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barium also makes me very upset in my stomach

Help ! can anyone offer any advice? I was banded on April 1st 2006. So far I have had 2 fills and am at 4.4 cc's. I feel like i am eating way to much! What happened to this 60 CC pouch they talked about? I havent seen that yet. The only weight i have dropped is due to the liquid diet i was on for 3 weeks. I am starting to think I am going to be the only FAT girl with a band. I got this band for a reason and that was to lose weight and get my life back. It is hard not being able to walk and hurt all the time and I thought this would help... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I dont know what to do!!!!!!!!! I wish i have never gotten it in the first place, I would not have went through this emotional hell. At least then I would not have gotten my hope up that i would lose weight.. I would know I would be FAT always.. I dont know what to do... I hate this.:think :help:

hello, I too have had surgery in tiajuana mexico. On the other hand my experience was a good one. My procedure was not done at the molding clinic however. The md's I had were very intelligient and had life sustaining equipment at hand. Believe me I am a nurse and I had to check this out before I went. I was scared that if something happened to me on the table they could not revive me or whatever. Gratefully no problems.. My experience in La with the fills was a different story. They were horrible

ok well she injected me once in the wrong spot with lidocaine.. then again in another spot.. the lidocaine never deadened the area around the port. It was very very painful. Maybe it was her technique. I dont know. It was the worst experience i have ever been through. I was an emotional wreck. She ended up sticking me about 6 times. She didnt use her fluoro machine. It was a piece of crap that kept turning off when she needed to see my port. Im gonna go to a dr in dallas now.

I went back to the same doctor in Monroe, La as i did before.. She stuck me once in the wrong area with lidocaine.. (she had a fluoro) then she stuck me again in a different spot with lidocaine.. She then began sticking me to find my port, but she never found it.. I felt everything.. She said becasue the lidocaine was not where my port was.. It was too deep. I believe she overdosed me on lidocaine because i fainted, tried to throw up, and almost had a seizure.. Almost lost my self control of B and B. I was scared to death. This was my second fill .. She never got it.. Finally i got up the nerve to go back to redo it.. and she got it just fine then,.. anyone else had that experience,?:omg:

has anyone else had trouble with fainting? I had a horrible experience with my second fill. the MD i think overdosed me with lidocaine.. i was weak, sweating but cold and fainted.. she never did fill me.

hey i just had the lap band done on april fools day. I lost close to 30 pounds over a month period. The majority of the weight loss is probably due to being on liquids and inflammation from the procedure. I had my first fill done the thrid week in March by a Dr. in Monroe, louisiana. I am not happy with the fill at all. I got the fill done and still have no restriction. I paid the doctor 300$ to basically fill my band with nothing. She says she put 2.4 cc in me but i was standing and was unable to see just exactly how much and I could not see the fluoroscope. The dr here said that if we had problems to call her and let her know and she could do a refill. Well, I did and they would not call me back. Also, they made us pay upfront and if she was unable to give you the fill then you would not get a refund. You had to sign a disclaimer. The problem is you cannot hardly find an md to do the fills around here, so she thinks she can hold us at a higher stake. We just found out that a nurse can do the fill under a md supervision with training. We may be beginning to do fills in the near future with a md in Monroe. I CANT WAIT. By the way, I am having to go back and get another fill TODAY. Maybe this time I will at least have some restriction. I have went through too much surgery, emotional uproar and financial difficulties not to have restriction. also, I have gained back some weight.

Hey everyone. I am from Monroe Lousiana and I just recently had the lap band procedure done on April Fools Day! I did not have the procedure done in the states. I went to Tiajuana Mexico. At first I was a little strung out on the fact that it was gonna be done in Mexico. Face it, you hear things about Mexico. Total Transformations Company escorted a group of about 6 people down there. To my amazement the place was very nice and clean (they even did stem cell research there) It was a huge hospital attached to a very nice hotel. The doctors were very humble (not like here) they actually discussed the details of the surgery very well. I ran out of questions to ask before they ran out of time to answer them, and they studied here in louisiana at Tulane and LSU. An hour before the surgery I had a panic attack (boy was I freaking out) and the surgeon came in, held my hand and helped me get through it. After my sugery I was up that night walking and was fine. I had no reactions to the medication and they medicated me very well for pain. (same medications we uses here) All the equipment was up to date. Oh and the surgery room overlooked a beautiful valley in mexico. I recommend the surgery center to anyone and I would go back for more plastic surgery or fills. If anyone is interested in getting information about it, then just let me know or call total transformation in monroe and speak to Debrah or James Raspberry. My exoperice here in louisiana with my fills has been a total different situation.:angry