Elie936

I am so sorry to hear that. How come your surgeon didnt warn you about that, that blows my mind. My surgeon did say that most people having erosion don<t even feel it either. It was the first thing said in the first seminar, because if you need to take anti nsaid, it was not possible to get the surgery. He said that if we have pills without crushing them, it could lodge itself in one of the plits created by the lap band and then make a hole, litterally. Again, he is the one who does most lap band surgery in Canada, and he has seen a couple. I truely hope it gets better for you, and please let your doctor know how he is endangering his patients by not mentionning it. My surgeon gives his patient a special letter to give our doctors and pharmacist about the do s and dont s of medication after lap band. I had to even discuss the surgery with my pharmacist to make sure all my medication was fine, had to change some of it, especially the one for migraines. Seriously, all the best, I hope it heals and you can find a solution.

Have you taken anti inflamatories? Its another cause according to my doctor

Yes thats what they call erosion. They actually talk about it a lot. Our doctor refuses us to take pills without crushing them because it can cause erosion. The way he explained erosion is exactly what you said.

Seriously after 2 days you will feel not bad at all. The drive might make you feel worst. You will be surprised how fast you recover from this. I would stay home if i were you, the first day is the most important

What about u wait and see how you look?

Lol well this ad is whats wrong... They are showing a man eating lots of food, kindda showing that with the band, you will eat 3 bigmacs and loose weight!!! No wonder ppl dont understand! Not only this, bcuz of ads like this, ppl getting bands dont even understand what the band will do! And as for the comment, really its just a little retard trying to feel powerfull behind his computer screen.. LOl! Who cares, lets just block this, most of the time it is just jealous ppl. Funny the only 2 ppl against me getting a lapband were my exs!!!! That says a lot no? 2 guys who left me because of my weight, and now it was hitting them that id be skinny, finally:) hehe! Sad and miserable ppl can be so mean to try to feel better about themselves.

I just want to Say that you have a great attitude. One thing, i dont know if you are like me but i always want things to go fast, and nothing is fast enough. I give myself high goals, and when i dont live up to them, i get very depressed and give up. Your goal seems high for me, not saying you cant do it, but it is a lot to loose. I lost 30 pounds since surgery on april 21th, i had lost 50 poubds prior surgery and had no diet pre op. I lost 17 poubds in the first 2 weeks and then its be a lot slower. I think you should be more realistic, do your best, and expect 2 pounds a week, maybe 3 4 the first weeks. If you happen to go down 25-30 pounds by that time, it would be awesome, if u get to 15-20, you wont be mad at yourself and you will just continu and a year from now you ll be 100 pounds lighter(2 pounds a week).

Why dont you stArt weight watchers or something like that? Ur right, support is importAnt, especially since u seem to realise that you need to do more. I started weight watcher because the meeting do help and you can go to as many as you want. I know they dont have the band, but essentialy, we are both trying to loose weight and eat better. They give us such good tricks to loose weight and keep it off and it is amazing during a plateau. And you have the forum here to understand more about your band, and of course your doctor. Take an appointment, show your mom you are makIng an effort and trust me, if she is like my mom, she ll be the happiest woman alive and will bring you to any appointments.she is fed up and upset that you do not take charge of your life, so i think she will get even harder on you if nothing changes. You ll be so proud of yourself when you do, you ll really be confident for once.

She says no so you just wont call? Seriously it is that difficult for you to take an appointment yourself? Really im sorry if i sound so rough, but this even sounds like a joke! You risked ur life for a surgery, i dont know who paid it, but you are fortunate to have it and now you are acting like a total victim. The clinic needs to send you letters bcause you dont go to your follow ups and you dont even have the dignity to take the appontment and take care of yourself, inatead you blame everyone! Your mom prob answered like that because she is desperate and tired of being you enabler. Take responsability for yourself, take the phone, make the appointement, go alone(i always do), the doc wont eat u, and if you dont have a car, there are ways, go take a walk or exercice. Your mom can do eerything for you, your doc cannot make you loose weight and watching the biggest looser crying about how big you are and how the band is ****, it wont get you no where. I am really sorry i sound so mean, but this is not a joke, you dont do a major surgery when you cant take responsability for yourself.

I think it is very nOrmal, i am not sure if you are litterally hugry or if you are just missing real food. Drinking your food doesnt make you feel full, do the test, have an orange or have a glass of oj, what will make u feel more statisfied? It is a tough step, but sooner than later the pureed stage will come and you will be fine, just try to occupy your mind for now, you will get used to it soon.

Ask for naproscin suppository, my surgeon prescribed me that after my surgery and now because i have very bad migraines. It is an anti inflamatory med, so it can still be harsh on the stomach, but it wont cause erosion or holes in your stomach like taking one from the mouth. That is what they explaoned to me:)

I wouldnt be so scared, i find that when it goes well, ppl dont find the need to go on boards anymore because everything is good and they inderstand their bands. Hopefully im right:)

I wish i could encourage you, because i wish i didnt have to have the band forever... However, i know a girl who had it for 5 years, she did great, she lost 150 pounds, she was working with her surgeon because he was so proud of her success. She did support group meetings, she motivated patients before and after the surgery. She is the one who convinced me. She thought she was now healed from Her bad habits and would always stay skinny. Before christmas, her port detached and they discovered her band had leaked(the doc said it is because they did fills and unfills too many times, scary). Half of her body got infected, she had to have the infection drained for 2 months. She lost her lap band and was risky to put another one in. She gained 35 pounds in 3 months. She said she was back to what she was, she couldnt believe it, she was dping so good for so long, she had never gained a pound. She had to get the sleeve to stop The weight gain. I wouldnt have it removed unless it is causing problems

Well i have read quite a lot on plateaus since i have been on one for a couple weeks. They say that the body gets used to exercise, if you have been doing the same thing, your body gets used to it and learns to spend less energy doing it... They recOmmend changing it around, same with calories. And yes, like the other said, you might have been eating too little calories. One question i think you should ask yourself... Does your body look better when you exercice? Are you loosing inches? If you are, then manby you are not loosing on the scale, but your body is in transformation and you are actually getting smaller by changing the composition inside your body. The body is really special, how many times have i been eating so many calories and not really lOosing and then eat junk food and loose that week!!! I think that exercice for long term is the key, i dont do enough, and i admire ppl like u! G luck

I dont know but my surgeon wants us to crush our pills because a whole pill could get caught in the skinfolds of the stomack. If it happens, the pill stays there and could cause erosion, he has seen it many times. For this reason, i am very carefull when it comes to pills.