frenchvanilla

Good luck, let us know if it helps.

Will do!

very glad I found this forum subject.

I have been banded for 4 years now,within 1 year of being banded I was diagnosed with hashimotos, and then a year later Alopecia ( I am now completely bald) I have now been told im insulin resistant....Im not a doctor but i sure think the band gave me these problems,I did not have one health problem before the band,I was fat but not sick!!!

I am scheduled to have my lap band removed November 9th 2012..

Im hoping that maybe removing the band will stop these auto immune issues,I sure would love to no longer be bald!

well i have been banded for over 2 years and i have clumps of hair coming out & bald spots

I have been to several doctors and had tons of tests done and NO ONE can tel me anything

They all say there is nothing wrong with me!

Im sooooooo angry i have almost no hair left and 4 bald spots

I have pretty much given up because I have seen every doctor i can:sad:

hello all!

well I am 2 years banded & have almost no hair!! I have bald spots everywhere

I have been to every specialist and no one

can tell why this is happening

I am sooooo depressed and i have tried everything.

I even see a dermatologist who gives me steriod injections into the bald spots which does help the hair grow back but them there are always new bald spots popping up!

I feel defeated at this point and guess i will have no hair at all shortly

I take Vitamins,Biotin, Protein., liquid Iron

any other suggestions besides a wig would be helpful

well I was over 2 years ago,and guess what!? Im still losing hair!!!!! im almost bald in fact one morning i lifed up my hair on the right side and i had a bald spot! i have been to the dermatologist she have me steriod injections into the bald spot, prescribed a foam to put on it & told me to buy womens rogaine,but no one can tell me what has caused this, i have barely any hair left and the bald spot is getting bigger instead of smaller .

I am soooooo upset by this.I can not wear my hair up at all & i wonder if i am going to go totally bald.

and yes I have been going through this for almost 2 years!!!

good luck! I had my surgery at Cedar Sinai,hope all goes well with your consult!!!!

I seem to be very late to this thread, but after being banded 11/2008 I'm realizing now that I need some support.

If any of you are still out there and reading this, I'd love to do a meetup. I live in the Valley, but am amenable to driving over the hill.

Thanks.

HI!!! im also in the valley, send me a private message and maybe we can hang out, I also go to a support group once a month,maybe you could join us? :tt2: send me a message:thumbup:

Ive been banded 2 years now and to this day can not eat,bread,rice,or Pasta (thank God) if i was still able to eat those things i would have never lost the weight i have lost so far

Ive been banded since 6-26-08, no problems just very sloowwww weight loss

I am starting to think maybe I am a food addict. I think about food all the time and I eat for all kinds of reasons, hunger, cravings, boredom the list goes on and on. Something I am going to have to investigate for myself.

Well I know I am a food addict thats why i havent lost as much as i could have . they fixed my stomach to bad there is no band for my brain . Now that I know im a food addict ,how do i get help for that????!!!! I dont think i can afford therapy:sad:

Hello all! okay here is my question .... i have given up almost every food i ever ate that was bad for me since being banded,BUT the one thing i cant seem to give up is monterey jack jalepeno cheese! i ate 2 slices a day (deli slice) my question is could cheese really be the reason i am no longer losing any weight ?! (5 months) some people say its really fattening and some say its no that bad... i sooo hope i dint have to give up cheese!!! I am French we love bread (which i can no longer eat) and we love cheese! lol help !!!:tt1:

Just what i needed to hear to get myself back on track!! thank you sooo very much!

well for me personally i can literally not eat those foods,because the get stuck so even if wanted to i can

not which is a good thing if i was still able to eat bread, rice,or Pasta i wouldnt not have lost any weight

Have you tried the stop smoking pill chantix yet? I have been smoke free for 2 years now and I also smoked 2 packs a day.

Same here! i used Chantix,and have been smoke free for a little over 2 years now :wink:

I also have the same problem. i was banded June 2008! and it just barely has started to slow down on the Hair loss. i went to several doctors including my surgeon and no one had an answer for me. sorry but i am at a loss for words or answers as well

Will be 27 on jan 26 and dr is trying to get me in for surgery by then....I too am in lakewood (by the mall) and am looking for others to chat with to keep me motivated and just share experiences....my dr will be dr. Feiz in beverly hills and will also be at cedar sinai hospital....how was everyones stay @ the hospital and did anyone stay overnight?

I also had my surgery at Cedar Sinai, i liked it there and i did spend the night there, so your surgery day is fast approaching Congrats!

I wish they had told me that most likely i would only lose 50% of the weight i need to lose. so now i am down 54 pounds which is half. but now it wont budge at all. i count calories and have really been kickin some azz at the gym , and still no friggin weight losss in 4 months, i gotta say i wish i had gotten bypass surgery instead.Just my personal opinion

I respectfully disagree - I can't eat what I want and keep the weight off

Sugar & Fat are my drugs of choice.. I am at my sweet spot but these foods are sliders - My band isn't going to stop me from eating a box of See's candy.. Ya my band stops me from eating a 16 oz steak and a loaf of bread- but it doesn't do anything for the sweets, adult beverages..

So yes pple who are addicted to sweets you do have to be diligent in keeping their guard up against these foods..

I can't eat what I want to eat - I want the candy and Cookies and at night I have no control - so I don't have these foods in my house - I am a food addict - I am no diff than a crack addict - you can't leave a bag of crack on the kitchen table and not expect them to smoke it..

This isn't to say that I don't allow myself an occasional treats

but I can not eat like I would like to - if I did I would still weight 250 lbs

So for those of you who are sugar addicts - be careful during the holidays - Allow for some treats - but be mindful and aware of what you are eating..

I so agree with you i am sooo the sweet addict! if i eated what i want in small portions I wouldnt have lost what little weight i have lost so far!

Well i was banded June 2008! and have only lost 54 pounds i weigh 189 right now far from skinny,and guess what?! i have only 5.3 cc in my 10 cc band and they cant put anymore in because whenever they try to even put .2 i get stuck and cant even drink water! so my surgeon told me it will be up to me to eat only a cup of food, also i was eating 1200 calories a day and exercising every other day,well the dietician told me i should go down to 1000 calories a day,not easy to do when u dont have alot of restriction,one last thing my surgeon said i might not lose any more weight and no one will tell me why they think this, i havent lost any weight in 5 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now thats what i call real frustration!!!!!!!! you guys are just starting out be easy with yourselves you will make it!

I dont lose weight on 1200 calories. my dietician has put me on 1000 calories a day! WTF! maybe i should buy one of those buggs to!

I have 5.3 cc's in my 10 cc band, they tried to put .2 cc's this past friday but i couldnt keep Water down so they took the .2 out, my surgeon says it will just have to be up to me to not eat more than a cup of food! good its not going to be easy!!

well i have 5.3 cc's in a 10 cc band. on friday they tried to put another .2 cc's and i couldnt swallow water! they said that was the smallest amount they could put,and since i wasnt able to tolerate Water they took the .2 cc's out and kept me back at 5.3 ,they said it will be up to me to eat no more than a cup because they cant add any liquid , im a little disapointed,i have gained 2 pounds and i am more hungry than before but they say they cant do anything about it .

Mine is still falling out! and i was banded June 2008! and no one can tell me why! I eat almost all Protein, i take my Vitamins, i even take Biotin which is suppose to help. i have lost sooooo much hair!! all my blood work came back fine. so no one has an answer for me, kinda given up hope on figuring out whats wrong

I went from an 18 to a 12

B= coffee with splenda S= small apple L= kung pao chicken D= chicken pozole Soup