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Hi Everyone, I joined this forum back in December 2005 just a few months before having my first lap band done. I now have my 3rd lap band and still feel at a loss. I stopped coming on here for a very long time cause I was just getting so down and frustrated with the whole thing. My first band slipped and I had that one replaced. The second one broke inside me, the buckle broke and it took me so many appointments with the surgeon to try and listen to me when I was telling him that it wasn't right. Now I have the third one in and that was done almost 2 years ago. I have gotten no where in the whole time that I have had all these bands put in. I feel like giving up but at the same time I don't. A couple of days ago I got a fill done, it's too tight. I can't even swallow a drink properly without having to bring it back up. I have had pureed soups and opti slim shakes since getting the last fill but most of those end up coming out again. I read somewhere that a guy had a fill and it was too tight for him but he stuck it out for a couple of weeks and because he had lost a little weight,from not being able to consume hardly anything, it made his band that little less tight for him and now he is fine. This is what I am wanting to do aswell, see if I can stick it out for a couple of weeks and see if it changes. Has anyone else done this and has it worked? I've always been on a constant battle to lose weight and no matter what I do it just doesn't want to come off. I admit I don't always exercise but when I did I still wasn't having much luck.I'm hoping there might be others that have had a fill that was too tight but stuck it out and it losened up a bit. Thank you.

Hi Kye, Thanks for your reply Believe me when I say I have tried all sorts of things with the band. After having it now for 7 years I kind of am stale about it. I don't give up though. I feel like it sometimes but don't give up as in pig out on bad food. Won't do that. Am actually seeing my surgeon again this week and will talk to him again but after 7 years and 3 bands and more visits to the hospital for repairs on them and so on it can be a put off in still wanting to do the doctor visits but I won't go pigging out on bad foods. If I wasn't in a constant battle with my weight for so long what would I do? To be totally honest, I've always battled, even before the bands started so I wouldn't know what I'd do really. Forgotten how it was before struggles with weight, been a fatty all my life really hehe. Thanks again for your reply Kye

Hi New Dawn 2012, I have had so many problems with these bands and it all started when the first one slipped ofcourse but that band worked the best aswell, I was eating, and still am, all the right foods and the weight was coming off and I was so happy seeing the results.......until it slipped. Ever since then I have had more drama's with the newer bands and haven't changed my eating habits either. I was watching what I was eating and I still do. It's the weekend here now so I will have to wait till Monday to call my surgeon so I can see about going in and getting a tiny bit taken out, hopefully just that tiny bit will make the difference. I guess I am just trying to look for ways that this band will work for me. Keep hoping I guess. Thanks for your replies ladies

Hi Brandice, I don't know much about the gastric plication, I don't think I've ever heard of it actually. I still have hope with this band, although its now been over 6 years since I had my first one done and I'm only not alot lighter than when I first started.I might ask my doctor when I go back to see him next and see what he says though. Thank you for letting me know about that Brandice

:clap2: Well hello evereyone!! I just came back from my first appointment with my doctor since the operation about 3 weeks ago and got my first fill!! He says now i should surely be on my way!!! woo hoo!!:party: It stills stings abit but he says now i have to be on liquids again for 24 hours, but being me i will be on for about 48 hours instead to be safe!!.He says he is also happy with my weight loss so far.Im happy too!!But i noticed today that my scales are not the same as his!! I think i should spend a bit extra and get good ones?!Anyways hope everyone is well and should hopefully see some of you on thursday nite!!:clap2: :biggrin1: :kiss2:

:faint: Hi how is everyone? well i have been banded for six weeks now and last nite i went with a couple of friends out for dinner, now i knew before we even went that it wouldnt have been as simple as before and been able to order what i wanted and i was totally fine with that because i do not regret having the band at all! im glad i got it!! But what actually happened was that i wasnt able to order anything at all!! the place we went to had no appetizers or small serves of anything whatsoever and just looking at the menu and seeing i couldnt order nothing made me feel left out and for some reason i got upset and had a little cry!!:cry i know it sounds silly and i did feel silly but i couldnt help it!!:hungry: did anyone else feel like this or still feels like this at times? Dont get me wrong ,like i said i have no regrets about the band at all, but for the first time i go to a resturant and could not order a thing and it was i guess sort of wierd! and then on top of that one of my friends offered me some of her food but then i thought, i dont want everytime that i go out to a resturant with friends that they have to feel like they have to offer me things or work around me!! i dont want to be not treated different but feel like it!! does anyone know what i mean? sorry if this sounds silly, but i feel like everyone her can somehow relate to eachother!!!!

