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Hi Dani - I was banded 2 weeks ago at Henry Ford Hospital. My physician was Dr. Ganaw. They haven't done very many bands, so I'm not sure if they will do fills on people they haven't treated. I have heard that there's a physician by the name of Dr. Pleatman in Bloomfield Hills who will do fills. You may want to search for him on this site - he has actually posted here a few times. Hope this helps! :-)
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Anyone under a super stressful long term situation
Marimaru replied to burnsun's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
yesyesyesyesyes. haha. I wont go into too much detail, but suffice to call it a family feud. I got my last fill in November of '04, and was pretty tight, but doing okay, and this feud started and I got a bit tighter (trouble with many solid foods, but still able to eat some) and then it really came to a head and I was on liquids for 2 weeks before finally getting a small unfill. The tension must still be there because I haven't opened back up like I was expecting to, and I'm doing fine on my current restriction level. Hope it all works out for you -
MY point is that it doesn;t matter how much they put in or take out. Its all about how your body is. Lets say you get a fill of .5CC and 4 weeks later you can;t stand eating anything since the last fill and you go back for an unfill. Say you lossed 12 lbs that month, the doctor may only want to take .25cc out because with the weight you lossed .5cc out might be too much. Instead of squabbling with the patient about what the numbers are the doctor is better off knowing what your body is telling you. I work with computers. The one thing I hate is going to a service call and instead of the person telling me whats wrong with the computer, they want to spend 30 minutes explaining how they want me to fix it. Again, I think a doctor should tell the person if they ask. As far as coming out and telling the patient right away? I don't blame them if they don't say because the numbers are not what is important since the body and fluids are constantly changing anyways.
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The average loss after one year is 50% of your goal. You are still way ahead of average. It's natural to quickly lose at first and those last few pounds are always the hardest. Lot's of things to try. Pretend you just got the band and go through the liquid/mushy/soft stages again. Make sure you REALLY are only eating 1300 calories a day, that's pretty close to maintenance intake and if you are missing accounting for a 100 here or there you won't lose. Try a different meal plan for a couple of weeks. Go on the South Beach diet or something like that, just to kickstart things again. Increase your activity. I have no idea what excercising 5 times a day means. Is that a full hour where your heartrate stays above 125 the entire time or a leisurely 10 minute stroll around the neighborhood, or somewhere in between? I started working out pretty hard the last 2 months and I have lost less than 5 pounds. BUT, I have gone down 2 inches in my waist and my arms and legs are noticably more muscular, so I know that I probably lost at least 10 lbs of fat. Gotta fight for every pound near the end. Keep it up!
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Advice needed after a complete unfilled due to a slip.
Karad posted a topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
emergency unfill as band had slipped after violet vomiting due to the flu.this was the day before thanksgiving Nov. 26th..weight was 142 today's weight 165.... was told that after you have a complete unfill it will never be the same..kinda like when you brake a seal you can never get it back what it was when first placed. . I had to wait for 6 weeks before I could go back into see how everything was looking... well everything looked great so they added .5 cc into my 10 cc band On January 7th..felt nothing... 3 weeks later January 29th had another fill of 1.5 cc and nothing again.. next time Feb.12th they added 1cc..I can eat a Cow and nothing at all... when I had to have all the Fluid removed I only had 3 cc's....In 5 days it will be 1 year sense I had my lap band placed and loved my new life ,I had lost 65 pounds in total.. I have another fill on March 17th. So here I am almost 1 year to the day and I feel like I am fighting a loosing battle as I still have No Restriction.I am up 23 pounds and climbing no matter what I do the weight just keeps packing on. -
Okay well I am really confussed here. Every since surgery my blood sugar has been in range and as the weight comes off I thought I was done with checking my blood. Well last week I started feeling funny. I passed it off with stress since my hubby was reactivated and we are making a 1200 mile move to Texas. My husband left Saturday and we will follow at the end of the month. So I'm stressed. Okay well yesterday I thought maybe it is my blood sugar so I checked and it was 140. In past weeks/months it has been under 120. Last night before bed it was 202. This morning 160. WHAT IS UP WITH THIS? Do I call the doctor? Wait? What do I do??? I have not taken any of my meds since surgery. Has my diabet come back? Okay I will admit that I have not been eatting real good and maybe not all my fluids but I have been eatting and not sugar??? Any suggestions?? THANKS!
