The first week of January, PMS came upon me, and with all the bloating, my band was very tight. I wasn't really surprised by this. It happened in December too. But it was tighter than December. But I figured I would get through it. So the PMS stopped and then it was "that time of month"... I started taking water pills to offset the bloating. Seemed to help, maybe...???? But then when I lay down at night I started coughing and coughing and coughing... nonstop. Coughing so hard...

cnicholl

So after the fill in November, I can definately tell that I have restriction, but I can also see that Chocolate goes down way too easy. I am eating fine except for the tiny halloween chocolates that are everywhere. Thanksgiving was a joke. Everyone else ate 2 helpings of everything and I ate a slice of turkey and a scoop of mashed potatoes. Even with holiday candy abounding, I still managed to loose about 15 pounds from mid november to the 1st of January.

cnicholl

I got my first fill in early November... 6 weeks after my surgery. My mom and I flew in to San Diego and decided to save some money by taking the bus and the trolley to the border. Cost 3-4 bucks each way and it was a piece of cake. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Took a cab from the border and almost got killed cuz the driver was crazy and he cut off some other cabbie and the other cabbie cut him off and started screaming at him in spanish about whatever... All i got out of the conversation...

cnicholl

Really nothing to tell. I wasn't hungry, wasn't thirsty. I did lose about 20 pounds... that was great... the last week I was finally getting to the hungry stage.

cnicholl

So I am up and ready to go. Dr. Ortiz's mom picks us up and takes us back to the hotel. I drink the juice from the care package they gave me but later that day, my husband and I walk down to the grocery store (about a 1/2 mile each way) to get more liquids... lots of CLight the equivilant of crystal light. A driver takes us back to the airport and we fly home... no complications.

cnicholl