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I am so disappointed with my Band ..its been 2yrs for me 2nd attempt GLBI cannot excercise due to a spinal condition which affects my feet..

I haVe stayed the same weight for most of this time.. I am abt 100kg 5"4

The weight is just not budging.. the only way I have ever lost it is on LL meal packs..I paid nearly £6000 for this band which went wrong on the first go..

This Journey has been a total disaster.. I am 5.5mls filled in a 10 ml sl band.

Any advise would be help I first started in 2009 May..with the Balloon that did not work either THIS WAS FAULTY.. IN BELGIUM i WAS RIPPED OF.

SO PLEASE hELP......

I was just banded in April... and I Have lost around 45lbs so far, but I am 5'7 and have always had big breasts.. after having 4 children they sag supppper supppper bad.... like my nipples point down to the ground lol... so embarassing that I hate my own husband looking at them... I would love for them to be perky and UP!!!! its like they just lay on my stomach.. BOO! I hate it ! I have soo much back, shoulder, and neck pain its unreal !!!!! I would love to get it done now but then again i dont wanna screw it up with more weight loss.....its just way to depressiing to look at them! uhgg

Hi There well you are doing well with your weight loss! well done mine is so slow if not static.. But as for the boobie well like me are stuck with them life's rich tapestry of yo yo dieting and heaviness and pregnancy has played its part.. Go for it I plan to but at the rate Iam losing weight I'll be dead before it happens..getting the weight off is my first step then the refashioning.. Look at some of the Letters about this.. and research the procedures.. 57 still young enough to want be attractive and desired.. Keep me posted.

Ciao!

Thanks for your advice I am saving at the moment for the Op and am seeing the Consultant on 1st August .. which is jst the first session .. My only worry is the weight is taking an age to go.. I am on food replacement packs which is more cost...lo carb meals were NOT shfting anything,,

I have about 4 stone to go. So it could be a while unless someone can improve the band functionality I am disappointed with it..The only form of exercise I can do is to swim..

I suffer with a back injury..

Iam glad you are happy with the outcome, Wound care is important, I can look after my own Wounds but its the initial surgery an accuracy of the skin and Nipples.. Have you kept the sensation in the nips or are yu still a little numb from surgery.. They ususally use steristrips and glue for this area..

Best of Luck

Regards

Dawn

Hi therefor the info this helps me greatly whilst making decisions for the Breast Op Beneli procedure not heard of theat one?

Not sure I want implants but just to have the boobies back whee they satarted I still have the volume there thank god..

Did you have your band emptied for this? I still have a problem with the band not assisting with weight loss.. Have gone onto a low cal diet.. but am going down Slowly now. 101K this morning..

Iam glad to hear that the sensitivity is not lost in this Op I will check it out on Utube..

Keep in touch!

Dx

Thanks Again! I am sure you are right I will book in for a Fill there is a Nurse close to me that does it for £100_ Thanks for your advice Its making me feel a lot happier knowing that this probably the reason for the lack of weight loss.. Where are you California I was in LA many years ago I had an Aunt who lived in Canoga Park,, Last time I went was 1980.. So many food outlets there!

Access to Surgery is easier now over in the Uk.. prices are coming down..

Thanks for your Help!

Hey there!

I think a Fill is what I need too.. I have just had my lunch which was a plateful of mixed veg and a piece of Soft Roasted chicken and Gravy... All good stuff but a normal portion on a dinner plate.. Not piled up!

Oh yes I have been on that road upto the Big Sur/ San Jose/Solvang.. I have been to Santa Barbara Nice Place very Spanish Upper Class Town..

Dawn x

4-5hrs is a long way for you .. I remember stopping at Monterey /Carmel in a Motel as well.. Never forget it someone was making whoopee next door and God did she make a noise! Ha! Lucky Girl!

You Take care now I will let you know how it all goes..

Cheers Dawn

Thanks Again! I am sure you are right I will book in for a Fill there is a Nurse close to me that does it for £100_ Thanks for your advice Its making me feel a lot happier knowing that this probably the reason for the lack of weight loss.. Where are you California I was in LA many years ago I had an Aunt who lived in Canoga Park,, Last time I went was 1980.. So many food outlets there!

