LAURA1

I was banded in june 06 and did well the first 9-12 mo.'s but then stopped losing weight. I decided that I looked and felt well enough that any future weight loss was a bonus. I quit going for adjustments partially because my insurance changed and Dr. appts were not covered and finances were tight already. To make a long story short, I waited a year to go back to the Dr. who placed the band and during much of that year I reguritated my food often and felt stuck alot. It was a big mistake in waiting because I now have a band slippage and a hernia near the band. The Dr had previously sent me for an upper GI which is what revealed the hernia and slippage. He then tried to remove the saline only to find the port had possibly turned (side-ways?) and he was unable to get the needle in. I am waiting to have an x-ray to show him where to go in to the port and then he'll do so. In the mean time, needless to say, I am unable to eat much of anything but soups and feel miserable. I will need to have the band removed at some point because of the hernia, he said-or do gastric bypass. Any thoughts or advise on getting thru this would be appreciated.