Hello,
My name is Nadine. I am here because I had the lap-band surgery in January if this year and then a second surgery on April 14 that was needed to make repairs to the direction that the port was facing. I have struggled with my weight my entire life but after many years of caring for others before myself; I decided that it was time for me to take care of myself. I tried to lose the weight by dieting, changing my diet, excersice, even tried the liquid diet and lost some weight but after the program was over, I gained it all back. Then I learned about the lapband and researched the pros and cons and made a decision that I thought was going to save my life and got the lapband in January of this year. I was inspired by all the weight loss success stories you see on YouTube, and other sites like this and was ready to give this my 100%. But sadly; this decision was a very expensive, and unfruitfull one. The doctor that operated me treated me ok before I had the surgery, he and his staff would "pump me up" when they thought that I would have a change of heart and decide not to go through the surgery, but once I had the surgery; they treated me worse than I have ever experienced in my life. They gave me no support or direction. I had the surgery in January and did not get my first fill until April but not after I had to plea with them because I wasn't losing any weight. When they finally gave me an appointment for a fill; they started painfully and heartlessly poking around my abdomen "trying" to locate the port. I had to go to the hospital to get about 10 x ray pictures of my abdomen in order for them to see that the port was facing the wrong direction. They repaired this on April the 14th and gave me a fill of about 6cc's but this still has not made a difference. I still do not fill much obstruction and have still not lost any weight. I don' t have any support either from a doctor, friends or family and need some guidance and help so I saw this website and hope that some of you out there may be kind enough to help me. I thank you all in advance for your support.
Have a great day