Access to Surgery is easier now over in the Uk.. prices are coming down..

Thanks for your Help!

Hey there!

I think a Fill is what I need too.. I have just had my lunch which was a plateful of mixed veg and a piece of Soft Roasted chicken and Gravy... All good stuff but a normal portion on a dinner plate.. Not piled up!

Oh yes I have been on that road upto the Big Sur/ San Jose/Solvang.. I have been to Santa Barbara Nice Place very Spanish Upper Class Town..

Dawn x

4-5hrs is a long way for you .. I remember stopping at Monterey /Carmel in a Motel as well.. Never forget it someone was making whoopee next door and God did she make a noise! Ha! Lucky Girl!

You Take care now I will let you know how it all goes..

Cheers Dawn x

Can anyone tell me? Are you supposed to feel the food going through the band ? Also I dont get a feeling of Fullness not even aftera dinner Plate of food. I dont eat thnis but can so what is going on folks? Help is needed?

Thanks Desperate!

Thanks Again! I am sure you are right I will book in for a Fill there is a Nurse close to me that does it for £100_ Thanks for your advice Its making me feel a lot happier knowing that this probably the reason for the lack of weight loss.. Where are you California I was in LA many years ago I had an Aunt who lived in Canoga Park,, Last time I went was 1980.. So many food outlets there!

Access to Surgery is easier now over in the Uk.. prices are coming down..

Thanks for your Help!

Dawn x

My fill doc says if you have half or less than half volume of fill (5cc in 10cc band or less) it is like you do not have a band. I did not feel full or restricted (cant eat more than a cup) until I got to 6.7cc in 10cc band.Right now I can not eat a half sandwich or even a full slice of pizza without feeling miserably full...good luck and sorry to hear you had to have a second Surgery! Hope you are fully recovered now.

Thanks for the info No I have not had a grreat time of it really it like three times surgery really as I went to Praque alone first to have the Balloon fitted then it perforated in the stomach had to find someone who would remove it first so I have been ripped off a bit cost me in all about £8000 I have only Lost 18ibs gotta loose 50Ibs in all...

Well that means I will need a fill but my Doctor is not helpful and knows very little..So I will have to pay out whom ever I use to do it...

Cheers!

Dx

Can anyone tell me? Are you supposed to feel the food going through the band ? Also I dont get a feeling of Fullness not even aftera dinner Plate of food. I dont eat thnis but can so what is going on folks? Help is needed?

Thanks Desperate!

Here's my quandry. So if we are counting calories and Protein and fat, sugar, etc., what actual 'role' does the band play? Is it that it shrinks your stomach so you get full faster? Sometimes I feel like if I had stuck to all of these guidelines to begin with, why did I need the band. I'm not trying to be negative here, I'm really asking. How do you feel the lap band is different from all the other programs we've tried?

I have felt that very same thing! I have been having to go onto Meal Replacement packs which is costing more money on top of aready money spent on the Gastric Baloon which perforated on the stomach.. Then to have it removed and the band fitted which then the PORT Flipped and have it resited.. So not a Good Journey for me thus far on this Battle with the Flab.

I have to restrict what I eat ridgidly.. I think I will need a bit more of a fill soon I was told I had 5mls in the band.t I can eat soft bread and chicken..

Rice and breast of chicken drier meats get stuck.. But never get that really full feeling. I can also feel the food going through the band.

I am not sure if this is meant to happen so readily?? I am restricting my own intake.. ..I think the only thing the band is doing for me is to stop larger amounts going down which helps avoid the weight gain..I can maintain but losing has been harder at my age.. Menopuse 54. Grrrr

Oh well onwards >>>>

Dawn

I just had a breast lift and implants (2 weeks ago, June 15). It will be 5 years ago that I was banded and I am very glad I waited for the surgery. I am hoping to have my lower body lift in the fall. I feel young again, wow what a difference from the saggy flat boobies I used to have to the ones I have now. My surgeon is a true artist and that is what I was looking for. He specializes in PS after extreme weight-loss and PS for cancer patients. I didn't feel as though I was being pushed at all, I told him I was going to look around when I met him, that didn't faze him. He knew I'd be back I guess.

