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MartyRG

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  1. Back in the Saddle Again

    · MartyRG · 11/05/2010 16:16

    I was banded September of 2005 weighing 220 lbs. 5 years & 2 months later, I was back in my surgeons office weighing more then I did before surgery. I thought my band had slipped or eroded or something, because I was feeling a lot of discomfort & acid reflux. After having a barium study, I was told by my surgeon that everything was perfect & he couldn't understand how I could have gained so much weight with the device in place. After a long discussion with him, he decided to tighten the band and added 2ccs. I was confused :cursing:, b/c here I thought that I was maxed out in the amount of saline to be placed in my port. I never really got a complete answer from him, but I will next month when I see him.
     
    Anyway, right now I feel so ashamed and like such a failure to have gained all the weight back plus more. I'm feeling really down. I'm so glad that I found this forum & I'm going to try and keep in touch with you all as to my progress. I do need a lot of support. I don't really have the support of my family and to my knowledge, there is not a support group in my town and El Paso is too far for me to go. So I will need to rely on you all. I don't know if any one out there has or is going through what I'm going through, but if you are, please let me know. Thank you.

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