Becky

Hi and I am sorry to hear about your friend and cancer.. Mine sickness isn't so bad when you think of all the others out there.. thank you for the tip with the vinegar.. i'll try it.. i don't want this again..

Hi everyone and thank you so much for the well wishes.. I am getting better, but it is along road.. Some days are better than others.. My husband raised the bed 9 inches.. now we just have to keep from sliding off.. lol.. I was talking with a nurse and she stated that bagged lettuce is a very big culprit of this disease.. they say it's washed 3x's and how do we know that it isn't dirty water.. She also said to be careful with buffets, etc.. Geez, it just makes you wonder.. I thought to myself.. I WASH MY HANDS, I WASH MY FOOD.. but you just never know.. so now i am paranoid.. I'm not sure I even want to eat out anymore, but i'm sure that will pass once this dang infection is over.. I can't tell you how much i appreciated all the help and concern.. makes me feel so much better already.. I wish you all well and great weight losses.. I'll keep ya posted on this story .. Hopefully it should be over.. I called my lapband dr. and told him what i had, but hadn't heard back yet.. I just want the reassurance that it's not the band.. I just want to get back to normal.. bye for now..

Hi, I know it 's been awhile.. but since July life has been abit off for me.. I had a terrible bout with supposedly bronchitis.. I went to 3 different doctors along with my own and not one ever took an x-ray and they just put me on antibiotics for weeks at a time. I was running a fever of 102.. couldn't believe it.. the month goes by and i am feeling like CRAP.. then i start throwing up dried blood.. Scared the crap out of me.. I started thinking i blew my band out from all the throwing up. I called my band dr. and he said get to emergency right away. i called my regular dr. and she said the same thing.. I go into the hospital and I have pneumonia. Thank you very much, but i also have a terrible case of ACID REFLUX.. I hadn't had this at all since my surgery in dec.03 NOW, I still have the reflux and i had blood work done and i have helicobactor pylori infection in my stomach.. It's the mucous lining in the stomach.. I need to call the lapband dr. and see if it has anything to do with the band.. I am now on a PREV PAC that is to kill the infection. It's nasty. But my regular dr. said all the acid reflux pills in the world wouldn't work since i have this infection.. They tested my blood and found it postitive.. sorry for the rambling. But i have been so sick since July and I don't want the band to be the culprit.. So hopefully these pills will do the trick. When i went into the hospital i had to see my lapband dr.and they removed all the saline. I now have it filled again. I have lost over 75#. I thought it should have been more since i was so sick. guess i was eating comfort food.. lol.. I just wondered if anyone else has had this problem.. Hope all is well with everyone out there..

Hi everyone, thank you for the ideas and thoughts.. I just want to tell you that last night we ate alittle late.. I hate that, but anyway, i managed to drink about 24oz of water before i went to bed.. I was so afraid i was going to do the gagging and acid reflux thing.. Well , i slept on 1 pillow and and i slept through the night with NO PROBLEM.. So I must not be emptying my pouch before i get to bed.. It was wonderful.. Guess it's true, PUSH THE WATER.. thanks again.. Sleeping well in California..

Hi, I don't want to alarm you, but please see your doctor... Also you may want to have an x-ray.. I had severe pain on my side and it continued .. I had an x-ray done and my tubing had snapped off the port and was jabbing my insides.. Please get an x-ray and see a doctor.. It may be nothing, but thats what mine was.. Good luck and hope it's nothing..

thank you for the response.. I'll give it a few days and see how it goes.. I think I'll stay away from the watermelon for awhile.. It's odd , since I have been banded on 12/29/03 and so i pretty much know the routine, but this last fill, maybe too tight.. I surely don't want to damage my esophogus.. that would be awful.. thanks again Banded: 12/29/04 The New Program/Huntington Beach beginning weight: 292 now: 227 goal: under 200 for now!! my port snapped in April and had to have a 2nd surgery. but all is fine now..

