mcassisa

Hi I have had my band since 2006 in live in louisiana. If you are hurting on the rt side do you still have your gallbladder?? People who have a quick wt. loss usually have problems with the gallbladder after having lap band surgery. Thank goodness mine was gone before. If you would like to chat let me know. I have lost 90lbs, I had reflux and my band was too tight and had to open back up. I gained back 15lbs. Trying to get back down where I was. You can email me mjcassisa@yahoo.com

yes I have the same thing not acid reflux. mucus and whatever last drank makes me cough and if i lay on my side or stomach it comes out my nose like a water fountain. Tried not eating or drinking after 6pm and it still happens. I don't know what to do my band is fine. I have to stay on sinus meds and antibiotics so i don't produce the mucus in my stomach.

I was banded by dr. bellanger at vista hosp in baton rouge

I am very tight in am only able to drink coffee and can eat some yogourt at 10am or so better by lunch and ok by p.m. so I can get some protien down.

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hello I'm from the Baton Rouge area

I had to pay cash for my surgery. I was denied by both my insurance. Baton Rouge, La Dr. Drake Bellanger at vista Hospital. $12900.00 for everything including your f/u visits for 1 year. Great f/u support his office is in the same place as the hospital.

Hey x-ray chic, Ultrasound chic here to tell you for the first 4-5 days on the liquid wasn't so bad because you have just had surgery but after that it got kinda rough i was pretty hungry on that liquid diet. I had to do it post-op for 10 days. But I made it throught it and it was all worth it.

I felt the same way was I doing the right thing could I live w/out bread pasta. YES I CAN !!! And the results out weigh the alternitive of being fat. I was banded 10/2006 and 47lbs lighter and feel great.

Sorry to here that your nutritionist was such a bitch. Mine only deals with lap band/bypass patients and she was great and she was a little chunky and understood the struggle.

you probably need to stay on liquids and soup and jello to let you esphagus relax for a few days

it is a liquid

if you cant get your doctor today go get some extra strength gaviscon antacid it is great

oh my jesus, no wonder your in pain. You ate something you shouldn't have. You probably have esophagitis from trying to eat that thing. I got from having my band tightened and then trying to eat a piece of fried chicken. You need to call your doctor and get them to prescribe you the desolvable prevacid.

I understand your pain of the fills. After i had my first fill of 1cc I felt the tightness when I ate but that lasted about a day after the second fill now up to 1.5cc I couldn't eat a thing. Everytime I tried to eat no matter what is was it would come back up. The last straw was when I couln't even swollow water so I had an unfill of .5cc. I was able to eat soups and drink liquids, but was still unable to eat chicken or veggies so I had another unfill of .2cc and was prescribed previcid because now I had esophagitis. After taking the previcid I can now manage to eat about half of lean quisine meal. I lost 7lbs in 7 days not intended. This has not been a good second fill experience for me. Maybe my sweet spot for my band is 1cc, I have lost 45lbs since Oct 25, 2006.

newly banded in october baton rouge area

NO regrets- I'm 6wks post surgery and 25lbs lighter. I have not had any problems. I go for my first fill on monday. Losing weight is effortless. This is the best thing I have ever done. NO REGRETS:clap2:

my port is midline of my abdomen. I thought it was on the left under an inscision but I work in an x-ray dept. and I had them take an x-ray of me so I could see where the band and the port was.