I was most scared about the scaring afterwards and after I saw his before and afters I realized this man knew what he was doing. My suggestion is to look for a PS that specializes in band patients/extreme WL patients. Everyone on my surgery team was familiar with the band. I aspirated during the surgery due to my band but they took perfect care of me and I am fine. My digestion is slower now I guess and even though I stopped eating well before midnight I still had some bits in there. For the next surgery I will do liquids 48 hours before just to be safe.

I suggest you wait as the others are telling you, you will likely need more that just a breast lift once at goal and every one is right the last 10 take the longest.

Thanks for your advice I am saving at the moment for the Op and am seeing the Consultant on 1st August .. which is jst the first session .. My only worry is the weight is taking an age to go.. I am on food replacement packs which is more cost...lo carb meals were NOT shfting anything,,

I have about 4 stone to go. So it could be a while unless someone can improve the band functionality I am disappointed with it..The only form of exercise I can do is to swim..

I suffer with a back injury..

Iam glad you are happy with the outcome, Wound care is important, I can look after my own Wounds but its the initial surgery an accuracy of the skin and Nipples.. Have you kept the sensation in the nips or are yu still a little numb from surgery.. They ususally use steristrips and glue for this area..

Best of Luck

Regards

Dawn

Good news! I spoke with the nurse today and she said that they have had maybe three flips in the time theyve been doing it. They actually sew the ports into the stomach muscles really really well. She said the pain I am feeling is normal.

Oh thats great News! Dont worry we are all different! Mine was quite a while after 2/m3 months post Op yours is really very soon and yes I would agree that its normal..

Best of Luck! DAWN

I think I may have a slippage to my band Oh' God I have to say I am so fed up can anyone advise!

I cant eat anything I have heart burn and when I do I have a funny gurgling noise and a horrible sensation as a stuck feeling afterwards and salivate +++++.. I had a medium sized Meal yesterday and may have been too much post this was being continually sick.. my poor gutz feels battered..Can a band move from heaving too much..?

Can someone tell me what is happenening with the band?.. I have not had any fills since surgery and this happens now!

I have been exercising on a Vibration Plate and wonder if this may have moved the Band out of position.

I feel so uncomfortable and am considering getting it removed with my track record... have not lost much weight and feel this was a huge mistake..as it was self funded..

Can anyone advise me please on this..I am on just sips of Water now!

HELP HELP HELP!

It is possible! if the pain is localised and is painful on pressing gently.. Then it maybe the case.. Apparently they only use staples to secure it.. this happened to me ans I had to go and havew it resited..

It could be just wind/Gas but if it hurts on pressing I would say there is something not right ! My Surgeon could not get the Fill in that was another indication...

Good luck hope its just the healing process and you have low pain threshold as it is only 6 days Post Op early days yet!

Dawn UK

Hiya,

did they add any fill to your band during surgery? I had my first fill today and found out I already had 4ccs in my 10cc band

Zoebug

Hi there!

I had 5mls put in during second round of Surgery...My port flipped over had to have it resited...

Doc says I dont need another that people dont lose any more weight if they are too tight!.. I have to do some work to help myself with the weight Loss so the Exercise and cutting down the portion size and lo carbs is hopefully gonna work!

D

Please wait...

I had a number of consults when I started considering TT and breast augmentation and during that time (August 2010), I was told that I didn't need a lift. Well, I had the TT w/ MR (December 2010) as the insurance picked up the cost and I decided to wait for the breast once I saved enough funds. I just spoke with my PS about my breast again (9 months later) and now I need a lift due to additional fat loss. I'm glad I didn't do the augmentation with the TT now - the thought of droopy mellons versus my current tube sock look would have been very bad.

I am close to my goal and plan to have the girls done this fall after I enjoy the wonders of summer - pool, pool, pool....

Hi there thanks for the input.. Cherish!

I have probably need a grade one not sure how they assess these things?? but at the age of 54 weight loss & Gain, 3 babies later I need this Mastopexy for the confidence aspect and uplift not overly huge but need the nips lifted back where they belong!. The weight is balanced and maintaining but I have at least 40ibs to lose.. which I am finding a struggle...

Yes I will wait too which makes sense...

