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Hey there Mrp333, Thank you for posting. That is so wonderful that you are doing and recovering well! Sorry to hear about the hunger. Right now my hunger is killing me. I'm considering starting a job before I might have to get surgery and wonder do you feel as much pain as you felt with the original surgery? I felt sore bending for 6 weeks. I would have to bend a lot at my next job, that is why I am thinking of holding off for now.

Even though I am unfilled I am still maintaining my weight. I have some pretty bad reflux and some vomiting. I'm trying to not overeat but some days when I don't have the reflux it is so hard. I'd like to gnaw off my leg my hunger is that bad some days. What I like about this band is the adjustability of it all. I just wish I could get mine adjusted without even worse reflux happening. I know this band has a lot of problems, but I'd rather have something adjustable then get the RNy lose 100 lbs and then in 5 years gain back 80 and be screwed. I know that is a bit blunt, but I can't tell you how many people have that problem. There is no shame in admitting we all have a problem with food. If I didn't have a problem, I wouldn't need the band. I think I could out eat the RNy so I guess I shouldn't even be thinking about it.

Even though I am unfilled I am still maintaining my weight. I have some pretty bad reflux and some vomiting. I'm trying to not overeat but some days when I don't have the reflux it is so hard. I'd like to gnaw off my leg my hunger is that bad some days. What I like about this band is the adjustability of it all. I just wish I could get mine adjusted without even worse reflux happening. I know this band has a lot of problems, but I'd rather have something adjustable then get the RNy lose 100 lbs and then in 5 years gain back 80 and be screwed. I know that is a bit blunt, but I can't tell you how many people have that problem. There is no shame in admitting we all have a problem with food. If I didn't have a problem, I wouldn't need the band. I think I could out eat the RNy so I guess I shouldn't even be thinking about it.

Mrp3333, Hope all went well with your surgery! I'm still experiencing reflux and the occasional vomit. Would love to know how everything is going with you! To answer a question posted, I never went on liquids after my unfill. I would have if the dr. would have advised it. But, right after I got surgery going on liquids was the worst for me. I felt faint and tired all the time. I am not looking forward to going thru that again. Unsure about the whole insurance covering a second sugery thing. I won't be having surgery to fix anything for at least another 2 weeks. Because of my reflux about 75% of the time, I have managed not to gain any weight during this unfill, so I am thankful for that. I guess it could always be worse!

Laura, Thank you for that. I will really try. You've given me hope. I met this one woman in the drs. office who didn't have insurance for weight loss AND THEN HAD ADDITIONAL SURGERIES because of complications rearding her wt. loss surgery and still got a bill. I guess I'll just hang on to hoping the insurance which is actually very good except regarding this, will cover at least some of it.

I used to think this band would cure my obesity. Um, yeah. I used to think it was "better" than the gastric bypass, um, yeah, right. I used to think the complications were less with the band and I chose the "safer surgery" uh, yeah, right. I vomit quite a bit. I vomit liquid, I projectile vomit. Some days I actually don't vomit. Yup, no fill in band, still vomit. God help me! I call the office, they say "do what I can" to eat and get liquids in. yeah, right. This sucks. I have complications. I have a dilated pouch. I am getting surgery. I can kick myself for thinking this was somehow "safer" somehow "superior" and somehow... a better surgery.. I fear this band is going to bankrupt me. I'm not kidding. I was a self-pay. This kills me. I am never going to hear the end of this from my husband. He is never going to let me live this down. What a nightmare. I need to start praying, because that is the only thing that is going to help me now.

I used to think this band would cure my obesity. Um, yeah. I used to think it was "better" than the gastric bypass, um, yeah, right. I used to think the complications were less with the band and I chose the "safer surgery" uh, yeah, right. I vomit quite a bit. I vomit liquid, I projectile vomit. Some days I actually don't vomit. Yup, no fill in band, still vomit. God help me! I call the office, they say "do what I can" to eat and get liquids in. yeah, right. This sucks. I have complications. I have a dilated pouch. I am getting surgery. I can kick myself for thinking this was somehow "safer" somehow "superior" and somehow... a better surgery.. I fear this band is going to bankrupt me. I'm not kidding. I was a self-pay. This kills me. I am never going to hear the end of this from my husband. He is never going to let me live this down. What a nightmare. I need to start praying, because that is the only thing that is going to help me now.

I think karyn you are probably needing surgery. I have a dilated pouch and now, all I do is vomit and have reflux with anything healthy that I eat. I posted a bit ago to mrp3333 and was feeling fine a few weeks ago... Now everything has changed, I vomit regularly. I'm really hating this band right now. I'll have to get surgery to have the band repositioned. I think this all is going to bankrupt me. This is my worst nightmare...exactly WHY I didn't choose the gastric bypass...I feared complications..Well, now I have complications with the band and a loss of 50 pounds in 8 months? I think I would have done better with the RNy. I am very disappointed.

