LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

I used to consider myself a night owl, going to bed around 1 or 2 am and sleeping for maybe 4.5 hours. But now, I CANNOT wait to get to bed by 10:30, and that's stretching it. I can barely keep my eyes open! I am almost 4 years out with a lap band and am at goal. I take a Multivitamin and B12 daily (mostly) but probably don't get enough Protein. Anyone else dragging?

I know everyone is different but can some of you tell me how long you think I should stay home after surgery? I mainly sit at a desk all day but will I even feel like doing that 3 days after LB? I am having surgery on a Friday and going back to work on Tuesday. My doctor just says everyone is different and needs are different. Please give me your thoughts and advise. Thanks!

I am a little over four weeks out from surgery and weight loss has stalled. I lost 15 lbs. during the pre surgery diet and 14 lbs since surgery but...only 1 lb. in the last 2 weeks. Why is it slowing so much? I eat between 1000-1200 calories daily and log my food in myfitnesspal. My doctor cleared me for exercise so I've started using the elliptical this week. My job is not sedentary also. I go in next week for my first fill, but does that mean I should be eating under 1000 calories to keep losing? I'm very frustrated at this point and hope weight loss will resume soon. I've been trying everything I can think of/read about - more water, green tea, etc. but come on! Could …

Had my first fill today... three months to the day from my October surgery. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was really easy and uneventful. Phew, what a relief! I was the first Lap Band "installation" my hospital had done in almost three years. I'm in one of the areas currently instituting a full-court press to talk folks out of banding and into other procedures. The consensus today was that I'm doing better with weight loss than most of their gastric sleeve patients. Yippee! So far, so good. Still 100% happy with my choice and so thankful the doctors agreed to trust in me that I had proper expectations and would follow the rules.

hello everyone I'm new to this, i have my surgery scheduled for 2/1/2016. feeling very excited

I was eating what I thought was a healthy meal at work, and my food ended up getting stuck. I'd never been in so much pain and I ended up needing to have my lapband unfilled completely. I've been so hungry and eating like crazy! I've been on this journey for almost 5 years and haven't made much progress or what I would like. I think I'm depressed! :/

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I thought it might be FUN to ask you all what the rudest comment you have had is and how you responded! I'll get it started: Last weekend, I went for my hair appointment. I had not been for 9 or 10 weeks. When she saw me, she said, "You've lost a lot of weight...did you have gastric bypass?" I couldn't believe she would ask such a personal question...people sure are bold! I simply replied, "Nope, I didn't." And that was the truth! :redface:

Anyone here live in houma I just got banded 2 weeks ago on December 8 and just thought it would be cool to talk to someone local bout their lapband experience

I just got my surgery instructions and my date is December 18th!!! It has been surreal up to this point now I'm just anxious and beyond excited! :D

So I had my band placed 3 years ago, right away I got pregnant. My daughter is now two and I am so ready to start over. I had my first fill last Thursday. Since then I have been having pain with liquids and soft foods. Last night I woke up feeling like I was drowning and chocking from the acid reflux. The heart burn is so bad now I am sleeping in a recliner . I see the doctor tomorrow for some fluid removed. I am so discouraged. I just want this to work. I am tired of living overweight. I have tried everything. I'm about to give up.

Hi all, Do you struggle with loose skin? I know some people after losing a lot of weight have lots of extra skin and some don't... Really wonder why is that...

Hi, I am confused. I have had my band 8 months now and despite initial difficulties I seem to have settled in really well and have experienced the positive aspects of life that the band and adjustments to life they bring, I have noticed in the last couple of months a more obvious restriction when I am under pressure. I have a natural anxious disposition, though not strong enough for medication etc, but have noticed that there is bouts of time that I simply cannot eat very much at all, when I have a work deadline or a pending visit from the dreaded inlaws. - (I already am very sensible, 24/7, but in these few days of anxiety I can only take fluid). Does anybody k…

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I have been banded over 13 years and have kept off over 100 pounds. I was currently back up 30 pounds due to slipping back into bad habits and a new very sedentary job but have already lost 7 again. I love this thing! I find that for me if I just listen to my band and try to follow the rules I do fine. I am very comfortable at a BMI of 27 and this is what I am aiming for again. I still want to lose like 25 pounds but I know that with my band's help I can do it!