Regards

D

Correct, no fill. I don't ever want one either lol. I don't have anything in my band, it's completely empty. When I first started my journey I did high protein/low carbs which is when I lost most of my weight. Nowadays I eat whatever I want so that won't be of much help to you, lol.

I exercise every single day; no excuses. I think it's been key to my weight loss. I exercise a good hour+ except for Sundays. Swimming is great exercise and if you can do it each day, go for it. I think it'd help a lot.

Thanks for that at least it gives me a good starting point!

you have done really well..

I will start Swimming I think this is key to get the metabolics going as well as watching what I eat..

Thank You!

D

I'd say 60-80g minimum; I eat no less than 130g a day.

Good luck!

Hi I was looking at your weight loss with NO fill ??

Do you mind if I ask what you eat and how much have you in the band now and how have you lost the weight..

Can you advise me on what you are eating? Are exercising. much??

I am maintaining but my Doc wont put any more in the band he says its at the right limit. But to lose I have to go below 500 a day I cannot exercise much I have a bad back Swimming is my ownly Option..

I wonder if you can help???

I tend to eat high protien Lo Carbs ..

So in a Day to lose I would eat a sachet portion of Porridge with Skimmed Milk one tblsp cream /splendor Art Sucrose.

lunch High Protien chocolate shake.

Ryvita Apple and Chedder cheese 50 grams Protein shake.< /p>

No hot meals only once a week. chicken veg and or sometimes Spanish Omlette.Mainly Protien again.

HELP!!

Cheers Dawn

Thanks for your comments I will most definitely hold fire until this weight is shifted..however this is slow due to several false starts with my Band.. So it may be a while before I get it done then.. I am a 42 D NOW & was a 36C before the weight krept on.

useful to know though so there is hope!

Definitely after, looking at your ticker, you still have a lot of weight to lose. I found I got down to a normal BMI of 25 and I was still dissatisfied but droppng to 20 has completely changed my breasts. They're not very firm, true, and they shrunk the most int hat last 20lb (I never wanted large breasts though, very very happy with a small C cup) but my nipples now, for the first time in my life, point upwards. I personally wouldnt have any surgery until you've absolutely and utterly finished losing - and in fact I think that a lot of people have surgery for problems that another 20lb would fix, well, that's what I found anyway. The last 20lb to take me down to a low BMI made more difference to my body than the first 100!

Hi There

I have just bought a Vibration Plate which is supposed to tone up flabby areas on a regular usage 3 times a day 10 min sessions... Good reports on the Exercises from feedback . Just a bit concerned on whether all this vibration will shake my band out of position.. Anyone know anything or can advise on this ,, I cannot walk far as I have a back injury but can use this which seems successful for others..

The Band is the issue for me? Help!!!!

HiThere

Thanks for your thoughts this is very helpful to me as I have the opportunity and an appointment to see a Breast surgeon in June although I dont have to part with my Money yet?

U am on a fo slow with the Band due for a new fill next week had a few non starters with technical problems which was the fault of the medics..

Thanks will let you know his views..

HiThere

Thanks for your thoughts this is very helpful to me as I have the opportunity and an appointment to see a Breast surgeon in June although I dont have to part with my Money yet?

U am on a fo slow with the Band due for a new fill next week had a few non starters with technical problems which was the fault of the medics..

Thanks will let you know his views..

I agree that closer to stable goal wt would be best.....Plastics do not want ppl to lose much after surgery or they will sag again and gaining will stretch the scars. I did manage to gain because of band problems and this happened to me. That being said, get a couple of consults then take your time to make your decision. By the way..now that my scars are faded, I love my new itty bitty boobies. I didn't get implants and have no regrets, although of course many ppl love theirs.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Mimi

Hi Folks

I have a question I would like to ask..I am 54 and feel I need a Breast Uplift should I wait to have the Operation post further weight loss its very SLOW or should I get it done now anyway.. its mainlly due to position of the nips..

I am only a Max 42 D min 36 C 3 pregnancies.

I have an appointment in June with a Consultant..Breast Surgeon although I dont have to have it done straight away I can wait 1YR.

What do you think..

im almost two years out and i think im now at my sweet spot so i agree no real answer. i now have 9cc in a 14cc band

Thanks for your response that gives me some hope then at least it may still work for me with a few tweeks..

Cheers