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If anyone has had the VG band placed can you please email me and tell me what you know about it. thanks, Chrissy rccarpenter@excite.com

Please give some information on the Molding Clinic if you used them. Thank you, I'm actually looking at lap rny but i may have to go with the lap band. Thank you

Can someone tell me how I make it so that i don't get an email everytime someone posts to the forum. Thank you

Thank you for responding, drivers are the least of my worries. I have had a band erode so I am being pretty picky for the second time around if there will be one.

I just emailed them to get some info. Thanks for the input.

Thank you for the response. I will be a rebander, so making sure i get a lot of research done this time around. Great information thanks.

I would love to hear any information you may have to share about Dr. Kuri, thank you

Please send me any of your experiences with Dr. Sanchez and his staff. Thank you very much

Please respond if you have had any experience with the doctors in this center. I am doing research and need info. Thank you

Hello all, I am in the process of trying to find a doctor to reband me. I have come across a Dr. Alessandrini in Tijuana, and I am trying to find anyone that may have had their band placed there. Please email me directly if you know anything about this place. rccarpenter@excite.com Thank you

No, I didn't have insurance pay for the first banding. I was banded by Dr. Lopez in Tijuana. I have spoken with a few doctors in Mexico who are considering rebanding me based on the fact that I would still have my band if it hadn't been removed. I don't see it as a way of maintenance. however if I did still have it, it would be doing exactly that helping me to maintain the loss I already had. I do feel obese at this weight especially after being down to below 150 right after I came home from having it removed. I am praying someone will help me.

The only symptoms I had of erosion were some pain where the band was, and no restriction after fills. I had mine removed ini Dec. and have gained back 23 pounds, I am hating life right now, and said I would never get rebanded, but now I am seriously considering it.

EROSION is definitely not a myth. I had to have my band removed in Dec. after only having it for a year because it eroded, and not a little, it eroded a lot, and there was tons of inflammation in there, and I ended up having to stay in the hospital for 9 days instead of one, because I had a horrible infection. SO yes it does happen, why it happened I don't have a clue, maybe infection, maybe it was on too tight, maybe my body just rejected it. However with all that said, i'm currently researching doctors to see if i can be rebanded.

My band eroded after only having it for a year, I'm currently researching doctors that might reband me. The doctor that removed my band said it probably eroded after six months. I had lost 50 pounds in the first six months. some have said that it may have eroded due to a small infection from the get go, or the doctor may have put it on too tight in the first place, or my body just rejected it. i hope it is not the latter, because I would like to find someone to reband me. I lost that 50 pounds without ever having a fill, so i like to think that maybe it was just too tight from the get go. My problem is going to be finding a doctor that will reband me at 5'6" 173 pounds, that puts my BMI at like 28ish i think. BUT I think I should be an exception for if my band had not eroded, I would have one at this point. I have gained back 23 pounds since having it removed in Dec. So I dont' want to balloon back up to preband weight before anyone will help me. I was wondering also about people who may have had the lap rny, and what their experience may have been. Is the healing time less for that than the open rny?

Some answers: the symptoms I had were some pain where the band was, and three unsuccessful fills. No I did not go back to Mexico to have it removed. No I will not have another one placed, doc says it can be done, but I don't want to go thru this again. Thank you all for your support. Chrissy