I had the lap band with plication surgery. I notice that it is tight around the band and it is very uncomftorable. I also have depression. I can feel clenching and cramping around the port area. Can they remove this band? They said something about removing it to me.

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hello, i have been trying to lay low and not talk to much about my restriction so that i dont jinx myself! lol. my question is...why are mushies easier for me that liquids?? in the AM (i wake at 9:30ish) i leave a Water out overnight so that its room temp and thats what i drink from. so i have 1 tiny sip of water. it goes down. another tiny sip 10 minutes later then another sip. i notice my mouth start to fill with saliva. ok the water must not be going down, i fight the urge PB and the sip sits and sits. if i drink more i will PB, so i sit. i know from *my* past experience that it seems liquids dont start my AM off right. i have tried coffee and hot tea and they do…

How long did it take to get back to a point where you were losing weight again?? I have had to have a complete unfill and gained almost 20lbs. I am now close to where I was before I had the unfill (previously at 5.6 and now at 5.0) and while I feel close to 'green' I know i am not quite there. It's a catch 22. I know I need to go tighter as I am still not feeling satiety for long enough like before and it takes more food to feel full than before. But the closer I get to my old number, the more scared I get I will have problems again and have to have fluid taken out. And despite the fact I am exercising daily, the scale still isn't moving! Anyone else have a similar…

I just got my first fill last week. While I notice my portion sizes have decreased a lot from before the surgery, my head is just not in it yet when it comes to eating the right foods. I was def a binge eater because of depression for the last few years, always resorting to the wrong foods and a lot of them. Now Im not finding myself feeling satisfied with the small portions, and having trouble sticking to a low carb, low fat diet. Does anyone have advice for working through these changes, more so mentally? My heart is in making these changes, and making my life better and healthier otherwise I wouldn't have done this, but finding myself not committing 100% and I want to.…

I have been banded for 4 1/2 years- the first two years I lost 80 lbs and was feeling pretty good about myself. I have been gaining weight steadily back for the last two years- 30 ish lbs. I am upset with myself for not getting close enough to goal- at this point I have about 80 lbs to lose to be where i would like to be. I am never full but most foods get stuck most days- its like a slow drain...although.I don't think I have too much restriction either-never ever full. It has been like this since the beginining. I don't really feel like it ever worked as it was supposed to. I switched doctors and both seem to think all is fine. Besides just a rant(because I am sick of fe…

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Hi, I am aware that the lapband fills are more of an art than a science and that everybody is different but just out of curiosity how many cc's and how many fills did you have before you hit the green zone? I'd go first but I'm not there yet but slowly slowly etc.

Hello all, I was wanting to know if anyone else has had the same reaction I am having when I am hungry? It is almost a burning in the pit of my stomach like if I don't eat immediately I am going to kill someone. LOL. I feel like a pregnant woman sometimes. I have had my band for almost 3 years now and have done very well. I have lost 102 lbs. to date and I feel great. I know that at times the band can feel a little to tight but I have learned to work with it.

Hi Guys, My first post on the forums, so please let me know if I'm posting in the wrong place! I'm tentitively booked for Lap Band surgery on Nov 4 with Smartshape in Vancouver, Canada. I've done a lot of research myself, but have found the company to be somewhat pushy for the sale and less eager to supply information about the process, what they provide etc. I know they provide 5 years post op covrage, but so far have had no luck in getting them to provide to me in writing exactly what this entails, under what circumstances and stipulations etc. I'd be really grateful to hear about other experiences with SmartShape, particularly their aftercare support and servic…

Hi there, I am new to this forum. I have my first consultation with the surgeon next Friday March 30th:) . I am so excited but also nervous. I have been reading through a few posts and it is so good to see that the majority of the feedback is positive. I will be having my surgery done in Dublin and I was wondering if any of you have any advice as to questions I should be asking the surgeon next week. Thanks so much. Brenners x

I went in for a fill Thursday may I add it had to be approved before I could go original apt was canceled because they said insurance didn't want to pay for my fill because how much weigh I've lost....anyways I've been having pain in my port area been told the doctor but he said all was fine well my doctor sticks the needle in and ohhh your port flipped so he grabs it with one hand an flips it with the other now I'm really sore. So I'm waiting for them to call me with my surgery date. Really not too worried about it but I do have some concerns. So I'm wondering if anyone can give me info on this what should I expect. I'd like to hear from someone who has been through it a…

I live where Dallas, Cedar Hill, and Duncanville meet but am willing to drive a while if I need to. Do you guys know of any meetings in DFW area? Thanks in advance.

