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lumbee

LAP-BAND Patients
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About lumbee

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About Me

  • Gender
    Female
  • City
    hampton
  • State
    va
  • Zip Code
    23665
  1. Mimi..me too...if you find anythng out please let me know as well.
  2. Hello, I understand how you feel,I had to have my band removed because it caused a infection in my liver, kidney, and ribs. When they removed my band i had a hole in my stomach and had a tube put into my nose and down my tummy for 5 days. It was the worest, but that being said i cryed the whole time because they toke my band and the idea of being fat again scared me. I was 320 and went to 168. its been over a month and i am at 179. i have gained 11 pounds in a month. The doctor said i needed the weight because i had lost so much Water that my kidney were not working. Now its been a month or so and i have had time to think about everything and the idea of me being 320 again is so scary but what if i keep the band and the infection went into my blood stream and it killed me? I know something was wronge for a month but had no idea it was the band. I am determined to do it on my own. I try to eat right and excerise alot. During the weekend are the worest because i want to go out to dinner ect.... so just have to remind myself that i am human and it is going to happen. The next day i just go right back to eating like i should. Have you thought about the sleeve? I dont think i can get it but i am going to check into it and see what i can do. Hang in there and try to remeber your human and things will happen that you dont have control over but you can do it!
  3. lumbee

    Mistake??? one thing after the next

    I just lost my band, and i am heart broken! Please dont feel like a bother, i will call as much as you can. If i could do it all over again I should have called as soon as i started to have problems but instead i did not and my band eroded and cause a huge infection in my body. My kidneys slowed down and almost stopped working. If you feel bad then call!!! U can always get another band but you cant get another body. Keep a eye on it. I am not telling you this to scare you but i would hate for you to go thought what I did. I started out at 320 and now I am 168, I had the band for 2 years. I worked out alot. The last 6 months i started having lots of problems. Could not eat and when i did it hurt so bad. So please if you have problems call.
  4. lumbee

    I need advice, just lost my band!

    Hello..it only been 2 weeks and I still have sticthes in..as soon as they r gone i will be working out for sure. My Husband is in the USMC so I got the band in NC but now we r stationed in VA. I have been driving back and forth to NC for care. I was hoping for help from my doctor but I am only his 2nd patient that had to have thier band removed, so he dose not have anything in place as far as a team for people like me. The band cause a very bad infection in my liver and kidneys. I was in the hospital for 5 days, with a tube up my nose down into my tummy, so healing has been real slow. I just feel so bad now i dont have the band. I have lost 150 pounds and the idea of being fat again scare me so. I was hopeing that someone has been thought this so they can give me some ideas. I called my doctor today and i am hopeing to get into a support group.
  5. i got my band June 5th of 09..and i had to have it removed 2 weeks ago beacuse it was eating though my stomach. I have lost 150 pounds but now i have no idea what to do. I feel like i lost a freind. What do i do now? is how I am feeling normal? i was not ready to be bandless. natasha

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