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Hi, Great idea to collect stat's. Format for Submission of Data: Date Banded: July 26, 2005 Country: USA Doctor: Abkin Erodoed: Unfortunately, YES. If Eroded Date Removed: January 27, 2006 (6 months & 1 day) If the other patient of Abkins that had an erosion would contact me directly I'd appreciate it (highbios@aol.com). Wish I wasn't a statistic. Good Luck to everyone.

Hi Everyone, I was banded in July and to date lost about 40lbs, but most recently the weight loss has stopped. I eat so much less than I used to and it's still not coming off. I've been busy over the holidays like everyone else and wasn't paying much attention to how much/how little I've been eating. Now that the holidays are gone, I've been noticing I'm not eating much at all. Breakfast, nothing, lunch a small scoop of egg salad and dinner 1/2 cup chicken. This is about average of what I eat a day. The last month, I've had a tough time getting the food down. I experience a pressure feeling and then a discomfort, a hic-cup a burb, and finally an internal squeeze and then it's down - sometime's it's a five minute process. I can continue to eat but sometimes it comes back up. The last couple of days it's gotten worse, I have a constant achy feeling in the pit of my stomach. I called my doctor this afternoon and am hoping that he sends me for a x-ray or something tomrrw. I'm nervous that it's scar tissue or something closing up my stomach. I'm hoping that someone else has had this experience and can tell me not to worry. **P.S. I haven't had any fills yet. I welcome your input.

Hi Everyone, I had the endoscopy on Friday and was rushed to emergency surgery. The band was visible from the inside of my stomach. The band had eroded through to my stomach and that was the pain I was having. So now, I'm bandless. I'm in a lot of pain and discomfort, but at least it's from the surgery and not the band cutting into my stomach. I wish this would have all worked out but since it didn't, I don't think I'll be doing this again. I will have to dig deep and find the discipline in myself to lose the weight. Nothing is worth the pain and discomfort that I had over the last 6 months to get banded again. I wish you all a ton of good luck and much success. Good luck to everyone.....

Hi, Well here's my latest news. I'm scheduled for the endoscopy on Friday morning but for the last 3 days I've had a fever. I thought it broked last night, woke up in a puddle of sweat but now it's back. Can't take aspirin because of the test, but I'm taking Tynelol and it's still not working. Eating is still uncomfortable and there's still a lot of pain associated with it. I did go to my primary doc earlier this week and my WBC came back low, said that the endoscopy will be the last puzzle to the piece. I hope. Thanks to everyone for all your replies, caring comments and concerns. <!-- / message -->

Hi, Well here's my latest news. I'm scheduled for the endoscopy on Friday morning but for the last 3 days I've had a fever. I thought it broked last night, woke up in a puddle of sweat but now it's back. Can't take aspirin because of the test, but I'm taking Tynelol and it's still not working. Eating is still uncomfortable and there's still a lot of pain associated with it. I did go to my primary doc earlier this week and my WBC came back low, said that the endoscopy will be the last puzzle to the piece. I hope. Thanks for all your replies and caring comments and concerns. Thank you all.

Hi All, thanks for your responses. Here's my update; it's not any better the pain comes right after I eat, almost a burning sensation. I called the surgeon and have an endoscopy scheduled at the hospital next Friday. I couldn't take the pain to day, so I went to my primary doctor in hope that he'd send me for an x-ray or upper GI or something. Nothing! He said; double your dosage of Nexium and wait till Friday. Here's what I was able to get down today; no breakfast; lunch - 4 noodles; dinner - two slices of turkey (cold-cut). At this rate the weight should fall off in no time. If I can't make it to Friday, I'm heading the ER. I have had so much discomfort since the very start, I'm beginning to wonder if I did the right thing.

Hi All! For the people who have already had surgery, can you answer these questions? How long were you out of work? Does the band get weird if you go swimming? Did you have get shaved before surgery? Did they let you leave your underwear and socks on? Did the incisions hurt more than the port? Does anyone know if there's limitations once we're healed? (I mean restriction of movement or extertion). What happens if you fall or bump into something, is that reason to worry for slipage? How sensitive is the band to movement? Has anyone been banded and not have it filled during surgery? How long before the first fill? We were told 10 prior to surgery, off all med's and supplements - did anyone experience heartburn? I've been off my prevacid/nexum and I have such a sour stomach - I can't understand how that can be good for surgery. I actually threw-up yesterday from the acid taste. This is probably the worst part of the pre-surgery instructions for me... Thank you all for anwsering. Surgery for me is next week and this information will definatley put me a bit at ease....