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My aunt was 465 when she got her band. She is now 225!! She feels great and looks amazing!!! Her family Dr wanted her to get bypass but she said no. Thank god because she has had great results!

Im sorry you are having such a bad time. I was banded in 2006. I have had severe shoulder pain from day one. I have to take tramadol for the pain. Not really happy about that but it is horrible. I am trying to get my band replaced with the newer one. I just really feel it is positioned wrong and hitting a nerve. I have to wait for insurance to hopefuly say yes. I cant get any fills because it makes the pain worse. I had lost 114. Now I have gained 40 back. :-( I hope things get better for you. I told my Dr I never want it removed because I know how fast m weight would go back up. Good luck!

I have very thick hair and I lost alot of it for about a year after my band. It was so scary and got so bad that I would cry while doing my hair. Luckily I didnt go bald and it did come back better then ever. I spent alot of money on biotin and vitamins and also protien shakes. Nothing worked for me but time. It kind of has to run its course i think. Its been 4 years and i still shed more then I did but it is nice and thick again. Good luck to you. It will slow down.

I just wanted to see if you have found any relief from the shoulder pain yet. I have not. I had surgery Monday so they could look at my band to see if there is some kind of scar tissue build up or something. Well they found nothing and ended up taking out my gall bladder. They think that might have been causing some of the gas that caused my shoulder pain. It is still there though and has not changed at all. I to am very discouraged. I hope things are working out for you.

I have had my band for 3 years now and have had shoulder pain for most of that time. It is horrible. In fact my Dr thought it might be scar tissue build up around my band so they went in to check it out this Monday. They ended up taking my gall bladder but found nothing wrong with my band. So I am back to the beginning now. I cant get a fill because it makes the pain much worse. They are hoping that taking out my gall bladder might help. So far it has not but maybe I am just feeling the gas from surgery. It is so frustrating. To be hones the only way I can make it on some days is by taking pain meds. I am a mom and when this pain is really bad which is right before my time of the month I can not function without something strong. I can usually handle pain pretty well. But this really knocks me on my butt. I hate to scare people who are considering getting the band. I do not regret getting it all and my biggest fear is that I will have to get it taken out. Sorry to go on and on about this. I just really hope that this surgery I had Monday was not for nothing. Good luck to all of you who are having this. I hope they figure it out soon.

I am sorry that you are going through this. I remember before I got my surgery my husband met a man whose wife had lap band and told him that she changed after her surgery and left him. I am realizing that in my opinion most of the time it is them that changes. I just told my husband that the other day when he was checking up on me. He had never ever checked on me before and now he does. He said it is because I was never a social person and now I am very social and he admits that it kind of makes him insecure. Luckily we talk about it alot and I tell him I understand. But he has never been mean to me about it. You should deffinitly tell your husband it is in his best interest to go get some counseling with you. Maybe if he sees you going he will agree. I can totally understand the insecure thing but there is no reason he should be mean to you. Good luck and hang in there.

You will lose weight and he will still love you. My husband loved me totally at 319. He acts like my weight loss has not changed how he feels. But I see how much he enjoys looking at me when we are alone and he is really enjoying it. I was so lucky to have someone who loved me regardless. But I could have never imagined how much WE would enjoy my weight loss. Good luck to you!

I am going through this with my husband of 10 years now. I was always a bigger girl and I think this has been very hard for him. He is happy for me and we are really enjoying the new body I have. But he does fear that I will not know how to handle myself if the oppertunity comes up. I dont feel he is being a jealous husband. I just feel he knows he has a good thing and is scared to lose it. I know that the attention I get now is totally new to me and I can see how it could be a problem for some people. I love my husband and family enough that I can controle myself. But I deffinitly understand why he feels this way. I hate the way people try to make our husbands out to be jealous or insecure. Its the real world and I see alot of people lose people that they love and trust all the time. These men just love us no matter what size we are and are scared to lose us. I am blessed to have a husband like that. At times it does get annoying. But I sat down with him this past weekend and just told him I understand where he is coming from but he has to change the way he approaches matters. I just want him to talk to me when he feels this way and not instantly go off like I have done something wrong. I am just trying to be understanding.

I have been married for 10 years and my husband has never heard me pass gas either. Everyone thinks I am crazy so it is nice to know that someone else is the same way. It is hard though. I also have a lot of gas. I just go out of the room a lot. Good luck to you.

I had it at my mother n laws about 2 weeks ago. I got such bad gas that I was in pain for 2 days. Since I got my band I get gas very easy. But I have to say that was the worse I have ever had.

I dont know if this has already been said or not but you know your a bandster when you always have a sweater in your car just in case you get cold when you go somewhere.

I have a friend who is thinking about getting the lap band. I am not sure what his weight is. I just wanted to see if anyone might know what the weight limit is. I know that my Dr. has a cut off but I am not sure what it is. Any info would help. Thanks.

Wow! I am so sorry for all that you have been through. I pray that I never have to lose my band. I have had really bad shoulder pain since day one. That was over 2 years ago. But I still do not want to go back to my original weight. I know that I would also go right back to eating like I did before. I wish you all the best and thanks for sharing.