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So I am having a TNE done with only local anesthesia. I'm nervous! Wondering if anyone else has had this and if so, how bad did it hurt?

I just started the process yesterday with Dr. Nussbaum! I'm so excited. Sorry you had to switch.

For my band I had to have a letter of medical necessity, a psych eval, and a nutrition eval. I was just wondering if you had to go through all of this over again in order for you to have your revision.

Yes discomfort. I will have to wait for the office to actually close in order to reach a doctor on call. Sounds stupid right? I just don't feel that the secretary relayed my message

Thank you for the reply. I am not near Valley, I actually have to go to an Atlantic Health Hospital due to being an employee and only having ER visits covered by my insurance at Atlantic Health Facilities. I'll have to call and see if they recommend me anything. I was told that if I get dehydrated, that I can call the office again for the on call doctor ????

Hi all! When I had my lap band placed, I was back to work in 1 week. I'm imagining the sleeve revision won't be the same. I'm just curious about how long did it take you to go back to work? I'll be doing the 2 step process also

Did you end up finding someone? I'm in NJ also and interested

I hate mine too! I'm advising to the sleeve as soon as I possibly can.

I had my daughter in November! I had a high risk pregnancy due to complications from a previous pregnancy and had no problems with the band while pregnant other than the port site being tender because it pushed against my skin more, baby always had her feet in that spot. All went well we had a healthy pregnancy and an easy delivery. Just be sure to get enough carbohydrates or to take folate supplements to avoid spina bifida.

I have been stuck for at LEAST 24 hours. I called my surgeon's office and was told I need an adjustment and scheduled for Monday (it's Friday now). I can't get fluids down or anything. I'm suspecting a slip. I'm already dehydrated. I don't know what else I can do. Does anyone have advice?

2 months. I had my surgery 3 months almost to the date of my initial consult. I also work at and have insurance through the hospital it was performed at. The doctor is one of our attendings, I'm sure that had something to do with the easy process.

It could be from the popularity of the sleeve. The lap-band seems like yesterday's news. When I went for my initial consult my doctor said he recommended the sleeve for me and when I told him I still wanted the band he asked "why?". To be honest, I am kicking myself in the ass for not listening to him. I hate this stupid lap-band. I am going to try to get back on track though and make the best out of a bad situation. Also, not to mention, doing nursing clinicals on the bariatric floor at the hospital I work at, we see more lap-band complications than any other bariatric surgery, I don't know if this has anything to do with it.

I do understand exactly what she is saying. I feel similarly. Do I regret having weight loss surgery? No absolutely not. Do I regret chosing the band as my surgery? Well... yes, I sure do! It works for some people but it does not work for me. I have lost 50 lbs so far but that is from dieting with the band. I cannot lose weight just by eating smaller portions, I cannot lose weight just by eating healthy, I actually have to be on a strict low carb diet. At this point I have spiriled out of control again. I just do not have time to think about what I put into my body. I am lucky if I find time during my day for sleep! I work overnights and I am in nursing school during the day. The last thing on my mind is food. Sometimes when I eat, I am so tight and nothing will go down, everything comes back up and yes it does feel like you are choking. I have ruined dates and family outings to restaurants because I had to either run to the bathroom every few minutes to vomit or because I looked like a jerk by only taking one bite of food and taking the rest home. It is unpleasant when you get stuck. You can try to make it go down but for me, so much mucous comes up! This goes with any foods when I am too tight, junk food, healthy food, or slider foods, or even Water. NOTHING will go down! I hate it! The rest of the time if I am not feeling "too tight", I am too lose and literally everything goes down. I could eat A LOT of food, just as I did before I had surgery. This is not because I want to but because of the addiction I still have to food. I really wish I chose the sleeve because then I would physically feel full. I am going to look into revision. Not everyone is the same though. Some people find that the lapband is exactly what they were looking for.

This is just so frustrating. I'm thinking about doing the 5 day pouch test.

There are some points during the day when I have so much restriction I can't swollow anything no matter what consistancy it is. There are other points in the day when I have no restriction whatsoever and it's as if I never even had the surgery. This is so frustrating and I have given up on my weight loss journey because this surgery that was supposed to help me has only made things more difficult! I want to do a band to sleeve revision however I have only had the band for 9 1/2 months. I don't know what to do. I am also unable to see my surgeon at the moment.

Not sure but I too have Qualcare in NJ from the hospital I work at and I am curious to know your result. I haven't even had my band yet for a year though. I just don't like it. It's either that I'm too tight and can't eat anything at all or later in the day I have no restriction whatsoever!

Carbs in general are slider foods... I have learned how to eat around the band so with enough chewing anything can be a slider food... just not as much. Ugh! this makes the journey much harder than expected

I have the band but my Dr also allowed solids after 1 week but advised to choose foods that were moist like fish instead of chicken and to chew well. No complications so far.

Between family parties and celebrating my last blast for awhile before starting nursing school, working overnights, breaking up with my bf of three years and gaining a new one... This summer has been a hell of a ride and my weightloss efforts have suffered. I really let all of these things take the front seat in my life. I have put my weightloss on the back burner. I did well for awhile and when I get back into that groove I lose pretty quickly. I just saw a 2 week pause and kind of gave up. I can't seem to find the drive to get back into my low carbing and I keep finding that I am making a lot of excuses for myself. I have found out how to eat around the band even though I am pretty tight. I usually have no issues when I eliminate carbs...the band does its job. This is awful and I'm really upset at myself

The pill doesn't necessarily make you gain weight but the hormones that are released definitely play a part in weight gain. I have Mirena IUD and the hormones stay located to that specific area. It usually does not encourage weight gain

I know what it's like to lose a child, only in a much different way. There are still many similarities. I gave birth to my sleeping angel Anthony John "AJ" October 21 2012. I was only 21 years old. It's not an easy thing for anyone to have to go through. That's part of the reason I had my surgery. I want to better myself for future babies. I had a placenta abruption due to pre-eclampsia. Although my weight was not a factor in my illness, I'm sure it didn't help. So sorry for your losses. I know the pain all too well. It's different but still, being a parent and feeling responsible and feeling like it should have been you instead of them... that this is unnatural and unfair...I understand that very much. From there, I just look at him as my inspiration for everything positive in life. He keeps me going. I live my entire life, every single day, in his honor. Every thing I do is still for him, just as if he were here on Earth because I know he is out there somewhere watching me and I want to make him proud.

I usually try to stick to spirits if I drink and believe me...when I drink I binge drink out of control... It's summer and I'm 23. Last summer free before I have to buckle down for nursing school so you do the math! I do drink until oblivion but I also low carb and I usually drink bacardi and crystal light. I end up in the morning with little to no hangover. The first time I binged after my surgery I had drank vodka (smirnoff lemon) mixed with crystal light lemonade and the volume of it itself had me throwing up the next morning. Be careful with that! I am careful to only have one or two mixed drinks and just do shots along with them if/ when I drink. I also didn't drink any sort of alcohol until 4 months post op. The alcohol hasn't affected my weight gain/loss at all and I usually drink like that about 1x-2x a week.

Congrats Alex!! Way to go and way to keep inspiring all of us and allowing us to inspire each other!

We have similar stats as well! Except you were banded after me! Way to go wow!!

We definitely are band sisters. Our stats are so much alike!! Let's keep it going, we can do it!!