Done being choked by my band!

[Eressa76 19]

Hello all I'm a newbie here and I wanted to introduce myself. I was banded in 4/10 and did well for a while lost 68 pounds. My highest recorded weight was 286 and my lowest recorded weight it 209. Trouble started with my band and I was either to full and vomiting on a daily basis and terrified to eat or I wasn't full enough and had larger portions. That brings is to 2013 I decided to see if revision was and option and found out it was so I'm currently on my 5th visit of the 6 month supervised diet and due to have my psychiatric eval 2/8. Looking to be sleeved 4/13 so keep me in your thoughts!

[HoosierGirl 780]

Thanks for your post. When I went through my bariatric program last summer, it was to get a band. Insurance denied my "medical necessity" and I started doing my own research and learned about the sleeve.

I feel almost thankful to be self-paying for my sleeve vs. having insurance pay for a band. They seem like a complex device that are very troubling for many.

All the best as you complete your program and move towards a sleeve!

[Eressa76 19]

Thanks for your post. When I went through my bariatric program last summer' date=' it was to get a band. Insurance denied my "medical necessity" and I started doing my own research and learned about the sleeve.

I feel almost thankful to be self-paying for my sleeve vs. having insurance pay for a band. They seem like a complex device that are very troubling for many.

All the best as you complete your program and move towards a sleeve![/quote']

Thank you! I appreciate that. When is your surgery?

[HoosierGirl 780]

I am being sleeved on February 4.....am so excited I can barely sleep or think about anything else!

My pre-op diet will begin soon and be the "officical start" of my weight loss.

I'm blogging about all this and will have my surgery day story (with pics) there.

[SweetnCurvy 112]

Hello all I'm a newbie here and I wanted to introduce myself. I was banded in 4/10 and did well for a while lost 68 pounds. My highest recorded weight was 286 and my lowest recorded weight it 209. Trouble started with my band and I was either to full and vomiting on a daily basis and terrified to eat or I wasn't full enough and had larger portions. That brings is to 2013 I decided to see if revision was and option and found out it was so I'm currently on my 5th visit of the 6 month supervised diet and due to have my psychiatric eval 2/8. Looking to be sleeved 4/13 so keep me in your thoughts!

Wow its crazy...i keep hearing more and more bad thinga about the band