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Hello Again Everyone, Jennie set up a new place for us called "Maintenance Support". You can get to it by going to the bottom of this page and clicking : <LI class=next>Maintenance Support → This is great motivation to be talking with many of you again. Gaye

Well, I just lost everything i just wrote. Here it goes again: Good to be coresponding with you all again! I'm slowly losing again since having surgery again this year to re-attach the port and tube to the band. I stopped exercising about 3 months ago, but you all have reminded me that it is a lot easier to lose weight (and feel better) with exercise. I'm going to start back tomorrow.

I would recommend Weight Watchers and journaling too. You know how much you can eat and get away with. the quicker you join WW and get down to goal weight, the sooner it will be that it will be free to keep going to meetings at goal weight or below. You don't have to set your goal as way low, just a comfortable weight. I do completely understand that this will be starting over for you and i really feel for you!

Hi Melissa and Rebecca, So good to see that a few of us are still out there. So sorry to hear about the band slipping Melissa. I don't know if you saw my posting from the other day, but, i had to go back for surgery 3 months ago. The port tube detached from the band about a year ago and i didn't know anything was wrong except that i wasn't losing weight, wanted to eat more, and i had very, very bad cramps (the tube was poking my organs). I went to one specialist after another, beginning with my band surgeon and ending up back with him. After an x-ray finally showed the separation, i finally had surgery, now 2 fills later, i finally feel like i've reached the right level of fill. I'm losing weight again and i'm feeling really good once again. Also, my port flipped upside down after this 2nd surgery, so it hurts like crazy getting a fill. He has to manipulate it by hand to turn over (after injecting a numbing agent). Rebecca, how are you doing. Gaye

Hi, Is there anyone still out there? I am back in business again after spending about 6-9 months with the port detached from tube or band detached from tube. I had surgery a couple of months ago to get back in order. It had been very painful at times. I was having severe cramp feelings in my lower abnomen (I'm post menopausal, so this seemed very unusual). Evidentally the tube was poking my organs. It was horrible, but luckily not constant pain. I first went back to my LB surgeon and he didn't think it was a problem with the band, then I went to a gp doctor who wasn't my own, then to my own doctor, then gastroenterologist, gynecologist, then back to my LB doc. This all happened during a very long drawn out period of time (months and months). I think it all started last summer. I gained 10 #'s over that time since there was no restriction at all. I had surgery to put a new port and tube put in, then a fill a month ago, then now, unfortunately, another complication, but one that i hope i can live with. The port turned upside down. I went in Monday for the fill, he found it could not be reached, so i had a fluro scope the next day, too much of a fill, 2cc's, bad pb's. Horribly sick, went back in the next day and luckily he was able to manipulate the port to normal and do the unfill of 1cc. Now i feel great and feel like i have a working band in again. Hooray! I would love to corespond with you all again if anyone is up for it. Best wishes to you all. Gaye

I hate to say this, but I had the same pain and it was indeed that the port detached from the tube. The pain was like horrible cramps (lower abnominal). I went to my surgeon, my GP, a gynecologist, and a gastroenterologist, then back to my lap band surgeon and insisted that he check it out. He found that there was no fluid in the band, ordered an x-ray and found it was detached. I was so happy that there was a reason for that horrible pain and i wasn't going to die from something serious.

Hi Rebecca! I'm still here. I think you are doing great. I haven't had a fill in months and really do need it, but we are leaving on a cruise in a few days, then there is Thanksgiving, then Christmas. I'm waiting til January to have a fill. Gaye

My last fill seems to be helping so much. I'm back at having lost 40 pounds total. I had gained back 5 pounds and 4 of it is gone again. It wasn't immediate on either direction, but taking it back off has taken about 3 weeks. One of my biggest mistakes was getting on a kick of eating large portions of sugar free, reduced fat ice cream. If I can kick that habit, I think I'll be heading down the scale again. :smile:

Hi Lisa, I think there is a temporary sizer (rubber or plastic) you can buy for your rings. I need to get one because my ring spins and one of these days will fly off. Has anyone had the experience of having a fill and not really feeling a big change until about a week or so later? I'm going thru this and I love it. My fills haven't seemed to have done much in months and months, but now this one has kicked in and I can't eat more than about 3/4 cup at a time and it is way way slower going down than ever before. I think I've read something on our site about it in the past but I can't find it. Gaye

