Sept. 2010 Bandsters !!!

[pooky032281 8]

So today is my 18 month anniversary...I'm almost 70 lb down from my heaviest weight. Finally got off my plateau! Then comes the bad news...I saw a new surgeon last week (my other doc kept attributing my nausea/vomiting/reflux to seasonal allergies...so I went for a 2nd opinion). She took 1.5cc out of my band and sent me for an xray to check placement. It seems my band is tilted, she says this can indicate a slip or a dilated esophagus. So now that I finally got off my plateau, I may be looking at a complete unfill, and having to start this mess all over again. Just hoping that I don't end up having to have a 2nd surgery. So...lesson learned. If you are having problems of any kind...don't take "just take a clairitin or a zyrtec" as a solution. Such a bogus solution to a real problem!!!

[LisaA 1]

wow pooky, I'm so sorry, you've been through so much with your thyroid etc, and now this. 70 lbs, that's great! congrats. I had an issue recently, I got a blind fill- .5, I felt tight, which is often the case, and i wasn't eating much, but I was getting down solids - just had to be careful, then about two weeks later I was puking, and had really super intense heart burn, through this episode I lost like 10 lbs in a week, I went in and they took out 1cc, I am fine now, but I put on that 10 lbs real quick. I might go back and get .5 cc in - He said I was probably just fine, but then I irritated things, we'll see, I always have a naggin idea that I might have slipped or something. I hope things go ok and you don't have to have a total unfill. Good idea getting a second opinion. I'll be thinking of you.

[pooky032281 8]

No slippage or prolapse! Just mild acid reflux. Nothing a Prevacid a day can't cure. God is good!