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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???