Guest guest Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 N., you need to give your body a chance to catch up with losing 25 lbs. in 5 weeks. before you decide if you need a fill or not. That is a tremendous weight loss and the fact that you haven't lost any in the last 2 weeks doesn't mean anything. I haven't had a continuing loss since my surgery either. The scale may not move for weeks and then I'll have a 5 lb. loss. I am very pleased to lose the weight slowly. I don't want my skin to sag down to the floor and so far it's not. So be patient with yourself and don't concentrate on the scale so much. I know, easier said than done but try to concentrate on how you feel and your clothes getting larger. You may know in 9 days if you need a fill -- most of us get one after 2 months or so -- but we are all different. I only got a fill of 1.1cc and that was in January and I still am tight. You need to listen to your body and speak with your doctor about it during your appt. Good luck. Barb in , FL Dr. Grossbard 10/22/04 284/215/160 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Well, even if you're not tight, it is possible to get something stuck if you take too big a bite, don't chew it well, etc. Plus some of us are tight from Day One. I didn't have a fill for almost six months. Yes, lack of exercise will hurt. Grazing will hurt even more. The eating less is keeping you from gaining, but you need to eat less than that to lose, especially without exercise. And of course hormones and such can make you retain water at " that time of the month " , etc, so that can be two or three pounds right there. And then there's salty food, constipation, and all sorts of other factors that can mislead you from day to day or week to week. dan Monday, April 18, 2005, 6:50:19 PM, you wrote: n> In n> all honesty, my lack of ongoing weight loss MAY be n> lack of exercise or n> possibly some hormonal " grazing " behavior, although n> I'm still eating n> FAR less than I used to. . . Dan Lester, Boise, ID honu@... www.mylapband.tk Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana, 4/28/03 323/209/199 Age 62 Fair is whatever God decides to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 > IMO, one should never get another fill when you are having any trouble with the current one. That means hardly ever pb'ing - maybe a couple times a month at the most. Since every pb is chancing serious trouble, and continuing pbing raises the risk even more, they really need to be minimized. If you're pb'ing oftener, you need to figure out why, and correct the problem, before you add any further restriction. your 25# loss so far is great, :-) but none of us lose regularly or every week, or even every month. There will be many periods of temporary stalls, when your body is compacting and adjusting to a smaller size. During these times, you are still doing well in regaining your health, which is the goal of banding - not simply weight loss. The scale is not the only means of measuring ongoing success! Any time one has not lost an average of 1-2# a week for MORE than 3-4 weeks in a row, it's time to re-evaluate your eating, exercise, non- caloried fluid intake, and the other basic band needs. If all these are pretty good, *then* it's time to consider getting another fill. A fill should not be the first thing you think of. You might want to review Jessie's guide on fills for more info - in the files here - " How to tell if you are perfectly adjusted. " My thoughts, fwiw! Sandy R NSAnd28 wrote: > > I hope you experienced bandsters can help me with this. I was banded > 7 weeks ago, lost 25 pounds in the first 5 weeks but have been > fluctuating around the same weight for the last 2 weeks. I was > thinking that this means it's time for my first fill, yet tonight I > had one of those unpleasant episodes with the " food stuck in my > esophagus " feeling and mid-chest pain for a couple of hours,> > N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 you should have periodic xrays so that the doctors will have a baseline for comparison in the event your condition worsens (orstays the same) in future. james " My question is, should I ask for x-rays or similar to be taken of my sacroiliac joints and right knee? I am 40 and have had this disease off and on for 12 years now and have had quite a few injections into my knee over this time. " --------------------------------- Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Messenger with Voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Hi I agree with james, baseline films are very helpful. Despite my opinion, it took me 4 months to brow beat my rheumy into ordering them! The results came in today - diffuse mild degenerative changes. No suprise, but now I have a baseline to see how my therapy is working in the future... If your doc delays, give him your best pretty please... Best regards - > My question is, should I ask for x-rays or similar to be > taken of my sacroiliac joints and right knee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Thanks for the advice to have x-rays taken of affected joints. I will try my best to have them taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 How do you deal with an AS child who is violent? DS gets mad and will hit before he thinks. Yesterday his cousin was playing with the pool water which she shouldn't have been anyway. He got mad at her because she got water on his shoe and he shoved her. She proceded to yell in his face and repeativly shove him back. He then shoved her as hard as he could to get her away from him. By doing this she hit her head on a wooden post that left a huge goose-egg on the side of her head. Now I know that my son didn't mean to hurt her like that but what kind of punishment should have been done to him to help him understand that what he did wasn't okay? Am I wrong to also be mad at his cousin and place some of the blame on her? I mean we have known that my son has problems and violent tendicies since he was three he is now six. These two are only a year apart. So obiviously she knows how he acts. I just think that she shouldn't have shoved him and gotten into his face. I think those actions made it worse for my son and that's why he pushed her as hard as he did. Now my sister in law and mother in law aren't really mad at him but place all blame on him. I'm not saying that my son should go around beating everyone up but I don't think allowing her to hit him back is a wise choice. At least not until we can get him some further help. Am I wrong to feel this way? Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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