Wendy, I went thru menopause before getting the band and I had gained about 20 pounds or so from it. The band worked great taking that back off and much more. I was taking 2 different blood pressure meds and got off of both of them within about 6 months into the band. You will love it! Best Wishes, Gaye

Congrats Ann! You are spectacular. I need to get going again. I've been at the same weight for a very long time and could really use some tips in getting back to losing. I am walking for almost an hour every day and have been doing that for almost 2 months now. Gaye

Dear Less, I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter. How very stressful. Keep up your good habits though or you'll have even more stress to deal with. Your running could be a great diversion for you. Best wishes and we will all be hoping and praying for your little girl. Gaye

Wow, Ann and Mamadot, You are both super stars! That's exciting for both of you. My latest NSV is that I had forgotten about my old rings from many years ago. They all fit again. It's like getting all new jewelry. Gaye

I lost 2 pounds this week. I'm back down to 172.5. Gaye

I need to start going back to the meetings. I'm paying for it, so I need to either do it on-line or go in. It always helps me when I write down my points values. I think I'm finally at my sweet spot too, so that should make it easier! Gaye

I just had an unfill yesterday. 3/4cc taken out. I feel so much better now and think I may be at my sweet spot. I had a complete unfill on Monday to see how much I really had in. He replaced all of it plus 1 1/2 cc's that we thought were already there (he must have missed once). Well after that, I felt very tight, but thought it was good for me. As the day went on I was okay until that night and I couldn't get all of my Water in and couldn't sleep much. I drank a Protein shake and it came back up. Through the day yesterday I couldn't eat or drink without it coming back up and even drinking nothing, the saliva would come up as foam. It hurt my back so bad. It was a horrible experience. The doctor got me in last evening and unfilled 3/4 cc and it has made all of the difference. I hope I am at my sweet spot now. gaye

I had a very bad experience with it today for my 1st time. It hurt so bad & I was driving. I was eating a normal amount, but shouldn't have because I had a fill this morning. I only had Soup for lunch, then tried mexi dip & chips for dinner. My doc did a complete unfill to determine how much I had, then filled to 7cc's. We found that I was 1 1/2 cc's lower than we thought. One of the fills from months ago didn't go into the tube evidentally. So, I think this may be much easier for me now to eat smaller portions. I am actually full just from drinking Water. I now know what this is supposed to feel like. It's been such a slow process for months now and this explains a lot of it. I have been the exact same weight for the past 3 fills oddly enough. I think I'll lose this time. Gaye

Congrats Ram!

Mamadot, You both look beautiful. I bet you feel great!

I seem to be back in the losing game again. After having gone up a few pounds in the last month or so. I'm back down. I had a fill a week ago Monday and for the first time I can tell I have the band in. I can't chug water, I hear gurgling. I know when I'm full. This is great. Down to 174. Three pounds lost this week. I can see my goal getting closer now. Gaye

You gals are so good! Congratulations Dani.

I went in to my primary care physician on Friday and she took me off the other half blood pressure pill I was still taking (down slowly from 2 pills/day). It's so thrilling to no longer have hypertension. Also, I went in to my band doc today and I got a fill and he changed my goal weight to 162, which is 22 #'s higher than my former goal, so I am only 15 #'s away from his goal (17 #'s from my own goal). Yipee!

Congratulations Ann! What a milestone. You look absolutely beautiful. GB

I am down 1 1/2 pounds after going up 4 pounds during the holidays, a cruise and a business trip and coming back down to the weight before then and now 1.5 off that finally. Yay! Gaye

I have decided to go to Weight Watchers tomorrow to get back on track with weight loss. I always had good luck with it in the past, but I always gained it back (this time it will be different because of the band though). :rolleyes2: I am exactly the same weight as I was the last time I went for a fill 11 weeks ago. I had 2cc's put in today. (7 total) This was a difficult time period for my diet because of the holidays, a cruise and a business trip. I'm ready to get back on track. Are you all going to do anything different or are you losing easily still? Gaye