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sundance

LAP-BAND Patients
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About sundance

  • Rank
    Banded 10/9/07
  • Birthday 06/23/1966

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  • State
    North Carolina
  1. Happy 47th Birthday sundance!

  2. Happy 46th Birthday sundance!

  3. 4 years has passed since you registered at LapBandTalk! Happy 4th Anniversary sundance!

  4. sundance

    Where is everyone from????

    I am from eastern North Carolina
  5. sundance

    Band Slip?

    Maybe I am a little too tight. When I first got this fill, I could not hardly swallow water. I stuck it out and it got a lot better after about a month. A long month of drinking hot tea with lots of honey to make it go down. Then I could eat but not until after 2pm. At supper, I could eat with only a few problems. Now it seems that it has somehow gotten tighter. But I can eat a few crackers or nabs in the morning and very very little at night. It has kinda reversed itself. Every great now and then, the last time was about 3 weeks ago, I ate about 10 shrimp and a couple bites of potatoe salad. I am kinda wondering if the weather has anything to do with it. It has started to turn cold...Is that even possible??? I fear a slip. My doctor was (of course) in Mexico and no doctor in my town will touch me. I see a fill doctor from FillCenters USA about 5 hours away. He does not have flouro, but says "you will know if you slip" but lots on her do not know. I don't think he is a surgeon that could fix a slip either. I think he just does the fills. A year ago, when I was considering this, I saw not complications. 1 month after, all I see is complications. It makes me very scared. I think I am going to do the liquids for a few days and see if things get better. I have not lost any weight in like 3 months and my 7 pound dog eats more than me. What gives???
  6. sundance

    Band Slip?

    I can eat soup and drink with no problems. I can also eat crackers ~ if that makes sense??? Maybe I am just so hungry, I am not chewing good enough. You would think after all this time I would know to chew well. But after eating only 1 chicken nugget you get really hungry. I think I fare worse when I go long periods without eating. Then things don't go down well at all.
  7. sundance

    Band Slip?

    I have the exact symptoms as you do.
  8. I have not been all that successful with the band. I am starving all the time and eat very little but have only lost 40 pounds. I through up almost daily, which makes me afraid my band will slip and there you go ...another surgery...I have a friend that had gastric bypass 3 months ago and he has lost over 100 pounds already. I wish I could have the gastric bypass now and I would not have to worry about fills, slips, throughing up, etc.
  9. if I had a choice I would do gastric bypass hands down. No question about it.
  10. sundance

    No weight loss, weight gain

    I have only lost 10 pounds and I am very unhappy with my band also. My thyroid is underactive also and I just started on thyroid meds. The meds have made me feel better, but have not helped with weight loss. I eat so little and exercise, but the scales do not move.
  11. sundance

    Lots Of Gas And Back Pain

    I have extreme gas also. I do not have gas pains just alot of noise. I can't tell that one particular food does it. After I eat anything, It starts up. My husband just laughs and says he wishes he could as loud as me. It is however very embarrassing.
  12. sundance

    Found out today my band slipped :(

    who did you conversion?
  13. sundance

    Lap Band vs Roux en Y choices

    If I had to do it all over again, I would do the gastric sleeve or the bypass. I have had very little success with the lapband and I have followed the rules. The fact is it doesn't work as well and I think you can have just as many complications or maybe even more. And the inconviences of fills...If it were me, I would definately choose not to have the lapband.
  14. sundance

    Where is everyone from????

    Who is going to do your band?
  15. sundance

    Where is everyone from????

    Where in NC are you at?

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