Hi, I'm at 2cc's.. I only have a 4cc band , so i'm 1/2 full .. I will go through archives and see what has been posted.. thank you for the response.. I will TRY to drink more water before bed.. it's hard , i have to sip., no gulping for me.. drink, burp, . you know the routine..i'll keep you posted..

oh yes, i forgot.. I also eat an ice cream at night.. diet of course.. anyway, it seems to make me have uneasy nights also.. I don't know' if its the dairy or what.. I try to eat it early enough in the evening, but i get this annoying cough , i will usually get up and take a couple tums to settle the heartburn.. I hadn't had this trouble until the last fill.. I know the fill before this was restrictive, but the dr, gave me another 3cc's .. any ideas, suggestions.. thank you in advance..

Hi all, I have a silly question.. I had a fill a week ago.. All is fine.. I know I have good restriction.. but......... I go to bed at night and I get heartburn or acid reflux or something. .. I start this annoying coughing.. then later on in the night it's like i am choking or something.. Well, last night I woke up 3 different times coughing.. and i knew i had coughed up something.. Hell, I didn't know what it was, i caught it in my hand and started to think, oh my god, what is it.. I ran to the bathroom turned on the light and there it was.. a watermelon seed.. (of course, this is from a seedless watermelon).. anyway, I did this 2 other times.. I thought my stomach was empty, I try to sleep kinda sitting up just to be sure.. Is anyone else having a hard time sleeping.. i don't usually cough up stuff.. . I don't have allergies.. there is no drainage.. so I just don't know.. I keep water by me bed to drink through the night. i didn't think that would hurt in the pouch at night.. Help me.. Other than that, I'm feeling great.. I've lost 65lbs.. so far!!! Congrats to all of you bansters who are losing right along with me..

I am so glad that you are on the road to recovery.. You have been through so much.. My prayers and thoughts are with you.. You are such an inspiration to all of us here.. You are the wise one!!! I wish you a speedy recovery and everything is going to be alright.. Weight loss included.. !!! Keep the faith..

Elizabeth, It wasn't at the port site, it was like my bladder was falling out.. I kept feeling these sharp pains and then it would work side to side.. I can't tell you the pain.. I doubled up all the time.. But it wasn't at the port. Sounds like the best idea is to talk to your doctor.. Exercising may have brought that on.. My port is stitched to the muscle and so i know i would feel it.. Good luck and hope it's nothing..

Hi all, Well I had my checkup since my 2nd surgery and all is great.. I lost 7lbs. in 2 weeks.. I feel that is pretty good.. Now it's a total of 54lbs gone forever.. YAHOO!!.. Both the doctor and the Inamed corp have been contacting each other, so I have submitted my bills and hopefully remimbursement will follow soon. I want to thank you all for the words of encouragement.. I just hope the company will be fair about all this.. At this point I have to put my trust in them.. I'll let you know how things work out.. We want these bands to remain FDA approved and we want our insurance companies to start paying for these surgeries..

Just want to touch base with you all.. I"m so greatful for all the information I have been receiving.. Big Dog's wife, I can't believe you lived with that pain for a year.. that is awful.. There is no way I could have gone another week, much less a year.. I am so sorry to hear that. I go see my dr. tomorrow for a checkup and fill.. I have deceided NOT to get an attorney for this case... I have talked with the INAMED Corp. myself and they seem to want to work with me. I told them that IF things don't work out as I feel they should, then at that point I will bring a lawyer into play.. She told me that this WILL NOT be along drawn out affair and that they want to settle.. I told her that I had some information where you (Inamed Corp) would only pay for the device and not the surgery.. She said each is on a person to person basis.. So we will see what happens.. I will let you all know , once I know.. But if they want to stay approved by the FDA they need to keep us all happy.. !!!! Also, I had gotten a letter from my insurance company that I had been denied for reimbursement for the 1st surgery since it was experimental.. and that I could appeal... Well I told this to the peron at Inamed and they said that they encourage people to appeal so that the insurance companies know that there are other options out there and not as expensive and invasive as the gastric by pass.. Sorry this is so lengthy, but I'm trying to give you the facts and what's happening.. Sssoooooooooo!!! Wish me luck.. and I hope WE ALL GET REIMBURSED.. this is a product liability, not personal error. I'll keep you posted.. Hope all of you are doing well.. bye:)