SunshineSA31

So it's been two weeks since I had the band out and my life is 100% better! I feel so good! Highly recommended. If you're having complications it can be instantly fixed. The surgery was easy to get over, a lot quicker than the original band placement and definitely easier than my slip repair last year. I went back to work two days after and I've started exercising again. We can do this with out the band!!! It's hard work, but it better than throwing up everyday and having to worry if that piece of food is going to get stuck again! Or in my case, getting water down in the morning. I'm serious people! Get it out! You won't regret it!!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know I'm back at home and I feel great! Can you hear that? Silence! No burping and I drank Water this morning!! My band removal surgery went well, I was of course a little scared just going through another surgery but it was all worth it. No regrets so far!! I'm a little tried and my back hurts from the air they use to puff you up (although its not at my as before when I got the band or with the second slip surgery). And of course I have pain from the incisions, but again, it's all temporary pain. I'm so excited to get through this so I can enjoy life again especially with my new husband who has been there for me every step of the way, he deserves this as much as I do! Thanks for reading. And if anyone thinking about getting the band or getting it removed, please email me if you want the honest truth! Artherpurple@yahoo.com -Jennifer

So after my post I started experiencing a lot of pain so we called my doctor and he met us at his office within 30 (but feels like hours when you're in that much pain) and he took everything out of my band. I only had 4cc but when he took everything out it was so loud and such a relief. But I still couldn't get Water to go down, so I'm sitting in bed again, but this time it's a hospital bed about to get my band removed. 3 hours to go. It's bittersweet because I'm scared I'll blow up and be 300 pounds again, but the other side of me is so relieved because I haven't had a good day since I got the band 4 years ago. Of course I've had good days but not a day has gone by where I've had to strategically place myself to be next to the bathroom, or pretend I'm not hungry because I don't want anyone to see me 'eat' Soup again. Or have to suggest a noisy restaurant so no one will hear me burp. We adapt to what we were given in life and now I will no longer have to center my life around the plastic noose around my sensitive stomach. It's my life and I control it. If I want to lose weight then I can, if I want to be heavy and lazy, then I can choose that way too, but I'M in control now. It's all on me and I have learned a very important (and expensive) lesson. Now is my time to shine and I have the scars to remind me everyday of how I'm in control! Wish me luck fellow banders. I feel like today is the first day of my new life. -jenn (sunshine)

Wow, I really can't believe I'm not the only one with these issues. I'm sitting up in bed right now at 3:00am, burping because I drank water! I had my band 'installed' about 4 years ago and last year had surgery because it had slipped and also had a hernia. I was burping the same way constantly. And now I'm sitting in bed thinking it has slipped again. I just really want this thing out of my life. My husband hates it, it's embarrassing to be at work and have your stomach sound like a flushing toilet, and all I want to eat is a salad! If you're reading this to research lap band complications, do NOT get the band if you have a sensitive stomach. Really think about it. I read things too and choose to ignore them, but please please save yourself the money, frustration, and embarrassment of having a lap band! I know a lot of people have success, but a lot of us don't and we follow the rules! Exactly! And we still have complications! I wish I had never done this to my body. It is not natural and I'm hopeful through hard work I can loose weight. I'm so willing to do whatever it takes...just make the burping stop!!!