Jan,
You have come the closest to describing what I feel - not knowing it could be
banding. Mine is just below my
breasts and very sharp. I feel I can't get a breath too. My doc said to
stretch backward - stretching the band -
and it really does help. Yours must be located where mine is with having
trouble getting a breath - hate it.
Janice
----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Hargrove
To: tmic-list@eskimo.com ; Kenneth Oliver
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:11 AM
Subject: [TMIC] Re. The banding
Ken, that's most interesting.......can't understand the swelling,
but as for the banding, I thought I couldn't get another breath
and my urologist was in my room when I had a particularly
rough time with banding. He told me that the banding was at level
where I was "hit", t8, and that it was just the nerve endings
trying to fire or reconnect.......and that I wasn't going to lose
my breathing ability even if I thought I couldn't get another
breath. It made sense to me and it finally eased.......after 13
years I still get it from time to time, usally when I've overdone
and/or stressed over something. Still can't understand your
stomach swelling...........
TIAD janh
--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Kenneth Oliver <kenoliver...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Those of you who have questions about the banding of Tm.. I was in
the hospital for nine weeks during this
time The band around my belly felt like a band of steel holding me
down. At the same my belly went fro 36 to 55
inches even though I lost 30 lbs. It was 1981 that got this, for
several years I had a band of pain that got worse
if I tried to lay on my back. At times my waist could swell up in a
matter of minutes, this was always when
I had a nervous reaction. The constant pain lasted for ten years
plus. Even now after 29 yrs I still have it once in awhile, and my belly
swells up at the same time. Many times it may only take an hour after some
nervous
reaction, I have never been able to get any medical relief..
Ken
