are truely trying, maybe they will change their minds. I'm sure it is very disappointing for you, I would probably be the same way. Keep your chin up and like Cathy said, do the same kind of diet we are, high protein. I wish you the best of luck.

I was banded on 4-3-08 and felt pretty comfortable with everything so far. Occasionally I will come up with a question, but never thought too much of it. I recently ordered Dr. Ortiz's book, WOW. It was amazing! Coming from me, that means alot. I HATE to read, but his book was very interesting and I learned alot. He talks about plateau's and everything. I remember about a month or so ago, someone posted on here that the fill doctor that they went to see told them that muscle does not really weigh more than fat. According to Dr. Ortiz, muscle weighs 4 times as much as fat. I just wanted to share this with you all, It's not real often I get excited about a book. But this book was the bomb!

Decladi, Don't be embarassed to go get your third fill. If you are not losing, then get the 3rd one. I got my 2nd fill on 7-9-08 and only lost about 2 pounds, so I had a third fill on 8-7-08 and have already lost 2 pounds. Do whatever you need to do, don't worry about what anybody else thinks. Good luck

Congratulations Vix, I am so glad you and your husband are now on the same page. It's great that he is willing to support you. Support means so much, but when a person loses weight, it is amazing how much happier we are. I feel so good about myself again and I still have 40+ pounds to lose. I am truely happy for you. Best of luck, keep us posted and just know if you ever have questions for need support, there are alot of great people here, as you already know.

I have noticed that I do the same. I will fill my plate, then realize that there is no way I am going to eat it all. SOOOOO cooollll. I love to eat, but I also love to lose weight, so....................the weight wins!!

All I can say is WOW.

I unfortunately had constipation instead of diarrhea, it sucked also As far as pain around the port area, I had noticed that if I layed on my side or something like that, it felt like something was ripping, so I think it may be normal. If you feel uncomfortable at all, I would call OCC and just ask them. It may put your mind to rest, which is worth it. Best of luck

I work in a doctors office and everybody is right. There are programs to help people with their medications. There are even some programs that will do all the paperwork and everything. You can contact the hospital, your moms doctor or the SRS. I wish you the very best. Do not feel guilty. You are doing the band to prolong your life so you can be there for others. If your sister does not see that or understand that, then she is the selfish one.

Hang in there, it will happen.........really it will. It took 2 fills for me to finally have some restriction. I did not know what it was like to PB. Now I do it almost daily. I can no long eat bread or flour tortilla. I still feel like I can eat alittle more than I should, so I am going for another fill on 8-7-08. Remember, we are all different and they want to get us to our sweet spot slowly so we don't have problems. Hang in there, I was also frustrated after my first fill of 1.6cc. I had absolutely no restriction. You'll get there. It is important to make good food choices though, I know it is hard, but you can do it. good food choices and exercise have to go hand and hand with the band. Best of Luck

Congratulations!! You will not regret the surgery. It's the best thing I have ever done for myself. As far as airline tickets go,.........go to www.kayak.com they will scan all airlines and you can pick from them. Tanya

Please let us know how your plastic surgery goes. I am soooo looking forward to a tummy tuck and breast lift and etc. Keep us posted. Best of luck with your surgery. I have 40 more pounds to lose before I can schedule..............bummer,,,,,,,,,,,,but...........i'm slowly getting there.

PBing is aweful. I never had PBing until after my second fill. I had my 2nd fill 2 weeks ago and I think I may need just alittle more, maybe .3cc or something like that. Is there a certain amount of time a person has to wait inbetween fills? How much are the fills in Las Vegas. I hear alot of people say they go there.

I was on phentermine from October until the end of March and was able to lose 38 pounds. I did not have any problems. Usually the first day or 2, I would feel like my heart was racing, then it all went away. I loved it. I got banded on April 3rd, so now relying on the band to help me.

I don't think you could lie about where you had your surgery done. I know here in kansas the doctor that I found to do fills, requires that a patient get a copy of the surgery report. that way they know the band size and etc.

If the biotin does not help and you are taking multivitamins and eating protein, then I would check with your primary doctor. Maybe your thyroid is not functioning correctly. That is one sign/symptom of hypothyroidism.

A fill with fluro is much safer, not only can they tell how tight or untight the band it, they can see the port and can stick the port on the first stick and not hit the tubing. It is the safest way to go. Dr. So has done my last 2 fills, He is awesome!! and I must say, pretty damn cute too!

I am still learning about restriction. Sometimes I feel like i have it and sometimes I don't. 2 of my friends that had lap band with me, can only eat about 6 bites and they are done. Not me.............last night I had 1/2 baked pork chop, a small helping of mashed potatoes and a small helping of corn. I was not able to finish all the corn, but ................. I have found something that works great for me when I am hungry. Beef Jerky. There are 70 calories in 1 ounce and 15 grams of protein. 1 ounce does not sound like alot, but it really is when it comes to beef jerky. Just have to make sure it is tender and chew it well.

That is horrible. I can't believe how quick people are to judge. I hope your mom does say something and that receptionist gets her butt chewed. I have not had any problem in finding places in Kansas to get the fills done, but I still prefer to go back to OCC. Good luck

If you drive or ride the trolley to the border, then you walk across the border and catch a taxi to the OCC. Make sure you tell them 5 dollars only. I have never had one turn me down yet. After the fill you take the taxi back to the border or where ever you want to go. If you do not want to pay OCC for transportation, then that is totally on you. the fill will then only cost 100 dollars, which is fluro. To be honest, I don't think I would have a fill without it. I have had a bad experience and feel so much safer with the fluro. Also they will only charge you 80 bucks plus tax (I think I paid 91 dollars) to stay the night at the lucerna. It is well worth it so you can test out your fill. I highly recommend staying the night. My friend and I did and it did turn out that she needed an unfill, so was great that we were still in TJ. Hope this helps

I always thought the restriction was the "Full Feeling" but after my 2nd fill, I can finally say I have restriction. It is aweful at times, but at least it does make you stop eating and makes me really not want to eat anymore. PB ing stinks!! Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I am finally restricted.

I have been able to eat bread up until my 2nd fill. Now the only bread I can eat is toast and it has to be small bites and chew chew chew. Good luck and remember, everybody is different.

So, is it bad to drink if you are eating some salty peanuts. One night while playing cards with family we started eating some peanuts in the shell "salty of course". I ended up drinking a whole bottle of water while eating them, now concerned about stretching my pouch out!

My friend and I just got back from OCC from getting fills. thank god we stayed the night, because she ended up having to go back for a bit of an unfill. She could only eat about 5 bites, then would start PBing. When we went back, they said she was to tight. I think you should call the doctor that you had your fill done by. Don't take a chance, it is not worth it.

Wow, sorry to hear about your sister. That is the reason I am afraid to have a fill without a fluroscopy. When I went for my first fill the doctor (not from OCC) stuck me 4 times. I too was afraid of infection, my port area was very red and swollen, but thank god no infection, I guess. I don't know if it would have become infected or not, I work at a doctors office and to be on the safe side, the doctor gave me a script for antibiotics, so I took them as precaution. I would like to say it was not the doctors fault she had to poke me so many times, at that time my port was flipped.