I am band over bypass. I have had the band since 2009 and I had the bypass in 2004. In response to the question about why our bands are more open at some times that others: i have found that mine is very sensitive to stress. When i am very upset or stressed out I can barely swallow my own saliva. other times,I can eat fairly normally ( in small amounts, keeping in mind, i am also a bypass patient). I recently spoke with my surgeon about this and she validated that it is a well known phenomenon. It kind of makes me laugh because i could never understand people who said they couldn't eat when they were upse,. when I was upset- all I wanted to do was EAT!!!!!. Now I think I get it. The challenge I am now facing is - how to continue losing weight when life gets better ( I lost a lot of weight while my father was dying of cancer and i was only marginally employed).
Deb
