ForeverFat?

Hi everyone! It is so good to read all your stories. It brings me comfort to know I am not alone in this fight. 384lbs Sometime in 2007 (I do not know how I lived through that) 343lbs Feb 2010 Banded 290lbs May 2014 Dialated Pouch with vomiting and pain! (60-80 lbs lost during this past 4 years) (I yoyo 30 lbs) Jun 2014 After researching I asked surgeon for revision to RNY Tomorrow is my upper GI endoscopy so the surgeon can see what he has to work with for a bypass! I am so nervous and excited at the same time. I yoyo from 265-290 only this time I am at 290 I am stalling. Due to stretched pouch I had to have the band loosened. At least I have no more pain and vomiting. My asthma has gotten 100X worse guys. My hips and back and screaming for mercy. I am praying for this revision to bypass ASAFP. I am a single mom of 2 kids and summer time is an ideal time. I learned so much from the band, and I do not consider it a waste at all. I would never have been able to drop below 300lbs without it. Comments, advice, and all stories welcome!

Hello I am going through the SAME EXACT situation. Dr unfilled me to allow stomach to recover, and I am SO HUNGRY. I return to Dr on 6/13/14 to check for improvement. Uggghhh When I got my band in 2010 I was self pay, because my insurance sucked. Now I have good insurance that will pay for a revision. I just dont know what to do.

I too have BCBSIL. I got my lap band in 2010 but am looking into revision surgery. I go back on 6/13/14 to see if my stretched pouch has shrunk. I went through graduate school and basically let myself go. For any banders looking into gastric sleeve, what lead you to your decision?

Hello all, I am new. I got my lap band in 2010 and am down 60 lbs. Surgery weight was 340 and today I am 280ish. i Usually yoyo between 265-290. I am an emotional eater. I come from an upbringing that when things are good (i.e. there is money available) then we eat WELL as in A LOT. When things are not financially good, we didn't eat well. I think I have trained my mind to believe that a full belly = stability and good things. It feels very weird to type this out, because I know that the condition of one's life is not determined by a full belly. it sounds completely nuts. I just found out at the doctor that my lap band pouch has stretched, because I am stuffing myself with food I should not be eating. He had to unfill me to ease the inflammation. I am hungrier than ever. I return on 6/13/14. My back is hurting worse than ever. My asthma is worse than ever. I do not want this any longer. My better half is loving and supporting. He just wants me to be happy. I have 2 great kids, a dog, and just got a graduate degree. If I can just control my eating....If only....