Food Getting Stuck In Lapband Though I Have No Fill.

[Stevenyzwife 0]

Hi everyone,

I was banded in Perth in 2009. I lost 15kg then got pregnant. I had all the fill removed for the pregnancy and then had a cesa in March 2010.

I had no problem at all with anything getting stuck during my pregnancy and until 2 weeks post giving birth when the Fluid shifted.

On the same day the fluid shifted, bread and meat started to get stuck.

I saw a surgeon who checked the fill and took out 2 mls and said it was now empty.

food continued to get stuck and this yr I saw a Melbn surgeon who did a gastroscopy and saw no problems.

He also checked and saw NO fill bud food continues to get stuck!!!!

Gastroscopy shouled no slip or errosion so now i am having the useless thing removed.

Then in 5 weeks I am having gastric bypass.

On Monday I had a piece of meat (I chew everything 30 times) stuck for 4 fours.... painful and I was unable to lie down in bed.

Anybody else heard of the same thing? I shouldn'T've had the band in the first place, should've had bypass as hubby suggested!

take Care

[Cazzy 725]

On the one hand u say that you had the Fluid removed for your pregnancy then u mention the fluid 'shifted' , if there is no fluid in the band how does it shift, i am so sorry if i am misunderstanding u but i am confused. What is fluid shifting and if your band is empty how does this happen ...

You also mention eating bread, most people banded cannot eat bread due to it getting stuck ..

Good luck with your bypass soon and i wish you every success.

[sexymomma001 12]

Question, did you gain weight during pregnancy? Its really not a dumb question because I did not. A lot of people dont gain weight every visit I would gain 3 or 4 pounds then I would lose it ...it was like that for BOTH pregnancies ...of course they were back to back Feb 2010 and Mar 2011.

But Im asking because if you did, that would explain why it is tight with no Fluid. The same way I feel now (even though I complain if you read my blogs) but as I lose weight or inches, my band gets looser and I need a fill i was at what I thought was my green zone then lost a few pounds and that restriction went away.

Do whats best for you, but be careful i said too I wish that I would have had gastric too because it was faster, but it is also a more invasive surgery that is NOT reversible. Good luck

[Stevenyzwife 0]

What is Fluid shifting and if your band is empty how does this happen ...

Hi

I am referring to the Fluid I lost two weeks after the baby was delivered.

[Stevenyzwife 0]

Do whats best for you, but be careful i said too I wish that I would have had gastric too because it was faster, but it is also a more invasive surgery that is NOT reversible. Good luck

But all over the country today everyone hears that only the lap band procedure is reversible since it uses an inflatable saline filled strap that is wrapped around the stomach. This is of course not true at all seeing as though almost all surgical procedures can be reversed should the need arise. To assume that a RNY gastric Bypass surgery cannot be reversed is obviously wrong. There are actually many medical health clinics all across the United States that are capable of performing this reversal. Furthermore the reversal of a gastric bypass procedure can be dine with only 2 day stay in the hospital after the procedure and with only a 7 day recovery period.

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[Stevenyzwife 0]

But Im asking because if you did, that would explain why it is tight with no Fluid. The same way I feel now (even though I complain if you read my blogs) but as I lose weight or inches, my band gets looser and I need a fill i was at what I thought was my green zone then lost a few pounds and that restriction went away.

Well thanks for that info.... I don't know why my surgeon didn't suggest that reasoning, BUT I put on 8kg during the pregnancy and had no problems all the way through until two weeks after she was born and the pregnancy Fluid shifted which seems a bit of a coinidence. Both my husband and I have always said how rough the surgeon was when he put me back together after the cesa so we believe it has something to do with that op.

I have so many illnesses' and chronic pain that I am sick of dealing with, not to mention my sex life that is placing a huge strain on my marriage so I need the bypass and the sooner the better. It will be when I finally are happy in my life after at 38yrs of age, it is about time.

Take Care

[sexymomma001 12]

Well I understand i have had 2 c-sections too. Mine were because I had uterine fibroids removed 4 or 5 years prior to becoming pregnant and my doctor said once you have had a surgery like that it is best you have a c-section .....now my tummy is all scarred up from c-sections to lap-band to gall bladder removal , fibroid removal now I might have to have another surgery because i have an ovarian cyst that is acting up once again ....