Hi!

I have the veggie smoothie every morning. I have not gotten fills in years, it took a whileto get to my green zone. Slight tiny fills helped.

I dont feel my port I used to before it was moved but only if I did serious ab crunching/streching. I waited I think 7 or 8 years before my tummy tuck.

What is funny about some of the responses about issues is there is a learning curve that we all go through no matter the surgery. So you will get things stuck, you will find foods that dont work for you. But you will also find the foods that keep you full. For me, when I notice mindless eating, I eat hard boiled eggs carrots raw.Those make me uncomfortable full so I keep them around. Just pay attention to the food you eat, how ot was cooked, how you chewed it and cir****tances. Was it cold, were you nervous all that you need to learn about the tool.

THIS post is the one that should be telling you NOT to do it. Does it sound in any way functional and yet the poster talks like all these dysfunctions are completely normal.

I wish you the best of luck because I'd you go ahead, you are going to need buckets of it.

It is a huge misconception that the band is just a temporary, removable procedure. The band is stitched into your stomach, creating scar tissue. At the point that you need to have it removed, it has created permanent damage to the organ. It IS a removable procedure, but it NOT really a reversible procedure--you can't just put it in and out without physical consequences.

You seem pretty stubborn about going ahead with it, despite a lot of real life people here who are giving you first hand accounts of their agony. Mine was terrible. I threw up 8+ times a day and developed terrible acid reflux. I followed every rule, but soon it was impossible to eat the foods that are good for weight loss. I was sick. Really really sick. I didn't even really understand how sick I was until I finally got that thing out and revised to RNY. I can eat healthy food now and I am able to exercise (hard) because I have the nutrition in my body to be able to.

I sincerely hope you are okay if you go through with this. I am not warning you against it because I hate you! I am warning you against it because I wouldn't wish the band on my worst enemy! I wish you well--really...

Mell,

Thank you so much for your response!

So do you still use a protein shake/smoothie for at least one of your meals?

I love pumpkin- sounds delicious to use it.

How often did you get fills? Being this far out, are you still getting fills/ regular follow ups?

how long after the surger did you get a tummy tuck?

Sounds good about alcohol- because honestly, I can live without it.

When you move in different positions, can you feel the band at all?

my better half will be getting the gastric ssleeve, so we BOTH will have to change our eating habits for the better.

Do you eat 3 x day or more? About how much can you eat before you feel full 1 cup or so?

Hollykim,

i appreciate your response. I have visited the failed procedures on this board and others.

i have also read lots of people who have had great success with the surgery.

i am comfortable with my decision, but do appreciate your concerns.