:think Hi Everyone ,its been a while since i have been on,about 6 months actually. Last October i had to get a new band put in because my first one slipped and was giving me troubles and now ever since then i feel ive had nothing but dissapointment!! :huytsao i have not lost anything since then and if anything i have put on!!! the band i now have is a bigger one to my first one but i am sooooo dissapointed i keep thinking that these last six months i could have possibly been at my goal weight but instead i have gone up some,only a few kilos but its not right and i dont like it!! :angry i guess i have also been dissapointed in myself aswell because eventhough i exercise i still get no results!! :girl_hug: has anyone else had this? i just dont understand, i sort of blame it on the first band!! if it wasnt for that one playing up i wouldnt be here!! i know i sound stupid but i cant help feeling that.:think

:)Hi everyone i was wondering if anyone was interested in catching up in the local melbourne or surrounding areas to talk about food intakes.i have been having a problem with my band for a long time and i REALLY would like to talk to other lapbanders who have been in the same situation as me and have managed to get through it:help:. i was supposed to meet up with someone from this website last night and i was really looking forward to it but they never got back to me and i am really dissapointed because they sounded so sincere on the phone and i still believe they are but i am dissapointed,i cried!!! :thinkhow stupid is that!! thats how much i need to talk to someone face to face in this positon so im hoping that there are some people that can and will be willing to catch up and talk, i dont think the doctors truly understand as they have never been through this:confused:. hope someone or someones can help!!!:clap2:

Hi Tolmc:), wow i was beginning to think i was the only one!! i have even changed my eating habbits again and cut more food out and still no luck!!:faint: i just dont get it!!! could you please tell me what "the sleeve " is? i have never heard of that before. is it another operation? hope everyone is well!!!

cool Jachut, look forward to catching up with you and hopefully others aswell!!:clap2:

Hey Jachut:), thatd be great!! id be happy to meet at any of those places you mentioned. we can meet after you come back after 27th? thats the next date for my doctors appointment!!:clap2: anyways :rolleyes:it would be good to catch up and meet others from here as i never have and hopefully things go good!!!:whoo:

Hi Thinlizzy:), going on the liquids after you have your band done i found was very easy for me,because its the start of your band being put in you wouldnt really be able to eat solids because you would just throw it back up again because everything inside is swollen i guess!! :cryim not really good at explainig am i?!!:phanvan anyways i found the liquids really easy you cant really stomach much anyways.as for the smoking aprt of your question i couldnt answer that,i am a non smoker,if you really are thinking about getting the band done then maybe you should see a doctor in your area and ask him/her all the questions:confused: you need answers to and hopefully that will bring you to your conclusion on wether getting the band or net, let us know how you go and what you decide!! take care!!

Hi Sussanah, i am trying to click on your name to PM you but its not opening up,could you try to PM me and hopefully that works? i dont know if its my computer or the website not letting me!!!

HI TARAJANE:),THATS OK THAT YOU CANT MEET UP I UNDERSTAND YOUD HAVE ALOT TO DO BEFORE YOU GO OVERSEAS!! HOW EXCITING,I LOVE GETTING TO THE AIRPORT KNOWING I AM OFF TO SOMEWHERE:clap2:!!! I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME OVERSEAS AND SEE YOU BACK ON HERE AGAIN SOON!!! I HOPE EVERYONE ELSE IS WELL TOO:D,IM NOT REALLY HAVING ANY LUCK MEETING ANYONE FROM HERE BUT I REMEMBER READING THAT HERE IS A LOCAL SUPPORT GROUP ON YAHOO.I WILL HAVE TO CHECK THAT OUT!! THANKS GIRLS AND HOPE EVERYONE IS HAPPY!!!!

Hi girls:kiss2: its hard isnt it we all want to meet up but we are al in different states!!! Hi tarajane,thanks for your reply,i am from the western suburbs and would be happy to meet up with you before you go overseas:clap2:. we can meet half way if thats ok? like somewhere city surrounding areas,st kilda,williamstown, south melbourne,any areas like that?

hi girls:kiss,thanks for responding,to be honest i would like to speak to someone face to face i know it sounds wierd but i think thatll help me. Thanks for letting me know about the other bandsters She Smiles as you said they should be able to help online but i dont really want to discuss this online,i hope this doesnt come the wrong way but i dont want everyone to know my thing if you know what i mean. i still would like to email with you Aussie Jode.