When I first got this band, I was so positive and so just hopeful. Now, I'm like, great, another diet, I just have the band now. Now, all I do is worry about slips, erosions, etc. Not so much erosions, I worry about slips. I'm so happy for the people this lap-band works for. I want it to work for everyone. I don't want anyone to have problems with it. It's just with me an adequate fill = reflux, as in carry a double bagged grocery bag with me reflux. Sigh. I'm not eating too much, when I have a fill, I just can't eat but fattening foods. Jeesh, to think I got this to eat more healthy. Well, enough blogging for now. I hope some of you can relate. I sometimes feel so alone in this. Everyone is like it will work if you work it. Well, I have complications called reflux with a a fill.. How the hell am I supposed to work it when every time I get a fill I am sliming up a protein shake? AGRR. I'm really trying with this. I really am.

How many of you out there really thought it would be this hard??? Huh? I mean really, it just seems like a large percentage of us banders have a hard time getting restriction, when we get it hello reflux! Sucks. Dang it, I think about the malabsorption of the RNy almost every freakin day. I know, I am trying to be positive. I just somehow thought weight loss surgery meant, actual WEIGHT LOSS. I'm completely unfilled, due to reflux. Yeah, that's the story for now. I've lost some weight yes...But really every single day has been a diet. Luckily I am not telling people I just met I got this band... How embarassing... I mean, isn't weight loss surgery supposed to mean you are losing weight? Yup, I suck at this too. My husband thinks I should have just got the RNy. Real sweet guy. Half the time I am so pissed I chose this surgery, being pissed is the only thing giving me the energy to exercise! The other half I'm depressed and wondering what the hell could possibly make me feel better? I mean I already wasted $$$$$$ on the surgery. Yeah, self-pay here. I just want to scream with frustration. I don't even sleep well most nights thinking about what will it freakin take to lose? What do I have to do? How much exercise will it take? How low must my calories go? Then, how long can I maintain those low calories??? Hello, if I could do all that why get weight loss surgery. Then I have the other days where what deal must I make with God? Why am I being punished like this? I try and be a good person. Why God? Why?

I know, it is frustrating. I guess a true slip surgery only might be the answer. I am a self-pay and if I need surgery it is going to be rough for me. Are you a self-pay? I feel for ya, surgery is a huge inconvenience and all. My problems before being unfilled were mainly with liquids. MMM, well I guess I'll find out soon if I need surgery too. Hope not though!

Mrp333 Wow, that sounds bad. I don't have it like that now. I'm unfilled completely and can eat anything in moderation.. Which in itself is kind of scary! My very first throw up with the band was bacon. That's good you are getting surgery though! I don't know why they have never heard of that about unfilling so the band re-positions itself. I do believe it is pretty common. So, what amount of cc's do you have in your band? They should have unfilled you completely before scheduling surgery. I would think that is one of the first things they would do.

I'm still unfilled. Wow, I can't believe what a difference my appetite is between having some saline in my band and having NO saline in my band. My eating...God help me....I am really having a hard time. I'm eating too much. I wish I could just have gotten the band, gotten a couple - a few fills and went on with my life. I mean, that is how I thought it would be. Well, I am very discouraged with my choice of weight loss surgery. Sometimes I think I should have just stayed morbidly obese, I'd have less worry. I don't know if I made the right choice in the clinic I chose. I wish I could go somewhere else sometimes. I more or less have to go to them for life now. Sometimes I feel like they don't care about me. I mean, I know they don't care about me, but that they don't care if I ever come in again after surgery. That hurts. I wonder if other people feel that way about their clinics that they went to? It's almost like they never ever want to see me again after surgery.

I'm still unfilled. Wow, I can't believe what a difference my appetite is between having some saline in my band and having NO saline in my band. My eating...God help me....I am really having a hard time. I'm eating too much. I wish I could just have gotten the band, gotten a couple - a few fills and went on with my life. I mean, that is how I thought it would be. Well, I am very discouraged with my choice of weight loss surgery. Sometimes I think I should have just stayed morbidly obese, I'd have less worry. I don't know if I made the right choice in the clinic I chose. I wish I could go somewhere else sometimes. I more or less have to go to them for life now. Sometimes I feel like they don't care about me. I mean, I know they don't care about me, but that they don't care if I ever come in again after surgery. That hurts. I wonder if other people feel that way about their clinics that they went to? It's almost like they never ever want to see me again after surgery.

