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I just found out last week that I am pregnant. My first OBGYN appt isn't until 4/16, so I have told myself not to get too excited until I see him. I am a worry wart anyway, so I am really nervous about this whole process. I was banded almost a year ago, 4/23/08 and we have been trying for a few months now. I called my lapband Dr and they told me that I didn't need to have an unfill unless I was having a problem keeping down foods, and as long as my OB thinks I am getting good nurtrition that I won't have to have any removed. Anyone else been told this? And I can't ever get these stupid tickers to work!!

Ok....So I haven't been able to have a fill in over 3 months because of sinus/drainage issues. I finally had my 3rd fill on Monday and now today (Friday) I am having more drainage issues. It at all started when I was working outside in the yard and it was cool and my nose starting running and the drainage started. Now my stomach is filling up with drainage and I can't keep down any food. It got better after I drank a lot of water earlier and then I tried to eat, but I couldn't keep any food down. Now I am having a hard time even keeping down liquids. Has anyone had this problem?? I have tried taking sinus and allergy medicine but nothing seems to be helping. Can anyone help????

I have had my band 6 months and I have lost 35 lbs. I have been stuck at 35 lbs for about 2 1/2 months now. I am like you I haven't gained any but I haven't lost any either. I don't count calories or anything. I think maybe until now the band has done its job, but I think it is time for me to start working out, and start watching what I eat more to loose weight.

:confused:Ok, so my surgery is scheduled for 4/23/2008 and I am seriously considering cancelling it!! There are several reasons, 1) I have been coming across more and more problems due to Lapband. Everything from the tubing coming loose and embedding itselft into peoples stomachs, to after 5-6 years people getting REALLY sick and only being able to eat soup, and they had developed other illness due to the band. 2) In my opinion the LapBand is a tool that helps you change the way you live. It forces you to keep a low calorie lifestyle and eat lots of protein. After seeing how easy it is to loose weight on my pre-op diet, I don't see why I can't continue to watch what I am eating as I am now, and just loose the weight on my own. Yes, I have tried numerous diets before and they have all failed, but I have also never lost weight like this before and seen how easy it can been when I watch my calorie intake. If I am at the point in my life to make the commentment to have surgery, why not use the same commentment and loose it on my own, without having to have surgery. I have had several friends locally who have had the surgery and they have all had the same problem of getting sick on a regular basis and throwing up. I really don't want to spend the rest of my life getting sick, and not being able to drink carbonated beverages ever again. Everything I have read or heard about the Dr. doing my surgery is wonderful, in fact I can't find anything negative about them at all. But I am just not sure I am ready to go to such drastic measures, and seeing that it is possible for me to loose the weight on my own if I just put my mind to it!!! Am I just freaking out because my surgery is so close, or do I have legitmate reasons to doubt this???

Hey everyone!! 20lbs down and things are going great. I walked for the first time today and I feel so much better now!!! It is amazing how 20 lbs makes you feel different, I was able to walk longer and not get as tired. My first fill is on May 29th, and I am ready. I can already tell that day after day I can tolerate eating more food, but I try to keep myself from eating too much even though I feel I can. Steph Co~thanks for the ticker tutorial!! It help!! I was pasting the code in the wrong box. But I got it working now!!

Thanks so much for all the support you all gave me!! It has been a week now, and let me tell you the 3 days after surgery were no joke!!! My advice to everyone is take your pain medicine religiously!!! On the 4th day things got better, and today I feel much better!! I still have a sharp pain in my left side, I am assuming that is were the port is, and if I breath wrong or move wrong it hurts, but I have been told that will go away eventually. So far so good!! I still can't get that stupid ticker to work and I am jealous!! I don't know what I am doing wrong!!

Well I went through with the surgery!! I had it today 4/23/08 and so far not too bad. I think I had my self psyched out, and was thinking it would be worse than it was. I am getting up and walking a lot, taking Gas X, and sticking to the medciation schedule, and it hasn't been too bad. But give me a few days and check back with me :redface:

Thanks for all your responses, and to asnwer some questions, yes a psych eval was done. I don't know what they do during everyone elses evals, but all they asked me was why I was wanting to do this, is my family on board, what are my long term goals? That was it!! But I think I have to decided to go through with it!! Thanks for everything!! Can anyone help me get my ticker to work? I have tried adding it several times and I keep getting "Invalid Path" response when I try and preview or add it?? I don't know what I am doing wrong!!

I appreciate all the responses so quickly!! I do feel that part of me is just freaking out because it is getting so close, but I also think part of it is when I went for my pre-op testing all of the nurses kept asking me why I was having this done? They kept telling me that I am not that over weight and they would have never thought that I weight over 200 lbs. I am 5'7 and weigh 230. I have not had any health problems so far, and my weight has not kept me from doing anything that I have wanted to do. My main reason for doing this is just because I want to physically look better to myself. I know that if I continue the way I am that I will probably eventually develope health problems, but I guess that is why it is hard for me now to go through with it, because people keep telling me they don't know why I am doing this, and I haven't had health problems as of yet. Another thing that makes me nervous is that we really don't know about long term effects of this. Like 10-20 years from now. Will the band hold up? I have 3 more days to decide and really apprecaite all your feedback!! Keep it coming it really does help!!

Hi everyone!! I am scheduled for Surgery 4/23/2008, and it seems like in the last few days everything I have read or seen about the LapBand has been negative, and to be honest is scaring the crap out of me. I am really considering backing out. I am not so much worried about the day of surgery of even the few days or months after. I am worried about 5-10 years down the road. I mean how much to we acutally know about the long term durablity of the band? I have heard stories of people ending up REALLY sick after a few years of the band, and the tube coming loose and embedding itself in the stomach. Then having to have major surgery to have it removed. Does anyone have any positive stories from friends or people who have had the band for years??:confused2:

Hi~ I am new to the site and my surgery is scheduled for the 23rd like a lot of you. I wasn't really nervous about the surgery until I got on this site and I have been reading some people's post op reactions. I have had 4 friends here locally that have had it done and they have all told me it wasn't that bad. Two of my friends said they didn't take any pain medicine afterwards, but after reading some of these I am worried. So any of you who have had it done earlier in the month tell me what you think. Should I really be this worried about it? I also need some tips on how to add my weight loss ticker to my signature. I have tried several different site for tickers but I keep getting an "invalid path" when I tried to add it?????

well at least I am not the only one having trouble with the ticker. I thought it was just me. Well good luck, I am glad things went well so far. My friends who have had it done said the day after surgery was the worst for them, so if it hasn't been to bad for you then hopefully you have made it through the hard part! Let me know how it goes for you in the next few days!!