AudsMom

They are a fireign object... My surgeon in auburn still does them but also does the sleeve and rny:)

Girl with ur current weight u probably won't qualify for a revision... I was 220 when I got mine. Gaining is a pain in the arse I get it totally. I recommend dr Jenkins in auburn:). He got me into surgery quick and whenever I get right I get an endo fast

Well I was scared. Kaiser makes everyone freak about nutrition deficiencies. I do not take any special Vitamins at all. Just my once a day. I recommend it. However it's no easier then my band to loose weight. :/. I was super sick after sammmi my blood pressure would not go down the surgery saved me in many ways I'm off blood pressure meds:). Don't be scared of rny... I have had some complications... Mainly with scar tissue but that's it. They have to widen my esophagus bc all the scar tissue in my body. What are your fears I'll try to help:)

Like Carolie btw I'm not kaiser anymore I hear hey are hard for revision..... I'm so sorry some of you are having a hard time that is so hard:(. Do u still have kaiser?

Hey girls! Wow have not seen many of you in years! Well I'm rny now. As of last year. My band slipped and I vomited alllll the time literally 8-10 times a day. I'm now down to almost goal tho. But it's hard. It's so nice to see allll your names its a reminder of how far we came and our motivation we should plan a get together!

Hey Pam! How are you????

Congratulations Heather! I too thought you had surgery a while ago, but Im glad its finally done:) I read just this last page, and honestly if i had th eoption to redo any of it i would have done no surgery at all. I would have gone thru preop, heck i lost a lot on preop, after band i lost what 30, and gained 15 back fast. I am still considered a "success" as most of us are, but i think we all excpected it to be a bit different. I have a HARDER time loosing weight now but whatever.. I cant really focus on it anymore, for the past 3 yrs i have been dieiting daily, now since im pregnant (most know this i think??) i have to teach myself how to eat again, lol. AND eat carbs oh my i missed the carbs. Luckily ive lost 2 lbs since finding out prego, but ihave no energy to work out at all, barely walk it blows. I miss my active lifestyle. I miss all you girls we need to do another lunch soon! Seriously. Question anyone talk to Christine?? i need to talk to her about how the pregnancy went with her, im havin lotsa issues.. and since not a pt many places i cant get the band looked at.. so i have to go thru with the pregnancy with my band all a mess:) How is everyone doing??

Hi! I feel ya i am either 8-10 weeks we have to do an us to find out where.. i had two periods in a 3 week frame:) And all i do is eat now, but the nausea KILLS ME. AND the vitamins, teh dr finally took me off my prenatal because of the band. How are you doing? If you wanna talk my email is ndeg21@yahoo.com, its kinda nice finding a lap band person with the same due date month as me. I feel so alone cause all my pregnant friends have no idea im banded first off and dont get why my pregnancy is so different food wise.

Hi girls! Sorry I havent been around, got sucked into my failing relationship. Now im single. SO, i should be on here m ore, and working at getting back on track:) How is everyone?

I wanna schedule a walk for everyone... i need to start getting out again. If we schedule far enough i can ask for time off:D Im available fri and sun though:D Almost every one.

Pam I can drink now, but not anymore, i have started to bloat up again, and my stomach well abdomen is starting to ache. Including the port and my middle back. All the bariatric drs i called today the nurses said they have never heard of a pouch gone missing. They said the pouch is always there cause the band holds it there, and if there is no barium pooling above my band, something has happened. I just need to find an ER with a band specialist sitting there.... I was fine all day till about.. now. Im so disapoiinted in kaiser right now, i remmeber asking at orientation "what happens if we loose insurance" answer" we ownthe band you can always come in for consultations" Mike wants me to get a class action going cause he said he heard it like 4 times that id be able to be seen.

What is annoying is i remember them saying that my band was owned by them and they would always atleast consult us... this was before we got the band. AND now.... im screwed? Im lost.. kinda feels like a lawsuit.

So i am on the hunt for a bariatric surgeon who takes Medical. I am about to just pay out of pocket for some insurance. This is RIDICULOUS. Bad news or good first??? Kaiser might take medical i have to see how they do it, sometimes they will take it straight sometimes they make you pay it. EVERYONE PAY ATTN. If you loose insurance and get medical within 6 months, YOU CAN GET KAISER STILL. They grandfather you in with medical. Bad news... They do NOT take you at all, even with the waiving fees idea.. Not at all. Anabell said sorry i gave you wrong information nicole. So ya. They wont even look at my xrays. Or any of it. I told them no pouch and the other drs everyone says that sounds serious, but noone can do anything for me.

