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Hello my name is Michelle and I had the band Sept 2006. I am awaiting approval for my band to be converted to GB, I was submitted to insurance on Nov 20th so it should not be too much longer. For the first time today I had that what if feeling, what if I don't get approved. I have great insurance and they tell me it will be ok, but what if. Can anyone tell me how much different then their band it feels? I have lots of restriction already, but my problem is everything gets hovering in my band and my stomach is empty still so I'm sometimes hungry but cant eat. My dietician says she says eating will feel so much better after for me. But what if I don't have the restriction and eat too much. Why am I having so many fears that I never thought about before?

Hello my name is Michelle and I had the band Sept 2006. I am awaiting approval for my band to be converted to GB, I was submitted to insurance on Nov 20th so it should not be too much longer. For the first time today I had that what if feeling, what if I don't get approved. I have great insurance and they tell me it will be ok, but what if. Can anyone tell me how much different then their band it feels? I have lots of restriction already, but my problem is everything gets hovering in my band and my stomach is empty still so I'm sometimes hungry but cant eat. My dietician says she says eating will feel so much better after for me. But what if I don't have the restriction and eat too much. Why am I having so many fears that I never thought about before?

I do not know of any sites you can go to. I am wondering why they do not require after every 3 or so fills that they have people do a fill under fluro. It would really help to know if this problem started with my last fill or which one. Also is it that we have issues with weaker esophaguses or is it the related to the band. Also I do feel better when I eat today. I do actually feel fuller after food then I had been. I think the food is getting into my stomach and so its not growling like it was. I will keep you all posted on my experience. Please do the same and share any sites you find that will help us understand what is going on with our band. Hand in there and I will do the same.

:eek: Hi my name is Michelle and I just went and had Fluro today. I have a 9cc band and took forever to loss any weight and finally had lost 50lbs after 14 months. Then it stopped. I went for a fill last early Dec and felt like I had an unfill. THen went back in Jan and the put 1/2cc in and that gave me 9cc. This was done by a Dr. that had joined the practice because my Dr was not available on all the days I could go to the office. So since Jan I have restriction but went up 3lbs and have noticed I can eat more and more. I do occassionally PB but only if I try to do solids and Fluid together. So I went in today and found out I am dialated.:crying: I wanted to start crying on the table. I did not know what to think of ask. I just sat there and watched. I had so much restriction I dont know how anything went thru. I take meds every night at bed time and they are meds I truly need to keep my immune system working and joint pain under control. I have no idea how they every make it thru. THe Dr. had a panic look but just said he has never seen that much restriction and not warning signs. I feel so stupid. How could I have not known? My fear when I got the band is that something would go wrong and they would take my band. today was like my biggest fear coming true. They didn't take my band but he did an unfill. Yes only 1 cc but who is to say this is going to fix itself or that it can. What am I going to do. THis is the first thing that has helped me loss weight. What is your Dr.'s plan? My Dr. wants me to see a Diatician, which makes me feel like this is really my falt. Which cant see me until Aug 29th. THen I see my Dr again on Sept 5th. Im freaked right now. I hope we get answers soon. Hang in there and I will try to also.....

I went for a fill last week because my last fill was Jan 2008. I was banded 2 yrs ago in Sept. I am down 50lbs from surgery and am ok with that because it has helped me with my back and leg pain and I am not on insulin anymore. But I have noticed over the past few months that I can eat more. Not tuns or even that much more but it is more like I am hungry to the point I have hunger pains and feel faint. My sugars are ok when I check them so I figure I just needed a fill because I get genuin hunger. Well when I went for my fill my Dr. said I should have 9cc in my band and he has never seen anyone with that much in it and feel comfortable. His partner did my last 2 fills. So he had me go today and do the fill in x-ray department under fluro. Anyways come to find out I was extreamly tight and my esophagus is streching and food just sits there. He took out 1cc and wants to see me in 6weeks. In the mean time he has me seeing the diatician again. Sorry if my spelling is off but I have a killer headache and spelling is the first thing to go. So my question is have any of you had this and how serious is it? Is the band not going to work now that this has happened? I wish I had thought of asking questions at my appointment but I was shocked and did not know what to say. I swear I do not throw up unless I try to drink after having solids. I have no pain and never have. I have been stuck for 9 months now at the same weight. If anyone has any info on an experience they have had that worked out I would love to hear. Good or bad. Thanks, Michelle:confused_smile:

I was laying in bed last night thinking that even thought I have lost 53lbs that I would probably put it on just as fast if I was not banded. I find that I can eat very little of anything but esp. lettuse since my last fill. Ice Burg is ok but anything with more texture just gets stuck. I have maybe 3 bites of meat and I am done for the meal. I have been living on String cheese 8g protein per stick. I try to eat a plate of food but put very little on it because if I do then I get overwhelmed and almost imedietly I cant eat anymore. We went out to eat last week and my husband decided he did not want to share a meal with me so I ordered my own. What a joke. I took two bites and could not look at it. I new 2 bites was not going to hold me so I took the little plate they had the roll on and gave the roll to my kids and put 1 scoop of potato, turkey W/gravy and cole slaw on it. It took my 1/2 hour to eat but I did it and thought my friend the waitress was shocked that is all I ate, I was proud that I made it thru and did not over or under do it. I wish that I could have a piece of Cake and frosting but a very small piece is all I can handle and it takes me forever and a day to eat it.

Since my last fill in July I have been loosing weight slow and steady. I was 230 July 21st and today I am 219 so I am very very happy. But I have noticed that since my last fill I have been having really bad heart burn after my meds or anything slightly spicy. It is like the stuff is in my esophagus too long. Does anyone else have this problem. I have notice the amount of food I can eat has increased the last few days so I am thinking that maybe the 11 lbs off since that fill has made the band loosed. Thats ok with me as long as I continue to loose the next 44 lbs. But any suggestions on the heart burn would be greatly appreciated.

Gee that is only a few weeks away and the weight is coming off in sprits. I will give it a go. My weight this am is 219.6 so that would mean 214.6 and that would be 50lbs since surgery date and 58lbs since 1st pre op visit. We can do it!!!!

I have been thinking I would like to join the next summer challeng to see if that helps me any. I do not have anyone local with the lap band for support. My family is great support but none of them are banded. My ex=sister in law is banded but she is happy with 210lbs and eats whatever she wants. Plus she is my ex sister in law which makes it uncomfortable. We have a local support group but that is not like keeping tabs on weight loss and my Dr appointment are only every 3 months. So I think that it would help to keep tabs and a little friendly chanllenge.:biggrin1:

It has taken me a while to figer out that fine line between feeling comfortable and major discomfort. If I eat one bite too many then I suffer big time, but if I dont eat enought then I am still hungry. I find that at times I would rather not eat then take a chance of feeling that stuck feeling.

My dr said that it is possible for it to last forever. I only pray it does.