mamabear

Sorry but I am sure once the swelling goes down and you get a fill you will feel great:) You are lucky to have your mom so you can help each other. Xmas is just around the corner so hang in there.

Well your husband is a JERK! (sorry) Congrats on your decision to get healthy. If he can't love you when you are over weight what does that say about him? Just remember that your son is watching the way he treats you. I wish you luck and continued weight loss. Hang in there!!

My sister is going some place near Orlando on Monday and it was not $600 with fluoro that sounds really high. I thimk she said $400 the first time. Good luck

No water you just have to wait it out. Water makes it worse. Thats what I was told:)

Well I was told that when you go to the OCC you may go 2-3 times for fills and then be done. I have a friend that went to her Dr and had 1 fill a month for 12 months she still is not at her sweat spot a year and a half after surgery. I just hope this next fill goes well!

I have 4 cc's in the 11 cc band and I am so worried I could be stretching out my pouch. I am stuck and was so sure once I had my first fill I would start doing better. They better fill this band up cause I am not sure if I can come back to Mexico again. BTW cograts on your weight lose so far!! When did you have the band put in??

Hey I just booked my second fill at the OCC for the 24 of November. Will be my first trip alone I will be spending 2 nights at the marriot and wonders if anyone else will be there that same time? I sure hope this will help the scale move!!! Getting upset and I hate Halloween!!!

I had a bladder repair 6 weeks before my band and no pain pills need piece of cake. Good luck!

Sorry to hear about you brother!

I am a crazy Canadian but not the one you are looking for! I wish I could Tiffaney from Aug 13th from the OCC. Good luck finding you lost friend!

You look GREAT!

Thank you ladies I think I should call the OCC and see if they will fill me again I hear most people say they have the most restriction at about 75% of their band being full. Mine is only at half. I need this to work so bad and hope the scale will start to move again. Thanks again

I had my first fill a few weeks ago at the OCC and was told I should wait 3-4 months before need another fill. I feel no restriction and have lost only a couple pounds since my fill. I had 4cc put in my band should I go back sooner than 3 months? I guess I do feel full 1/2 hour after I eat but already start thinking about my next snack! Is this normal? Thank you.

I am having my first fill next week and I am wondering how much will I be able to eat? Can I eat a whole lean cuisine or is that over eating???

I clearly have no clue what I am doing cause I was meaning to reply to the first post.

I don't think after spending this kind of cash I would do that but them maybe some people don't really want this as bad as others. But then I ate some noodles today on day 19 so I guess I should not talk!

Today was a hard day for me. My friend that I had worked with off and on for 12 years had a 17 year old son die Tuesday in school while playing basketball with friends. The funeral was today and I don't think I have ever seen such a large funeral. Small towns always pull together. Normally I would eat until I was sick to deal with the heart ache but today I decided I don't need food like that (for today anyhow). I am on day 17 after my band and I am feeling great. I am so glad I did this and hope the scale keeps on going down. This is the time of night when I think and eat. Tonight I tucked my 3 kids in gave them kisses told them I loved them. They are my 3 reasons for not going back to the kitchen tonight! Everyone kiss your loved ones everyday and tell them how much you care because you just may not get another chance.

It is 6 days since I was banded and I am wondering if I can drink as many 1/2 cup amounts of liquids as I want how long do I wait inbetween? and if it takes me 25 min to drink a cup of tea is the water just not going straight out? Any advice would be great!!

Ok I followed mamamichelles great advice and got a ticker working, but some how when I tried to update it the old ticker is still up why can I not delete it? Ok I got it lol but how do I get my progress to show up on the bottom like my starting wieght and dates?

Well I had the band put in this am and can not believe how good I feel. Everyone has been so nice and I am going back to the hotel tonight I am on my way