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How will I feel after surgery
edeva3 replied to novbeginning's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
wow congrat! well you will feel like a @@@ right after and will be a lot of pain and struggle with that pain medicine and getting dizzy and stomach pain etc...but no worries it will go by from the moment the pain will get stable. And than is like from the hill down on slides day by day is better and better. I had my on Nov 1st and on 5th went to work.I admitt it was hard and I was sooo tired and weak. I had also a pain shoulder from the gas they pump in you during the surgery but belive that was he most difficult thing for me. I even stop my pain med in Tuesday. Its been week and I am still kind of weak but happy and functioning! Good luck! -
How will I feel after surgery
nessa3678 replied to novbeginning's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was banded on the 1st as well. I woke up a little sore. I took my pain medication Thursday and Friday and that was it. Saturday I felt great!! A little sore by the port and I was having some gas pain in my chest but that's about it. Tomorrow makes one week and besides being on liquids and the tape and bruises on my stomach I don't even feel like I had surgery. Good luck to you and I hope you have a speedy recovery as well!!! -
November Nymphs Cinco de Mayo Weight Loss Challenge Week #2
osangriared replied to Momto1plus1's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I'm confused...there are updates on the previous thread....are we starting new threads each week, or just updating the old one. -
November Nymphs Cinco de Mayo Weight Loss Challenge Week #2
Skinny_Jill replied to Momto1plus1's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Name............Start.............Current...............Goal.......... ...To Go Momto1plus1....223...............220.26.....................210....... ...10.6 Hollyberries......267...............267.........................257... .........10 Skinny_Jill........180...............177.........................168..............9 The exercise is really helping. I've been losing slow and then this week I've lost 3 pounds. I love my Body Bugg and my trainer. -
okay, to start off, i'm happy!!!! i went to my "1st fill appointment" yesterday. found out i have an AP-lapband. found out my lapband takes a total of 14cc or 14ml. found out my surgeon actually had filled my band with a wapping 5, i'm telling 5cc on the day of surgery!!! the P.A. who checked my fill states all 5cc were there and that she would be adding 1cc making it a total of 6cc (i know you guys know math, i'm just so freaking excited). she told me that i am down one pound from my f/u visit 2 weeks ago but looking at what i have been eating, she said i have stopped my metabolism because i am starving myself. she says i need to eat more!!!! OMG big time!!!! she says i really do need to start my exersicing though, to burn fatty abdy (lol) so i have lost like 7in on my abdomen, 1in on my neck, and 3in on my hips!!! she said that even though i only lost 1lb in 2 weeks according to the goal they placed for me, since the very first visit on Aug 17th, 2012, that i am down 43% of fat weight toward my goal weight!!! so so exciting! okay, why did i say mislead? my doctor had adviced that he usually doesn't fill on the day of surgery...so here i was thinking it was all me, hahaha whatever, right? i think he is sneaky or something, anyways i am glad. all this new info puts to rest much of my wrongful thinking. like no wonder my head was not hungry but my stomache was rumbling, okay so i should eat more. i don't know if this makes sense to anyone out there, but needless to say... VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOU APPOINTMENTS!! this is the way i see it, if i lost 9lbs the first 2 weeks and 1lb the next 2 weeks-(again i know you know your math) that's 10lbs in one month, and the best thing is that those 10lbs will never be gain back!!!! i mean if i slack off, and not follow the recommendations sure the pounds are just there waiting for a chance to jump back on my belly, but i'm determined. hope everyone has a happy banded thanksgiving! remember we can eat everything in the menu, just a smaller bite
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Are they 'bad'? I have wanted to try making my own greek ribs, and finally did a couple weeks ago. I'm in love, and am eating them alot. I can't really find anything on the nutritional value, and what I do find, I don't know if 6oz includes how much they weigh with the bone-in, and if so, how the heck am I supposed to know how much meat I'm getting off of them? As a general rule, are they very high in calories and/or fat, and no the best meat choice? Should I stay away?
