SUPERSTU58

Mine is March 11th pending me getting rid of a UTI

Well since my last posting on 05/22/09. I now know what was wrong with me. My lap band had slipped. It just didn't slip a little bit, but I had a major slippage. I went for an upper GI on Friday 05/29/2009 at 7:30 am, and was admitted to the hospital at 11:30am. My doctor said it was an emergency. My doctor showed me pictures of what my slipped lap band looked like after surgery and all I can say is WOW. I had an hour glass looking stomach. Not good at all. But after carefull consideration my doctor took out the old band and replaced it with a new band. Heck yes I'm sore but my underlying stomach problems are gone!!!!!! My advice is if you don't feel right keep on your doctor to keep doing tests until you find out why your not feeling well!!! I'm sure glad I did. Good luck my fellow bandsters. I'll keep posting and letting you know how my second lap band recovery is doing.

I was banded in September 07. I also have had problems the entire time. As we speak my stomach burns!!! Last week I had them remove all fluid in my band. This is the second time I have had them remove all of the fluid. The first time they removed the fluid I felt better very quickly. This time however I still feel crapy. My band does not hurt just the bottom part of my stomach. It burns!!! Currently I am taking Protonix for stomach acid. Generally that has been helping, but now I also take Tums if it really hurts. My stomach has been burning for three weeks now. I can eat a little, but then I want it to come up, so it won't hurt anymore. I'm afraid to eat the pineapple because of all the acid. Anything I try to get down that has a lot of acid is bothering my stomach. I just had blood work done, just in case my stomach is bleeding? I do feel better that I am not the only one going through this. To sum it up, when I was banded I weighed 256. Currently I am 148. Would I do it again? I'm not sure as it has been a bittersweet journey. Sure the weight loss was great, but I have felt like crap about 80% of the time. In fact my husband just said he wouldn't recommend Lap band to his worst enemy!!! Poor guy he hates seeing me in pain all of the time!:thumbup:

I Can't Eat Chicken Either

Hello, this is my first post. I was banded on 9/14/2007. I couldn't have asked for a better surgery, and recovery. So far I my start weight was 252.2 and now i'm 237.0. I'm really glad that I found this support group to ask questions, as there isn't a support group in the central valley that I have heard of yet and I'm feeling a little bit on my own. Any insight would be great. Any advice would be better. Thanks Liz

Hi, My 1st Fill Is 10/24 And I Too Can't Wait. I Have Been Hungry Now For 2 Weeks. I Have Been Able To Maintain The Weight That I Have Lost, It Has Been Really Hard Though. We Just Need To Keep Strong And Know That It Will Get Better.

I am 18 days post op and like you guys I'm hungry, but not really all that BAD. I must say that I was disappointed to find out during my 1st post op visit, that I didn't have ANY restriction. I'm taking it one day at a time and trying to change the behaviors that trigger excessive eating. So far so good. I guess what my main questions are is just how much are people able to eat after their fills, be it the 1st one or the 3rd? Also, I have concerns with menu planning and recipes. If anyone has any info, I would greatly appreciate it.

Dr Coirin In Modesto

I was banded on September 14, I am doing great. Dr Coirin did my banding at Memorial Hospital Modesto, CA. I should be having my first fill on October 24.