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Thanks for the support......... I need it.

So today is day 4 after my revision to gastric. Not feeling 100% yet but on my way. I have that same excitement as when I first had my Lapland done. I can see the finish line in my mind of the new healthier, thinner me. I pray it goes well this time around. I am not left disappointed or with having to have another surgery. So here are my new STATS Before lapband 265 Before removal 237 After revision to gastric 225

Well I dont know if guy ever watched a show called BIG MEDICINE??? Well the father/son surgeon Dr. Robert Davis/Dr. Garth Davis. Thats who I a have been seeing. I am lucky to live in Houston. They are both very nice. I like Papa Davis though and he will be doing my revision. So I am having the band removed and having gastric bypass. They are still trying to get my insurance approved, but I hope for the best. I would like to schedule surjery for the first week of June as soon as the kids are out of school. I am scared, I cant seem to grasp the idea that I really dont eat much now, but with gastric I will eat less than I do now and loose weight???? I dont eat now. We will see!

Did the second opinion today for insurance purposes. They only revise NOW from band to gastric.......no sleeve. Ugggg

Ok guys.....here I am once again! I went to a new band/weightloss doctor yesterday. The burping constantly was so embarrassing and irritating. Then a new symptom. I work nights so in the morning about 6 am I would hve coffee and a cookie or half a bagel. By 9:00bed....well I was throwing up in my sleep. Terrible. I went to the new doc...had a upper GI and my band had slipped over my stomach and was squeezing my esophagus. Insted of having a pouch in the stomach I have on in my esophagus. The esophagus should be as thick as a finger, but mine is so distended the the size of my arm. So the only revision I can have is gastric bypass. I never wanted that...that's why I chose the band . So I am terrified...they got remove the band and try to fix my esophagus. Uuuggg....doctor says 4 to 5 days in the hospital. With 4 kids and a demanding job that I just started 3 months I am sooooo scared!

So I went to the doctor...had a fluorscope.....all was fine. My band is still not filled (EMPTY,EMPTY,EMPTY), but I am still tight?? Now...OMG...I burp all the time.....eating, not eating, asleep, awake, driving, talking! You name it.....I used to think that it was a silent internal burp that no one could hear....but NOOOOO, I am so embarressed! My husband and kids are like MOMMMMMM or Honey! What is that? How do I make it go away??? HELP

Delo......why do you think my band has slipped?? I would think that I wouldnt be able to eat at all. Like yesterday I had eggs for breakfast and coffee.....I threw up 3 times in the process. Today....2 eggs and coffe and I was fine. Then dinner was rice, beans, and fajitas....I was fine too. Lunch was a salad and I threw up. I dont understand how sometimes I am fine....could that still be slippage??? Would a fluoroscope tell too?

OK.....so here I am.....looking for a "EAR" or maybe some sympathy or understanding or maybe even some advice from the people I know understand what I go through. So you guys might remember me.....banded in May 2007 at 265 lbs. Got down to 175 lbs by December 2007. I could of lost another 25 lbs.....but I was happy and content and feeling like a million bucks! Well then in October 2008 came baby number 3 (Jordan)....lost some weight but only got down to 220 lbs before baby number 4 was on the way. Well baby Sophia arrived in August 2010. When I delivered I was 271....I had never been that heavy. Well she is 9 months old and I just finished breastfeeding so now I can get back to the band. I didnt want to be selfish and restrict my food when I needed to feed her. So now the truth....I weigh 230!!!!! OMG!!!!!! Well I was totally unfilled when I first got pregnant. So I have NO fill in my band.....but I throw up every day. My husband is soooo frustrated that everytime we eat I run to the bathroom to throw up. My food gets stuck and I am miserable w/ the tightnes in the chest and the cant talk so I have to go stick my finget down my throat......but now because it happens sooo much I have lost my gag reflex so it is really hard to make myself vomit! So I tell him today I need to go get filled so I can start loosing weight again and he says....."Hell you dont eat very much and you throw up all the time....what is a fill gonna do for you"?? I hadnt really thought about it too hard....but why am I so tight when i dont have a fill??? There is also no rhyme or reason for when food goes down fine or when it get stuck....I dont understand. Should I go get a fill...even though I am tight already but not loosing weight? If I get filled I wont be able to eat a bite w/o throwing up. HELP!!!! Sandra

Hey guys!!! Wow its been a long time for me!!! Well I am doing NOTHING band related! I am pregnant again and actually about to deliver any day now. I thought I would loose all the weight I gainned with my baby from 2008 but nope...... got pregnant again and right now I am the highest I ever been in my life 271 lbs. I have gainned 53 lbs.....YUCK!!! I hope to have my baby girl and get back to the band and get back to my 175 that I was sooo happy with. Seems like a long way away though. I turned 37 this year and this is my fourth baby.....but I hope and pray that by the time I reach 40 I am a HOT, HOT mamma!!! Hope I can get back to the band!!!

Hello to all! Since my last fill witch I think was the last week in June I feel great. I have lost 20 lbs. I still have a lot to loose but at least something is happening!