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I'm having some pain there. I am going to see the doctor next week but anyone have the same pain? I'm worried about gallbladder issues.

So here I am in the ER :/ I had my LapBand placed 13 months ago and mostly things have been great. A couple of times I've been too tight. When I have the adjustment at the docs office I'm fine, I can easily drink Water before I leave. Then days or weeks (sometimes many weeks later) I have a few stuck incidents, which create inflammation and get worse and worse until I can't comfortably eat or drink. Once before I couldn't swallow my own saliva which was very worrisome. Luckily all of these incidents happened on week days when my doc's office is open so I could get in same day or early the next day for care. Unfortunately this time it happened on a Saturday. Friday ev…

Hi everyone, I'd like to share a horrible experience I had this past weekend while attending a holiday get together with family. This is a pretty long post so I apologize in advance for any long winded-ness. I was banded back in July of this year. So far, I have had no complications and few, if any, side effects. I have had one fill and so far have lost 73 pounds. I have been very pleased with my experience and results and I do not want anyone to think that the following story is meant as a deterrent to those considering the lap-band, or gastric surgery in general. I am sharing this as a way to provide a perspective from a first hand experience with band abuse/misuse…

I got my band in 2004, and lost 50 lbs and kept that off, but REALLY need to lose another 50 lbs. I got complacent. With the band, I would just never know WHEN I would have a bad experience with food, so I stayed with what I knew was ok. Believe it or not frozen pizza was (is) the mainstay of my diet! I could eat anything crunchy so crackers and cookies were always a good bet! Potato chips and torrtia chips were ok also! However, I started getting GERD. Bad. Then my brother died very suddenly (6 weeks) from esphogal (sp?) cancer. Scared me! I had an endoscopy to be on safe side. It showed Barrett's esophagus! Which are bad tissues that COULD eventually turn into canc…

I have had yow repairs and been thru way to many nurse practioners and now have to choose a new surgeon. Because, it takes so long to prove you band is messed up I have spent the majority of the last three years with it not working properly. Then by the time it did work again, we overfilled and to go to ER. I'm finally at restriction and starting again. What's your journey been like? I just lap band, nothing else. I'm wishing they would have done more, but can't afford the surgery.

I'm nearly three weeks post-op and I have gotten the nasty could, cough, and congestion that my two boys have had. I have not had a fill yet but did have a hiatal repair when I had my surgery. Everything was going good until now. I feel miserable from these "cold" symptoms. I bought a liquid Robitussen that isn't really working. I used to take Mucinex but don't know if I can still take that but in liquid form (did I mention I hate liquid medicines?). What do you take for these symptoms that works? What for the daytime when I have to work and what at nighttime when I don't have about drowsiness? I'm going out of town for Christmas so I need to be better before then.

Haven't been on here for a while been reading but as nuts as it sounds haven't had the energy after work to comment on anything. Ive had my 3rd fill almost 2 weeks ago and seeing the doc on friday again for another one. But the way Ive been feeling I think Im over filled. The second fill I had there were a few stuck moments I actually thought it was funny as it was an experience even talked to the lump on my side thats the port, rubbed it like I use to when I was pregnant and told it I will take extra care not to put it ( the band ) threw so much stress. So is there something in the fill that they aren't telling us? Its the time of year so I didn't eat proper food ..…

I've just had my 8th fill and now up to 6.9 ml/cc. Everything seemed fine first couple of days. Tonight though I've eaten some meat that wasn't the best quality and it got stuck. So I went to the bathroom about 5 times to try and bring it up. I thought I had got it all but I now can't drink water without having to sick up. I'm now scared to go to sleep because I can't even seem to keep down my saliva. Something must still be stuck but I can't seem to dislodge it, any ideas of what to do?

