Help!! Someone please tell me I'm not the only one who has made this mistake!!

Hey all,

I had a REALLY rough day last Friday so my boyfriend decided to take me to dinner and drinks. Well, as we all know, we can't drink with our food, so I downed four cosmos pretty quickly before our food came. BIG MISTAKE. I haven't had a drop of alchohol since the surgery a few months ago on top of already having a low tolerance as it is. Well I got myself good and hammered, so when the food came, I totally broke the rules. I'm a garbage can when I'm drunk. I gulped it all down, didn't chew well, and ate waaaay too much. I didn't get stuck at all, but after getting in the car, and just knowing by the way my stomach felt I knew I screwed up. I started having the shakes and sweating, and was really nauseated. I've never felt sick like that before. I ate soft light stuff the next couple of days but I'm scared to death I may have stretched my pouch or hurt something. I feel ok, but I'm still paranoid.

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75lbs lost, 45 to go!!!

One time of overeating like that isn't likely going to mess anything up.
The stretching comes with doing this over a long period of time.
Just get back on the horse :)

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I have pigged out twice now to where I felt like I really overdid it. Okay okay maybe three times. I am wondering the same thing. Did I flip my port? Did I stretch the pouch? Did I eat so much I'm going to pop the bloody band right off? Agh!!! The guilt! This is a huge challenge to change!

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Banded 08/30/2007 4cc band
Dr. Ortiz in TJ, Mexico
$8,500 self pay
1st fill 1.8 on 10/13/07
2nd fill .6 11/17/07

You're fine. We have all overeaten at some point. I wouldn't freak out if I were you. Hope you enjoyed those cosmos.

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Julie
banded 6/6/06
Dr. McKeen, San Jose CA

320/213/goal 199. Almost there!

Stretching is pressure over a long period of time.

A one-time binge won't do that.

Lap-Band® is all about learning a new way that works, and every pitfall teaches us.

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Thread Starter

Hey everyone,

Yes, I had an appt yesterday with my doc and everything is fine. They thought it was funny that I was so freaked out. I've even lost five pounds in the last two weeks, so I'm pretty happy. No more drinking before dinner though!!! :)

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75lbs lost, 45 to go!!!

Yeah...so since I've been banded I can't hold my drinks like I used to. Where I could drink four now two puts me way over the top....

And yeah, alcohol relaxes the esophagus and stomach, so it makes it so you can eat more (unfortunately).

Two things to remember for next time:

1) eat first or get something small to graze on when the first drink gets there

and

2) plan what you are going to eat for dinner BEFORE you finish that first drink..so when you are all happily loopy you already know what to order and won't drift over into crap foods.

(secret #3, don't be hard on yourself! you'll be fine!!! :) )

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Karen

Banded June 23, 2005
1.0cc in a 4cc band
Dr. Cirangle/Dr. Taller (Laparoscopic Associates of San Francisco)
298 (292 day of op)/183/160 5'7" BMI 47/28/25

Well i dont feel any different ive been banded for only like 3 weeks and i feel like i did before i had the surgery i can eat everything i did i can drink like i did im so disapointed i just dont feel anything at all ehhhhhh so anything you can tell me or explain why im not feeling anything would really really really help me :)

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Glad to hear that everything was ok. It can be scary sometimes. I have weird things happen with mine every once in a while, but it is usually caused by spasms in my esophagus due to irritation. Good luck with your weight loss!
~Brooke

I did the same as you at Carrabbas with my family when they came into town. I downed three glasses of cabernet WITH my meal but when it came to my wonderful chicken dinner...I still could only eat about 1/4. The fact that you are able to eat a lot....even drinking....makes me wonder if you are filled correctly.

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Kacee


Dr. Hadar Spivak, Houston
Banding: 05-23-07, High225/Surgery218/135/140
1st Fill 06/21/07 - Total 1.8cc, 2nd Fill 06/27/07 - Total ~2.2cc
3rd Fill 07/31/07 - Total 2.8cc, 4th Fill 09/06/07 - Total 3.1cc
5th Fill 12/05/07 - Total 3.3cc, 6th Unfill 03/20/08 - (1.3 out) Total 2.0 cc
7th Fill 04/03/08 - Total 2.5 cc, 12/30/08 Unfill to 1.5

Swimmer - you shouldn't be feeling much different. You don't have a fill yet. I don't think you should be eating whatever you want anyway, shouldn't you be on mushies? I wasn't allowed reg. food until 4 weeks, had my fill at 6 weeks. Even then it took a few fills for me to feel much different. Be patient.

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231/153/150
Banded 12/11/06
First fill 1/25/07 - 2cc - 209 lbs
7th fill 3/18/08 .5 total 8cc - 165

Swimmer you dont have any restriction?
I'm four weeks out this friday and even though I can eat more that the first two weeks I still have restriction.

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Swimmer-I didn't have significant restriction until my third fill. Everybody's different. And my Dr. has us back of solid food within days. Every doctor's different. This is the stage called Bandster Hell. It'll teach you patience. Spend your time learning about your band and practicing eating like a bandster when you can. Fake it til you make it.

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BetsyJane
Yep. Kissing my pet deer, John Deer.
10/25/06 $100.00 1st mtg Dr. Spivak.
11/13/06 $15,000.00 Banded! 10cm/5cc band.
12/11/06 Fill 1: 1.6cc 1/12/07 Fill 2: Total 2.0cc
1/30/07 Fill 3: Total 3.0cc-Working! Osteoporosis gone.
3/07 Pouch dilation-->liquids 3 days & beh.chgs. Diabetes gone.
5/07 1/2 way home! 9/07 GERD-->11/13 minus .3cc!

I dont get a fill till mid october... which seems soooo long and i was on mushies but i wasnt cutting it IMM hungry and im young and in college so i go out to eat with my friends alot and on weekends we go out to clubs and such so I want to drink and have fun... i know i can do this but i just thought it was going to change me ya know so i guess thats why im feeling so down... I read this saying on here "A LAP-BAND® without saline is like a car without gas is serves no purpose"

is that true or am i just hoping its true lol :0

THANKS LADIES

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Brandy--from one Brandy to another, you are ok sister! lol...the first time I drank after surgery was at my 30th birthday party, I got completely completely hammered. I couldn't even tell you if I over ate because I was that drunk! :)

It is ok to have a bad day once, so learn from it! :) Don't do it again, and if you drink again invite me over!

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