suitcase_03

I have had spontaneous hiccups all my life due to laughing or eating to fast or other things. But since I have had the band, my hiccups scare me because it feels like hiccuping is doing the same thing to my stomach that throwing up does. I feel like I am doing damage to my stomach and the band because of these hiccups. Also, they hurt worse now that I have the band. I would hate to have it slip simply because I laugh a lot and get the hiccups. I am just curious if anyone else has this problem and what you have done about it. Also, I have tried every hiccup remedy out there and I have a trick that works, however I have to drink water. I am wondering which is worse for me: drinking on a full stomach (usually only one gulp, sometimes two) or continuing to hiccup. Any information or opinion would be appreciated.

Hi, I was banded on April 7th and I will be there on the 6th for my first fill. Good luck to you and I'll look forward to meeting you. My e-mail address is suitcase_03@yahoo.com if you need anything just ask, I'm pretty open about all of this. Casey

...why you can't drink before you eat. I understand why you can't while you are eating and soon after, but why not before? Doesn't it just run strait through the band. This may not even be a requirement of Dr. Miranda's, I don't remember. I just know that when I went to a seminar in Dallas, the doctors there told me no drinking 1 hour before and 1 hour after. If someone could clear this up that would be great.

Ummm... I went to Vegas 3 days after my surgery. So yeah, I cheated. A lot.

Right after the surgery I was a little nervous about going to Vegas but it turned out to be the best thing I could have done because all we did all day was walk. And that definately helped to speed up my recovery. I had a blast, there is just so much to do. I lost money there though, buy my "it's complicated" won a good bit on the tables. I did order some chicken broth from room service but mostly I would get other soups from the restaurants and only sip on the juice. I only got food envy once - at the buffett... there was just so much good food, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. I got sick once and it was a bit embarassing. We were at the Cirque du Soleil show and after it was over I got sick. Oh well, it's Vegas, people probably just though I was drunk. Haha I wish that was it. Lol. I am doing pretty well with the weight loss. Plesantly suprised, I've lost 12 lbs since the surgery, but I was on my period that day so I'm sure I was retaining water. P.S. On the plane ride home I thought about you girls because I was sucking the salt off of the peanuts and I remembered talking about licking pringles and sucking the cheese off of cheetos. Lol. I really hope that I can make it back to Tijuana when y'all are there, I'm going to plead my case. I would love to see you guys and I'll show you pics. How are you doing? Casey

5/16 sounds fine, but I start a new job on Monday so I need to check and see with them. It should be fine but I don't want to schedule anything yet. I will let you know when I find something out. Glad everything is going well for you guys. Casey

Hey guys, Casey here. Things are going really well for me. So happy that I had the surgery and it is all behind me. I think that most of the gas is finally gone and my belly doens't hurt, except for the glue pulling the hair off. I don't really know what to say... i'm just so happy because this went so well. Talk to you soon! Casey, P.S. Vegas was awesome.