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Well folks I had conversion March12th. Finally having success. Will update later. M

Well it's been a while and I thought I would update everybody. I had a fill at the end of 2007. Then our insurance changed and I was told we had to bariatric coverage. I was due to see my surgeon in November. So things rocked along for a while. Then I had another slip Now I am being worked up for RNY. My new doc told me that my continuous slipping was a mechanical failure and there was nothing I could have done to prevent or to make my band work correctly after slipping. BIG RELIEF to know that I was not a failure and I shouldn't have any problems getting a revision surgery. So cross your fingers and maybe things will get better. I hope everybody else is doing okay. M

WOOOWWWZER you look MMMAAARVELOOOOUS. Congrats on the weight loss and looking so good. Myra

Hope the May 06'ers and others have a happy and blessed 2008. M

How is everybody? M

Hope all the May 06'ers and others are enjoying a happy Thanksgiving this year. Myra

I forgot to update when I had the fill. Well in the middle of my fill the rubber part of the plunger somehow bends back on it self and shoots my saline Fluid out the back end of the syringe. So they got a new syringe, stuck me again, and did their best to estimate how much fluid was lost and then hopefully filled me up to five cc. The PA was very apologetic and of course had NEVER had this happen before. Being a nurse myself I saw the syringe and had never had that happen either in my career. I told her it was just my karma. Whatever can go wrong will with me that is my just the way my life runs.:faint: Myra

Alicia WOW can't wait to hear about the gender. Do you have a preference? I am once again on the losing side. I weighed this morning and had lost eight pounds. It has been a month since my fill and I haven't really been trying. I had made up my mind to start doing better last night. So I weighed for the first time this morning since I had my fill last month and was totally amazed to see that I had lost eight pounds. So hopefully things will pick up now that I actually feel like I might see some real results. Hope everyone else is doing good. Myra

Hey folks glad to see some of ya'll checking in. Alicia CONGRATULATIONS do you know when your due date is? SHARE, SHARE, SHARE girl!!!!!! lotsofkids when I had both slips I just knew something was wrong but I didn't really know what. I got really tight really slowly over time (and I mean weeks). I didn't do any throwing up like you hear with most slips. But I think that is because I went to be checked before it got that far. But I am sure it would have if I didn't go in when I did. Both were diagnosed with flouro. Both occured after vomiting. So it does happen. LindaV sounds like a really great year and summer for you. I know you are looking forward to skiing season coming up soon. Kim2bhealthy I am going tomorrow for another fill. I kinda feel like I am standing on the edge and just starting. I hope this one will be the beginning for me that ya'll have experienced this past year. I know I am kinda getting excited now. But if it doesn't work out then I will just go to plan B. So everybody cross their fingers and I will let ya'll know after my fill tomorrow how things go. You know I am always afraid that I will get in there and they will find another slip. Myra

Okay went for a fill a couple of weeks ago. I now have 3.8cc in my VG band. Of course I still have no restriction but everything looked good on my barium swallow. So I will try for another fill again in a couple of weeks. I figure that will put me at around 5cc. Had first slip at 6 so I don't really won't to go that far yet. Myra

Well folks, after many weeks of I don't give a darn, I have decided to try another fill. If I slip again it would make the third time and I am pretty sure it would mean removal. But as I was saying to my DH an unfilled band is useless anyway. So I am going to call tomorrow and make an appt for another fill. I will have to stop some of my meds that won't go through the band. But that is better than using them and gaining weight back. So wish me luck.:biggrin1: Myra