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| Debibell1358 - believe me, your not the only one!!! Someone asked earlier - if given the chance would we do this again - NOT IN A MILLION YEARS........ |
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| debibell, Go back to your surgeon or one of his team and TELL them how you are feeling. They may be able to help. There is no need to feel guilty. I was banded in October 2007 and I put on 30kg over the first 12 months. I still weigh 20kg more than I did when I was banded. Talk to them and see if they can help you. Pyretta |
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| I had Lap band surgery May 2008 It has not worked for me. I have gained back all my weight and am always gagging,burping and bringing up my food. I am in a really low state right now dealing with this failure and guilt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How did you go maintaining your weight Nico? Did you find your stomach had shrunk and your meals had to remain smaller, or did old habits creep back ? Beez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Why don't you just take a break from it and have the fluid taken out? That's what I did, after non stop vomiting I was afraid of stomach cancer or completely ruining my system. So I had all fluid taken out 3 months ago and i'm eating fine, actually to fine, so I start adding fluid slowly next week. But with no liquid everything can stay down. |
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| Hello, sorry ya'll are having so many problems , i have had my band only 3 weeks and so far so good. I am start to eat my puree food yesterday and its been good and i worry about not loosing the weight. My surgeon had an endoscopy done on my and then found out i had a hyenal hernia and they repaired it thru my surgery, thank god that happened and looks like every one of ya'll having these problems they would have done something like that for ya'll , I hate that ya'll are having so many problems and I am just afraid i will not loose my weight but so far in 2 weeks i lose 16 pounds so i have started to exercise and walk mostly and on wednesday probably start doing a little lifting weights. every one take care......ucdep | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hi Leslie, I understand your plight, what a journey you have been on. Thankyou for the information.This is the first time I have heard the remark about "every time you vomit the tighter your band gets" I have some problem with reflux, but nothing like yours, but this statement makes alot of sense. I hope your journey improves, or at least the road becomes smoother,thankyou for sharing it with us here in aus. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Well, I have had the band for a year now. I have lost 100lbs. It has not been easy. Vomiting constantly. Almost like medically induced bulimia. Its horrible, For months now, I have suffered from vomiting in my sleep. I was hospitalized 3 days because I started bleeding in my stomach. Vomiting black stuff, and also coming out the other end. I cant eat almost every day. Some days I can get some things down. Its bad when you get fluids stuck and then youre in the middle of something and just throw up, either at work, driving, or out to eat. Its embarrassing. Sometimes I say I hate my band, and sometimes I love it. Because without it I wouldnt have lost so much. And I dont exercise at all. My fibromyalgia doesnt assist me in getting off my butt and putting it to work. Its hard enough keeping up with my 3 year old. What happens, and you have to realize, the more you vomit, the tighter your band gets, because your stomach is irritated. I see a doctor monthly. I just had .4 cc taken out, and it still hasnt helped. Im scared to take out anymore. I dont want to gain it back, but I want to be able to eat healthy foods and live a good lifestyle. But I cant, I eat it and I vomit. And as I write this, I am suffering from horrible reflux. I am drinking milk to help. And I took my med for it, no luck. Anyway, I had to throw my 2 cents in on this. Right now Im hating it. I want it out and possibly go for the sleeve. If I had the chance to do it over I would do the sleeve. Its safer than the band and bypass. But, unfortunately no insurance supports it. And luckily my insurance paid 100 percent for my band. Where am I going to come up with 14,000? Anyway good luck guys, Im sorry to hear about your problems. They tell me the band is a tool. You have to use it properly. Yeah, well, its really not that easy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wow - it's amazing to see so many people with the same problems. It is validating to know that it is a problem with the lapband and not that we "aren't chewing" or drinking too fast....Unfortunately I am now in the USA and its not affordable to have mine out - or it would be gone in a second. My best friend here just joined weight watchers and lost 50 pounds in four months and I just wish I had of had the courage to do that instead of this miserable thing. Thank you all for writing in as I feel so much better knowing I am not the only one (wow, that sounds bad) I feel like I am NOT a total moron that doesn't quite know how to eat but I have something in me that just doesn't quite work to my advantage or my health....good luck everyone. Dont put up with it for years like I have. |
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| Hi I had my lapband since 2005 I thought that all my problems was me. I use to throw up all the time. My food use to sit in my esophagus for atleast a day or two everybody I talk told me I wasn't chewing my food enough, I was eating much,it supposed to feel that way not to mention I was hungry all the time. I should have known something was wrong because when I had my first fill I couldn't swallow a sip of water so they took some of the fluid out I only lost 30 lbs in the first month. As time went on the problem got worst went to a new Doctor in 4/09 had a upper GI done wnet back to his office on 5/26/09 He told me that I needed the band out immediately. He said that I could leave out his office that day and die. Had removal on 5/27/09. My advice is you no your body better than anybody if you feel that something is wrong 9 times out 10 you are right I recommend removal as soon as possible don't wait til symtoms get worst. My body had begin to reject the band because it was a foreign object as a result my esophagus begin to restrict and cause severe reflex, and severe swelling in and around my stomach it's going to take atleast 4 mons for my body to heal now i'm considerating the gastric sleeve but still waiting to hear from one who has had this surgery it's a new surgery less invasive as the bypass no foriegn objects. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I thought I was the only one!!! I thought it was just me, that I was doing something wrong, to choke on foods such as sour cream, or sorbet! I had my banding a year ago in july and I have had problems practically since day 1! I choke on EVERYTHING! I have pretty much been on a diet of coffee and cream cheese(the only thing that rarely chokes me) and what is infuriating is the weight is still ultra slow coming off. I would really like to have mine removed, like you, to be able to eat healthy foods and not throw them up. but i am scared to approach my surgeon because he has always given the impression that I must be doing something to hinder my progress....but no, i work out and obviously I'm not eating anything bad cuz I really can't eat at all! I am so overcome to have discovered people out there in my situation! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The purpose of a lap band is to enhance the quality of your life. If it's just making you miserable and causing problems then you are better off without it and find an alternative that works for you. Lap banding isn't for everyone. Pyretta |
