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| Lauren_melb Just read the post below...just wondering how you are going? Have things improved for you? xx Anna xx |
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| are you vomiting after eating?? or just vomiting all the time - if so - go back and see dr your band is too tight!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Help! I just had the lap band procedure, and i have not stopped vomiting since. I was re admitted to the hospital and then sent back home, but am continuing to vomit. When does this stop? How long does this go on. Right now I'm ready to give up! Help! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hi gail, You poor thing at least I managed to lose most of my weight but at the rate I am now gorging myself should take one more week to put it all back on!!!! Yes that was the problem with me to was sick leave etc - I ended up leaving my job which was rather stupid as it was a government job - but too late now . I hope your recovery is good and we shall keep in touch about how things are going. To Lauren hope things get better go back to Drs and insist something is not right , you shouldn't be able to feel port all the time like that?? and Tsue thanks for your thoughts Bye Janet |
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| Hi Janet Hope your feeling a bit better today. Well I've been home from hospital for about an hour now. I'd managed to lose about 12kgs in the 11 month I was banded, so was not a huge success with the band. My Dr said I should wait about 3 months before getting the sleeve done, but I'm in negativ sick leave and am also low on annual leave at work, so will probably get it done end Feb/early March 2009. I've had a bit of a transference problem as well, but in the form of excessive shopping.... And I also feel like things happen for a reason and maybe all this was my lightbulb moment but in a dramatic fashion. Cheers Gail |
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| In saying all this when I had original band done approx 6 years ago at the gold coast was the best thing that I have done - it changed my life and I was so much happier - I did have a bit of a transference problem - drank a bit too much alcohol but still was a good weight. Why I didn't go and see original surgeon is beyond me as I never had a problem initially and went from 140 down to aprox 75 - then maintained at about 85. so for you people reading all this dont let it put you off I think I have just been unlucky and honestly I would do it all again!!! I cannot stand the gluttonous person that I have become I cannot even taste the food just shovel it into my mouth uuggg! Anyway they say things are meant to happen for a reason I just wish I knew what the hell my reason is!!! |
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| Thanks Gail and Lauren, After my first lap band infection, Dr left port in. I then had a 2 month recovery , then had new lap band put in, afterapprox 6 weeks when I thought everything was going well I woke up one morning with a lead like feeling in my stomach and I was just terrified - I realised then how much I wanted this to work and how scared I was to have it removed again. You see I was constantly sick after the first infection with colds, pleurisy etc so was on a constant stream of anti biotics, when i went off the last lot of anti biotics I said no more, 2 days later that was when the pain started in belly. Obviously the anti biotics were masking the infection. The Dr said no chance of another lap band and he has talked about the sleeve and gastric banding so I guess I shall just have to look into it. I know I need it because I seriously cannot control my eating, I have become so terribly depressed and introverted since this all started. I then get cranky with myself and try to motivate myself but it is not working. So Gail how long do you have to wait before they put the sleeve in??? Have you lost weight??? thanks again for your replies . |
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| Hi Janet and Lauren I so know where you are both coming from. I had to have my band removed on 5 Sep as I had an acute slip. It happened really suddenly and caused a great deal of pain. My Dr left the port in as he said he would take it out if/when I decide to have another WLS procedure (most probably the sleeve). Now I am going back into hospital tomorrow to get the port removed as almost 4 weeks from band removal, I am still getting sharp, stitch like pain (much like you describe Lauren) in various places around the port site (including what feels like something digging into my kidney on occasion). Hopefully this will resolve this issue, but I'm just hoping they don't find an infection around the port when they go in. Janet, good luck with your recovery. Regards Gail |
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| Janet What about looking into the gastric sleeve?? I have heard of people who have had lap bands and it not working out,then going for the sleeve. i know that is what i am looking into next. cheers lauren. |