Thanks! Yeah im sure NO pouch. It was crazy shut ur eyes and imagine ur barium swallow after surgery, remember how you can see it go down our throat, into the esophagus and out and then pool above the band then a big pool under the band then a tiny trickel into the intestines??? WELL, mike is the same thickness, and width of barium from my throat to my band to the stomach where it finally pooled. So, no pouch what so ever, and it flowed thru the band like it was down my throat. I dont get it either. Heres the pathetic part the er was looking at my big stomach and not even worried about my "pouch" not being there lol. Im gonna call keep your fingers crossed. I atleast need a nausia pill.. they can rx me something to fill at kmart:D

Yeah I looked it up and i saw nothing that looked like mine. How are you? Anyone wanna get together tomororw?

Ok I am home. Yeah i talked to one of the ladies and she was totally cold and rude even with me crying.... So when i called back got annabell, she told me if i went they would have to see me but medical wouldnt cover it. so she recommended going to any emergency. What was happening is i couldnt keep ANYTHING down. Not even my tea.. thats when i got worried. And no it wasnt from me getting sick cause i had woken up and waited an hour before trying. Well results, i was put on an iv and given a lot of fluids, and nausea medication. Did a cat scan, 5 radiographs, and a barium swallow. Get this on my barium, you know how we saw it after surgery, well before you could see a tiny pouch where the barium got "stuck" in the first stomach then went thru the band very tightly and then the big stomach?? WELL, i have NO top stomach. And its going thru the band in 1 inch diameter. (yes remember im very loose) SO, now im totally confused.. why is there no pouch? And why am i so sick? I gave up on the hospital, they just put me on more nausea stuff. Im gonna try calling kaiser and see if they will pull the pictures, and have a surgeon see them... and see what they say. Annabell says i can get a consult. So im gonna only deal with her now when i call. But needless dr baggs needs to write me an rx for a nausea pill.

Goodmorning ladies.. So looks like i might end up in the hospital since 9pm last night i cant hold anything down.. not even my tea! WHAT DID I DO! Im so scared And to top the cake kaiser wont even let me go to their emergency. Wont even TALK TO ME! Im freaking out here.( They wont even see me:(

It was nice seeing everyone, its been a long time. The whole group is different. Crazyness. I ended up getting custody yesterday tina thanks for the positive thinking. Hope you feel better soon !

Hi everyone! Stacey you sound like me so strict on yourself.. Try a snack more it help rejump start your weight loss. Pam I am planning on going Saturday:D So hows everyone doing?

Sherri, i wont be making it this sat.. wait a a MIN! Is the kaiser meeting on Saturday??? I am actually shockingly off this saturday.......

Pam Ive been doing bad with journaling also. I have been working on eating more fruit as snacks, and lowering my intake to twelve hundred also... i did awesome for a week, lol then yesterday goood till i went BACK to work!!! They had GOLD FISH, oh shit. i tried 10.. ok that was downhill from there oh well. Back on track today, all ive had is an orange, and two eggs mixed into a salad and on top of crackers. I am a lil hungry but i know ill be up late and i get hte late night munchies, so im good. Where is Candra and Tina, and Donna? And goodness, everyone?!

Oh and Auds is almost 3 and she weighs about 38 lbs, and wears 3-4t clothes, shes my lil smart mouth copy cat giant!

Hey Riley! Im a culprit to and I would love to get our group back together and get us all to goal and into maintenance. Ive done the maintenance thing for a year now lol. Im ready to head back down the scale:) I would love to do the walk give me a month notice if possible or 3 weeks and ill be there!

Wow this is sad where is everyone? I remember when this thread was a baby. Like page 1. And we were always on the first page, with the most views and hits. Why isnt anyone posting? Everyone doing okay?

Oh okay! I dont do well when it comes to vitamins:) Its like my number one rule breaker, i think in the yr and half i've been banded i've gone thru 1 bottle of vitamins. So any of you year out banders, anyone find a fill center? That is under 150 to get a fill? I think im ready for one.. ive gone so long with no fluid.. im ready to get back ontrack. My mom and i are dieting together and my bf took the scale! OMG.. i never realized how addicted to the scale i am!!! I am fine right now, but in the am ill be missin it again.:frown: Anyone else have a scale addiction?