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| Possumone, The beauty of a lap band is that it is the ONLY reversible gastric restriction operation so yes you can have it removed. Your stomach will return to normal in most cases. Some people will want further surgery (Sleeve, bypass, another band) to help control their eating while others learn to live on small amounts without the band. Yes some do revert to old eating patterns, it all depends on the person. Pyretta |
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| But can't you have the LAP BAND removed if you are having too many problems? Doesn't your stomach just go back? possumone |
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| jv36, There are a number of reasons your father could be throwing up. He needs to go back and talk with his doctor and tell them what's happening. he does risk having the lap band "slip and strangulating his stomach if he continues to throw up all the time. Maybe you could tell him to go back to fluids only for a few days, to give the stomach time to settle and then start again on mushie foods and then normal foods again. Pyretta |
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| My dad had lap band surgery at the start of March this year. He has been throwing up most days after eating.I am trying to find out why. I know he may not be chewing his food properly but is there any other reason? Also, I know that throwing up alot can be dangerous,ive heard about stomachs beaing teared. Is there any other things that could happen from vomiting this much? |
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| Kim, You need to go back to the surgeon and either a) have all the fill removed and start from scratch or b) talk to him about having it removed. If the band is causing you so much distress then you need to have it attended to, one way or the other. Pyretta |
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| That is the whole problem. Most of us realize that we have to chew slowly and drink slowly - and once you are having all of these problems, you have no choice but to eat slowly as with every mouthfull you are terrified your going to choke! lol... Sad but true, I do eat slowly, I don't eat the HUGE list of foods that make me throw up - like meat, fruit, some salads (lettuce, celery carrots - all the good stuff) mangoes watermelon, oranges apples....I can choke on ice cream (sorbet of course) I only have 4 mls of fluid in (or did have 4 years ago at my last visit) and my band can take 10 -- so I don't have too much fluid. I for one am sick of being told that it is my fault as I don't know how to "work with the band" and people assume I am stupid and I don't know how to eat and drink slowly. I just don't think it is right that you can choke on sorbet!! I just want to get it out and be able to try healthy living and eat fruits and vegetables and run without this horrific pain in my port site when you do exercise. I just hate it. I am only a size 12 now but it is a constant struggle to stay that way - would rather be healthy... |
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| hope all is going well for you you, you are doing all the right things at the moment. i have had my banding for nearly 2 years towards the first 12 months i did have a problem and had to have the band re adjusted. but you need to work with the band it is not a quick fix it is a long term life change.some things i have learnt to do is drink through a straw and i got myselg a child size knife and fork set because sometimes you just forget and put to much food in your mouth. but the best thing i did was only my family know i had i done because some people treat you different when they know you are loosing weight and took an easy way out which it is not.yes sometimes i do get sick but i keep a list of the foods that make me sick and i still have protien shakes. the trick is drink slowly eat slowly and chew the food well remember the hole which the food passes is much smaller now. good luck and enjoy your new life | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| you may have to much fluid in you band maybe a little taken out will help | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yes, not only the esophagus but hair, teeth (I had just spent a fortune on braces and now my teeth are yellowed and chipping from the constant vomiting) skin and wrinkles around the eyes. My kids hate it almost as much as I do.. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I am having similar problems with reflux. I am so glad I found this message board. I have had my band since 2005 (had it replaced once). I cough or wake up many nights coughing/ throwing up. I can't eat or drink even water ater about 5 hours before I go to bed and then I still have problems with reflux. Some nights milder than others, but a great night is seldom. I am very concern about the damage all this reflux and vomiting ins doing to my esophagus. |
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| Hi Lizle, the choice is yours if you have the lapband done, however untill I read this site I didn't realise how many there is of us that are suffering problems from the lap band. Anyway I have had my band in for seven years and I have had it replace once about three years ago. I followed the eating plan however I had trouble the whole time. I found that soild food got stuck more offeren and then liqid started too. I went to the doctor to find out what was wrong and he told me that I had am old band in and I should get it replaced so i did and now I am starting to have all the old problems start up again like food stuck and vomiting, stoamch cramping, feeling sick all the time, I am on permit antacids to stop the refluxs. And to top it all off I lost weight but have slowly put it back on over time. I hope this answers your question, lapbanding is not just a simple case of eating right and chewing your food well because that doesn't always work. Donna |
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| omg can i just say i thought i was the only one out there. i was banded 5 years ago. i have lost 190 pounds so far. suffering with acid reflux for last 2 years. i throw up everyday i am scared to eat now. i have lost lot of wieght the last few months. i am having dizzy spells and fainting spells now i am going to the doctor soon and tell him to find out what is wrong but seems to me it's this damn band | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| thanks so much Pyretta - just started thinking about it since posting the other day. I have read that there could be a link to stomach cancer or liver damage and thought "uh oh"...... :)Kim |
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