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Bmi healthcare at Ross Hall are great. Definitely recommend them.

I know, it just that band slippage is something that seems to used as the ultimate threat for a bander. If you don't eat this way or that food then 'your band will slip'!! I get a bit frustrated that there doesn't seem to be any hard evidence for this happening. Hmmm, I can think I've got my...

There is always a lot of fear around band slippage on the bander forum. Does anyone know of anyone who has had a slipped band? Or does anyone have any info about how easy it is for this to happen? I was under the impression that these days the surgeons stitched it into place so to have it slip...

I don't want a defill because I feel its now working how its meant to. I'm struggling with tea plates of food now and I really have to slow down because if I eat too fast at the start of a meal I regret it as I PB like crazy! BUT, (and its a big but) I don't want it to be this tight forever...

I wonder if because its now really really tight, its a matter of me learning how to eat again because tbh, this seems to be how everyone else is...ie not being able to tolerate certain foods. I've been able to eat vast quantites before and every type of food too but I can't eat bread, rice...

Hope you both have nice hols. Rache, I hope that the dietician helps. But changing habits of a lifetime is really hard and I always default to snacking to help me relax. Its not easy is it! Good luck. I've got 2 weeks to my hols. I'm counting the days now and am looking forward to lunching out...

Is anyone else's band affected by the heat? I had a fill 2 weeks ago and it feels really really tight now. It relaxed a bit after a few days and it has been difficult to eat very much at all but see over the weekend when it was really hot, I've PB'd more than I ever have and barely kept anything...

In my experience, it really depends on how tight your band is. If you can burp then its not a big issue because the CO2 will just burp back up again easily. If your band is tight and you find it difficult to burp anyway, then having a build up of gas below your band can be uncomfortable and...

Wow--- you can dance!!! That was one of the funniest things I've seen in ages! Brilliant! Hope youre on the mend x

Oh Pauline...you poor thing. I really hope you start to feel better soon. Take care x

You know something, having the band this tight makes me feel like I've wasted 10 months. It needs to be tight enough that you don't have to count calories I think. It needs to be tight enough that you have to think about how you're going to eat enough protein to survive & not how you stop...

I think we need a photo Mis!!! x

Thanks Jo. I was a bit worried about how tight it is today so reading that it takes a couple of weeks to settle helps me a lot. Thankyou. I've never had to have liquids/mushies post fill ever! I'm struggling to get yoghurt down for lunch. Thank god!! 10 months to get what you guys have...I...

Yes, Neen is missed :( My nurse said that the largest fill on her books is 9ml in an 11ml band. She also looks after a bandit who has lost 103kg!!! Hope for us all then!!

The space is waiting Pauline. I really hope you're ok post-op and you're not in too much pain. Happy healing xxx

I can honestly say I've never regretted it. Its not been easy though and if anyone ever tells you that, they're lying! What it does do is give you some control over your hunger and enable you to choose food so that you can be healthy yet still lose weight. It also will give you this control for...

Welcome Kellsbells- nice to see you :) Rache- your post hit a nerve with me. I could drink a pint of NAS squash last week too along with a 3 course dinner so I just knew it wasn't working. I was STARVING! Yesterday I went and pleaded for another fill and got it...now up to 7.5ml in a 11ml band...

I haven't posted much recently because we're trying to sell our house- not easy these days. Also, I'm trying to find a new job too so its been busy,busy,busy. I've been struggling with losing weight over the past month since my holiday as there has been a significant decrease in restriction...

I hope it goes well Pauline. Good luck for Monday. X

It'll be done.before you know it! Fingers crossed for you :) x