lisa_hawaii

i live in Hawaii and no one will do her band or sleeve until she is 18. she wanted it now not next year and i support that being she has a bmi of over 60

Im hoping we can work together on this ebcause i just read your story and let me tell you a little about my story -- LAP-BAND® 9/2005 02/06 - slip 03/06 - re band throught the past 5 years I have STRUGGLED and the ONLY time i lost weight was when the bad was so tight I barely could drink water. One day I would be able to eat yogurt, the next day it would get stuck -- it was this way constantly and Id never know what i coul or couldnt eat unless i tried - so in teh end I have a band with 1/2 fill so i can eat normally but it defeats the purpose of even having TWO surgeries because here I am weighig in 10lbs les then my 1st surgery and 10 more then my second.... Just went to the Dr. yesterday and he suggested I look into the bypass revision. He made it sound really good but he also didnt leave out the fact that because it is a revision - the risks are automatically higher for compications. I sit here wondering if my body had this many compications with a simple band who will ti react to a bypass? Maybe I will do great with bypass and i will finally see results Ive been striving to see forever what is I am the 15% that thigs go drastically wrong My job now covers this revision - if I waitr health care might change ................................... I too dont know what to do! Complications? What kind of complications? Like is its "dumbing" more often.. k I can handle that.. If its leakge... that can cause death.. IDK I wish I could survey 100 ppl who had this themself! Help for us both What ever we decide , we r not alone!

Im hoping we can work together on this ebcause i just read your story and let me tell you a little about my story -- LAP-BAND® 9/2005 02/06 - slip 03/06 - re band throught the past 5 years I have STRUGGLED and the ONLY time i lost weight was when the bad was so tight I barely could drink Water. One day I would be able to eat yogurt, the next day it would get stuck -- it was this way constantly and Id never know what i coul or couldnt eat unless i tried - so in teh end I have a band with 1/2 fill so i can eat normally but it defeats the purpose of even having TWO surgeries because here I am weighig in 10lbs les then my 1st surgery and 10 more then my second.... Just went to the Dr. yesterday and he suggested I look into the bypass revision. He made it sound really good but he also didnt leave out the fact that because it is a revision - the risks are automatically higher for compications. I sit here wondering if my body had this many compications with a simple band who will ti react to a bypass? Maybe I will do great with bypass and i will finally see results Ive been striving to see forever what is I am the 15% that thigs go drastically wrong My job now covers this revision - if I waitr health care might change ................................... I too dont know what to do! Complications? What kind of complications? Like is its "dumbing" more often.. k I can handle that.. If its leakge... that can cause death.. IDK I wish I could survey 100 ppl who had this themself! Help for us both What ever we decide , we r not alone!

i absolutley cannot vomit with my band -- food gets stuck and i litterally have to force it out... sometimes to the point where i broke all the blood vessels in my face and it looksliek i just gave birth again.... LAP-BAND® 9/2005 02/06 - slip 03/06 - re band throught the past 5 years I have STRUGGLED and the ONLY time i lost weight was when the bad was so tight I barely could drink Water. One day I would be able to eat yogurt, the next day it would get stuck -- it was this way constantly and Id never know what i coul or couldnt eat unless i tried - so in teh end I have a band with 1/2 fill so i can eat normally but it defeats the purpose of even having TWO surgeries because here I am weighig in 10lbs les then my 1st surgery and 10 more then my second.... Just went to the Dr. yesterday and he suggested I look into the bypass revision. He made it sound really good but he also didnt leave out the fact that because it is a revision - the risks are automatically higher for compications. I sit here wondering if my body had this many compications with a simple band who will ti react to a bypass? Maybe I will do great with bypass and i will finally see results Ive been striving to see forever what is I am the 15% that thigs go drastically wrong My job now covers this revision - if I waitr health care might change ................................... I too dont know what to do! Complications? What kind of complications? Like is its "dumbing" more often.. k I can handle that.. If its leakge... that can cause death.. IDK I wish I could survey 100 ppl who had this themself!