Banded 3/19/2012 this summer had to get all fluid taken out. Lost total of 40 lbs, gained back 30 recently. Dr wanted to do revision, bc of stomach coming up over band. Insurance wouldn't pay for new wls so, I said to keep my band. I'm all good now, it went back down with unfill and liquid diet. I go next week for another fill(3rd since unfilled), right now I still have no restriction. With my Dr hating the band now, and not doing them anymore, I feel so isolated. Started local support group this week, but no one has had the band. I feel like I'm on my own. Could anyone give me an encouraging lapband story?

Hello would like some pen pals for support and to chat with or even start a coffee group. I was banded Oct 23/2015 at Slimband

I had my surgery Oct 24, 2009. I was doing really well for 2+years. I had lost nearly 100 lbs. Then I went on a family trip to Jamaica. While on the plane I took a drink of something (don't remember what now) but it got stuck due to the altitude. I spent the whole week in Jamaica in agony. I couldn't eat anything or drink anything. Since I was out of the country, I obviously did not have access to an unfill. I lost 10lbs on that trip. When I got home, things seemed to get better, so I didn't see my doctor right away. But a week or so later the troubles began again. I went and they did say I had gotten too tight. So I got an unfill. Ever since I have been on a fill/unf…

Some of you may know my dad had struggled for years with brain stem degeneration ( presents like Parkinson's ) He has been sliding progressively downhill for 7 years. The last four were bed bound. Loss of use of feet , and then hands ...and his mind kept drifting further away My brother and I opted to keep him comfy at home with help. His fight ended peacefully Monday night. 85 years of love. ???? Wrote his obituary Thursday. Wow one page of a whole life condensed . Just grief and some relief. Just sharing.... With cyber friends I get a fill in 3 weeks and this is a difficult time. I'll keep trying.

I had my lap band surgery in August 2013. I had the normal up and downs. Received 5cc fill for the first year. Lost 50 lbs. Great. I had an incident where chicken got caught and had the cc's removed and endoscopy done. Afterwards, they took 6 months to give me 3cc fill. That's where I am now. I still have moments that I eat too fast or the wrong thing, but I do upchuck but not very often. My problem has been diarrhea and constipation. I would take pepto for the runs and a bowel softener for the other. That has been going on the whole 2 years. My problem now that concerns me is that I haven't lost anymore weight. Also that whenever I eat or drink I get an upset…

I can sometimes feel the lap band around the upper part of my stomach. This causes some sort of tension and uncomftorable feeling for me. I did lost a lot of weight with the band though. I can't really live a normal life because of this it makes me very unhappy. Does anyone know or relate to this at all?

Last year I almost died from my Lapband aspirating into my lung... I spent 3 weeks in ICU... I got a complete unfill and I still get sick on a daily basis.. How can I get my insurance to pay for a revision? I been banded since 2008 and I feel like this band is going to kill me! ????

Are we aloud to take idprophen or Tylenol? I am now a month post op?

I haven't posted in awhile... but here goes Seems like only yesterday I was on my pre op diet getting nervous about surgery. My band anniversary date is fast approaching (June 5th). I've lost 71lbs, which is great. Although, sometimes I feel as if I would have done some things differently along the way which in turn could have lead to greater success by my band anniversary. My starting weight was 408 and I currently weigh 337... My surgeon had set a 1 yr band goal of 287lbs which with a little more than a month to go is impossible. With that being said, I still want to try like hell to get closer to it. Any advice on a jump/kick start or words or encouragement are alwa…

So truly happy to say that I am beginning my tenth year today! Nine years ago , I had no idea how different my life could be. Outpatient surgery and 1 night at a hotel, quick check up and on with banded life... Yes, I had to learn to eat differently and work out consistently. No, I'm not perfect, but I'll take my size 12 over my life in stretchy size 22 ... How it used to hurt when walking.. Or being winded easily .Truly how hungry I felt and how I soothed myself with food. I am so content with my band ( and I get it doesn't work for many ) and how life is so good for many years. I forget how thankful I should be everyday for the opportunity to breeze thru life at …

Does anyone else get insanely tight right before and during their periods? I can hardly eat during this time.

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