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It is not about the body rejecting the band it is about the fact that the band damages the esophagus and the stomach wall or corroding into the stomach. Those things are just a matter of fact because of the fact that this idea of a band "strangling" our stomachs is just being a faulty concept to begin with. Believe me I was one of the illusional people who thought that this is a god given alternative to getting my stomach cut away. I had the band put in place almost 11 years ago and just got it removed last September. And I am glad I did ..... all my suffering from pain, GERD and blockage and vomiting is a nightmarish memory of the past. I have irreparable damage to my esophagus muscles and spinster, which will remind me of a $18,500-mistake I have made because the companies pushing sales of a medical devise, which many responsible surgeons now reject to put in. But companies still advertise agressivly and all because of the money being made and not the well-being of the patient. If you read reports from bariatric conferences and what surgeons have to say you will see that they see this devise as a failed mistake. I have the gastric sleeve now and am happy with it, happier than I have ever been.

Yes. The hospital I had surgery in usually does not do both in one procedure but since I suffer from Lupus they supported my request to have it all done at once.

Since I was hospitalized for 10 days and "plugged " onto an iv I had "gained" 7 pounds but I am at home now for a few days already. And so far lost all the Water weight. So I will see how it goes from here. Lost 23 in total as of this day.

Nope not really. Do far they have found out that I have Bronchiectasis and the CT scan and x-ray revealed spots on my lung and they suspect cancer. I am now waiting for a lung biopsy. Not the outcome I was expecting. But hey one has to see this from the glass full position :at least I have a week of vacation and somebody else prepares my daily meals

Me too But I am back in the hospital with lung bleeding. Do those are not the best of circumstances to get back into a natural rhythm

Good to hear you all are doing so well. I am down 22 pounds as of today. Except for those two nights of stabbing pain in my right chest, which seems to have disappeared and acid reflux in the evening I am doing great. Already entered the next size jeans, 14 stretch , which is probably a 16 I try to eat anti-reflux food after 3pm every day now and especially oatmeal with some fruit seems to do a good job. But even though I HATE taking those acid reflux meds, I got myself Zantac 150 for night burn. 2 nights I took one and I slept like a baby and last night I did not take any but woke up at 1 a.m. with burning in my esophagus. So I took only 1/2 of a tablet and I could fall aleep again. Other than that .... if my acid reflux does not get worse .... I am the happiest person on this earth. I am super glad that I got my pain-causing band out and got a sleeve !!!!!! Hope you all have a perfect day!

I apologize for my ignorance but what is a Charlie Horse?

Same this night woke up at 3 with stabbing pain in the same spot. My right chest into my breast and this time it was clearly accompanied by acid reflux pain. So now I am completely thrown off. This time I did not rake pain killers but ate a banana ( or 3 bites if it) and drank water and the pain slowly went away. Is that the new indication of acid reflux??????? And I will not take anti acid reflux meds because I do not believe in them. I will have to learn which foods trigger acid refux and will have to eat accordingly.

All the best for your big day. Soon you will be a happy SLEEVER

I did not have to do anything except to tell my family doctor what health issues I had with the band. And he referred me to our bariatric centre in our hospital. From there I agreed to get the sleeve done after the band was removed. I am in Canada we have free health coverage here. This falls under our health care system. Check out this website for other topics which are exactly talking about this issue and the process in the US. I know there you will be able to get a lot of answers to your questions. I hope this helps.

No it had nothing to do with hard burn because I have had horrific acid reflux with the band. Last night after I took quite a few pain killers it took me until 5am this morning to fall asleep but when I woke up at 8 am it was like nothing had happened. So I am now wondering maybe it was some kind of gas that was trapped somewhere and with the move I made when I laid down it moved to my right chest and caused that stabbing pain. So I really have no other explanation for it. @ bebeandkoko I hope you got some rest last night after the meds too. !!

@@bebeandkoko I hate to say this but I am glad there is somebody with the same symptoms. Believe me I do wish you would not feel this but not being alone in this helps. I just decided to grab a handful of chewable baby anvils an hour ago and for the last about 20 minutes the pain has numbed away. So I will try to get some more sleep and will keep you uptodate on this tomorrow. I wish you get some sleep too.

Yes but I am 1.5 weeks out and had not had any gas pain before the entire time. So why would it show up after 10 days?

Hi All I need advise! My surgery was on the 8th of September - 1.5 week ago. I even had my checkup with the hospital nurse yesterday and all seems to be perfect, great healing, good weight loss, no pain. Last night when I went to bed out of nowhere it seems I felt a sudden sharp stabbing pain in my right chest every time I try to pull in a breath. I tried to kind of sit more upright in my bed because the pain breathing was not as bed and I managed to fall a sleep. But it is only 1:50 am and I just woke up 20 min ago because of this pain . Anybody any idea what this could be. Otherwise I do not feel sick nor do I am dizzy or have a temperature or any other pain . PLEASE help if any of you has an idea or experienced the same. Thanks

Hey - I am out 8 days and I am too feeling much MUCH better. Not to my very best but healing is still in process so I do not mind too much. Regarding drinking - I still make myself sip because if I do not pay attention I would drink way to fast and therefore too much at once.