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[*slim* 2]

corliss - can you remind me why you needed a new band?

i have been feeling mad and bitter today about my whole slipping situation. no need to spew my negative feelings all over this forum but i am still dealing with this. thought i would briefly share.

Spew if you need to. PM me if you want to vent. I don't mind.

[Corliss 0]

corliss - can you remind me why you needed a new band?

i have been feeling mad and bitter today about my whole slipping situation. no need to spew my negative feelings all over this forum but i am still dealing with this. thought i would briefly share.

Hey Punk, I understand your anger. I was so mad and didn't know whether to be mad at myself, the band or God. I started having problems about 14 months out. I first had a major stuckage which passed but after that, it was back and forth, back and forth from not being able to eat any thing to being able to eat only at certain times of the day. It went on almost two more years and then started getting really bad. I started having major reflux. Every night i had it. Had to sleep sitting up in recliner. Then I got to the point where I was vomiting even when I had not been eating. I was essentially vomiting my own saliva. I could eat one time a day generally and usually did not puke it up, but anything else was gonna come up. Then the last few days I puked everything and nothing. It didn't matter if I had eaten or not, I was just constantly puking. The meds didn't help. I decided to call my local doc and couldn't reach him immediately, I went to the ER and my prealbumin level was below severe malnutrition and some of my electrolytes were out of whack. I had talked to my Mexican surgeon about having my band replaced with one of the newer ones and he had advised me to have it removed and then to wait a few months and get it replaced or get revised to a sleeve. I didn't want a sleeve. I had loved my band when it worked right, but I didn't want to go on with the problems I had been having. It got so bad the day I went in the hospital I passed out and woke up with my head in the dogs bowl. Fortunately not face first, lol! I had my local doc remove my band and I had hopes I could keep my wt. off without a band. I was down to around 165, maybe less. Wrong! I wonder if I should have had him replace it, but I didn't. I proceeded to gain 65 lbs then loose 20 then gain it back, then lost 15 as I prepared to go back to Mx. for a new band as my insurance would not cover my band replacement.

I was extremely depressed during the time I was bandless. I felt like I had killed off someone I loved who was hurting me. I called my friend and told him that I felt like I should have tried harder! Anyhow, long story I know, but I have my new band, lower slippage risk than old one, and I am keeping my fingers crossed, and hope to make use of my experiencee with the previous band.

Hang in there, you still have your band, just be very careful, and make it work if it will. If not, get it out, and get a sleeve or a new band. It is just a tool.

Corliss

[punkster 0]

are you doing ok slim? i saw you were having to eat soft food and werent feeling well. hope everything is ok.

i felt better today. it seems to come and go.

[*slim* 2]

I'm doing better punkster. I made the mistake of following the directions of an antibiotic. It said to take on an empty stomach. I won't be doing that again. It is a bad feeling to need to vomit, but can't. There was no food and the band wouldn't allow the liquids that I had drank come back up. Between the stomach upset and TOM, I was just too tight to try to eat. Everything has been slow going.

Carrie-I know I have never met you or seen you, but I swear I dreamed you and I were driving around some area. I could never actually see your face (like they did Wilson on Home Improvement). I thought that was really odd and funny.

[Carrie_C 9]

Carrie-I know I have never met you or seen you, but I swear I dreamed you and I were driving around some area. I could never actually see your face (like they did Wilson on Home Improvement). I thought that was really odd and funny.

That's hilarious!

[punkster 0]

I'm doing better punkster. I made the mistake of following the directions of an antibiotic. It said to take on an empty stomach. I won't be doing that again. It is a bad feeling to need to vomit, but can't. There was no food and the band wouldn't allow the liquids that I had drank come back up. Between the stomach upset and TOM, I was just too tight to try to eat. Everything has been slow going.

Carrie-I know I have never met you or seen you, but I swear I dreamed you and I were driving around some area. I could never actually see your face (like they did Wilson on Home Improvement). I thought that was really odd and funny.

im sorry, slim.

he he on the wilson reference.

[punkster 0]

The support group a few days ago was the most helpful one yet. :drool: the topic was building a better bariatric kitchen. we went to Walmart and looked at different food choices. it helped me not feel SO confused about eating.

i am not really feeling any restriction yet but am back down to my lowest weight so that is good.

btw, gbi has a Facebook page as does realize band... which made me giggle. :confused:

[*slim* 2]

How sad is that? GBI is more hip than I am? I don't Facebook, but GBI does? Too funny.

[*slim* 2]

BTW-congrats on getting back down on the weight. I know how hard that had to be with little to no restriction.

So, what type of foods did they show you?

[punkster 0]

BTW-congrats on getting back down on the weight. I know how hard that had to be with little to no restriction.

So, what type of foods did they show you?

frozen salmon, tilapia, shrimp, and imitation crab meat

frozen veg meat (chicken nuggets were suggested), frozen veg, frozen fruit with cool whip, applesauce, fudgesicles, individual fruits in juice, sf pudding

yogurt, cottage cheese, carnation instant Breakfast, canadian bacon, real bacon, lunch meat, canned chicken &tuna

was nice to go to a real store and have someone say this is a good idea for you... maybe not that. it made me feel like there was something i can eat.

[*slim* 2]

That is so good punkster. It does help to have a real idea of what to eat. I think I eat everything you mentioned except the imitation crab. I just hadn't thought about buying any. I may get some today and make same seafood salad. hmmmm.

[punkster 0]

That is so good punkster. It does help to have a real idea of what to eat. I think I eat everything you mentioned except the imitation crab. I just hadn't thought about buying any. I may get some today and make same seafood salad. hmmmm.

 

i eat these too but it was nice to have a professional say this is what you should be eating because sometimes you're just not sure. hoping you feel better. "sounds" that way.

 

i am super hungry all the time right now but i have only had 1 fill and expected this.

[punkster 0]

i have been using an app on my ipod sometimes to calculate my calorie intake. thought i would share. it is called lose it. i think it is still free. it helps sometimes to track stuff.

[*slim* 2]

Good morning everyone! How is everyone doing?

 

i eat these too but it was nice to have a professional say this is what you should be eating because sometimes you're just not sure. hoping you feel better. "sounds" that way.

 

i am super hungry all the time right now but i have only had 1 fill and expected this.

 

I do feel much better. Thanks. Do you have to wait for your fills like we had to do at the very beginning?

 

i have been using an app on my ipod sometimes to calculate my calorie intake. thought i would share. it is called lose it. i think it is still free. it helps sometimes to track stuff.

 

I use a combination of Lose It (it's still free) and myfitnesspal.com to track my calories. I was using the myfitnesspal.com longer so I am more used to it, but I do like Lose It.

[Carrie_C 9]

I am doing good. I was afraid to weigh because I have been eating a lot more lately, but I got on the scale and I have only gained 2 pounds. I thought it would be more. I was afraid I had gotten back up to 200 but I haven't. I never want to see that number again!! I have my 2 week followup with my surgeon tomorrow and I will ask him if it's ok to start exercising again.