hootiebelle

great news she is up and walking and looking good!!!! She said the erosion is healing fast and i may be able to take her an icee ( if the doc says she can drink )tomorrow!!!!!!! Prayer is so powerful isn't it!!!!! Thanks to you all!!!! We are all so lucky to have a forum where we all have the same issues to share...and are friends without meeting.....:cool:

update she is out of ICU to the step down unit IMC i think it is she is on the mend thanks to all the prayers!!!!

Thank you for asking I didn't go yesterday and her husband said her sprits were getting low....physically she is on the mend...thanks to all the prayers.... still in ICU I am going today after work....I try to take the late late shift with her family so someone is there if she needs something I will let you know whats up tonight

The only time i had this problem is being too tight...especally if you pb alot that day it makes it worse and you wake up choking and throwing up...if im not too tight i am fine

thank you all so much!!!

I told her all about you all posting prayers and she smiled !!!!! I am going back to the icu in a little bit and i am printing prayers i have seen so far you all are so sweet and nice it means so much for her family...linda

Please send prayers for Joan in Las Vegas ....She has suffered a really bad erosion and massive infection....her liver is abcessed also...Just a mess..Band removed ....I know we have a 2-10% chance of this happening and it is more than likely we wont have this happen but its a real thing that can happen ...... no docs fault just our bodys rejection but please send her prayers .....she is in ICU right now.... she is a wonderful woman ....I have a band also and so do others I know...its a fluke to you waiting to get one it probably will never happen to you......Thank You for reading this Linda I will print responses to take to hospital

I have no doubt your friend had pain surgery is harder for some than others....I have been there many times and my friend who is a medical professional had a band revision this past month raved about the service...Even Dr Verboonen has a band himself........I just hate to see a place that does such good service and great follow up get raked..........Pain meds in Mexico are very good and in all my fills there I have never had anything but one needle used and Dr Eulices Frayre MD is probably one of the best fill Dr's around ( sorry font changed.) Ask your friend again if it was really that bad or does she just not tolerate surgery well...If her story sticks and it may I would be truly shocked

<p>these guys are professionals...I use them for fills....My friend just got banded and she is a medical PA and loved them she was a pervious banded paitent and got a revision by them with the french band which has a bit of a fill right off the bat......I have had 5 fills with them and they use floroscope and get it right first time everytime......they would NEVER bend needles.....Her pain management was spot on.......I don't believe this....no way</p>

so you had the band removed and had a mgb?

my friend went to Atkinson last November and is doing great

Wow unbelieveable........awful

James Atkinson is the best in Las Vegas hands down!!!

Thanks all I am thinking it is a tad tight I have a 11cc band with 6 cc fill.....the walking helps when It feels stuck..or holding my head back so my neck is straight.....the thing is I have figued out what hurts is the ball of slime you get...not the food ...food never comes up ... just the slime.....If it continues to be I can stand to get it down without problems I may take a cc out at 4cc I could eat without problems...not like a sandwich or pizza but just a good dinner salmon veggies etc

Maybe this fill is just a tad too tight It is was easier to eat standing sitting causes me to slime alot....anyone else????

Wow what a story....I send well wishes to you for a speedy recovery!

I have a 11 band and have almost 6cc and I am restricted!!! You didn't spend all the money for nothing its just part of the game...gotta find your "sweet spot"

Wow I use Dr V's Obesity Goodbye place in TJ for fills glad he caught that for you....he seems like a really nice man....glad to know they are so on top of things.......makes me feel better....and wish you all the best!!!!

I could eat popcorn fine til my 2nd fill now 2 weeks from the fill I can eat a small amount but it is almost not worth it....sticks too much now:think but thats ok as much as I love it I like losing weight more......

I wish I would have kept quiet because they expect me to lose at the same rate as a gastric bypass.......always having to explain over and over

Is it right that if you are slightly too tight it will lossen up in a few weeks?

Wow great posts lots of good info

I wish they made a decient liquid vitamin...Centrum so far is the best I found I bought the GNC and almost gagged same with the Puritians Pride liquid

I was banded Jun 12 and am losing hair like crazy

Tell me if this is improper and I hear it all the time...I hate it when I hear people say" I'm gonna get me".......ex. "I'm gonna get me a pair of those shoes"....It just sounds worng to me....Is it just me or is it wrong?