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I was banded on 6/14/10- lost 112lbs fell off the "bandwagon" for about a year, had a baby and now trying to get back on track!!! Soo difficult!

SI here also, I was banded by Dr Fielding @ NYU in 2010 but Dr Schwak does most of my fills, how are you guys doing?

Staten Island here! Was banded on 6/14/2010 at NYU, Dr. Fielding

When talking to a "friend" after a long time and recieved the usual "i cant get over how much weight you've lost" I finally said I had the band done and her response was "oh you took the easy way out, no diets worked for you?" ... Now we allll know how having the band is harder than ANY diet and more controlling than any bypass.. So i just blank stared and said "let me put a tight ass rubber band around your stomach and tell me how easy you feel, keep your opinion to yourself because you have not the slightest idea how difficult it can be, but worth every second, and id do it all over again because its f**king awesome and dont be jealous because i had the jewels to do it- Thank You, and excuse me I have a delicious protein shake to buy" and just walked off... Simpletons

I'm ok!!! First, I really appreciate all of your responses, Thank you so much. I took your advice and went straight to the hospital on Day 4 (saliva made me feel like i had a fire ball in my throat). They did an emergency esophagram beings that 8 months ago I had a baby and according to the nurse, slippage is quite common. I lost 12lbs in a week and a half which sounded great but I know was so unhealthy. No slippage (thank goodness) - just major swelling. On 4/24 my fill was for .40 bringing me to 5cc in my 10cc band.. they removed .25cc and now i feel like they took out too much Again, thanks for your responses.

I got a fill on 4/24, did my 2 days of liquid and everything was fine! .. the next day (Day 3) I went to a house warming party, ate all kinds of finger foods, again just fine.. Now 3 days ago my sister handed me a piece of beef Jerky that I was able to get down with no problems but about an hour later, I had this horrible burning in my throat and had to vomit over and over, it was pure torture. Now it is 3 days later, I haven't been able to keep anything down, and not in that "I know i need to stop eating because its building up" I will take my small bites eat a little bit and an hour later it will all come back up. I've had the band for 3 years now and I know what it feels like to be too tight, I don't really think that's the case (but as we all know, the band.. aka "Sybil" can change her face at anytime) I called and scheduled an un-fill thinking that might calm "Sybil" down a little bit but they cant see me for another week.. I'm not sure I can last that long on no food or liquids. - anyone else deal with something similar and if so, what have you done to relieve the pain? I just want to be able to drink something im so thirsty.

I was banded on 6/14/10 since then I have lost 112lbs

I am going thru the exact same thing and Im one week out- Guess Im calling tomorrow to get help, I thought this was all normal

Your positivity is addicting girlie.. I just wish It was contagious !! I am sooo nervous why am i so scared of surgery??? I must be the biggest baby on here !!!!

It started about 3 years ago, My sister, then, a 21 year old young woman was living her life normally when she was overtaken by a horrible pain in her abdomen, followed by throwing up and not even being able to keep water down for days we decided it's time to take her to the emergency room, the doctors wrote it off as a stomach virus and said it would pass. Months go by without a trace of another "attack" when again same scenario, back to the E.R- again told it was a stomach virus, not one doctor did a test, MRI, CAT anything.. this happened more times than I can really count in the years to follow, when finally she had the worse "attack" ever which lasted for weeks, no one had a clue what was going on "could this really be a virus?" It got to the point where, her face had sunken in at her cheek bones, she looked sick, I thought I was going to lose my sister and I was terrified. After the last episode we met with our family doctor yet once again, he sat and brainstormed with us for what seemed like forever, then finally he thought "it's a long shot but let's check your pancreas" – A long shot because not only was she a 22 year old otherwise healthy young woman, but she wasn't an alcoholic. He performed the necessary testing and made the astounding discoveries, not only were her triglycerides at alarming numbers, (normal triglycerides levels should be 130 or under) hers were at 5000, but my sister, my best friend, was suffering from pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) causing the "attacks "of dehydration, excruciatingly painful episodes and constant vomiting. Now you can imagine how angry we were with the hospitals and previous doctors that not one of them thought to check her levels, not one of them cared enough to get to the bottom of why my sister was withering away slowly and in such pain. Once we knew this info we thought "ok, give her some medication and let her get back to her life" They experimented on her as if she was the poster child for narcotic exploration, she tried it all from high doses of Niacin, Omega 3 fats (which spiked her triglycerides even more) to Trilipix, Nothing helped, Now it was starting to become an issue of just when her body was going to give up the fight because she was tired, fed up and sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. I had been researching the Lap-Band®®® procedure for myself and brought it to her attention, "Well it's known for helping with diabetes.. maybe it will help with this too". She searched for a surgeon right away, we didn't need any surgeon, what we needed was someone experienced and had a "clue" about this monster inside her. She came across Dr. George Fielding at NYU Langone Medical Center, when reading his bio we thought maybe this is the guy to help, we hoped that finally our prayers would be answered and within the month had an appointment to meet with him. Now let me get into why I wrote this, This isn't one of those writings of mumbo jumbo or blah blah hear my story blah.. No, this is for you, the reader to understand the extent of the situation before any action was taken, and for you all to know that without Dr. Fielding, my best friend would not be here with me today. During the consult he was what some would call brutally honest, but coming from all the flakey sugar coating doctors we came from, this brutality was utterly refreshing. He told her that while the band would help lower her triglycerides, at her severity, it wouldn't have made much of a difference and she was a ticking time bomb. So here we thought "back to square one" When Dr. Fielding mentioned there was another option called the Biliopancreatic Diversion where he would by-pass the pancreas so that she would only be using a small percentage of it, It was a dangerous procedure but considering that by the time she'd be 30 we were looking at heart attacks, strokes or even worse, this was our best bet. I must mention that both my sister and I have medical backgrounds, both went to medical institutes and both have an above "average" knowledge of medical terminology and physiology but this, was foreign to us. We had no idea what it would entail, was it going to work? So the researching data started. This was it! Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Why didn't any of the doctors we saw in the past even mention the option? The answer, we shall never know but one did, and for that, and I speak for my entire family, are eternally grateful. Dr. Fielding performed the procedure within 2 months of her initial consult, The procedure itself took less than 2 hours and here I am writing this over 2 months later and she is doing fantastic. Her triglycerides are down to numbers I am even to scared to mention because they are so good and she is finally able to eat normally, just live. Without him, I don't know what Id be writing about today, but chances are, nothing good. I'd like to express my gratitude, my appreciation to him and his staff for letting me keep my sister, We could never express it accurately or enough but, know, that he saved my sister's life and I can never repay him for the gift of a normal life he gave her. Thank You so much for everything, we are forever grateful from the bottom of our hearts. -Jasmine (scheduled for the band with Dr. Fielding 6/14)