wow, it is nice to see other people my age that are in college who have the band and who can relate to one another.
im 21 and a senior in collge. Ive had my band since November of 2008 and so far ive lost 92 lbs, but did loose 109 but had ALOT of problems.
Taylor2e i have a similar story to yours! and trust me if your miserable and always throwing up and have acid reflux, there something is not right.
After i had my band a while, i went for my 3rd fill and it was WAY too tight...i couldnt even keep Water down for the 3 days it took to get me back into the drs office. That was in may of 2009. i spent the whole summer in agony, constatntly going back and getting more and more Fluid taken out of my band and always being sick, throwing up soft/liquids, horrible acid reflux, and really sleepy/tired all the time.
at first they just said oh, your bands too tight, well just keep taking more and more fluid out. then they put me on pills because they said i had a spastic stomache and bowls. I was having horrible pains in my left side, and thought it was like constapation or my appendix...turns out it wasnt.
i went to the ER in november 2009 for an upper gi, and they say that they didnt see any problems. (trust me there were problems and i just dont think they understood the band, b/c the hospitol i went too doesnt even do the surger there) then i went again to the ER in december 2009 and had xrays done, again, they didnt read the xrays right and sent me home.
Finally in january 2010, while i was throwing up b/c i couldnt eat somthing, i had this horrible pain in my chest and my dad took me a differnt ER immediately. This time they sawthe slip b/c it was really really bad from the few hours before. The ER doctor took all the remaining fluid out of my band and it was such a relief. They said they would do the surgery that night, but instead i wanted to get it approved by insurance. I had my corrective surgery in march 2010 and Im doing much better now and on my 2nd fill already.
I think your band imight be too tight. maybe you should getsome xtrays done just to maker sure. I too got down to a lower weight while i was sick but it wasnt fun or healthy and when i had the corrective surgery, i gained 15lbs back.
so my advice it to get it checked, because it could be a slip like i had. i dont want to scare you but help you b/c ive been there and it was horrible, not to mention doing all of this while going to school and working. And i never thought a slipped band could happen to me, b/c its happens in such a small % of people, but it did
sorry this post is kinda long...
