Hi yall well its been a long time and for a reason I am going to go to MUSC on Thrusday to talk about band removal..my band has gave me so many problems I hate it..my weight loss is not good due to I cant make good food chocices because at this point I eat what will go down I have had fill ..unfill fill unfills been to Er with shoulder and chest pain..Acid reflux no sleep... I have nothing in my band now...every time I eat I feel like some one is pinching me..I had a swallow test and liquids are going down but not food I slime and puke all the time..And i know all the band rules eat slow small and chew chew chew ...yeah right! Im looking to have a reversion to gastric bypass if they will do it my weight is now like 205 and im 5 ft 3 Im so tired of this battle And i want the pain to go away... I hate walking around feeling like im having a heart attack...for all of you that the band has worked for im soooooooooo happy for you.. keep up the great work.. I will update more on Thrusday

Sorry it has been a while ...I havent lost any weight in a while and I have been working my ass of with WII and exercising and riding my bike so on Thrus went I went to see my Hero...he gave me a small fill of .5cc and I did fine Thrusday and all through the night .But Fri was a trip I had a hard time getting my shake down and only ate 12 cup cottage cheese so Sat I had to work got up and couldnt get coffee down.....so I took a bottle of water and a shake to work and got down the shake but only after about 3 hours and it hurt like hell .....so I tryed to sip water through out the day and a no go for that either....hurt hurt hurt...so I had to call the doc and got an unfill of what he put in and right away I felt wonderfull.....Thanks Doc......hugs hugs and more hugs to you!! I couldnt ask for some one any better to guide with my band...so now im back to where I was before the fill.....Im a little worried about getting this meat off my ass...Im going to Log all my food and water intake ...just so Im aware of everything im putting in my mouth and im going to Beef up my exercise....I would love to be a little lighter by summers end...I started all this sick and slow I do feel great about me and know this is a long road to travel ........ Just thought I would let ya'll know how I am...oh yeah Thrus I was 202 in the Docs office and I weighed this morning 196 thats what a few days of being choked out will do for ya...........Hugs to all!!!!

Here I am with this crazy Band of mine im a little worried about my weight loss ..I went for a Doc appointment left very disapointed... I didnt get a fill ..not sure really why...I get hungry and I know I can eat alot more than what I do I just control it.... I feel like some times Im on weight watcher all over again.....I lost like five pounds...but I know its not due to my band it is due to me.....I have been working my ass off more than ever and I eat about a cup of food every meal and have two snacks....my scale didnt move for almost two months ...so thats why I decided to get really active....but The band didnt do the weight loss I didnt by killing myself with PT.....but who am I to argue with the Doc....if I go by what I weighed the day I had my band put on I have lost 42 pounds but I lost 18 pre op...Maybe im just being stupid but Im a little tired of trying..... I dont eat any crap at all.....I know every one is different with weight loss but I feel im behind the norm.....I dont feel like I have the band at all.......only proof I have is my scars...I have had 5 fills and im at 4.5 CC in my 10 CC band... I hear of people getting to a sweet spot but I have no Idea what that is...well I guess you can see im a little frustrated..but tomrrow is a new day......am I alone in feeling this way....oh yeah I have to get my fills approved from now on from my insurance so that makes me a little worried.....making appointments have been easy and i hope they stay that way..............oh yeah look at how slow my weight is comming off on my chart I had it put on July 29th

Hi all what a day I was so tired at work and went to see Dr Mcdevitt and I got a fill of 1 cc so now im at 4.5 I left the office feeling really good ..even though I didnt lose any weight since my last fill. But im fine with that ..I know this band is going to work for me..it has so far.. Im really lucky to have such a great team of people to help me along this journey...it was a little tough going through the hoildays but it is a new year with a new me ...Im loving life! so untill next time...hug life it feels great

yesterday went.fine I was a wreck before going in there ..only because they havent done this before at this hospital...my fill went fine..I think..I left there kinda disapointed..I dont feel like I got a fill he was to put 1 cc in but im confused about how he is did it...the put me on a table and scrubbed me down found my port on the screen incerted the needle ..but the needle was attached to a tubes about 6 inches long...he at first couldnt get fluid out so I got a little worried then he applied more pressure and got in the port..some came out and he said he put in 1 cc ..but the last time when Dr McDevitt put 1 cc I felt a difference...this one I dont .... honestly I dont think 1 cc went in he at first wasnt even trying to remove fluid ....im a little frustrated with my band.....it is working because I am loosing weight....slow....I hope next time I get a fill I can do it with Dr McDevitt he is great ! I have alot going on in my head wth this band ...I will be 5 months out on the 29th and I read so much about the band and hear all this stuff ...like people can only eat a certain amount of food....well I stay at about a cup of food But I know I can eat well above that...I have never PM..ed what ever that is...I have never felt stuffed ...only right after surgery...my hair is driving me crazy I fear I will be bald soon...IM not joking when I say I can see my scalp and I get more than I need in protien and take Biotin ...sorry if I sound like a Dudley Downer...I do love that im loosing but sometimes I feel LIke it is all me and not the band...MAybe I should go back and read my profile and see where I came from.....I hope my next fill makes a difference in how my tummy feels....so far my fills havent stoped me from eating ..not that I want that but I hear bout their band being tight on certain days ...I have no clue what that means..should I be feeling something when I eat. so I dont want to eat ? like a full tummy ? because I dont  ahhhhhhhhhhh....im at 3.5 cc in a 10 cc band...