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My BMI was 43 or something like that and I was 118kg when I was banded. I had the large band put in and it took 8 fills for me to get to the right spot. I have 8.9mls in and I think I have about as good restriction as I am going to get as I suffer form reflux now I dont want to get anymore fill and maybe make it worse. My weight was really slow too, and I even plateaued for 7 weeks, I am on the move again now tho as I am starting to work with the band instead of fighting against it. Good Luck
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Hello Straber, I'm happy you are doing well now. It's sad to hear of stories such as yours. More so when the complications occur and the surgery happened to be performed abroad or outside of the US. I understand what you mean about not having a local doctor to help you. I, on the other hand did have my procedure performed in Monterrey, Mexico by a great surgeon. A patient that I met on the day of pre-ops had complications after her surgery, which was performed right after mine. She had breathing problems coming out of anesthesia, she vomitted alot, had horrible gas pains and went home in excruciating pain, weeks later discovered an infection at her port site. Her infection remained for a few months. She phoned our doc. He sent a prescription to her for antibiotics and followed up with her weekly. She finally healed. Recently, she made an appt with a local doc to have her first fill. To her dismay, the doc discovered that her port flipped. They tried an "L" shaped needle to get to the port, but to no avail. After spending $299.00 for an eval with no fill, she contacted the doctor about her flipped port. The doc was more than happy to revise or correct the flipped port at no extra charge. She only had to pay for the flight. Since then she's alive and well and with a fill. She's still losing. She's happy and her problems were addressed by a doctor who cared. So yes I do understand that complications can occur but we have to do our research on our docs before we use them.
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HI John, You must be very excited about your surgery date on Feb 21st. I actually thought your surgery date would have been sooner than that. Are they booking out about 5 weeks? What is the reason for the semi-liquid diet? Sherri
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Kimmom, I'm sorry you're having so much gas pain. I had alot as well. Got extreme at times, much worse than I expected. I used a heating pad and walked as much as I could, even when I felt like I couldn't walk, I forced myself. Also, if you need pain meds use liquid tylenol or codeine. When you lay in bed try to roll to your side, this may feel uncomfortable but just go slowly, after a few minutes roll to the other side. Keep doing this until you start to pass gas. I don't know why your port site should be hurting so much. Do you mean it hurts when you touch it or just hurts period? Mine was abit sore but if I pressed on it, it really burned. This feeling subsides with time. Everyone has had great suggestions. Try them all and find what works for you but please know that some people have much worse gas pains than others. It really is time that resolves the issue. I'm four weeks post-op and still have some gas pains. Hopefully yours will resolve much sooner. Best wishes and keep smilin'!!!
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HELP!!!! Struggling like he## today on pre-op
clorox123 replied to JudiM's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
:p...."Obese woman with a deep tan and a sun burned nose causes major backup on Route 64. Video and interview with the tanned but not toned runner at 11...." :bounce::bounce: roflol!!!!! you are too funny!! I hate to say it, I can picture it cuz I feel the same. I feel like yelling and screaming and ranting. My foster son chose this weekend to come home from sleepaway camp They get one a summer out of the 8 weeks there. So i of course was busy making his favorites, for Breakfast lunch and supper.. and sitting around talking, w/ a lot more food around than I anticipated. And then my husband.. (super supportive ) wants to know if I can cook for my foster son why not for him... so .. But thank goodness the first week/ weekend is over. NOW, i get to look forward to a WHOLE week of :whoo:SHAKES!!! woo hoooo :clap2::clap2: rather boo hoo.. lol.. But good for you!! you made it through a vacation I'm impressed. -
Getting Banded on the 19th of October
teeny83 replied to aquasky13's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I'm getting banded on the 31st October in Traralgon and just wanted to wish you luck...when are you starting the Optifast?? I was told 6 weeks on it is best...doing 5 and a half really! Excited??? Nervous??? Pigging out and eating all the things you're gonna miss? :hungry: -
I agree. Of course, we all hope we're going to be among the lucky ones who lose weight during the first weeks -- but whether we are or not is almost completely beyond our control. A lot of people lose or gain many pounds of water in the weeks immediately after band surgery. I know it's hard to be patient, especially if you've had to wait a long time to get your band, but hang in there. You are totally normal. Your band just isn't in working order yet -- kind of like a new car that hasn't had the engine installed.
