SuzanneG

Thanks and the same holds true for me. I'll be checking in regularly again. Lets do this!

Hi, I haven't been on this site in a long time. I had a slip and was so fed up when I had my band repaired over 2 years ago that I didn't put any fluid back in. I kept the weight off on my own for almost 2 years and then I started packing it back on. Now it's like a snowball rolling down a hill. So I have a band fill scheduled for Jan 11th. I deliberately waited until after the holidays and I've psyched myself up like I did before my initial surgery. I was hoping to find someone else in the same situation and see how it worked for them. I think we both took the important first steps. We scheduled a fill and came to lapbandtalk forum.

Thanks emjay and Mimi. I actually think I'm going to ask him to leave the Fluid out of my band for a while. For the moment I'm doing better without it and I feel amazing being able to eat real food. I think I'll just continue to enjoy it until I lose my mojo of losing with no band help, then I'll start with tiny fills when I start struggling. A lifetime of dieting has taught me that this too shall pass, but for now, I'm in the zone and I'm losing on my own. Mimi, please be careful, a too tight band is what caused my slip. Just food for thought.

Wow, Mimi, be careful. Being too tight is what got me into this mess in the first place. My surgery is scheduled for August 16th. So far, I've lost 2 pounds since he removed my Fluid. HUGE difference being able to EAT AGAIN!!! Yay! Nothing's changed for you? Still having trouble? Mabye you could request a specific amount? Mine was taking out .1cc each time, then .5cc and each time my band would tighten back up on it's own. It totally SUCKED. I'm going to be very cautious and conservative on fills this next time around!

Thanks Mimi, How are you doing now? Weren't you having symptoms of too tight also?

I just hung up with my doctor. He wants me to have revision surgery to reposition my band. He thinks I have a slip and I have a small hiatal hernia. I'm a little worried about future slips since I've read that if you slip once, it can happen again. Anyone have a slip fixed and it held? How about one that didn't? Either way, I have to try since my insurance doesn't pay for the sleeve yet and I'm afraid of gastric bypass. I'm waiting for his office to call me to schedule the surgery. The really tricky part is that I'm about to change jobs, now I have to try to squeeze in 1 week of post-op in between jobs. Just my luck. Meanwhile, it has been wonderful to be able to eat real food again. After a year and a 1/2 of being too tight, I haven't even craved a single sweet since he took all the Fluid out of my band. I hope I can get back on track and get the rest of this weight back off. Wish me luck.

Well, I just hung up with my doctor. He said he wants to do revision surgery to reposition my band. He thinks it slipped while I was too tight. I also have another hiatal hernia. I sure hope this works. I've read on here that once you slip you are more susceptible to future slips. Waiting for them to call me now with a surgery date.

What caused you to have to unfilled? I was recently completely unfilled too. I had lost all of my weight in the first year, then got too tight 10 months out and haven't lost weight since. I didn't realize that entire time that I was too tight. I kept dancing around it, I got fills, unfills, fills, unfills, nothing seemed to be working. Over the past few months, my band seemed like it was getting tighter for no reason. I'd get an unfill, it would feel better for a while, then slowly get tight again. Finally I started having heartburn, nausea, and PBs constantly. Docs checked my gallbladder, did and endoscopy and pressure fill/check with fluro and nothing looked out of place. They finally took all my Fluid out on June 25th and all my symptoms are gone. Now my doctor's office is ignoring me about what and when to do next. I'm doing WW and during the week I'm great, then on the weekend I don't do so well. I'm so happy to finally be able to eat solid food, I went on a bit of a bender and had hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza (the real thing, Pizza Hut Pan pizza) not to mention beer. It all tasted like haven. This was all before starting WW. I'm doing the old Core plan and its working pretty well for me if I can just keep it up through the weekends. Hopefully I'll be starting over again soon with my fills. I gained 15 pounds while being too tight. I hope to at least get those back off. Good luck to you and keep us posted on your progress!