Hi Flamingnutters!! i have not been having any luck with mu band at all since i had the new one put in last october,i have put on weight and im very dissapointed,my clothes do feel tighter and i dont even want to weigh myself anymore!!:faint:,i go to the doctor and get refilled almost every fortnight,i have around 15ml in my band now and still going,thats alot!!!:omg: i have gotten to the point now where i just eat rice cakes,crackers with cheese and sometimes ham (the 97% fat free one!!),and drink the slimskakes in hope that might help but i dont know yet. im begginnig to give up and have no idea why this doesnt work:help:,i have asked my doctor and he says to keep putting fluid in till i feel full restriction,but this is taking too long now and im not happy:think i see him again on monday coming and im going to let him know how i have been eating and why its still not working:confused:. has anyone else ever experienced something similar?!!!!

hi everyone, :)last october i had my band slip also which was not a good feeling, i was doing so well and sooo proud of myself,i had it in for 6 months then it slipped but my doctor removed it and replaced it with a new band,a bigger one which i have realized is taking me alot longer to feel the restriction than what i had felt with the first band:huytsao.This band is taking alot more fills than the first one,my doctor said that being a bigger one it does take longer to get to the roght restriction,so in the meantime i am very slowly putting weight back on and im not happy!! :cryi go on to see my doctor again tomorrow so im hoping this fill will be the one!!, i noticed that some of you said that after you had it removed because of the slippage you did not get a new one put in,why is that? :confused:did your doctor go against it? i remeember when mine slipped i could not eat anything for 2 weeks, i could not even swallow my own saliva as it hurt,thats why i new something was wrong.

Hi Everyone!! well today i am off to see my doctor about my band, i am going to ask him about the Omnipack like you mentioned Fleur so i hope something can be done there!! i will let you all know how i go when i come back!! Lets hope its all good!!

Hi Girls, Thanks for the opinion on the omnipack Fleur, i see my doctor in about 3 weeks so i will ask him then and hopefully he will have that coz i really do feel like i am at a dead end now!! it does get me down. hopefully things will change:nervous

Hi Jachut, I do honestly say that i do lack motivation doing exercise, now that my friend is gone for 10 days i dont think i will be going:rolleyes i really do need pushing in that department!!!:censored: when we do walk we walk for about half hour 40 minutes and we walk fast but there is no sweating unless it is hot!! i believe that we walk fast, my friend is not a slow walker and if anythig i walk faster to keep up with her!!:faint: im just scared that even though i have the band my weight is going to slowly creep back up again!!:cry

Hi girls, i have just registered myself on two of the weight sites, the food counting ones!! anyways i am going to see which one i like better and go from there, i do hope this does make a difference because i really want this to work!!!

Hi Girls, thank you both for your replies to this!! yes i do havethe 12ml band now and just last week my fluid levels in it are now 10ml. My doctor said that i should feel restriction now but not to be really surprised if not, he says even though its a 12ml band it can allow for more fluid to be put in. does that make sense?!! as for the exercise i walk 4 nights a week, the last couple of weeks have been up and down as lack motivation and my friend that i go walking with has gone overseas for 2 weeks.:omg: I admit im not very good on my own i do lack alot of motivation, my job really takes up alot of my time!! and for the food intake, well bythe time i get home from work i usually eat from the microwave,what i mean is all my food that i eat is microwavable as it is quick and easy for me!! fish portions, eggs,mash potato,tuna balls,cheese, stuff like that, i do admit that i do like to have chocolate as well:hungry: . i do not have any of the online trackers are they really a good idea? can others see your profile on that? i dont like the idea that someone could see what i eat and what my weight is, im funny about that,especially about the weight!! does this explian a bit more?:help:

Hi Chickie! Yes i have pretty much had a fill every once a month since the new band and only feel restricted sometimes. i still only eat small amounts of fodd but i just dont get why this is the way it is. my doctor did say that it is a bigger band than the previous one but i still cant help feeling dissapointed:think

:help: Hey everyone! i have not been on for a long time,i have been bad!! but i have been real busy!! anyways i am in need of some help or some advice. a couple of weeks ago i got a fill and i believed i was overfilled so i went back the following week and the doctor took some of that fill out, now for the next couple of days i was fine and able to eat again but not as of a couple of days ago i am struggling and cant keep anything down at all!! :think i am hungry and want to eat and drink but now i am getting scared to and i dont want to bother my doctor gain and seem like a pain in the bum, can anyone PLEASE tell me if they have had similar experiences or know of anything? i was banded at the end of march this year and the doctor says im doing real good and close to my goal but i dont want to take any more fill out incase the weight loss slows down!! PLEASE HELP!!!!:help: :hungry: