Melanie123

Hi folks! I am guessing 99% of folk here are Americans! I am delighted to have found the site as I have tried and failed in the past to find a support group. My lap band has been in situ for about 5 years and since I moved to another country and a small town as well, the lap band has been problematic. I hate the idea of wasting a huge wad of dollars, so motivation needs a good kick up the derrière.

Have a lap band in situ which has NOT been a wild success. I have no desire to dampen people's enthusiasm to be proactive, but where do those who have not been successful go? Or is one just in limbo?

Oh it is not every day, only when I am hungry for real food. I believe the band is in neutral. My diet is mostly liquid anyway, I have added coke which is a great unblocker. Thank you for your concern, it is nice to realise it is not JUST me being silly. It is the sort of thing to help me put of the feeling it is all just too hard and feel helpless.

I would be in the public system here. It is really weird, the medical system here, there is a guy who does these things in a different city, but they were not interested in me not having private health cover.

I ADORE audiobooks! Use to think they were for really old and sick people. Now some may think I am old, but I do live by myself and it is great to have a book reading while I am ironing,baking, or do my number passion.....anything with needle and thread. Podcasts some frighteningly high tech but I shall check it out, because my main exercise is walking....great place to walk here in my wee town, there is a magic river leading down to the sea, the town is at the junction ...

I live in the wilds of New Zealand HotButterFly....what about you? I left Australia for a whole bunch of reasons, and settled in small town NZ....it has been a VERY good move, I have found contentment and happiness that I never have enjoyed before. The icing on the cake ( so to speak) would be losing some of the armour of fat I have hidden myself behind as I no longer need it.

Hmm, yes mostly resigned! But I am not liking it, the mechanical blockage thing is very unpleasant, malnutrition etc is weird being fat, but I shall try and talk to the GP about this and see what my options REALLY are. I do need a support thing and maybe this forum will provide that....I definitely did NOT get support from the clinic where I had it done, being called a failure is not very uplifting. I realise I am my own worst enemy as well.

Thank you for the input. I figure you are correct in this. There are very limited choices here for me as my income is very low. Oh well, it just gives me another eating disorder...

Well, I have had the thing for 5 years. I moved to a new country and the small town I live in has limited experience with lap bands. Eventually, I asked it to be put in neutral, which I think it is. However, I cannot eat anything like a balanced diet which I understood would be the case. However, I am a world class vomiter ....disgusting. No I have not lost any weight at all. I am often hungry but throw up most food . Honestly, I an eat puréed food, dairy, crackers etc. to manage the obstructive problem I drink coke, that well known drains for the body