cinny

Hello everyone checking in from Grand Prairie. I had the lap-band installed in June 2008. From month 6 I had nothing but issues with too much restriction no matter how many fills or unfilled. I vomiting most days. Starting in 2010, I fought with BCBS to remove or approve a revision.  Denied,denied. Last time 2015. Well I  tried one more time in 2020. Well my vomiting was so bad the surgeon I found was able to get me into emergency surgery  April 2020 to remove it(yep smack in middle of the pandemic). It was corroded and my stomach had prolapsed blocking any food or liquid from passing through. Well fast forward and I had VGS on 12-14-20 one week before Texas shutdown elective surgeries. I felt truly blessed. I started reusing the Lose It app on 08-01-20 . It was 3 days before my 53 birthday and I weighed in at 291😳. I was down to 276 by my surgery date and currently at 256.4. Happy as hell for groups like this. Ya'll are keeping me motivated big time.