lillynushoes

Hi I can really sympathize with your situation! I do have a slip. have the xrays to prove it. my symptoms include, cant tolerate more than a 1.25ml fill. discomfort most times I eat solids. often regurge to relieve pressure. pain in the stomach,and sometimes the shoulder. Unable to identify the full feeling until it is far to late. Food comes back up the throat in the night. Solutions.....Eat by size not eyes. Imagine the size of the stomach and try to confine meals to that proportion. (very difficult) Eat evening meal early. If pain develops I drink water to flush it through. I know this is not recommended but it works... if a blockage has developed, I drink a boiling hot cup of weak broth, ie 1/2 stock cube in water. This clears the pipes and works really well. With a severe blockage ie meat.... Coca Cola! sipped slowly then bring up the furball!....Ok I know this is not all Kosha, and if I am ringing alarm bells for some. I am trying avoid corrective surgery. I am not losing regularly though I have lost 38kg since Sept 06..I am open to advice....and will leave you with this piece which I know for sure helps living with the band....get rid of the stress in your life it messes with the band more than your head!

Hi, Im back! thanks for perservering at getting my attention bandsters, Its been 2 years since the surgery, and I have lost 37kg. It has been an interesting ride, not without its problems. I apparently have a slippage, but I am trying to live with it, instead of having another operation. I can only tolerate 1.25 ML I got up to 2mL but it was impossible to eat, drink, or think straight. and the pain, in the stomach, the shoulder, and the reflux up the throat at night was shocking. so I gradually reduced the fill, until I reached 1.25ml. I just cannot sustain a progressive weight loss, I am just stuck.I was eating small meals , but lately everything I eat seems to sit in the gullet again and I have to drink copious amounts of water to flush it through, at night it can come up my throat and almost choke me if im not careful and make sure I eat early in the evening 20mins after eating I experience pain and bloating in the stomach area and into the back does anybody have a problem of this nature?

Hi Gerbera. Im in Vic, just posted my first thread, read my experience, from lillynushoes. Apparently it depends on your doctor, if it has a fill at the op. You and I have started at the same weight, I had a hard lump too but it has settled down. The pain in the shoulders did hang around for a while, maybe three weeks, stay on the watch for that junk! it usually comes in small packages!

I had my band Sept 21 06, told everyone thinking it would be a huge success. excellent surgeon, op went well. Home next day with empty band. Disaster, husband in coronary care same night I came home.In the pandemonian that followed I dont know if I took in too much liquids or mulched food, but I surprised myself at how much I could take in after a couple of days of not really studying my situation. I actually felt the band was not stable, it seemed to move, but I though I might imagined it. I moved to thicker foods faster than I should and gained 2kg, after the op. at 1month 1ml some action not taking in as much, but not knowing when to stop, before too late, pain, discomfort, regurging for relief. sometimes 2 mouthfuls pulled me up, while other times a small plate of food was no problem until afterwards, I knew I was in trouble.I ate small portions of anything mulched to a paste, lots of chicken soup. gained 2kg, at 1 month had fill 1ml, progressed to more solids, pain regurged small portions, no feelling of fullness till too late! another fill 0.2ml lost 4kg immediatly then nothing for the rest of the month. no feeling of fullness till too late, then regurge to ease the pain. next month 1.1 ml put on 2kg over Xmas. Sometimes two mouthfuls, pain no feeling of fullness, just blocked, drink coke push it through hungry again in no time, gullet feels iritated, never feel satiated, just uncomfortable and bloated have to wash the food through cant stand the discomfort, and then Im looking for something else in no time because Im hungry again. Before the op, I lost 35kg dieting, but put it all back on. At 3 months 1.03ml, no weight loss, too depressed to exercise, not enjoying any food, eating crap in minute quantities regularly. Doctor has no answers, could this be the symptoms of a slipped band? it does not move now, since it was tightened, but I reckon it did early on. can any one advise? Oh husband spent 5 days, and an angiogram in CCU, - outcome -indigestion! Doctor says his heart is perfect!

:faint:I had my band Sept 21 06, told everyone thinking it would be a huge success. excellent surgeon, op went well. Home next day with empty band. Disaster, husband in coronary care same night I came home.In the pandemonian that followed I dont know if I took in too much liquids or mulched food, but I surprised myself at how much I could take in after a couple of days of not really studying my situation. I actually felt the band was not stable, it seemed to move, but I though I might imagined it. I moved to thicker foods faster than I should and gained 2kg, after the op. at 1month 1ml some action not taking in as much, but not knowing when to stop, before too late, pain, discomfort, regurging for relief. sometimes 2 mouthfuls pulled me up, while other times a small plate of food was no problem until afterwards, I knew I was in trouble.I ate small portions of anything mulched to a paste, lots of chicken soup. gained 2kg, at 1 month had fill 1ml, progressed to more solids, pain regurged small portions, no feelling of fullness till too late! another fill 0.2ml lost 4kg immediatly then nothing for the rest of the month. no feeling of fullness till too late, then regurge to ease the pain. next month 1.1 ml put on 2kg over Xmas. Sometimes two mouthfuls, pain no feeling of fullness, just blocked, drink coke push it through hungry again in no time, gullet feels iritated, never feel satiated, just uncomfortable and bloated have to wash the food through cant stand the discomfort, and then Im looking for something else in no time because Im hungry again. Before the op, I lost 35kg dieting, but put it all back on. At 3 months 1.03ml, no weight loss, too depressed to exercise, not enjoying any food, eating crap in minute quantities regularly. Doctor has no answers, could this be the symptoms of a slipped band? it does not move now, since it was tightened, but I reckon it did early on. can any one advise? Oh husband spent 5 days, and an angiogram in CCU, - outcome -indigestion! Doctor says his heart is perfect!

I had my band Sept 21 06, told everyone thinking it would be a huge success. excellent surgeon, op went well. Home next day with empty band. Disaster, husband in coronary care same night I came home.In the pandemonian that followed I dont know if I took in too much liquids or mulched food, but I surprised myself at how much I could take in after a couple of days of not really studying my situation. I actually felt the band was not stable, it seemed to move, but I though I might imagined it. I moved to thicker foods faster than I should and gained 2kg, after the op. at 1month 1ml some action not taking in as much, but not knowing when to stop, before too late, pain, discomfort, regurging for relief. sometimes 2 mouthfuls pulled me up, while other times a small plate of food was no problem until afterwards, I knew I was in trouble.I ate small portions of anything mulched to a paste, lots of chicken soup. gained 2kg, at 1 month had fill 1ml, progressed to more solids, pain regurged small portions, no feelling of fullness till too late! another fill 0.2ml lost 4kg immediatly then nothing for the rest of the month. no feeling of fullness till too late, then regurge to ease the pain. next month 1.1 ml put on 2kg over Xmas. Sometimes two mouthfuls, pain no feeling of fullness, just blocked, drink coke push it through hungry again in no time, gullet feels iritated, never feel satiated, just uncomfortable and bloated have to wash the food through cant stand the discomfort, and then Im looking for something else in no time because Im hungry again. Before the op, I lost 35kg dieting, but put it all back on. At 3 months 1.03ml, no weight loss, too depressed to exercise, not enjoying any food, eating crap in minute quantities regularly. Doctor has no answers, could this be the symptoms of a slipped band? it does not move now, since it was tightened, but I reckon it did early on. can any one advise? Oh husband spent 5 days, and an angiogram in CCU, - outcome -indigestion! Doctor says his heart is perfect!