Good luck Shortgal

[Sades 4]

Hope all goes well with your surgery today Shortgal, my thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. :cool2:

[Shalee04 7]

Thinking of you Shortgal!! Good Luck!!

[hollyberries 2]

Shortgal!

Thinking about you today! You will be in competition with Sades soon enough.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Cindy

[TxArcher 2]

What happened to Shortgal???

[hollyberries 2]

What happened to Shortgal???

She had an unlocked band that needed repair. She was going in today for the repair.

Cindy

[cindyg1212 0]

Best of luck, Judy! I'll be thinking of you!! Check in as soon as you can and let us know that you're OK. You'll be melting again before you know it!

[TxArcher 2]

Since Shortgal is getting "Re-Banded"... does that put her in the August '08 group now??? Just kidding... Hope all went EXCEPTIONALLY well for you in your revision surgery.

[lindata 1]

Wow, that went by fast. I remember when you posted this happened. Time sure flies. Good luck on your surgery and you'll be rocking your weightloss soon!

[Momto1plus1 0]

Shortgal hope everything went well.

[bandpal 7]

[shortgal 5]

Thank you all for your well wishes but unfortunately things did not go as planned.

I was expecting to wake up with a locked band, but woke up with no band and two drains in my stomach. The band was eroding into my stomach.

I am devastated, of course, to lose the one thing I thought would help me keep my weight down.

I am not against lap bands because this happened to me. I know they work for many people, I just wish I was one of them. I did not even have my band long enough to get to my goal weight and I was a self pay. Emotionally, it's been tough.

I am trying to tell myself that I did not have restriction for the last three to four months ( actually I never hit my sweet spot) and yet with my walking, I was at least maintaining the 45 pounds I've lost.

While I would like to lose more weight, I know that might not be realistic for me, so my goal is to at least try hard to maintain where I am now (which hovers between 171 and 175). That's not a bad weight to be, but I am short and that still makes me obese, just less obese than before ( which is good).

If I am unable to maintain my weight, I will consider an alternate WLS procedure, but I would have to self pay again. My ins covers it only with a five year history and I wouldn't want to wait five years. And I never really wanted GBP.

I wish you all the best of luck in your personal journey to better health and a happier life. I will most likely not join in on challenges, as it is too mentally defeating for me to know I can't keep up adn I am trying to stay positive.

While I am happy to see your success and all the others on the forum, it is hard to watch people get to goal, knowing I probably never will, so for my own benefit, I am trying to steer away from time on the forum. I hope you can understand that.

I actually came on to start a new thread to inform you of my complication and then saw that Sades started this one.

Thank you all again for your support in the past eight months. I will be thinking of you all, even if I am not here on the forum to tell you.

Judy

[TxArcher 2]

Oh, Judy.

I am deeply sorry for your loss. Geez, what a blow. I will keep you in my prayers. I don't blame you at all for steering clear of the forums for a while. I might very well do the same thing if I were ever in your shoes. Please don't forget about us here though... we have been your support group and if need be... we will STILL be here for you. (Even in the tough times) If you need to vent or just unload some junk from the trunk, you know we are all here.

Thinking of you...

Craig

[Sades 4]

What he said !

Drop by when you feel up to it, you might surprise yourself and continue losing the weight. Please continue to PM me for support whenever you need to because to me band or no band we are still in this together!!

Take care.

[Shalee04 7]

I'm sorry tho hear this Shortgal. We Nymphs will all be keeping you in our thoughts and prayers. And just like everyone else said, we are still your support group and we will always support you, band or no band. Were family....

Thinking of you.

Kelly

[cindyg1212 0]

Judy,

I am so sorry that you lost your band! Perhaps, the erosion looked like an unlocked band on the x-ray. I can't imagine what you felt when they told you.

I agree with Craig, Sades, & Kelly. We are here for you no matter what! We all started this journey together and you're not done with yours. Your band helped you lose 45 pounds. You are more than halfway to goal and can still get there without the band. Yes, it will be more difficult but you proved that you could keep the weight off with no restriction. Perhaps with another weight loss plan those last 30 pounds or so will come off.

Judy, you have shown that you are strong and determined. Don't let the loss of your band prevent you from accomplishing what you started. I know that I speak for everyone that we are your support group regardless of whether you're banded or not. And if you choose to maintain where you're at now, we are still here for you. Take the time you need to heal from surgery and mourn the loss of your band. I'm sure that being self-pay adds to the pain. If you can't visit with us right now, we understand. But please know that we are here for you whenever you're ready to come back. We will miss you. Please don't stay away too long!