jules67

Hi, I have the same problem i can never get a fill cuz i'm not able to pass anything. I am unfilled and throwing up and have bad acid reflux. this has been happening since i got it. i also don't lose weight in three years i've only lost 50lbs it came off all in the first 6 months. They finally listened to me. My band had completely shut. i think it had been doing this the whole time but this time i went in when it happened and they seen it. It was closed like if you put your two fingers togeather. I had not had a fill in a year. I haven't read anyone else that this may have happened to. So they reopened it and said if it doesn't wk then they are going to have to replace it. That's scarey to have to go through this again. I think there are a few of us that got defective bands and they just think because they wk on someone else we just aren't doing what we are suppose to. I did but go tired. so now i eat what i can just to maintain and not feel weak. but they are all the wrong things but somehow i can eat them. I wish they listened to us more.. try to hang in there. there are more of us struggling band users out there.

Hi Queeny, Don't feel like your alone. My story is alot like yours. Still struggling not able to eat and the weight stays on. When i can eat it's always the wrong types of foods like ice cream, nachos, hard tacos,chips. Veggies and chicken make me throw up. also had it put in 07. My tube holds only 5cc i can't even get 2 cc in it. I have restriction without having a fill. My doc says i'm just not doing what i'm suppose to but after two years now i,m tired. The first year i did. Now i eat what gives me energy. I went in last week and they did an egd and my band was completely closed. it was completely flattened out. like if you put two fingers together. I don't know how this could have happened they opened it up. but i can tell it's closing again can't even drink protein shakes or drinkable yogarts without taking 30 min to finish. They tell me i might have to have it replaced. But I think the band is a good thing is has helped alot of people . I just believe out of all the bands out there some of them were faulty and we got stuck with those. Hope things get better for you. Hang in there. :biggrin:

My band was put in april 07 i weighed 240. I lost 40 lbs in about 3 months. next two 10 more only 50 total. Since then i've been filled and unfilled because it's always to tight. I got tired of going in so i left if open now i just maintain my weight at 190. but recently i couldn't keep anything down and they told me it closed up. I've never seen anything written about a closed band. Has anyone ever had this? They did a egd and reopened it but they said it might not stay open. which i know it's not cause i'm still having problems holding liquids down. They say i might have to have it replaced. It just hasn't worked for me like it has others. I'm afraid to go thru it again. Any help or suggestions please.....