Im hoping we can work together on this let me tell you a little about my story -- LAP-BAND® 9/2005 02/06 - slip 03/06 - re band throught the past 5 years I have STRUGGLED and the ONLY time i lost weight was when the bad was so tight I barely could drink Water. One day I would be able to eat yogurt, the next day it would get stuck -- it was this way constantly and Id never know what i coul or couldnt eat unless i tried - so in teh end I have a band with 1/2 fill so i can eat normally but it defeats the purpose of even having TWO surgeries because here I am weighig in 10lbs les then my 1st surgery and 10 more then my second.... Just went to the Dr. yesterday and he suggested I look into the bypass revision. He made it sound really good but he also didnt leave out the fact that because it is a revision - the risks are automatically higher for compications. I sit here wondering if my body had this many compications with a simple band who will ti react to a bypass? Maybe I will do great with bypass and i will finally see results Ive been striving to see forever what is I am the 15% that thigs go drastically wrong My job now covers this revision - if I waitr health care might change ................................... I too dont know what to do! Complications? What kind of complications? Like is its "dumbing" more often.. k I can handle that.. If its leakge... that can cause death.. IDK I wish I could survey 100 ppl who had this themself! Help for us both What ever we decide , we r not alone! sry for typos - at work tryign to do this fast w/out boss seeing XD Lisa (yes im lisa as well)

Hi Lisa - Im hoping we can work together on this ebcause i just read your story and let me tell you a little about my story -- lap band 9/2005 02/06 - slip 03/06 - re band throught the past 5 years I have STRUGGLED and the ONLY time i lost weight was when the bad was so tight I barely could drink Water. One day I would be able to eat yogurt, the next day it would get stuck -- it was this way constantly and Id never know what i coul or couldnt eat unless i tried - so in teh end I have a band with 1/2 fill so i can eat normally but it defeats the purpose of even having TWO surgeries because here I am weighig in 10lbs les then my 1st surgery and 10 more then my second.... Just went to the Dr. yesterday and he suggested I look into the bypass revision. He made it sound really good but he also didnt leave out the fact that because it is a revision - the risks are automatically higher for compications. I sit here wondering if my body had this many compications with a simple band who will ti react to a bypass? Maybe I will do great with bypass and i will finally see results Ive been striving to see forever what is I am the 15% that thigs go drastically wrong My job now covers this revision - if I waitr health care might change ................................... I too dont know what to do! Complications? What kind of complications? Like is its "dumbing" more often.. k I can handle that.. If its leakge... that can cause death.. IDK I wish I could survey 100 ppl who had this themself! Help for us both What ever we decide , we r not alone! Lisa (yes im lisa as well)

LOL.. so ironic you asked this .. I had a beautiful heart on my lower tummy done while in high school... 4 kids and 100 lbs later my heart looked like a huge letter B rather then a pretty heart it once was.... i havent lost too uch weigt yet, but its looking like a crinkled B now..... the one on my back is fine and so r the ones on my ankels... so just the tummy one =/ >.>

Guess who logged in after forever =P where is everyone and how r ya all doing? i might be getting the band removed .. its just not working for me.. 2 surgries and slippages later here i am 20 lbs heavier then i was when i first got the band and and its because i cant eat so i snack all the time .. im better off being able to eat .. just eat healthy i guess.. idk .. i was 230 im now 245 so no good news here =/ emial me lisa_hawaii yahoo

i followed my dr to teh T -- but after my second fill, I had an unfill -- but I think I waited for the unfill too long. I was banded in sept 07 with first fill 6 wks out and second about 8 wks out. I wasnt able to swallow my own spit (yep, thats how long I waited!!) I went in and had IV to put fluids back in me. I felt really good after my unfill so a month later I had another slight fill. It was back to being TOO tight even with that little amount. Here I am 3 months of living with it being TOO TIGHT and now I have to have a replacemnt next week due to a slipped band. who knwos when or how it happened but it did.

sounds liek what iu had and found out my band slipped -- was this a side effect of that? I have no clue, but I can say I felt that for a couple months and finally got an exray and found out about my slip.

So I just found out that my band slipped. I am 6 months post op --- with only 30 lbs weight loss.... I have had issues from the start! Too tight, too lose, too this too that!! Now I cant keep anything down and the worst part is Im not even losing any weight :tongue: So I have a Dr appt this afternoon to get my "options" which I would assume it is to correct it or remove it... but what are the pros and cons about either. If I chose to fix it, will this happen again? I know for a FACT I will not be able to lose weight without it!!! Not right away at least! If I could, I would have before I even got this thing! Anyone who may have opinions, thoughts, suggestion.. simular situations... polease let em know as right now everyone that I know who had this is doing GREAT and I feel very alone!!! Lisa

I got banded in sept 2007. Had my first fill in Oct (5 wks post op) I was fine for a few weeks then it hit me, couldnt even swallow my spit. this was during thanksgiving and my dr was gone so i suffered for 5 days ended up in hospital for dehydration -- i guess i didnt really understand what was happening to me -- i knew something was wrong obviously but i didnt think it would get as bad as it did... so needless to say i got an unfill. this was dec 1st. I have been fine but started to eat as if i didnt even have the band. just got my second fill friday -- not even as much as my original -- 3cc band now im at 1.2 fill -- and i cant even swallow Water without discomfort. Protein shake -- no way i will try in the morning -- but evenings i can do it but it takes me 20 - 30 minutes to get one shake down. I have lost a couple pounds of course since friday.. so my question is -- do i stick it out and just stay on liquids for a couple weeks and lose weight or do a get slight unfill? :help:

its me -- happy new year everyone. feel like i been a stranger -- because i have been. Just really frustrated with the lapband all the time!!! Its not working out well for mee. My body is all or nothing i guess.. menaing i have a 3cc band - had 1.5 put in a while ago.. went to the hospitak because i couldnt even swallow my spit, dr took out 1cc. just went in for 2nd fill on friday - now up to 1.2 and guess what --- cant swallow spit again .. going back tomorrow for unfill!!!!! $500 total for unfills!!!

wow you and i got banded the same day -- and are going through the same things somewhat. at first my dr said i wasnt eating enough - i had to up my calorie intake with healthy calories and guess what -- although i was eating a bit more, i lost weight. i started eating too much and foods would get stuck all the time so really be carefull with how much and what you eat. i too got very frustrated with the little amount of weight that i lost .. i just got my 2nd fill (but had an unfill so this is like my frst fill) on dec 28 and its too tight -- i have a 3cc nad with 1.2 cc in it now. weird it would be too tight...

I am in Honolulu and there is no DR on Maui for fills and unfills only in honolulu. I have friends that fly over to honolulu every other month to see the dr. Its a quick 20 minute flight, but still... Speaking from expirience - after my fill, i was fine for a couple weeks then it hit me -- i couldnt get anything down and i did get dehydrated and was hospitalized for a day to get I.V. fluids in me. It sucks really bad!!! I agree with mbanja says -- some others might say dont worry, it will be enough time to get an unfill before you go if your too tight -- but like i said for me, it want until a couple weeks after my fill that it got TIGHT! everyone is different but you never know how your body will react until after you do it. I say wait until you return -- PLUS MAUI -- Hawaiian food... YUM!! lol

sounds like you do have a lot of will power for sticking to the 900 cal over TG!!! Cant say that for myself As for the cold weather - i understand, i live in hawaii but we do get rain and whatnot -- so i understand! I think doing the stairs is a great idea. I even take short walks around the hallways in my workplace maybe 5 minutes once an hour (at least i try to). anything will be better then nothing good luck with your 2nd fill. Happy New Year!

same thing happened to me - by the time i got to a dr i was so dehydrated i stayed in over night just getting fulids via IV in me. hope your better!!! -- after a month of my un-fill i just had a refill and guess what -- been 2 days and cant get anything thicker then water down again!!! hope after a few days its better!