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HELP ! BLOCKAGE or SLIPPAGE ON VACATION IN USA
RestlessMonkey replied to catwoman01's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Have you tried papaya enzyme? (get it at a drugstore or large grocery store) If it helps then you know to just do liquids for 48 hours to allow the internal swelling to subside. If that doesn't help, I think a trip to the ER. And did you have problems with this type of thing before the vacation? I only ask because, at least as far as I know, it is uncommon to "unfill" a patient for vacation and usually unfilled people, especially 3 years post op, don't have any trouble eating. So if you had issues before, you may have a slip. Only your physician or an x-ray/barium swallow etc could tell; we aren't really the best ones to ask if you have a slip, and/or if you can make it for 4 weeks as you are. That being said; I hope the enzymes help you and you feel better and can continue your vacation safely. -
Candysmooch, I just went to the website and Mo hasn't updated his results in a while. You can check here http://www.nbc.com/The_Biggest_Loser/contestants/wherearetheynow/mo.shtml I thought I heard that some of season one's contestants will be on the finale this week. I hope to see MO, he was my favorite from season one. My favorite from season two is Dr. Jeff. I broke my heart when the voted him off. But he is doing great and I am looking forward to seeing him at the Finale this week. Matt drives me crazy crying all the time! That boy needs an antidepressant. Yes he looks great so far, but stop crying on every show! Seth and Suzy have done great jobs but I lost interest when Dr Jeff was voted off. Good luck to all of them!! And may the biggest loser win!!!
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The thing is people focus to much on feeling restriction and not enough on eating correct. I am less then 2 months post op and down 65 lbs. It has not been easy. I go to the gym 4-5 days a week for 1 hour of cardio. I also am eating 800-1200 cal a day. That is it no snacking no soda very little carbs. I do nto have as much restriction as I should but I have learned to eat to live and not live to eat. You should start looking at all lables and working out 3 days a week start slow 15-30 min is all you need. I know it will work. I have a almost non existing matabolism but with the right caloric intake and exercise the weight will come off. Just keep your head up.
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I had my surgery in December 2004 and I've been doing very well with my band. I weighed 205 when I was banded and I made it down to 124 lbs. Over the summer I experienced severe restriction without having a fill. My doctor removed the fill and waited a couple of weeks then gave me a very small fill. This was in Sept. After my small fill I never felt the restriction. I started to put some weight on. I went back to the doctor, scheduled another fill and went in today. It was under flouro and we both watched as he filled me up and I had no restriction. He thinks my band erroded and now I have to an endoscopy. I'm so worried because I finally reached my goal weight and my doctor doesn't seem like he's willing to have me rebanded if my band erroded. I still don't know for sure but there really is no other explaination. I'm just devasted. :thumbup:
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I am at the last 12 lb. It is SO SLOW. I've been sitting here at the same weight for weeks trying to do what ever I can to get it off, but those 12 lb are stubborn little suckers! I think my body is going WHOA!! I know it will come off eventually, but only when my body is good and ready to give them up. I practice patience and keep up what I've always been doing. Hang in there!
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Soon to be banded. 11/23 AAAHHHHHH Nerves
Cangel76 replied to TrailAngel's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I am 5' tall and was 234. I call myself the weeble wobble. I had no comorbidity, in other words I have no illnesses. I didn't have high BP my cholesterol was only up 2 points and down 2 points for good cholesterol. I had no signs of diabetes but I have Hypothyroidism which causes weight gain and then PCOS which causes weight gain. So with the odds stacked against me and wanting to be proactive I was blessed that the insurance approved me. As far as the first few weeks, they are tough, liquid diet to mushy to solids. Definately research recipes ahead of time, it will make your life so much easier to have several ideas for mushy foods. I made thick chili with bison meat. 4oz or half a cup was 23g of Protein. The pain wasn't that bad, as long as you don't lay around. You have to get up and walk and it is uncomfy, but it is much more uncomfortable to have gas trapped in your body. Once on solids before a fill, you are going to be hungry at times, Water, water, water, fluids, fluids, fluds. Stay away from sugar and carbs and you should loose weight fine. I wish you the best of luck.
