redhead8691

That is great!

So I will answer Michael first, in the beginning I wasn't losing weight. I lost 4 lbs right before I started my preop diet. I lost 19 lbs in the 10 day preop diet. So after surgery it took forever to lose any weight.. or so it seemed like it. I went for my first fill back in August and found out my port was flipped, so they thought. The doctor opened me up to find out that it wasn't flipped. Under fluoroscopy it even showed it flipped. So they sewed me back up, told me to come back 2 weeks later. At that appointment it was determined my port was not functioning. In fact it never did function so I was scheduled for surgery to put in a new port. At this point I had lost about 10 lbs..this was from surgery to beginning of september, so I wasn't doing well at all with weight loss..10 lbs in more than 2 months was hardly optimal. Although that 10 lbs with the other made 33. So after the port issue was fixed I got a fill which put me up to 5 since first surgery. So finally I started losing a little more, 6 more lbs..but my husband is having the surgery and so Saturday I started the preop diet again with him for moral support and have since lost 7 more on the preop diet with him. So that made 47. Okay so has my experience been positive? Well I think for the most part it has been because 47 actually today 48 lbs gone, but the extra surgeries have not been good. I am glad I did it. I am glad I am losing weight and hope to continue to do so. My cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure have all come down and that is worth it. Angie

Next week will be my 3 month mark. In the beginning I was losing slowly, but I have lost 47 lbs! Yesterday someone stopped me and said he didn't even recognize me from afar, I told him how much I had lost and said I didn't think that was enough to make me unrecognizable yet..but maybe. I went for a fill today and was bumped up to 7cc in 10 cc band. I am thinking this may be too much for me, but I want to ask you all if you know this..If they pull all the fluid out and then put it back in with extra..so pull out six, add 1 to make 7, do you think that will make it seem tighter and then go down some? I feel it sitting at the bottom of my throat and hear all those weird noises it makes when food and liquids SLOWLY go down. Anyone with input would be helpful, I may have to go back to 6 and stay there. Angie

Yes I had to have it removed and get a new one. I have never heard of this before, so I thought I would ask.

Just curious if anyone else has had their port not at all functio

Did you lose all the 70 lbs in 2 months??

I was banded 7/5/11 and since then I have only lost 12 lbs, so we have a similar story. I have the 10 ml band with 5 in it. I have had something really stuck 1x and I answered the phone, wasn't thinking and swallowed my food too fast, so now I don't answer the phone when it rings and I don't talk much when I eat because I don't ever want to have stuck happen again. I too feel like I could eat much more than I allow myself too, but the trick is just don't allow yourself to. For example, yesterday I went to lunch with a friend at my favorite mexican restaurant. I asked for a box before my food ever got there. I put all but 1/2 of my piece of fish and the guacamole and some salsa in the box to take home to my husband. If it is already in the box I don't eat anymore. So even if you think you can still eat the same....DON'T! Good luck! Angie

This happened to me at my second fill apt in August. I was so upset. They told me that my port flipped and scheduled me for port revision. Fluroscopy even showed it upside down. When the dr. opened me up, my port was fine, it was never upside down. The fill nurse was not accessing the right spot. So I was opened up for nothing. My surgeon was very upset and apologetic, but I got a 3ml fill while I was opened up, for a total of 5. He said from now on all fills will be done under fluro by him. It isn't the worst thing. They can fix it. Good luck. Angie

How much do you have in your band

They did pics, the pics showed it upside down.

Opinions wanted please...last week I went to get a fill and the nurse said my port was flipped and that it appeared to not be attached to anything. So I went back today to have the doctor cut me open and flip it back over and reattach it.. WELL 2 before pics were taken that determined that my port was in fact flipped, but when the doctor cut me open, my port was not flipped! So, I ended up driving 6 hours roundtrip and am now out of work 4 weeks without pay for most of it and had an unnecessary surgery! I really like my surgeon, he is very good and I wouldn't change the fact that I had lap band or that I chose him, but I am upset about having to put my coworkers out to work overtime for me and the fact I will only get paid a weeks pay out of 4.

some peoples bodies reject the port and dont attach to the mesh that is apparently what happened

I had surgery July 5. Everything has been going fine, but today when I went for my second fill they said my port was flipped completely over. The doctor was not in the office. The nurse tried to flip it over, but it wouldn't work, so now I have to go back next week for the dr. to fix it. They said it will be done in the office with local anesthetic, so I won't be out. I am nervous about being cut open again because I am a nurse and often have heavy patients. So I am concerned about going back to work that night after being cut open to fix it. Anyone else have this happen? Angie

I have only been banded 5 weeks, but something I have noticed about myself is that if I eat 300 calories a day like for the liquid diet I lose weight. If I eat 700 calories a day I stay the same. If I increase my calories to 1000-1200 I lose weight again. Maybe it is the same for you.