HELP 2 1/2 years out and only lost 20lbs NEED A REVISION

[Kandi5911 0]

Hello,

I was banded on April 4, 2007. I was at 285lbs and it is now 2009 and I am only at 263lbs:mad:. I have discussed this with my physician because she do not have a clue of what is going on:huh2:. I go get a fill and in less than a week my restriction is gone.:sad: Then I go right back to her and the same thing happens again:frown:. Then she restricted me so much that I could not even get a bottle of Water down. So I went back to get it unfilled. She talked to a DR in KY who told her to have me under fluro, drink barium and look at the band which she did. According to her she do not see any leakage:smile2:, she filled the band again and the same thing happen. I am tired because I have gotten 12 fills in 2 months and this is ridiculous. I have started to see another surgeon, i transfered my medical records to them, and they want me to go through the whole seeing a psychiatrist, and weight loss seminar etc and then he tells me we are going to take a look at the band and see if we can work with it!! I have been working with it for 2yrs. Can anyone give me some feedback of a Dr in Indianapolis who is not going to go through all this and understand what I have been through to help instead of trying to milk my insurance company and my pockets? I know "sorry to hear about my band" lol. Any feedback will be helpful. O and by the way, I work out six times a week for 1 1/2 hrs and my diet is nothing but fresh fruits and vegtables, steamed and baked fish or chicken NO SWEETS AT ALL, NO SODA, NO ICE CREAM none of that, and it is still not working. Can anyone give some advice on a DR. Thanks:lol::mad:

[RiceChex 0]

I was banded 11/06 starting weigt 225 todays weigt 195 ,lowest post band 183

I too seem not to be able to lose the weight as others do. I have to admit i dont work out as much as I would like. I do cheat from time to time. I have never felt any restrictions wth my band. I know its restricting becasuse when I eat rice or certain noodles or bread too fast/ dont chew well, it gets stuck and I have to Pb to relieve it. I am going back to my Dr. and starting the process over again for the most part. Have the Dr. Completely unfill me then starting the iflls again etc.. I hope it works. Good luck to you. I dont know if my situation helps you any, but know we are all in it together.

[jujuvee 0]

I live in Indianapolis and my doc does bands/ bypass and sleeves. Dr Mandelbaum. St Francis hospital weight loss clinic. Phone number is 317-782-7525

We also have support group once a month.

Keep in touch

[shannonlouisiana 0]

hi i have been banded for 15 months and only lost 30 lbs...my dr said my body is not responding to the band like it should i can only eat 2 a day and about 1/2 to 1 cup of food at a time....so im looking into have the bypass done. Im at 230 lbs so still have about 80 lbs to go....

[missy123c 0]

I feel the same way. I lost 60 pounds the first year but then got the flu and was completley unfilled. the 4 days later the doctor shot me back up to 7cc's and it didnt heal so i was in and out unfilled now i am back to 4 cc's and i have no restriction at all!!! i'm so depressed i gained 20pounds back:cursing: all along the doctor said i am not loosing enough its not working. well now i am so afraid to go back and get another fill. i am afraid he wont give me the fill because i am failing.

I feel for you!!!! I hope it gets better.

[OnTheWay to Thin 0]

I just had a leak repaired, the only way to tell for sure if you have a leak, is to draw all the Fluid out, measure exactly how much they put in, then go back in a week and draw it out and see how much is there, we did this 3 times to verify I had a leak that was not showing under fluro. Sure enough each time I would be filled to 5.75 cc and when I went back I was hovering around 4cc. At 4 I have no restriction, at 5.75 I am perfect. Mine was a faulty port, when they took it out and put fluid through it under pressure it had a bit of a sprinkler effect at the plastic piece to the side of the port that the tubing attaches to. So before you give up on your band, have that checked. It may well be that you have been fighting this leak all along. I was so frustrated with all the starts and stops so I know what you are going through. Hang in there.