MichelleBee

I have had my band for over 2 years, and usually I could eat something, like a yogurt or a piece of fruit. Well in the last 2 months, since my last fill, I can't eat anything. I am barfing everything..I even barfed Water. I feel like passing out a lot, and I am really tired. I don't know what to do, I was thinking about getting my band removed, because I used to eat way too much, and now I am struggling to drink water. I also have the worst heartburn that I have had in a long time, I wake up and try to drink water, and get this horrible heartburn, and I have to barf the water back up. I have taken Prilosec, and Tums for my heartburn, and the Prilosec seems to make me barf everything, and Tums only work for a few minutes. I am going back to my Dr. soon, but he seems to have this "everything is fine" attitude. Maybe I just need to be slightly unfilled? I just want to be able to eat something again. I have some Protein shake stuff (disgusting) and it seems to go down ok if I pace myself. Anyone ever experience this? any ideas on how to stop this heartburn?

Since my last fill, I have had the worst heartburn ever. I have taken Pepto Bismol, Tums, Prilosec..and it always comes back, but today OH MY GOD! All night last night I couldn't really sleep because my heartburn was actually waking me up and I have this sharp pain between my chest, my throat and my back. It's one of the worst things I have ever felt. I still can't eat ANYTHING...I can barely drink Water. I get a little hungry sometimes, but I know if I eat anything I will be barfing it 2 minutes later. I also feel like barfing when I get this sharp pain..but I went to the dentist yesterday, and evidently all the barfing I have done with my lap band has messed my teeth up so bad that I now need over 3000 dollars in dental work. I have to have 4 teeth pulled also. I have an appointment on the 24th with my lap-band doctor, but I don't know if I can wait til then, I am in so much pain that I seriously want to cry. I think I might be in lap-band Hell right now..I always loved my lap-band..but right now I am kind of regretting it. Anyone think an unfill will make my terrible heartburn go away? :tt1:

Well, I walked into Surgilite and waited about 2 hours to be seen, and the other Dr. completely unfilled me and was SHOCKED that I had waited that long to come back. It was a few months of being overfilled, and I seriously couldn't wait til the 24th to go in. He unfilled my band and I have an upper GI on the 24th now. I don't know if I have to pay out of pocket for it, but I know I will find out. The Dr. also told me that the other Dr. never wrote down how many ccs he put in me last time. I guess I will go from whatever results I get on my upper GI, I might need a revision..but I really don't want them to fully take it out. So as of now, I am a little confused and worried, and still having some weird pain in my chest when I lay down.

I chose to sever ties with my best friend of 7 years. She is diabetic, will not take care of herself, and can't stop eating or drinking alcohol, I had tried to help her on numerous occasions, I told her please don't end up like an ex of mine that almost died from diabetes because he would not take care of himself, I also asked her to please stop drinking, for her own health, and I told her that she was seriously hurting herself. At the end of our relationship, she was the biggest I had ever seen her, seriously, she was bigger then me. After my lap band, our relationship changed a lot, It seemed like her whole LIFE was centered around getting food, eating food, or securing food for later. I couldn't eat much of anything after my surgery, and at restaurants when I would go to eat with her, she would try to make me eat. She was trying to sabotage me, and I actually let her one time. I was so angry that I let her make me feel that bad, that I ended our friendship. If she wants to be fat and unhappy, let her be, sometimes you cannot help people help themselves.

I had a ton of support from my dad. My mom loves cooking and she is overweight, so she was trying to be supportive, but also helped me cheat on my diet. My fiance bought a sheet cake for himself the day before my surgery, granted he is 180 lbs no matter what he eats. So, the sheet cake pissed me off a lot, but the man likes cake. I say if you want to get it done, do it. If you are tired of being overweight, do it. I would get mine done again. You need to be in it for yourself though, and not really care what other people think, like the previous poster said.

Me and my fiance had sex 3 days after I got banded. It felt ok, but it did hurt my stomach a little, and felt kind of weird down there..but it was ok sex. Looking back on that, it probably was too soon, but I couldn't wait lol

My name is Michelle, I'm 20, and I was banded in July of 2007, my surgeon was Dr. Parviz Daniels with Surgilite in Torrance. He started his own practice. I have a different Dr. now, and I just got my band filled a few months ago. I have had it filled 4 times. I don't know how many CC that is. I would have the surgery again, in a heartbeat!! My surgery was not really painful, and I got out of the hospital a day early. I need to refine my diet a little further, but I am definitely on my way. I had a few set backs a few years ago, but now I love working out and doing yoga. That's about all, you will probably see me posting on here from time to time, so I just wanted to say "Hi!" to everyone! :laugh: