shellic

I hate soda but there is a can of Coke in my fridge that keeps eyeballin' me!!!

Is it reflux? I swallowed a pill and then fell asleep before it went down. Woke up a few hours later with pain in my throat! Pepcid did nothing for me - Prilosec helps me.

I had the band for 8 years and lost about 70 l d but could not eat solid foods without pain so I lived on soup until I finally had the band opened a couple of years ago. I regained everything I lost plus 10lbs. Due to being on insulin I gained 50lbs and I was just miserable. I got the band removed and converted to the sleeve on 5/23. I'm down about 23 lbs in 3 weeks and 33lbs since 5/10 when I started Optifast (Pre-op). Personally I've had doctors tell me they don't know why anyone would do the lap band based on the lack of long term results most people experience. I'm sure there are people happy with the lap band but I was not. I love the sleeve so far. No pain when eating so far.

I'm scheduled for April 11th in Charlotte.

You are beautiful! I've had my lap and 8 years. Have hated it every day. Scheduled for sleeve surgery April 11th. Waiver between excited and terrified!

The doctor I saw gave me info on BLIS - a type of insurance that covers you if you have complications. It ranged from around $225-1200 for 90 days depending on what severity of complication you wanted covered. If you had a complication, this paid for it.

I was banded in 2005. Lost about 60lbs and was close to my goal weight. As my stomach got smaller, my port was closer to the surface of my skin and an infection stopped me from getting the tummy tuck I had scheduled! So I had the port removed, and spent 3 months with a gaping hole in my belly while that healed. With 0 restriction, I gained about 30 of the 60lbs back. In May I had the port put back in but was getting NO restriction. After a few months, my doc did a test to discover there was a leak - the tubing had been punctured. So here I go again to the hospital. Replaced that port -- 3rd surgery. I have lost about 10lbs in 5 months but am completely 100% STUCK at this point. I don't eat much, but I'm not losing anything. I'm ready to go have it removed, honestly. I've been having some esophagus pain/chest pain today and I wonder if I have a slippage or something!? God knows that's all I need. Because I'm self-pay, I've spent about an additional $15,000 on the 3 repairs - that's just for the hospital. I figure I've paid about $1000/pound. :biggrin: My insurance originally paid for my port removal but a year later came back and took the money back from the hospital so I owe them another $4000. I hope whoever made that decision has uncontrollable diarrhea for a month. ::grin::