Banded905

My port has been tilted as long as I have had the band.. since 9-05.. It can be a challenge to get a fill done... Make sure you tell the person doing the fill that your port is tilted.. Banded905

Anyone have stomach pain and nausea when you get hungry? This has been my latest complication... I saw my Dr. back in May and he checked my band and said it looked fine (there was a bulge on my band he didn't know what it was)... He put in 1/2cc... For the last several weeks when I start to get hungry I will have stomach pain and have nausea.. So the last thing I want to do is eat. I have an appointment to see my Dr. next week... Back in 07 I had my band revised due to a slip the Dr. also fixed a small hernia.. I wonder if the bulge could be a hernia again? Any one have any ideas? Banded905

I went to the Dr. yesterday to have my band checked for erosion... They goofed up my appointment so I got stuck seeing the DR. that I didn't schedule the appointment for... (long story)... The first this he said was ... why do you think you have erosion? So I explained... occaisional pain when I eat, no restriction, no reflux.... I even asked about having more than 4cc's put in my band (I have a 4cc band) ... he said that he would do that if needed.... He did a fluro, said that my band was tooooo tight, so he took out 1cc... now I have 3cc's in my band.... He once again said that my band was working but I was not listening... he is having me do a 2 week food diary and then go back on the 16th and check things out... He talked about possibly going in and readjusting the band... I told him if he wanted to do that then I would have him put in a different (one of the new) bands... The current band that I have they don't use anymore... I told him that I felt like this band was an $18,000 failure... all paid out of my pocket... he said that he wanted to take this on as a challenge and work with me to try and turn things around... So... will see what happens.... Shannon (Banded905):thumbup:

Hi Kingfish1, Today I'm going to call my Dr. office and see if I can get an appointment with the other Dr.... I would like him to check out my band... I trust his input more than the other guy I saw.... I will keep you posted... thanks for replying... I was banded 9-08-05...

Hi BrandyII, I have a little band.. It holds 4ccs and I am about there.. Still no restriction & no reflux...

Hi,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> I went to my Dr. (new Dr. my other Dr. moved to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>)... the Dr. looked at my band under fluro and said it isn't slipped and you have some restriction.. He also said that my esophagus is still stretched... The Dr. added .3cc's of fluid and checked my band again and we could see more restriction... He also told me that the band is working and I'm not listening... and that I should try to only eat very small amounts of food... I'm a little frustrated here... I don't feel restriction, I don't have any reflux, and I can eat anything without getting things stuck... So, is it me? I feel like such a failure... I'm not sure what else to do... Should I go to another <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Lapband Dr</st1:address></st1:Street>?<o:p></o:p> Banded905<o:p></o:p> :cursing:

Hi,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> I went to my Dr. (new Dr. my other Dr. moved to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>)... the Dr. looked at my band under fluro and said it isn't slipped and you have some restriction.. He also said that my esophagus is still stretched... The Dr. added .3cc's of fluid and checked my band again and we could see more restriction... He also told me that the band is working and I'm not listening... and that I should try to only eat very small amounts of food... I'm a little frustrated here... I don't feel restriction, I don't have any reflux, and I can eat anything without getting things stuck... So, is it me? I feel like such a failure... I'm not sure what else to do... Should I go to another <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Lapband Dr</st1:address></st1:Street>?<o:p></o:p> Banded905<o:p></o:p> :sneaky:

Has anyone had a streached esophagus? Does it go back to normal?

I will be seeing my Dr on wednesday... I have had my band since 0905... My band slipped last year and was repaired... Last month I went in for a fill and the fill nurse said I was too tight, so they took out .5cc... I haven't had any restriction, no problems with reflux etc (like when my band slipped)... Don't know what is going on.. I have been reading up on band problems and when I go in on wednesday I will ask the Dr. about erosion.... Banded905 http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wAciytw

Hi, I was banded September 05 without any problems... In the first 9 months I lost 50 lbs then my band slipped. 1/24/07 my slip was surgically fixed (after a couple of months of unfills).... Since Jan. 07 I have not had a lot of success with my band... I have had many fills and still don feel much restriction... Last month I went in for a fill and the nurse took out Fluid saying that I was too tight.... I am now stuck trying to figure out what to do next... I don't feel any restriction and have no problem eating.... I will be going into the Dr. next week so he can check my band under Fluro.... Has anyone had their band replaced with a larger band? If so, did that work? I'm really frustrated... Anyone else having a similar problem? Sincerely, Banded905 <!-- google_ad_section_end -->

Hi, I was banded September 05 without any problems... In the first 9 months I lost 50 lbs then my band slipped. 1/24/07 my slip was surgically fixed (after a couple of months of unfills).... Since Jan. 07 I have not had a lot of success with my band... I have had many fills and still don feel much restriction... Last month I went in for a fill and the nurse took out Fluid saying that I was too tight.... I am now stuck trying to figure out what to do next... I don't feel any restriction and have no problem eating.... I will be going into the Dr. next week so he can check my band under Fluro.... Has anyone had their band replaced with a larger band? If so, did that work? I'm really frustrated... (I'm a self-payer Insurance didn't cover WLS) Sincerely, Banded905