daughter2LBer

I would have been there today, except I have a 6 month old and didnt have child care. I will however speak to the surgeon, but I want to know what is normal (or not) from other LBers. That way I know if her surgeon is blowing smoke and will request for her to find a new one.

Hi! 1st time poster and I am looking for advice. My mother has had surgery for her lapband 3 times to fix issues, not including the original time to put it in. She mostly recently had to go to the ER this morning to get the 3rd surgery and it has caused a hernia. I keep telling her to get it removed because I am really worried and do not think it is normal to have to go through this so many times. She has only had it for 6 months! First surgery was because the port was laying on its side and they could not give her a fill, the second and the third time were because of excessive vomitting (throwing up blood) which caused her stomach to go on the other side of the band (?). Can someone please tell me if this is normal or any advice would help. Also my mother has a slipped disc in her neck that she needs to take pain meds for, but doesnt because she is too afraid that any meds will cause more vomitting. If there is a place on the forum that has medications allowed for lapbanders, please point me in that directions. THANK YOU so much for any advice.