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Just wanted to update on my erosion stats: My band did not erode but it was removed So my stats are as follows Banded 7/13/05 Removed 5/31/06 Dr. Jawad, Ocala, Fl. My band was removed due to medical complications, my body rejected the band!!

Just curious Klynn, you only had 35lbs to lose and you were banded?

Rachele, Thanks a bunch for clearing that up for me!! I didnt think you were trying to sell me your surgery at all, just trying to make me aware that I have other options and I have been looking at the differences between both. I appreciate your advice!!! Thanks!!

Hi Paula, Yes I have already posted my stats on that board awhile back. I am really curious how all of that will turn out. Thank you so much for your support, it's really appreciated!! Jo Ann

Thanks Teresa and Amanda for your responses and kind words. Teresa, I really haven't given much thought to the DS, someone had brought it up, it entered my mind and it left just as quickly!! LOL!! I don't think that I could consider a surgery that many doctors are not willing to do anymore, I totally agree with you on that. God willing,If it is supposed to be I would go with the RNY over anything else. So I'll just have to see what happens. I am leaving in Gods hands right now. I will make the phone call on Monday morning to see if my insurance will pay for the revision to the RNY and if it's supposed to be then it will happen. If not then I guess I will have to go at it alone and see what happens. Thanks again for the advice!! It is much appreciated! Thank you for keeping me in your prayers, I can use all the help I can get right now!!

Thank you all for your kind words and support. At this point in time I think that I am going to do the RNY. My over all health and living a longer life is more important to me at this point and I know that I would never be able to go at this on my own. So I will be making that call monday morning to the surgeons office and see about getting the ball rolling and seeing if the insurance company will pay for a revision. Keep your fingers crossed for me!! I'll keep you all posted!! Jo Ann

Thank you all for all of your kind words and keeping me in your prayers. Like I said before it is so needed to hear these kind words. They truely mean a lot to me. Thank you all!! Lena, I am so sorry to hear about your band!! It is such a horrible position to be in. Especially for after having it for so long and then having to have to part with it. My heart goes out to you and you'll be in my thoughts and prayers. You too keep writing and let us know how your doing. As I sit here right now I have been up most of the night choking on acid and having major pain so in a little while I will be driving up to my surgeons office to have them remove the little bit of saline that they put in me yesterday for that "last try". It kinda made it final through the night that my band is going to have to come out. Where I go from there, I'm not sure. RNY scares me, but if I could keep my weight off without surgical intervention I would of done so a long time ago. I just don't know what to do and I feel so lost and helpless. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers that I can make the right decision for myself. I really truely thought that the lap band would of been the answer for me, it's not. Thank you all again!! I'll keep you all updated!! Jo Ann

Thank you all so much for your kind words and thoughts. They are much needed and appreciated at this time!! It's nice to know that there are people out there who know what your going through and to care. It brings a little happiness into my day when it is so very much needed. Thank you!!

Thanks so much Sue for your response. You bring up a good point and I have thought a little bit about that. I don't think that I can go at it alone. If I could of gone at it alone in the first place I wouldn't be fat to begin with right?? LOL!! It's like a never ending vicious cycle!! I wouldn't have to go through 3 surgeries. He said he would take the band out and do the revision at the same time. I don't know too much about the DS, but it's something to look into. But I am taking your advice to heart. I'm at a crossroads and I have a lot of thinking and decision making to do. With the help of God and my friends and family and with help from people on here like you I hope I can make the right decision. Jo Ann

:cry Just thought I would let you all know what happened when I went to see the surgeon today. As some you of know I have been having problems with my lap band for over the past 5 months or so. It was not a very good day for me, and I really wasn’t anticipating what he had said to me. Basically, the cliff note version of what happened was my band is going to have to come out. My body doesn’t seem to want it inside of me. It’s pretty much rejecting it. I probably will never be able to have proper restriction with the band. And now due to the reflux that I have been having from the band it most likely will get worse (the reflux) with the band inside of me and it will have to come out anyway. So my two options are at this point is to have the band removed completely and I guess stay fat the rest of my life and unhealthy or have the band removed and have a revision to RNY. So I have a lot to think about. We did go ahead and put a little bit of a fill in the band to try and give it that once last shot, but nobody thinks it will work. The amount that they put in will still not give me restriction but it will help some. If this fill does manage to stay in they will try and put a little more in next month and see what happens with that one. If this one has to be removed (unfilled) or the next one has to be unfilled then the band needs to come out. So basically that’s it in a nutshell, very sad and depressing. I have a lot to think about in the next coming weeks and to make a final decision. If any of you have any input I would love to hear it. Well just wanted to let you all know!! I hope your having a better day than me!! Take care and talk to you all soon!! Jo Ann

Thank you la madam and newsho for your kind words!! I will definitley let you all know how things go next thursday!!

Thank you everyone for your responses!! Trust me, it may have taken me over 4 months for them to finally start believing me, and I'm not going away until it's made right, whatever the outcome mayb be. Everyone knows their own bodies and knows when something is wrong. And nothing has been right since a month or so out. I demanded to have an appointment with the surgeon, not the nurse practioner and I will be seen next thursday to go over the results of the test I had yesterday and hopefully will leave there with some satisfying answers. I will keep you all posted as to whats going on!! Thanks so much for the support!! Jo Ann

I guess I should of given more details in my post but my doctor is not into fill me up totally and then take it out. He has put in as little as .2cc's and the pain has happened.(It happens with ANY amount of fluid in the band. Whether it be .1cc's or 3'ccs.) It doesn't always happen right away. It can happen in as little as right away or 24hours later, it just depends. And I don't go home right away, I do stay around the doctors office usually around 4 hours.But I can't stay there for 24 hours. In my original post I didn't go into every single detail and I guess I should of that's my fault, I only gave an example of a few times. It is diaphraghmatic pain, that was already determined, we just don't know exactly what is cause of the diaphragm pain is. After my test yesterday we found out that my band was placed too high, but that was due to a fat pocket, so at this point it's still either the fat pocket, or I developed a hernia, which is just another guess at this point until I get the final results of the test. So hopefully I won't be in the dark much longer. And if this test doesn't give a definite answer then I will be going for more tests. Thank you so much for your response!! I really do appreciate the feedback, and I do apologize for not making my original post a lot clearer. Thanks again, Jo Ann

I hope so too Alex!! I go next thursday to see what we can do to resolve this problem and part of me is NOT looking forward to it. It was hard enough to convince them that something was wrong now I have to go to him and tell him you screwed up!! LOL!! It will be interesting to say the least!! Wish me luck!!! Jo Ann

Hello!! Just wanted to let you all know the results of my Upper GI today. Well thank God there is no slip, I have developed some major acid reflux, there are no leaks whatsoever, but I’ve come to find out that my band is not where it’s supposed to be. It was placed way too high up according to the doctor who did the test today. She (the doc. Who did the testing) seems to think the problems that I am going through with all the band is definitely caused from the band being placed too high up. It’s nowhere near the place by the stomach where it is supposed to be. So I will be talking to the doctor about this to see if he could fix this problem for me. She said I will continue to have these problems if the band is not properly placed. So I’ll have to wait to see what happens. She said I stopped losing weight because it’s like I don’t even have a band. Which I agree with her because the only way I do know that I have a band is when they fill me and I get nothing but pain and then I have to be unfilled to stop the pain. So at least at this point I have a definite answer as to what’s going on inside of my body, I’m relieved, but I’m really upset with the doctor at this point. So we’ll see what happens!! Thanks again for all of your support, Jo Ann