Floridamom

I'm 13 years old and I got my band July 2008. I've had a couple of painful moments, and PB'ed twice in school, but I was back to normal after an hour or so. This has been happening to me pretty often in the past month or so, and I don't know if it's what you call sliming. I'm not really sure what that is. I'm eating a burger and some corn on the cob, and after just two bites, I get pain. Not terrible, but not at all pleasant. It goes away after a minute and then comes back, and keeps coming back repeatedly until one moment when I feel starving. I feel like I haven't eaten in a week and I start salivating buckets. I feel weak like I can't move much and I stay this way until I wait it out. Walking doesn't help. After a while, I feel the food go down and I'm pretty much back to normal. Like I said, this has happened often recently, and this is probably about the fifth time. Any ideas on what this is and how I can avoid it would be great. Son of floridamom July-08 218 lbs., Nov-08 198 lbs.

Hi everyone. I have been lurking here for a while. I will be bringing my teenage son for Lap Band on July 15. We've been going back and forth with the surgery for so long and finally decided to do it. He been a reader of the boards and gets so much encouragement, inspiration and information here. He's 220 lbs now and tired of the yoyo weightloss, but most of all tired of the bullying at school. It's really sad what he goes through. He's always been heavy, but we're worried about his health if the weight gain continues. He's really smart and funny kid. Is anyone else having surgery around July 15th? Thanks so much again. Floridamom