Tootarts
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6 years has passed since you registered at LapBandTalk! Happy 6th Anniversary Tootarts!
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txbandit, Just wanted to put in my 2 cents for what its worth. I had a problem over a year ago. I had thrown up a hot dog that I ate too fast and couldn't stop throwing up. Then that night I had heartburn really bad for about a week and I finally could hardly sleep. I had a barium swallow and my stomach had come through the upper part of the band, which led to a type of erosion. Anyhow I had an unfill to let my stomach get back under the band and to relax. It took many months to get better. But I didn't need surgery. Unfortunatly I gained 40 pounds in this whole process. This time around I've had to get more fills to feel restriction due to my stretched stomach, And I finally have restriction and I'm loosing again. Yay! But I'm up to 10 cc in an 11 cc band, so I have to be careful this time around..
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Cheri, I have had nothing but problems with my band for a while now. Because of it I have gained back all the weight I lost. I feel so defeated. I thought I was the only one gaining but after seeing your post makes me wonder how many have regained the weight? I bet ya we are not the only ones.:party:
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Dear Nightingale2u,
I saw your post about the weight gain and if you knew then what you know now you would have had the by-pass. I too feel the same exact way! I have spent more time and money running to the doctors with fills and unfills and another problem is the place I go to is 50 miles from my home and what a hassle making appointments meet my schedule, forget it. I wonder how many others feel our same way. By the way It's been almost 3 years for me since banding and I've lost 55 pounds.
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perfect fill then NO restriction? -- i've gained back 5 lbs! :(
Tootarts replied to youknowit's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Thats such a good point! He would have seen it was empty had he pulled out the saline. Man it's so complicated. -
perfect fill then NO restriction? -- i've gained back 5 lbs! :(
Tootarts replied to youknowit's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I've had so many problems with fills, this seems like such a game and I'm sick of playing. I got a hernia from being overfilled, and believe me you know it because it hurts really bad (and I had a small one). Apparently the large part of the stomach tries to sneak through the band to the small side and it's very bad. No food will fit through the band but more important it can be very dangerous because of infection, this is according to my doctor. So I had an emergency unfill and have been monitored for 2 months with floroscopes. In the two months with no restriction I have gained 10 pounds! So I put myself on Doctor Atkins Diet just so I don't gain anymore weight. I go for the start of the roller coaster fill ride on the 15th.:redface: You know this is weird too, my doctor said that he doesnt pull all the Fluid out to check fluid levels anymore because all the fluid never really comes out. Has anyone heard of this before? -
I thought being too tight was a good thing but in reality you are not doing your body any good. If you can't even eat any protein I totally agree with salsa that your body will suffer from lack of nutrition. Try a small unfill, you can allways get another fill thats what s so great about the band.
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I've seen a bunch of postings on here about being too tight and I have to admit I was so tight that I ended having a small herniation of my stomach coming through the band. Thank goodness it was caught in time and my band was loosened and it straightened itself out after 2 weeks and I'm fine now (even though I've gained 6 pounds so far). I'm waiting for a small fill in 3 weeks and this time I plan on being way more careful. I was at the eating only chocolate and chips with dip stage oh yes and soup. When I would eat most everything eles I would vomit, so I pretty much ate nothing. You know I really didn't loose as much as you think I would have. So learn from my mistake and be careful about being too tight.
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I had my first 2 fills under floro in the hospital and everything went just fine but my 3rd fill I had lost enough weight that the Doc said he could probebly find the port without floro. So I went into his office to have the fill and oh my word he had to dig to find the port I don't know how many times he took out the needle and tried and I almost passed out, it was such a strange feeling. I have never passed out before so I was freaked out by this experience. It ended up I had to go under floro to get my 3rd fill. I was so scared about getting another one that I had a 4th floro done at the hospital too. But the 5th one I bit the bullet and tried it in the office and it's been fine ever since.
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Hi December bandsters........:eek: I must admit I only visit occasionally just to see if there's anything different or interesting or if I'm having problems and want to see if others are experiencing the same thing..... I guess in a way it's a good thing because it means many of us are doing great with our bands and leading normal lives, but it's nice to see other december bandsters on here anyway!
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How long have you had your band and are you still happy?
Tootarts replied to Beka's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
I was not happy in the first year of my lap band experience, it took a lot for me to get it just right as far as my fills and the insurance to pay for the fills and what to eat and what not to eat. But when it all started to work and I had enough fills and started loosing on a consistant basis I felt a lot better about my lap band decision. I still fight the demon sugar on a daily basis, I am totally into chocolate and it's never going to change for me. I don't exersize enough so I have good days and lots of bad and thats why I still need to loose quite a bit but more but I am happy with what I've lost so far. I never have lost this much in my life and kept it off for this long and it feels really good. Believe me I am a baby and if there where another way for me I would not have had the surgery. But I am glad to date that I did have it.
