KimJ384

How's everything going with your approval and surgery date?? I'm in process now of getting conversion from band to sleeve...had my edoscope Dec 2 and psych val Dec 11 doctors office will send me info to my insurance tomorrow...wish me luck!

Sleeve for sure! Trust me you will more than likely be miserable! Yes there are success stories about lap band but more disasters than success! I had my band placed in July 2011 and I am going to start my process tomorrow with my doctor for the sleeve! For 3 years the most I've lost was 60 pounds and that was only because I got stuck on everything I ate and would throw it back up and everything I ate that day after I threw up once would get stuck because your stomach would swell making your band tighter! I at one time considered myself as balemic because I would eat then throw up! I have been miserable with my band and no not everyone is and some people I have noticed are very defensive on this site when someone "bashes" the band but it is what it is we are here to share our experiences and if the bad out weigh the good then that's what it is! You can't get upset with someone that Is telling their story! Anyways if I could go back then I would have never got the band I would get the sleeve! I can't even Sit down at dinner or lunch with my family without my food getting stuck and having to run to the bathroom or the sounds my throat makes when something won't go down! My 3 year old would ask me mommy you have to throw up now I'm just tired of the everyday struggle! Good luck in the decision that you make!

I know this is an old thread but I was checking in on you to see how you are doing??

Oops I meant fluoroscopic*

I plan on having my first fluoro fill this Friday! What I am wondering is if anyone who has been struggling to get into their "sweet spot" "green zone" and then had the Fluoro fill done finally get there? I have had my share of fills and unfills I haven't truly been into the green zone. I am hoping this really helps me! Thanks in advance!

It's better to go slow!!! Take it from me! I got a fill once and pay $35 copayment and was sooo tight that night I couldn't swallow spit so next morning I was in there paying $35 more dollars to get some takin out! Hang in there it will get better!

I responded to ur other post you made!

I was in your boat 5 months ago! And I did drink a full glass before I left the doctors office and everything went down fine! It wasn't until later that night it closed up so tight I couldn't get my spit down! I ALSO went to my local emergency room and they refused to help me! There was not a bariatric doctor there so they sent me home! So I had to wait until that morning to rush to the doc office when they opened! Only thing I did was just keep spitting your spit out dont swallow it! Sorry to hear you're in agony because I know too well that feeling and its scary!!!! It scared me from getting another fill for 5 months :/ I just got a real small fill Monday and not feeling it at all. My doc has set me up for a fill under fluoro next Friday because I have had so many problems trying to find my sweet spot!!! Best of luck to you!

Yes call your doc because if you are throwing up bile then you are def aggravating your band and throat and it will not calm down until you get a unfill it will stay swollen and irritated!

Such awesome advice everyone! Thank you!!! I got my fill today I went from 5.8 to 6.5 and i feel fine now tightness but I'm sure I will be able to tell in Few days!!! I just need a little restriction back and I can do the rest! I will let everyone know how it goes!!! Oh and my doc advised me that he thinks it would be a good idea to do my next fill under Fluor! So if this fill don't work out then I will be making my appointment for that!!!

I appreciate everyone taking time to tell their story!!!! It does give me hope! I guess I just need to keep fighting for myself and it will happen! Thank you all so much and your advice will be very helpful for me!!!!! so happy to see someone being successful!!

I just feel like if I don't have a good fill and have to obsess over every single bite of food I put in my mouth then I shouldn't even have the Lapband that I could do that without surgery! Right now I feel like I don't even have Lapband at all! Tired of fighting this battle I just wish It was a little easier then it has been on me! I thought i was going to get a tiny break when I got this done because obsessing over everything I eat and thinking about it 24 hours day is so stressful and takes over my life!

I have been told that before! I think I will be one of those that they only way I will get close to green zone is doing it that way! 7.5 is too much and 6.8 was not enough so I think I was real close but after the 7.5 and my stomach almost closing up they took out fluid and now I'm 5.5!