Well its been 3 weeks since my good fill! I have lost 14 pounds! I have not been hungry....I eat...but I am pretty tight so I have to be extra carefull! Super tight in the morning and lunch. Dinner is better but I still have to be carefull! I am back on the loosing side and feel like I did my first year w/ the band. Trying to set mini-goals for myself. This month is just to get down to 220. Next month 210. I am trying not to get overwhelmed w/ the amount of weight I need to have to loose. Clothes are starting feel big so that makes me happy. Only time will tell! Good luck to all!!! 265/222/165

Yep...they said that is what you feel! I am happy right now....I feel like I did two years ago. I am just trying to be extra careful and not get stuck all the time! I have 1.5 in my band, but I cant remember what size my band is. I think maybe a 3? Well you can do it Mini! Where is everyone....they all get shinny and leave us! LOL

I had to go back and get checked cause he missed the port so he refilled me again and gave me a little more in the fill so here I go again! This time I am being very carefull and NOT having any cokes and candy. Eating more protein and drinking my water! I have lost in a week what I gainned in a month. So I am back down to 226 lbs I am hoping to be at 220 by the end of the month. Is that resonable thinking...you think?? I try to shoot for 8 to 10 lbs a month. I know if I did it once I can do it again. I did notice I am having acid reflux at night...and I never had that before. Maybe cause I am so tight....hoping it will loosen up w/ time. 265/226/170

Thanks Mini, I needed that....a good talking to! I will try harder, but another thing I noticed is that when he did my fill I felt like a coldish sensation in the port area! I have been super carefull since yesterday because I dont want to start all the PBing again. I dont think I have a fill???? I dont fill tight....I can gulp water! I wonder if I got any kind of fill???

HELP! If ever I needed some kind of support....I NEED IT NOW! I have had some issues that I cant seem to overcome! I get filled then I start loosing...then I get stuck...a lot! Then I have to get unfilled because I cant eat at all...cause all I do is throw up! So after a month of no fill and rest...I gainned 8 pounds! I expected it or actually more than that! When I am unfilled completely the hunger beast come out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Well I went in yesterday for a fill....and my doctor said and I quote! "The lap band is not working for you so you should have a revision" I said "What kind of revision?" He said "I do a great gastric bypass now and I think that is the only way you are going to loose weight" After I had already paid $150 and gotten a fill! I was sooooo mad....I left feeling total helpless and emotionally raped! I cried once I got to the car! I havent even finished paying the loan I got for the surgery and now I need gastic bypass! I need some kind of support!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Surgery265/ pre baby 175/ after baby 240/ now 233

So I am stuck again. I am sitting pretty at 226. I am not going to complane about it though...because I know this happens. I will continue to do my part and hopefully the scale will move again soon!! I am not 265 so that makes me happy.

Twinn Mommy, Good to have you back. Sorry to hear about the RA. We are here for ya!!! Sandra

Back again and the scale is being soooo nice to me so of course I have to post!!1 227 this a.m. I want to be at 220 by May 1st. Remember goal is 200 by June 17th my 36th birthday. I hope I can do it. Hope all of you are doing well.

Well I didnt have a choice because my water broke. Wish I would of made it to 37 weeks because he spent 2 weeks in the hospital and had a hard time breathing and eating and having sleep apnea. Good luck girl!!!

Melissa!! Congrats!! My baby is going to be 6 months old on April 7th. He came at 34 weeks and was 6 pounds 3 oz. He was considered a premee but sure has made up for it now cause he my chunky monkey....weighing in at 20 pounds. So glad to hear you are doing great!!!!! Take care!!!

YAY!!! 229 this morning!!! I am sooooo excited that I have gotten back on the loosing side......I dont think I need another fill for a long time. All I can eat is 2 chicken nuggets and I am full and done. I know I have reached my sweet spot. So goal for April loose 8 pounds by April 24th be at 221. Hope to hear from all of you let me know how you guys are doing! 265/229/165

Things are moving.......I am excited about that. I think I have gotten to my sweet spot. I am at 230 lbs. Just trying to drink water and get my protein in. Its been going about 2 pounds a week....lets hope it keeps on. Now if only I could get some excersize in I would feel like I am doing all I can do. 265/230/165

ooops thats 36th birthday.....I just shaved 10 yrs off!! LOL

Well I lost another pound...232 today. Weight loss is just crawling at the speed of freaking snail!!!!!!!!!!!! I used to see a pound lost ever 2 days. I cant seem to drink water or get protein in. I know that is my problem but cant seem to fix it. I dont know why. Someone need to YELL at....who out there has the band rules??? Can someone re post them for me. I want to be at 200 by my 26 birthday. I need help and motivation!!!!! 265/232/165

Well 233 today! I am moving in the right direction! Makes me happy to see that scale moving again. I feel great.....I am hoping to be at 230 by the end of the week. I think it is a real mental thing though because I am taking it soooo easy because I saw how tight my band was.