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| Thanks so much - it means a lot that someone took the time to read about my problems - Had a shocker of a day yesterday but am better today - you just have to get on with it. It is just so hard trying to lose weight the Normal Way!!!I have been offered a place at a health retreat in maleny where they deal with the reasons behind the weight loss so might give that a go- anything is worth a try at the moment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hi, I also did my lap Band in Mexico. I live in Rosarito and I used Dr jardon. He is great and up until this week I have not had problems. It has been more then a year, I have lost about 65 lbs. YES I throw up almost everyday, That is because i am a freking pig with an addiction to food and I push the limets of what I can intake everytime I eat. THE PROBLEM THIS WEEK All of a suden, Now I have not had a fill in about 5 monthes. But all of a sudden in the last 4 days I can hardley eat or drink anything, Even liquid comes rushing back up. I am SUPER tired, mostly because I can not keep my coffe down. I am not sure what is wrong with me. Lots of siliva, and I can not hold anything dowm. I will go today to my doctor and let you know what happens. |
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| Hi Janet, I have no advice for you, I just wanted to comiserate with you. You have been through a terrible ordeal.I hope they can come up with a solution soon. |
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| well after posting last time about having band removed etc I had new one put in at Holy Spirit in Brisbane and unfortunately my body has rejected it yet again - I got flown out to Brisbane by the flying doctors as had severe infection. Ambulance picked me up took me to hospital where mind you, the hospital left me waiting for 2 hours in sun room on a wheelchair and drips on the floor!!! The Doctor has removed it yet again and has advised we have exhausted all possibilities of another lapband - I have several huge incisions on my stomach where apparently the site was so infected they had to s *** e out a lot of dead tissue. I cannot tell you guys how much this has affected me - my weight is up to around 105 and I think about food constantly, i have become housebound and am so depressed. I try to be positive for my kids and hubby but I don't know where to go from here. Do i approach surgeon about refund as I paid for replacement of lap band, have had 4 surgeries massive scarring and now no lap band and have put on 20 kilos??? Where do I go from here. The doctor said we might look at gastric banding in about 3 months - does anyone please have some advice for me??? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hi lauren_melb i too am in the same place as yourself. I am over going back to the doc's, i did have a great start in 2004 when i had the op, but since end 2005 i have had nothing but troble for the last few years. My weight will not move which makes it worse. I have gotten to the point where i am accepting the way i am and trying to lose the old fashion way AGAIN. The things we do! |
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| I hate my lap band!!! i thought by getting this done it would make losing weight alot easier and life in general alot easier. instead i have never felt 'not hungry' i can eat and eat and eat.... i had fill in got blockages,had fill out,went back had fill put back in and so the merry go round kept going on and on. i haven't been back since feb this year to have a fill because basicly im tierd of it all....it is not what i was expecting at all,on top of all of this the port is very painful for all different reasons,mean i could be standing in a certain way or sitting or lying and it feels like a stabbing pain...a bit like a stitch. i really don't know what to do anymore,i know if i go back to see my DR he will just say to put a bit of fill in and see how i go,which im OVER not more will i do that! i wonder everyday if this was all worth it and should i have made the decision of getting the sleeve instead??? cheers guys sorry for going on and on,but my weightloss at the moment is so depressing and i have hit a brick wall and just don't know what to do... Lauren (melb) |
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| Hi sdreneau, i refuse to go back to the doc's for further test's. Since he removed my fill i have stopped taking reflux and acid tablets's. I have not been sick in months where i was almost every day before even with a little fill. I know what you mean about the ice cream etc. That was all i could eat, and thick shakes etc as that was filling me up with out the stress of eating something solid. So no i have had no help in the sense of the band beside removing all the fill and being able to eat and keep it down for the first time in about 2 years.I will go back but i am waiting to build up enough energy again as i know what i will have to do to fix it(operation). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I am so glad to finally here people with the same problems I have. I had the lap-band procedure done in sept of 2004. I lost about 80 lbs in the first year and then something happened, and I have not been the same since. I am also unable to eat solid foods and therefore have turned to ice-cream or other high calorie foods just to be able to eat!!!! My doctor is not supportive and thinks that I am just not doing something right. I am not 30 lbs heavier than I was before surgery. Have you had any help yet??? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oh my gosh. I do hope you have success I can not imagine what you are going through. I had decided to have a lapbanding but after reading these stories last night I have now decided against it. Funny thing is I have woken up this morning with different thinking. Delia |
