lumbee

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

Mimi..me too...if you find anythng out please let me know as well.

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!

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.

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.