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Hi there Cath, I see you posted this a while back and no one has replied to you so I thought I would. I had to have a lap band revision done (surgery) because my band had slipped big time. I had a massive pouch hanging over the top of the band. The surgeon asked to operate on me ASAP once it had been diagnosed because he was worried it might twist and cause all sorts of serious compications or problems. So I went back in to have the band re done. I had the original op in August 2008. It was certainly not a success overnight and I had to work hard to lose the weight but I managed to lose some. I then got a piece of tofu stuck in my band and had to see my surgeon on a weekend to have the band emptied completely to clear the blockage. I then had 4 mls put in over the next week and we went travelling through Europe for 13 weeks. Unfortunately my band was so tight (we hadn't been able to adjust it as finely as it needed to be, due to only having one week for fills prior to leaving for Europe) I vomitted for most of the time I was in Europe. I lived off Soup and couldn't really eat any food, even yoghurt with lumps of fruit in it wouldn't pass through. Eventually when we had been about 10 weeks into the holiday I decided I had, had enough and fronted up to a French hospital where the Fluid was removed. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I had my next band op in Sept 2009. I kept going in for fills and nothing seemed to be working. I wasn't feeling any restriction and had a barium swallow which showed all the food passing straight through. The Dr was reluctant to fill the band up too much because of my 'band history'. I gave up and just thought it was one big failure. We had gone from too tight to too loose. I then saw one of the other Drs one day and she suggested that maybe I had, had a larger band put in. After reading the surgery records she realised this was the case but it had not been reported to the Bariatric centre Drs by the surgeon. A very poor incident indeed and terrible communication between surgeon and the follow up Drs. I was furious to say the least......this wasn't discovered until about 18 months after my second lot of surgery. Anyway, after discovering this, they increased my fill volume and my band is now working perfectly. It is working so much better than the first one and I am losing weight. I have lost about 14 kgs so far and working hard to lose some more. So from my point of view the second time around was a nightmare to begin with but about 20 months later it is all finally falling into place. I think we just have to be patient and work out how our band will work the best for us. You did so well losing 45 kgs.....can't wait till I've lost that amount!!! I'm sure you can do it again and then maintain it! Think positively. I have had the worst time with the whole lap band experience. It has been like a bad joke but finally it is working in my favour!! Good luck to you and I would love to know how it is going second time around for you. Sorry about the essay I have written.

Hi there, I haven't had a c-section but I have had 10 other operation including hip surgery. You've no idea how reassuring this site is. I'm assuming compared to hip surgery and breast surgery (which I've also had) that the banding should be far less painful....and you guys have pretty much confirmed that. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!!! I get banded 08/15/08! Can't wait to start my new life. Currently on my pre op diet.....yuck!!!! Kez

Hi there, I'm on day 8 of my pre op diet. Have 3 meal replacement shakes, 2 pieces of low carb fruit and 2 cups of low carb vegies a day. I'm soooooo hungry by night time. Only 14 days to go. I've lost 5.5 kg (nearly 1 stone) in weight so that's pretty exciting. But I'm so over it. I can't wait to eat real food again. And it's hard with 3 kids and a hubby to cater for, although hubby has been doing a lot of their cooking as I'm so hungry at night I can't deal with it. Even feeding the baby her weetbix this morning I was tempted to have a teaspoon of it!!!LOL!!! Anyway, hang in there. Won't be long and we'll be banded and we won't have to face another meal replacement shake if we don't want to!!! Kez:thumbup:

Hi there, I am being banded in Australia on the 15th of August. I have to do a special diet of meal replacements for the 3 weeks prior to surgery so I have been on it for 5 days and have lost 4.5 kg. Not sure what that is in pounds. The primary reason for going on this diet is because it shrinks your liver to make surgery easier. It's slowly getting easier. The first few days I was so grumpy.....my poor hubby and kids. Anyway, now that the weight is coming off I'm not so grumpy as it is a great side effect!!! Can't wait to get banded and start my new life.....but I'm nervous as well. It's a pool of mixed emotion. Take care, Kez