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| I was just reading your posting about the lap band acting as a foreign object. I am currently in the middle of a lawsuit against my lap band surgeon, the weight loss clinic and the hospital. I have severe allergic reaction to stitches, and told the surgeon I could not have them, and he told me he could use other things. The hospital was also aware of my allergies to stitches and had it in my records. Before I went in to surgery I reminded the nurse and told her to be sure to remind the surgeon. She held up the clipboard and showed me the large warning "allergic to stitches". I felt like I had covered all the bases. During my consultation when I told him of my severe reation to stitches I asked him if anyone had rejected the band..and he said he hadn't heard of anyone that had rejected the band. Well, I had the surgery on August 24th, 2007 and sutures were used. I had to have them removed, which was very painful. My surgeon gave me the $1200.00 dollars that the insurance company paid him. He said he was sorry for the pain he had put me through. I thought that would be it, but the itching wouldn't stop. I started suffering memory loss, and was told that I had some brain shrinkage. I called my doctor and asked him if I had internal stitches, and he said they were dissolvable and shouldn't have caused a reaction because that kind didn't have the protein like external ones. He gave me medication for inflammation, and infections, and the severe itching. He said the brain shrinkage couldn't be from the stitches, and I shouldn't be still itching from the stitches. He gave me his cell phone number and for 10 months he called me in medication, and tried to figure out what was wrong. He had me tested for lymes desease, and tried to say I might have rocky mountain spotted tick fever. My bloodwork showed a high ANA Titer level and he said I might have arthritis or lupus. I just found out he put silk stitches inside me. Do you know where I can research |
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| Kyle, and for those of us already doing the right thing food and exercise wise??? The solution isnt always black and white, and it is people like you who make the journey harder for some people! |
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| Hi Amanda i had my band in March 2004 I lost all my weight in 4 months> Finally fell prego's had my child and have had nothing but trouble with my band ever since. My doctor has done everything yours has and more. I was suffering so bad with my reflux and heartburn, with nothing in my port and still ending up in hospital on a drip. Ask him/her to check you Gallbladder. My doctor finally found out most of my problem was that and removed it in July last year. Since then he has tryed to put a fill in but i am still vomiting. I saw him afew months back he has removed all the fill sent me for more test as he thinks it has slipped even though last swallow was fine. I have not gone back for results as i am to scared he will put fill back in and i am finally over being sick. Sorry its long. |
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| hi, i had my band in nearly 3 years ago. my doc took all the fill out when i became pregnant because of reflux. during the pregnancy i could eat anything then straight after having my daughter by c section everything started to get stuck. i am at the point now where i cant eat any solid food at all and if i try i just vomit and its sooo painful. I got a infection after the c section from the catheter so im wondering if this has caused the lap band to get a low grade infection. This has been going on for 10 months and i have had enough. My doctor has down a gastroscope and a barium and he said the band looks perfect so he dosent know either. i am the first patient that has had this problem. i would love to know more about your problem to see if there is any similarities. Amanda |
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| OCTOBER 'O7 BAND - Iam not saying ,some may have problem s but I have had nothing but success hope everyone is doing well,I am really pleased and love my band and the life it has given me and also the self esteem it has returned to me that I lost yrs ago, I was so scared, I again ,almost pulled out but my surgeon Blair Bowden (Brisbane)guided me through and I am so pleased he did ,I went ahead and did it after pulling out twice previously I now wish I had not wasted all that time (over 8 yrs ago )since I first enquired into it and cannot get it back now, when banded on 1/10/07 I was,110kg size 22/24 ,I am only a 157cm shorty now 68.5/69.5kg and insizes , 10/12 and most of the 12's are loose now ,am still not to drs goal but I am very happy clothes wise <thrilled in fact> never thought I would dream of wearing this size again and certainly not in under 10 months,Doreen http://au.messages.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lap-band/10 4461/ |
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| Julie, i'm having Lap band on 26/08/08, at Sydney private hospital, by Dr talbot, he's supposed to be a great surgeon, nice guy and have read some good articles on him, and one's he's written.Did u do any weight/strength training when you lost the 60kg??.I'm 144kg (male) and goal weight is 99kg, due to my muscle mass that i still have some of. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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