Emergency Surgery For Band Removal 3/22

[Mpurnell617 0]

I was banded in NYC Jan 2011, I lost 130 lbs and was doing fine until early March 2012 I was unable to keep foods and liquids down. I became weak and got down to 153 lbs (way too thin for me, i looked like a skeleton, my goal is 165). Anyway, I moved to NC in Feb 2012 for a new job and found a bariatric clinic to have my band deflated, it helped me keep down some small qty of liquid and yogurt etc, the dr wanted me to do a barium swallow and turned out my band slipped (part of my stomach below the band came up above the band and was red and inflamed) so they rushed me IMMEDIATELY (with NO INSURANCE, new job makes me wait 90 days) into surgery to remove the band on 3/22, my stomach was too inflamed to save the band. Anyway, one week out of surgery and I am gaining weight rapidly, the day after surgery I was 15 lbs heavier which I know was due to all the Fluid I had lost but now at home recovering I am gaining 3-5lbs a day and am up to 192lbs, I can't get in contact with anyone at the dr office to call me back because I am freaking out, I am not sure if I am swollen or retaining THAT much fluid but to gain 40lbs in a week and my ankles and feet are swollen. I am due to go back to work Monday and I have no pants that fit and I can't wear stretchy pants to work. I tried talking to nutritionist but something about talking to a size 0 girl that tells me to journal as the solution to my problem I just take offense to.

Has anyone had this happen, they say its fluid but 40lbs worth? Cmon!!!!!! Even when I weighed 290lbs I was taking 4 dance classes a week, cardio, weights and NOTHING helped me lose weight, Jenny craig was good for abt 15 lbs then nothing, the band was my LAST RESORT and it is gone. IS there hope. IS this REALLY all fluid?

Please help me I am a wreck I see and feel my body expanding rapidly like I am out of control, even though I am still in pain from surgery I am doing 45 mins on the elliptical to try and fight this. I cried all day today when my pants wouldn't button and to go from 175 to 153 to 192 in the course of 2 and half weeks and have pants I just bought hang off me then not button it is too much of an emotional roller coaster. my goal is to weigh 165 and I was so close and now so far away.

PLEASE HELP!!!! Thanks

[Humming Bird 275]

I was banded in NYC Jan 2011, I lost 130 lbs and was doing fine until early March 2012 I was unable to keep foods and liquids down. I became weak and got down to 153 lbs (way too thin for me, i looked like a skeleton, my goal is 165). Anyway, I moved to NC in Feb 2012 for a new job and found a bariatric clinic to have my band deflated, it helped me keep down some small qty of liquid and yogurt etc, the dr wanted me to do a barium swallow and turned out my band slipped (part of my stomach below the band came up above the band and was red and inflamed) so they rushed me IMMEDIATELY (with NO INSURANCE, new job makes me wait 90 days) into surgery to remove the band on 3/22, my stomach was too inflamed to save the band. Anyway, one week out of surgery and I am gaining weight rapidly, the day after surgery I was 15 lbs heavier which I know was due to all the Fluid I had lost but now at home recovering I am gaining 3-5lbs a day and am up to 192lbs, I can't get in contact with anyone at the dr office to call me back because I am freaking out, I am not sure if I am swollen or retaining THAT much fluid but to gain 40lbs in a week and my ankles and feet are swollen. I am due to go back to work Monday and I have no pants that fit and I can't wear stretchy pants to work. I tried talking to nutritionist but something about talking to a size 0 girl that tells me to journal as the solution to my problem I just take offense to.

Has anyone had this happen, they say its fluid but 40lbs worth? Cmon!!!!!! Even when I weighed 290lbs I was taking 4 dance classes a week, cardio, weights and NOTHING helped me lose weight, Jenny craig was good for abt 15 lbs then nothing, the band was my LAST RESORT and it is gone. IS there hope. IS this REALLY all fluid?

Please help me I am a wreck I see and feel my body expanding rapidly like I am out of control, even though I am still in pain from surgery I am doing 45 mins on the elliptical to try and fight this. I cried all day today when my pants wouldn't button and to go from 175 to 153 to 192 in the course of 2 and half weeks and have pants I just bought hang off me then not button it is too much of an emotional roller coaster. my goal is to weigh 165 and I was so close and now so far away.

PLEASE HELP!!!! Thanks

40 lbs in a week sounds like a danger sign to me. With that much fluid building up so fast you could be in real trouble. if it were me I would call the surgeon's office first thing in the morning and tell them you need to be seen ASAP. I would not wait for Monday. I would also just show up at the office if you can not get phone contact. The nutritionist is not the person you need to see.

[Dulci 108]

I would go to the ER. Rapid retaining of Fluid can be very serious.

[Humming Bird 275]

I would go to the ER. Rapid retaining of Fluid can be very serious.

I agree with Dulci.

[Steven1954 89]

How are you doing now. I just came upon your blog. Had similar experience