Hello everyone, my name is Louise, and I'm new to this site. I'm 48, married to a great man, and mother to a beautiful 6 year old son with autism. The reason I'm here is that for the last 4 years, I've been miserable with a lapband. I live on soup, protein drinks, purees, soft foods, and ice cream. Even with that, I regurgitate and get food stuck multiple times a day, even water and yogurt often get stuck-- this is with NO FLUID in my band. The first year was great, and I lost about 40 pounds, but then things started to go downhill with the band, to where I am today. I have finally accepted that this is not my failure- this is my band's failure!!
My surgeon and I decided that first and foremost, removal is a must, but he left the revision part up to me, or if I even wanted to do it at all. RNY, the sleeve, or nothing--I went back to the original reason I chose WLS--I was blessed with my only child at 42 and he has autism--I wanted to have a shot at a longer, healthier, more active life with easier mobility with my son. To me, the best and safest way to lose the weight will be with the RNY. I am excited to get my life back!! I am just waiting for my insurance companies to finish deciding some things, and surgery is about 3-4 weeks out from now. I would love to hear from past banders to know how they are doing now--I should have trusted my gut and done the RNY 4 years ago!! Glad to find this board! Louise
