Time to Go!

[Scout 4]

Hi All...

I thought I'd do a short update on my successful band removal yesterday. Everything went well and I was able to come home late in the afternoon. I'm feeling so much better now that the band is gone. Here is something to keep an eye on. The surgeon who removed it found that it had been causing scar tissue to build up on my liver. This would not have been caught had I not made the wise decision to have it removed. Apparently, the band had been rubbing against my liver, thus causing the scar tissue. I have no idea how much damage was done but will certainly be following up on this with my doctor. So...after 1.5 years of PBing and vomiting, I now have liver damage. Boy, I am so glad to be free of this thing. If I could share one bit of advice, it would be to encourage those of you, whether successful or unsuccessful with the band, to please have yourself checked out for possible complications that you may not even be aware of, which could be doing significant physical damage. As in my previous reply, I plan to remain on my organic, whole foods regime, continue to increase my exercise at a reasonable rate, and enjoy the steady weight loss I am experiencing without the nasty side effects of the band. I wish you all health and success. God bless.

[Removal 0]

Well on Monday 7/30/07 @ 7:30 am my band is officially leaving me! I found out on 6/1/07 that I had a slip with some errosion and was trying to hold out for my insurance to cover a revision from Lap Band to RNY, but my stomach will not let me wait any longer. The reflux is so bad and the esophogitis is really painful even being on 3 different meds to try and help settle things for a bit (nexium, carafate, and reglan). My paperwork went in this afternoon for my revision surgery and it was a total joy to have to do EVERY little thing over from scratch again (cardio, psych eval, pulmonary, dietary, support group, endoscopy, colonoscopy, abdominal sono and primary care MD). So unfortunately I'm going to have 2 surgeries now I'll probably have the RNY revision after 8/27 when I get my daughter settled into her freshman year at college. So this is my tale of woe for now

Jane

I am planning a removal in 10 days. How are you now without the band?

[Brittwoman 1]

I'm doing GREAT since my removal :biggrin1: My esophagitis has completely healed and my reflux is a thing of the past thank goodness Now as far as my revision is concerned....I'm down 34lbs since my revision to RNY on 10/1/07 and I feel GREAT I'm now officially ONLY 33 lbs away from my personal goal!!! I also want to add that since I began my WLS journey with my lap band I'm down a total of 105 lbs!!!

[Candle 11]

I'm glad to hear you are doing well.

Thanks for all the great tips and information.

[gotthevibe 0]

I Am Having Mine Removed 1/10/08, My 53rd Birthday. I Have Had The Band 5 Years But Am Sick All Of The Time From Reflux And Aspirating Into My Lungs, High Fevers Etc. Thanks For Your Info, Reading It Helped!!