I had the balloon placed about 5 months ago and it has been a total waste of time. I lost 2 kg in the first week and that has been it. I am going tomorrow to have it removed early because I think that it is silly to continue taking medication twice a day for no reason. A waste of money, a waste of time and a waste of the suffering in the first weeks. I don't have a huge amount of weight to lose but I have been struggling for some time and was hoping that this was a useful tool to push me along. I am told that since I am tall the balloon should have been filled much more to be effective. Oh well, live and learn. I have been going to the
gym for the past 2 months and planning my meals and I think that I will be better off (or at least the same) when I get rid of this annoying thing. My friend who had it done and inspired me to get it done lost 18 kg. She had it out 3 months ago and she has gained back 5 kg!! And she really suffered to lose the 18 kg but didn't learn enough skills to keep it off. It is a lot of money and a lot of suffering.
For those of you with terrible gas and burping...drink a coca-cola on an empty stomach to clean the balloon. That is what I was told and that is what I have to do tonight to clean the balloon before it comes out...although I never drink fizzy drinks, I will do it. Good luck to everyone on their journey.
