mailladyBrenda

Again I too am in the same boat with a lot of U I see.... It does totally suck....I also feel the band didnt do what I thought it would as quickly and easily as I thought...It has been very complicated....I too wish I had had the gastric bypass laposcopic surgery.... But what is done is done and I have to make the best of it and find a way....my way...to make it work....my journey has been 3 years... I lost 70 lbs the first 6 months and then went for another fill and the fill was too much and too tight and went back to Emergency room and the Dr. on duty just took ALL the saline out of my band.... I went a while empty...then started getting a fill and got it filled now to 6,5cc in a 10 cc band...But for the last 2 years I have been spitting up my food cause it hurt going down...solid food....and even water would feel like I was too tight.... so after eating ice cream because that was all I could get down...I gained all the weight back ....After gaining weight for 2 years I wanted to start over even if U had to have another type of surgery....So I went back this week and under floro the Dr. said ...theres the problem U are too tight...so he took out 1cc and now I can eat chicken if I eat slowly and chew...I have to measure my food every 3 times a day and it not be over the cup he gave me each meal....I think it is one cup per meal.... Sp through it all I have learned this............... Measure your food every meal.....Journal what U are eating.....Eat slowly and chew chew chew......Stay away from fast food as much as U can.... No bread......hamburger is too hard for me to eat.......no sodium......no sweets unless its 60 or 90 calories a serving and sugar free and fat free....like jello puddin cups or jello popsicles....No carbonated drinks or sugar drinks..... I also cant walk for exercise because the weight has caused great pain in my knees and back with bad arthritis.....SO I AM GONNA BUCKLE UP AND START OVER AND DO MY BEST TO NEVER CHEAT AT ALL AND GET IT OFF AGAIN..... so YES IT HAS HAPPENED TO HUNDREDS OF US .....YOU ARE NOT ALONE.....BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS BAND IN US AND HAVE LEARNED FROM OUR MISTAKES WE CAN START AGAIN AND DO EVERYTHING THE BAND REQUIRES OF US AND SEE THE WEIGHT FALL OFF AGAIN!!!!!! Thats what I am hoping for me and for all of YOU.....I will keep posting here and hope you all will too.... We can help each other get to the other side and love ourselves again!!!!!!!!!! And enjoy shopping for some pretty clothes again for ourselves......Lets do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The same thing happened to me...I havent lost in over 2 years because I was filled too tight and couldnt get down any food or had to spit it up...went to ER after a fill because I couldnt even get water down without the pain or tightness and at the E M the Dr. took out ALL my fill and left me totally with nothing in my band for a few days to let the site rest and then in about a week went back and the Dr. put in 3 and went back in another Month and got 3 cc ...But thru the whole ordeal and the 2 year span I was eating ice cream and anything that would go down easy...I just was so discouraged I didnt care...I felt like it was too much to do to lose weight and if I ate any solid foods like chicken I would have to spit it out... I lost 60 lbs the first year and then the fill was too much when I went for an adjustment and I just ate and spit up for the 2 years and gained back 50 lbs.... Sooooo I just went back this week and told my Dr. I wanted to start over and under floro they said my band was too tight so he took out 1cc and said I should be able to eat chicken again but measure all my food and not over 1 cup total per meal...I think I am finally filled to my correct sweet spot...I have restriction but not too much!!! I am again in my head starting over..I plan to follow the instructions for the lapband to the letter... I plan to measure all meals ...So I was like you so discouraged and I told Dr. I was trying again to start losing and get this wt. moving off my butt again LOL.... and I told the dr. if I dont show any loss I even would consider another type of surgery....SO I MEAN TO GET THIS WEIGHT OFF ONE WAY OR THE OTHER....so dont give up...do like me and lets try it again.and give it our all...But I will say the lapband has disappointed me and if I had it to do over I think I would have had the laposcopic gastric bypass...called the rouny or something close to that...I wish U much luck and success in your journey to be thinner and more healthy and myself also!!! I AM GONNA DO IT THIS TIME....NO ICE CREAM EXCEPT SUGAR FREE AND ONLY 60 TO 90 CALORIES AT THAT....AND GET MY PROTEIN IN EVERY DAY...I KNOW THIS IS MY FAULT THAT IT ALL WENT WRONG BUT I DIDNT KNOW THE FILLS COULD MAKE OR BREAK MY SUCCESS IN SUCH A BIG WAY 1 cc can cause so much trouble....thats why I wished I had done a procedure that would have taken care of all of it at once and not have to adjust and adjust....just had the gastric bypass the new one that doesnt have so many complications and it be done with and let the weight fall off!! But I didnt have the bypass and now I have to make this work and I WILL...and So will You!!!!!!!