Lapband LaLa

http://youtu.be/fGiWh_-zR3E On June 20th, 2012 I was UNBANDED due to complications. I was banded for three years total. I lost all my weight but when my band failed I gained 40lbs back. So now my journey is going in a different direction and I am following the Eat to Live Plan by Dr. Joel Furhman. I have lost 11ls in two weeks and here is my story: Twitter: @lapbandlala Facebook: Lapbandlala Wordpress: Lapbandlala

On June 20th, 2012, I was unbanded in am emergency procedure. My band had eroded and I had an infection. The erosion caused a hole in my stomach that had to be repaired as well. I am now home and dealing with the physical healing as well as some emotional issues that really frighten me. http://youtu.be/GEGJ2geOW_g Lapbandlala@gmail.com www.facebook.com/LapbandLaLa http://lapbandlala.wordpress.com/

http://youtu.be/7qk_RWDa8sk On June 20, 2012 I was unbanded due to my lapband eroding. I also had an infection and a hole in my stomach. I was banded May 2009 and had no issues with the band until the third year. This is MY journey. I want to share my journey to help someone out there who may be experiencing the same thing. Where do you go when you are unbanded? Do you want more surgery? How will you maintain? NOW WHAT? Well, I don't have the answers but maybe we can find them together. Twitter: @lapbandlala Facebook: www.facebook.com/LapbandLaLa Blog: www.lapbandlala.wordpress.com

I am sad to report I will be unbanded asap. I was banded for a little over three years. I lost all my weight within 8 months. I was the happiest I have ever been in my life and then the problem started. Now what? How do I live my life unbanded? How do I get the band out since I was a self pay bander? With no insurance, that's almost impossible. How can something that was my intimate friend and helper become the enemy now? Warning...I let the F-Bomb out one time guys, if that upsets you, please don't listen. This is pretty emotional to me and I let it slip. My Video Diary Entry: http://youtu.be/vrPNTULVQOw LapbandLaLa@gmail.com www.lapbandlala.wordpress.com

http://youtu.be/bsJYqF5FVw4 Join me on my next steps from being a banded to being NOT BANDED. I had the lapband for a little over three years. The first two years were perfect and I lost all my weight within 8 months. I was the happiest ever! Then in my third year things went downhill. So what does a person do once they have been unbanded? Well...I don't know but I am willing to share my journey with you! LapbandLaLa@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/LapbandLaLa Twitter: @lapbandlala

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ppPP63ulCY&feature=plcp On June 20th I was unbanded. Leaving me with a checklist of emotional setbacks. I am working through them. At this point in my journey I have no idea what path I am going to take but I hope to share my decisions with you. I was banded May 2009. Lost all my weight in eight months, a POSTER CHILD for the lapband and then after two years it started to go downhill. I hope my story blesses you in some way and helps you on your WLS path. LapbandLaLa@gmail.com www.facebook.com/LapbandLaLa http://lapbandlala.wordpress.com/

yes, I have a whole blog from when I first started all the way up to now. Please feel free to read my journey. http://lapbandlala.wordpress.com/

http://youtu.be/7hHtmk9ZqPc On June 20th I was unbanded. Leaving me with a checklist of emotional setbacks. I am working through them. At this point in my journey I have no idea what path I am going to take but I hope to share my decisions with you. I was banded May 2009. Lost all my weight in eight months, a POSTER CHILD for the lapband and then after two years it started to go downhill. I hope my story blesses you in some way and helps you on your WLS path. LapbandLaLa@gmail.com www.facebook.com/LapbandLaLa http://lapbandlala.wordpress.com/

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And that is SO HARD for me to say. But my health was at risk and I guess I was SO caught up in the sheer madness of finally making this decision that I felt NOTHING would happen to me. It's part of why I followed the rules to a "T"! Perfect bander. But then again you are asking me when I am "reeling" from this and I am in a complete emotional frizzy. I just want to be honest!!!! SHARE my story and maybe help someone else see that there COULD be complications even if you doing everything right.

GET TO YOUR DOCTOR NOW! DO NOT PASS GO.....DO NOT COLLECT $200....GO!!!!!!

OH yes, yes, yes I DO UNDERSTAND. I was just unbanded Wed June 20th after three years of being banded. I am at a bit of a loss right now. I did everything right. A lapband A++++ student. So now what do I do without it? I'm not sure. But I want you to know I do understand and I am sending you so many love vibes right now! I wish I had magic words to say but I do know this...you are NO LAPBAND FAILURE!

This helped me. I went to a plus sized consignment store. I brought in my old clothes and purchased new ones withe the funds I received. It sure helped me out! See if you have one in your area.

Checking into this more. I have to have my band removed after only three years. Very upset and hurt over the whole thing.

Guess I should not have counted pennies before they all rained down. Being unbanded and not getting a replacement. Very upset and sad.

Hard to believe I am sitting here thinking over how far I've come! When I started this journey I was 280lbs and being thin and healthy seemed so much of a dream. In fact it was a dream I held so many years that I was starting to dis-belive it. I was always the chubby girl, the "cute in the face" girl who never got asked on dates....I don't have to say it all over again, majority of you know exactly where I am coming from. Now I sit at my desk at about 160. (I flux between 155-165) and I am in a size 10 jean and a medium shirt. Something I just could not really see. Life is good and I am blessed. I enjoy my days so much more. I have become a true girly girl. Love the hair, nails, clothes and SHOES! Ha! Without my LAP-BAND® (her name is Lilith) I would not have been able to enjoy this feeling of "LOVING MYSELF". Now my problem is...stopping myself from thinking I am TOO CUTE! But I allow myself that guilty pleasure for a while! That person looking back at me in the mirror is who I knew was inside and I am so glad to get to know her. I would not change the world for my journey and I would do it over in less than a heartbeat. I was self pay and I'd pick up pennies again to do it all over if I had to. I may now be looking at a tummy tuck. Not sure but I feel it tugging and I need to have that gone, but I will cross that bridge when I can get to it. For now...I am grateful!

May 21, 2009

After three years I am being unbanded. I was a success story. I lost all my weight within 8 months. A little after my two year mark, I started to have some issues. Now I have an infection and I must have it removed. It's become a question of my health or my band. Guess it's my health. Believe it or not that was something I questioned. (really....being fat again...why?) I was self pay so I am not dealing with paying for this procedure to get it out which has become a frightening story in itself. Not to mention all the emotional issues coming along with this whole failure. My issue was not me. I did not eat things I was not suppose to eat. I did not drink soda, I exercised, waded through emotional issues and did everything I was suppose to do. I am hurt, mad, sad, scared, etc. you name it....I feel it. What do I do now? there is one F-bomb in my video diary today. so if that upsets you please don't view. it's just a part of my frustration and being afraid of gaining all my weight back. [media=]http://youtu.be/vrPNTULVQOw[/media]

You are good. Sometimes our bands have no rhyme or reason as to why and when they don't want something. Lilith (my band) lets me know immediately! Twitter: @LapbandLaLa Blog: http://lapbandlala.wordpress.com FB: www.facebook.com/LapbandLaLa