I went and saw my LB doc this week; we emptied my band out 100% and did the barium x-ray; though that goes through just fine and my band placement is just fine I am still vomiting solid foods. Not all just most.
We agreed that this is not working for me and going through my record not only have I gained all the weight back but plus some. We see that I have never really found that "sweet spot" and have always struggled with keeping food down throughout the last 7/8 years so he has agreed I am not a good candidate and we plan to have it removed.
We are waiting on insurance to confirm if they will cover the removal and he believes they will.
After doing more research my boyfriend and I are under the belief that my body is actually rejecting the band; the pains are still really sharp and a big pain and I am just really nervous but relieved to have this removed.
I had started panicking over the idea of not having the lap band but then I remembered the years of vomiting, fighting to keep food down, always having to stand up in order to eat; choking on liquid and eventually just trying to find anything that would not cause all of the above. My hope is that he gets in there, gets it out and does not find anything else wrong with me while he's poking around inside of my gut.
Regardless, he is pretty positive everything will go fine and I will leave the removal surgery with no stomach scaring and no more restriction. This I really am hoping for.
On top of that I am already writing out a new meal plan and a work out schedule that I can start as soon as my incisions are good to go. I plan on doing this the right and healthy way. I am so excited to be able to eat real whole foods without the chance of throwing them up. It will be slow, but as this entire process has shown me there is no fix without fixing yourself by yourself and without some foreign object being put into you.
With that said I hold no ill judgement on anyone else and their choice; I just know that this is the best route for me personally. On top of all this after telling all of this to my father (who had the band put in a few months before myself and struggles with getting food to go down just like I do) he sounds hopeful of having his removed as well.
A life without vomiting at almost every meal sounds so amazing!
As for the pain you mentioned that you have @@Julie norton I use to deal with a lot of gas pain (especially after my gallbladder was removed) and I helped resolve and settle that with an essential oil from doTERRA called Digestzen in some Water. A little goes a long way and it really has helped me with gas pains and some really gnarly abdominal bloating issues.
I would suggest checking in with your LB doc just to make sure everything is going okay on your end; and then you also don't have to worry about anything. Worry causes more harm then good.
With all of this said out of 5 people (one being myself) that I know of who has had the lap band only 1 is successful and that is mainly because they follow all the fad diets and has had plastic surgery to remove fat around the belly, legs arms and neck/face.
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