Hello everyone! You guys are all doing so good. marium, do you excersize too? I on the other hand am not doing as well as you all. Last week thursday (last last week actually) I went to see dr fowler for a fill but being i wasnt bale to eat - I decided to wait and figure out what was happenig -- well I was not able to eat anything by thanksgiving and this whole past weekend - i wasnt even able to sip water. Jennifer had me go in first thing yesterday mornig, I was so dehydrated they immediatly put 2 bags of fluid via I.V. in me and did blood work to check my kidneys. Dr Fowler was on vacation until today but jennifer called him in to take check me out. He took out 1/2 of my fill!!! I am able to drink water and even had broth today!!! Funny thing is I lost 8lbs this past week and by the time they filled me with I.V., I gained it all back LOL. So I think I am just going to stay with the fill I have until January - unless I start eating A LOT. so far all together, all I lost is 20lbs -- I stopped all excersize for 3 weeks now, so I cant wait to start agian! hope to see u guys in fornt of sears Lisa

I know EXACTLY what you mean -- i feel the same way. Funny thing is, i went to my dr and she told me to try and get 200 - 300 more calories in per day -- and i looked at her and said "EAT MORE???" Guess what - i did and the i lost weight immediatly -- i did this for 1 week the slowly went back down to my norm 1000 cal per day. Kind of like kick starting your body i guess, but it worked

ok so im not sure what soft spot is or BP (i no what they stand for - just not sure what it is) I know what I feel and im not sure if what i feel is anything like these... At times I will eat and then all of a sudden it hurts -- i litterally run to the toilet and start pushing it up to get it out (kind of like a half barf half burp) and only very little saliva with reminance of food comes up - but this can last for 10 minutes or so and the pain can last even longer. and do not try to drink anything to get it down cause it will come right back up and cause the pain to be stronger. I HAVE NO CLUE IF ANYONE ELSE FEELS THIS OR HAS THIS BUT I DONT NO WHAT TO CALL IT i assumed i wouldnt be able to eat much and that would be that -- eating less, losing weight -- NOT TRUE i had no clue that the band has a mind of its own -- one day i can eat anything and the next day i cant eat anything -- I ASSUMED that i would have lost a lot more weight by now (9wks post op and only 18 lbs down) i assumed it would be easier once i was able to eat solids -- not true -- a lot harder!!! im still learning thsi band -- so hopefully one day i will be ok with it but for today im just confused on how many obsticals people have

byw bev -- ould lOVE to meet up with you guys again!!! and everyone else!!!! did anyone go to the thanksgiving thing? I totally planned to go but missed it so what about the xmas potluck?? when is it agian??

hey you guys.. boy has this been one interesting journey for me this far. I have an appt on thurday to get another fill. Im not sure that is the right thng for me though... sometimes i can eat a lot some times i cant eat anything -- so im totally confused. i made the appt back when i first got filled just in case -- so i didnt need to spend another $250 LOL -- for those of you who has gotten fills -- how do you feel, how is your eating habbits? how do you know when its just right or too little? I started at 260 then the first 2 weeks after i lost like 10 lbs -- then after my first fill i lost another 5 - 8 lbs i am now 9 wks out and weight 244 (i was back up to 248 during my monthly) 16 lbs -- thats it!!! BTW - when you get food stuck - do not drink anything for at least 30 minutes!!! That pain is the worst i tell you!! anyay - always looking for answers hee hee Lisa

thank god im not the only one!!! 9 weeks out and lost 18 then gained 5 (PMS tim) then lost 3 now who the hell knows but i do know its less then the 18 i once was at --- i will say maybe 14 ???? 2nd fill in 3 days!!! hope that will change things!!! i was hoping for 30 lbs in 3 days LOLOLOL

How much has everyone lost since their band?

hello everyone - its been a while so I figure I would stop in and say hello to everyone. It sure has been one weird journey for em so far. I am not sure what is normal and what I am feeling is normal or not... so clueless!!! I did start to lose weght after I got my fill, so thats good. Last friday night I was able to eat pretty much anythig and everything - and trust me - I did!! ;( But the next day I couldnt eat ANYTHING!!! It was so weirl like that!! and when ppl say they got "stuck" is what I feel what they feel???? i feel "stuck" when I take a bite and not chew enough or for whatever reason - it litterally hurts and i head straight to the bathroom hoover over the toilet and very little saliva mixed with little bites of food is forced back up. when i say forced - i mean i litterally have to push it up sometimes but it hurts so i have to -- sometimes it bubbles and i spit ip out and its the same thig. is this what they call a PB? Is this normal?