band removed

Iulizbug · September 3, 2006

So sorry to hear about your band troubles Lexi....Best of luck to you on getting a new one!!

~Liz~

03/10/06

241/169/160

5'7''

patchoulli · September 3, 2006

I could not have another band placed because I had such bad esophagitis from being totally obstructed that I had to wait until it subsided. It is lessening , I bled from my esophagus for a week and was an absolute idiot. I did not want my band removed. period.,..[in the hospital I didn't feel the pain anymore, the ng tube relieved the pressure and the pca pump was a lot of fun][Don't worry....be happy...]My doctor made the choice for me. I was told I would have to wait til next year to have another one put in so that I could completely heal...next year is January...

Bettina · September 3, 2006

I just noticed your name--I love Patchoulli...i have some dried...and i buy the candles when ever i see them!!!!! (sorry to hear about your band!!)

patchoulli · September 4, 2006

I don't want to bring up a sore subject but....I was reading an old thread when Penny was talking about her grief and having to have her band removed. There are different types of mourning and grieving, some are easy to mourn and get thru, others are not. I don't know if my band eroded or not, I know it obstructed to the point that I couldn't swallow spit for 7 days.I had IV steroids for days in the hospital to no avail. And still I fought its removal...It has been almost 4 months without it and not a day has gone by that I haven't questioned if I will have another one or not...Am I obsessive???OF COURSE I AM.... I'm a nurse too, any good nurse is obsessive. I feel that the loss is not of a piece of silicone that was placed in my stomach, My grieving is the the loss of POSSIBILITY AND HOPE... that is what I lost. That is what I mourn...Are there worse things????Of COURSE THERE ARE...But a life time of fighting this monster called obesity and then you see a light,a possibility, hope, and then it comes crashing down. It truly is heartbreaking, I cry just writing this. Until it happens to you, you cannot understand. I will probably get another band placed as soon as I am well enough. The esophagitis is still here. Do I thank god every day for what I have? YES... But the battle continues. Thank for listening...Marian