missy123c

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has experienced this problem. It's almost been a year since my surgery. I have lost 50lbs. and my docotr says it wasnt a significant weight loss. After my last fill i started throwing up and was having a really hard time so i called the office and exsplained my problem and they said as long as i can get water down i am fine. that was in October. it has gotten a little better since but this past week i have been having the worst acid refulx and vomiting alot. I couldnt even keep water down. I had to fight with the nurse that i needed an unfill. they told me to wait out the weekend and just drink fluids. I am sorry but i have been starving for 1 week already I AM HUNGRY. they made me feel like some fat person wanting an unfill just so i could eat more. i was very upset and called them back and demanded an upper GI. so i got it and they said the band WAS a little too tight!:thumbup: they took out 1/2 cc from my 7cc's. i feel better but still alittle Nauseous, but no vomiting. Should i just give it alittle time i did just have it today. i dont want to feel sick anymore.

I feel the same way. I lost 60 pounds the first year but then got the flu and was completley unfilled. the 4 days later the doctor shot me back up to 7cc's and it didnt heal so i was in and out unfilled now i am back to 4 cc's and i have no restriction at all!!! i'm so depressed i gained 20pounds back:cursing: all along the doctor said i am not loosing enough its not working. well now i am so afraid to go back and get another fill. i am afraid he wont give me the fill because i am failing. I feel for you!!!! I hope it gets better.

Hello, I also have been banded for alomost a year and i am having awful acif reflux. First they told me i can't eat past 6pm. finally after it not going away i had to have 2 unfills because i keep throwing up all the time. The problem is still happeneing. I take 1 Prilosec and 2 Pepcid's a day plus tums and malox and no relife. This sucks. I hope they can help you before you get worse. Good Luck

Thanks for your comment. I am still happy i had the surgery i am losing weight and not gaining. I think its time for a new doctor. he was very supportive before the surgery but not so much afterwards.

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has experienced this problem. It's almost been a year since my surgery. I have lost 50lbs. and my docotr says it wasnt a significant weight loss. :thumbup: After my last fill i started throwing up and was having a really hard time so i called the office and exsplained my problem and they said as long as i can get water down i am fine. that was in October. it has gotten a little better since but this past week i have been having the worst acid refulx and vomiting alot. I couldnt even keep water down. I had to fight with the nurse that i needed an unfill. they told me to wait out the weekend and just drink fluids. I am sorry but i have been starving for 1 week already I AM HUNGRY. they made me feel like some fat person wanting an unfill just so i could eat more. i was very upset and called them back and demanded an upper GI. so i got it and they said the band WAS a little too tight! they took out 1/2 cc from my 7cc's. i feel better but still alittle Nauseous, but no vomiting. Should i just give it alittle time i did just have it today. i dont want to feel sick anymore.

OMG I have the same exact problem but i am at 7cc's. I was vomiting alot and the doctor wouldnt take any out either. it's been about 3 weeks now and it's alittle better. i cant eat breakfast at all. i am not losing much weight either. this sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!! Good luck. I hope it works and stays that way for you!!!!

Hello Everyone, I would like to see if anyone has advice for me. I had my surgery on April 22, 2008. I lost 15lb before surgery and have only lost a grand total of 26pounds. They never explained to me that i would still be very hungry after i had this surgery. The first week after i was miserable. Ok fine i got over that. I was never able to eat chicken after the surgery ok fine i am over that. i had my first fill 6 weeks after surgery. It did nothing at all. My second and third fill was the same. I still felt hungry all the time:thumbdown: and could eat alot of food. although my choices are better i am still not loosing weight. I just had my fourth fill and i am at 7cc's in a REALIZE band. this fill has been very hard. The list of foods i CAN eat is very limited as aposed to the list of foods i can not eat. I have a hard time with eggs but if i have cereal for breakfast i am starving by 11am. I throw up alot and i dont ever feel full and i am not loosing weight. I have been eating good foods. i had eggs for breakfast, celery and cheese for snack, salad and yogurt for lunch and steak and beets for dinner. still starving. HELP!!! what do i do?

New Haven, Ct St. Raphaels

Thats what i thought too. When i first started looking for a doctor for the surgery he was wonderful. very nice, kind compasionate, he explained everything.Now i feel like ok surgery is over no more big bucks, get in get out go home. He didnt ask any questions nothing plus i heard him talking about me in the hall way. he even said my full name. so if i could hear him so could everyone else!!!! I felt like someone busted my balloon!! lol i felt so let down. Thanks for the support.

I went to my doctor today because i am throwing up alot and he said because they only put 1cc in last time that he will not remove any. I told him that i haven't been eating much. Lately all i can eat is celery dry cereal and ground turkey, but it has to have sauce or it gets stuck. he said as long as i am getting liquids down he is not worried. I went for the fill on October 22nd and as of today 11/7/08 i lost 8 pounds. i thought thats alot in just 16 days. I will stick with it because i want to lose weight but to be honest I am miserable.

Hello Everyone, I would like to see if anyone has advice for me. I had my surgery on April 22, 2008. I lost 15lb before surgery and have only lost a grand total of 26pounds. They never explained to me that i would still be very hungry after i had this surgery. The first week after i was miserable. Ok fine i got over that. I was never able to eat chicken after the surgery ok fine i am over that. i had my first fill 6 weeks after surgery. It did nothing at all. My second and third fill was the same. I still felt hungry all the time:thumbdown: and could eat alot of food. although my choices are better i am still not loosing weight. I just had my fourth fill and i am at 7cc's in a REALIZE band. this fill has been very hard. The list of foods i CAN eat is very limited as aposed to the list of foods i can not eat. I have a hard time with eggs but if i have cereal for breakfast i am starving by 11am. I throw up alot and i dont ever feel full and i am not loosing weight. I have been eating good foods. i had eggs for breakfast, celery and cheese for snack, salad and yogurt for lunch and steak and beets for dinner. still starving. HELP!!! what do i do?