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chicamam1

LAP-BAND Patients
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About chicamam1

  • Rank
    Bariatric Guru
  • Birthday 04/02/1975

About Me

  • Biography
    I am a mom of 4 married to hubby for almost 10 years. I love sports such as softball, volleyball and cant wait to play next year!!
  • Interests
    My interests include current news, sports, I like to play texas hold em poker and spend time with my family.
  • Occupation
    I work at Premera/Lifewise insurance company.
  • City
    Bend
  • State
    Oregon
  1. Happy 38th Birthday chicamam1!

  2. Happy 37th Birthday chicamam1!

  3. 3 years has passed since you registered at LapBandTalk! Happy 3rd Anniversary chicamam1!

  4. hey there just wanted to check in on you!! drop me a line sometime :)

  5. Hey darlin, you doing okay? Havent seen you in awhile. How are you feeling?

  6. chicamam1

    Anyone living with a slipped band?

    My band First slipped this year and i got total unfill for a month. then we tried refilling and two months later I slipped again and had to do complete unfill. My band has not been removed or surgically fixed. Im self pay so unless leaving in the unfilled band is causing complications it will just stay there. I can eat normally now tho. So yes, I am just living with a slipped band currently. They have told me to never get it filled again as the same thing will concurrently happen. Im pretty much at goal, and may consider a sleeve when I can come up with the money for revision.
  7. chica, you look so great. i hope you feel wonderful

  8. Hi, u look great!!!

  9. chicamam1

    My story

    So i was banded 9.15.08 all was well and I did get to goal in 10 months. which is so wonderful. In Aug out of nowhere couldnt eat or drink, Went to ER and had slip where stomach came up through the band. I got complete unfill and waited a month and then started the fill process. Finally got back to where I was and out of nowhere same thing happened, reflux pain, cannot drink or eat. Went to Er, got complete unfill and they say my band is sitting too horizontal so it slipped again or never really fixed itself the first time. My options as self pay are ( from surgeon) if removal of fluid thereafter, there are no complications can leave the band in deflated since I cant cough up the money to remove it. Or if i have major complications I will get band removed as an emergency surgery which could cost me an arm and a leg I dont have. So for now the band will remain unfilled forever, and Im hoping I can get money someday to go to Mexico and get a revision and removal for less than half of the cost here. After a year, my band is rendered useless. Thank Goodness I was at goal when all this started to happen and im so scared of gaining the weight back but I got to be strong and know I can maintain right?
  10. chicamam1

    Fill under fluoro...failed

    well i do hope all goes well. Hopefully your port being angled and shifting ( which means it has moved from the original place it was sewn which means stitchings came loose) doesnt cause any problems with fills in the future for you as that would be a major PITA for you for sure. but Im sure all will be well. Good luck with your future fills.
  11. chicamam1

    Fill under fluoro...failed

    my only concern regarding this is what is going to change waiting a month? Are they thinking the port is going to magically be put back into place. If they had such trouble they should be looking at options for a port revision IMO to avoid any delay for you for fills in the future. I only say this as my port as flipped and thank goodness its so close to the surface it can be fiddled with to get in the correct position. I just dont see the logic of the surgeon there. I am sorry you have gone through this I would be disappointed as well. :drool: I hope next month the same problem doesn't occur.
  12. chicamam1

    Not losing weight - very frusterated

    First of all hang in there you will be ok I promise. Its hard at first when you are trying to get the proper restriction and still are eating more than the 4 oz they ask us to eat. Second you only have 45 to lose. I can tell you from personal experience, when I only had that amount left to lose the weight was Stubborn!!!! A glass of wine now and then wont kill you. Its like 200 cals and neither will a dessert. IN FACT its good to treat yourself once in awhile so you dont binge. Everything in moderation is key. THe things I would look at right now is how big are your portions? are you weighing, measuring? What is the exercise intake? with only 45 to lose you may have to exercise and kick that up more to start weight loss. I do understand your frustrated but I would suggest calling your doc and reviewing a plan of action so you can start seeing some results! I wish you the best of luck
  13. hello i just want to say u look good i bet u feel real good about yourself!!! so what was your starting weight how long did it take you to lose i got mine aug of this year and im kind of in a stand point did that happen to you?

  14. What a beautiful transformation! Congratulations - you look fantastic!

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