marimar66

lace131 I feel your pain. I was lucky enough to get a credit card from capital 1 with one year no interest. There were other loaning options with less favorable rates, which I was ready to pay if I had to. I was so desperate I was ready to borrow against my house if I had no other option. Before I investigated the surgery in Mexico I was even willing to go into debt the 25-30 grand that the surgery would have cost in the US. Keep trying to find a solution. Insurance companies are so frustrating!

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I self paid my band in Mexico almost 11 yrs ago. At the time I paid around 9,000 for the surgery. I went through all the trying to find the "sweet spot" and was never successful. A little over 4 months ago I made the decision to return to Mexico to have a revision from band to gastric. I paid around 6,000 to have the band removed and have gastric done. BEST DECISION EVER!!! dr. Ponce de leon in Tijuana through Bariatric Pal was a great experience. I borrowed the money and would do it again in a minute. Down 70lbs and going. I feel great! I wouldn't waste any more time trying to make the band work. You deserve to have a surgery that works for you. Good luck.

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I agree, after spending 11 years with a worthless band I would have never revised to the sleeve. In less than 5 months I have had more success with gastric bypass than I did with all the years with the band. I just get happier everyday that I had it done.

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I am 4 1/2 months out from gbp and I've only lost 59lbs. I hit plateaus of 3 to 4 weeks at a time and it's very frustrating. What should I be doing different? Any suggestions would be great.

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I'm at about the same time out as you and have lost right at 60lbs. My body does the same thing. I won't lose for a couple of weeks y then I'll drop 3-4 lbs. I've lost on average a little more than 10lbs a month. For me 10lbs a month continuously is awesome!

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That is so exciting and great to hear! Congratulations on your success!

In tge beginning i was about the biggest success i had heard about from the band. I was happy with my rapid weight loss of 75#. But then it just stopped and it was such a struggle. So much vomitting from an overtight band....you know...a living hell!! But the doctors kept telling me it was me!

Im really afraid of having the bypass because it's a so permanent. Im terrified! !

Do you regret it at all and can you eat normal foods yet?

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I do not have any regrets. I feel great and have from the beginning. I was walking the halls of the hospital the next day and walking on the beach just a couple of days later. I have fought my weight my entire life and for once I'm losing at a constant rate. I eat everything, just not a lot. I try to get in a good amount of Protein, but other than that I eat what I want. I was tracking my food, but just stopped because I don't want to spend the rest of my life thinking about food. I'm am trying now to listen to my body and feed it what it needs.

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Wow marimar66 your story is very similar to mine. I did have initial success with the band, losing 30kgs (75 pounds) but as problems developed each time i had the Fluid out to recover i would gain a bit back. 4 kgs here...5 kgs there... eventually after 5 years I've gained it all back. ..and spend 24 hours a day beating myself up for failing!!! Its worse than if id never had the band really.

I found out a couple of years ago that in Australia surgeons are paid more to temove the band than to put it in! Its a win win for the surgeons.

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I would never recommend anyone have the band! I know there are some who have had success, but no one that I know personally. I have felt great since my revision and wished I had looked into having it along time ago. I'm now seeing my efforts pay off.

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My story as well! Except I am a little further along. I had my band for nearly 12 years. Banded in 04. Lost 90 lbs. Trouble began. I converted to bypass on 9/15/15 and have been at my goal weight of 165 for 6 months. Life is good! This surgery is night and day from the band. My dr. still places bands and I scold him about it all the time. Success rate is much too low. Good luck!

How much have you lost with the bypass if you don't mind me asking? And how long did it take?

I am on process of fulfilling insurance requirements in order to get revision to RNY and I am nervous I won't lose will even with bypass. I have extremely slow metabolism, I hit a plateau 2nd week after lap band surgery, hearing that the weight loss is slower after revision makes me very nervous. I have about 120 lbs I want to lose to be at goal.

Guess I need some emotional pick me up here

I have lost 60 lbs since November 2015 with the revision. Best decision I have ever made!

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Hello! I am new to this forum and I am looking for some help/insight. I was banded in 2010 and lost over 90 pounds my first 15 months. Felt great and then I started having the same issues and problems that many people have, terrible reflux, vomiting, difficulty with solid food. Reflux so bad I can't lay down or eat. I am also having pain in my port site. Slider foods are the only thing I can eat and not get sick or get stuck. I get stuck on eggs!!! I am so over this lap band and deeply regret my choice. Several fills/Unfills/adjustments and I am still not where I need to be. My weight is creeping up close to surgery date weight and I am miserable most days. Anyone have the same issues? I have an appointment with a new surgeon next week (the surgeon that did my surgery is no longer in state) and I don't know what he will say. I am hoping and praying I can get a revision because I am miserable and uncomfortable daily. Any tips? Insurance issues? I am so appreciative of any support and insight.

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I was banded in July 2005. I was never successful with the band. I might have lost 20 lbs all together with the band. I did a lot of dieting, just as I had my entire life, but I would only lose while I was eating 500 calories a day and then gain it back. At one point I was even heavier than when I started. I weighed 309 the day of my lap band. Eating bad things was fine, but as soon as I tried to eat lean Protein or vegetables it was uncomfortable going down or would get stuck. I felt like a failure once again. How was it possible to be such a loser that I couldn't even be successful at weight loss even after wl surgery. After 10 years lost with the band I decided to go to Mexico to have a revision to gastric done. The insurance that I have will not cover anything to do with obesity. The great news is after the revision the weight has been coming off steadily. I weighed 288 the day of surgery and at a little over 4 1/2 months I'm down to 227! The gastric has been better than I could have imagined. Anyone who has had the band and not had success please don't waste any more time. I spent 10 years being disgusted with myself because I didn't lose the weight that everyone bragged about, I've since seen that there are many of us who weren't successful. I eat about the same as I did with the band, but now I actually lose weight!

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