I've heard it can "slip" back into place.. I have not heard this from an actual medical person, so who knows. Others experiences have said this. If he used the term slipped then time will tell if you will need additional surgery or not. IT IS shocking to hear this about our bands! I can understand your frustration. I'd like to know when and if you need more surgery. I wish you lots of luck and hopefully nothing is wrong. Try and be calm during this time.

This sounds typical. I swear the office staff need to educated on how to treat people with dignity. I can't believe they keep their jobs. Well, unfortunately unless you want to start over somewhere else you're stuck with them. Good luck.

I don't think it's a good idea for me to blog.

I don't think it's a good idea for me to blog.

When I first got this band, I was so positive and so just hopeful. Now, I'm like, great, another diet, I just have the band now. Now, all I do is worry about slips, erosions, etc. Not so much erosions, I worry about slips. I'm so happy for the people this lap-band works for. I want it to work for everyone. I don't want anyone to have problems with it. It's just with me an adequate fill = reflux, as in carry a double bagged grocery bag with me reflux. Sigh. I'm not eating too much, when I have a fill, I just can't eat but fattening foods. Jeesh, to think I got this to eat more healthy. Well, enough blogging for now. I hope some of you can relate. I sometimes feel so alone in this. Everyone is like it will work if you work it. Well, I have complications called reflux with a a fill.. How the hell am I supposed to work it when every time I get a fill I am sliming up a protein shake? AGRR. I'm really trying with this. I really am.

I am completely unfilled because of reflux. Well, ok, it may be a slip, but officially reflux. I think sliming is kind of part of being restricted. Gotta chew better maybe. This surgery appears to have quite a bit of complications on a daily basis.

How many of you out there really thought it would be this hard??? Huh? I mean really, it just seems like a large percentage of us banders have a hard time getting restriction, when we get it hello reflux! Sucks. Dang it, I think about the malabsorption of the RNy almost every freakin day. I know, I am trying to be positive. I just somehow thought weight loss surgery meant, actual WEIGHT LOSS. I'm completely unfilled, due to reflux. Yeah, that's the story for now. I've lost some weight yes...But really every single day has been a diet. Luckily I am not telling people I just met I got this band... How embarassing... I mean, isn't weight loss surgery supposed to mean you are losing weight? Yup, I suck at this too. My husband thinks I should have just got the RNy. Real sweet guy. Half the time I am so pissed I chose this surgery, being pissed is the only thing giving me the energy to exercise! The other half I'm depressed and wondering what the hell could possibly make me feel better? I mean I already wasted $$$$$$ on the surgery. Yeah, self-pay here. I just want to scream with frustration. I don't even sleep well most nights thinking about what will it freakin take to lose? What do I have to do? How much exercise will it take? How low must my calories go? Then, how long can I maintain those low calories??? Hello, if I could do all that why get weight loss surgery. Then I have the other days where what deal must I make with God? Why am I being punished like this? I try and be a good person. Why God? Why?

I can't tell you how many people have wondered the same thing you have. I get emails all the time over at obesityhelp.com telling me about it. I would say in all honesty at least 50% of us lap-banders feel we should have gotten another surgery or even no surgery, if a 33%wt. loss thru "dieting" is the result.

Oh my goodness. That is so good you got surgery then! I was told I may need mine repositioned. But, I'm not really sure I even want it done. HOpefully it does correct itself. I just have major problems with reflux with an adequate fill level in my band. I wish I didn't. I want this to work and some day I actually convince myself I'm ok with the reflux, then bam, it is back. Sigh. What we do for weight loss! Hopefully everything works out for us. I know I really disliked the liquid stage of the post op diet. But, after I was done with that part, somehow everything I ate tasted like the best thing in the world to me! So see what you have to look forward to!

Nosilla I feel for you. I used to be completely against the RNY, I am a bander after all. But then I thought, how does that sound, I'm willing to get a foreign object put in me and am knocking people for being bypassed? I thought, that sounds like a bit hypocritical. So, if you feel the need for a bypass by all means, think about it. It does have complications and they are pretty severe, but so does this dang band. Although the complications with the band will nickel and dime you, unlike the RNY where the complications are big. You've been thru so much. I understand the pain of never ever wanting to be morbidly obese again. After all, I'm still obese, but because of this if something goes wrong with my band, you better believe I'm not going to snub my nose at the gastric bypass. My life has improved drastically with weight loss and I can't imagine being without some type of tool. Peace to you.

JeanneC, What you have been posting about your slip sounds like me in a nutshell. I'm completely unfilled, I guess I was too tight and didn't know it. I'd like to hear more and please post on your surgery date if it comes to that. I had a barium swallow and it showed too tight. Long story short unfilled, waiting for when I have an appt. w/surgeon. Self paid for band so any other surgery will be painful..in more ways than one. I wish you luck and I'm glad you posted, I don't feel so alone.