Well, its now been 3 years for us all!! How is everyone doing? I finally got the urge to check in after all this time. I reached my goal and now am headed back in the other direction. All due to personal choices that I've made over the past year or so. Thankfully, I am at a point where I can still do something about it.

As Bunny was, I am now interested in the following:

Have you lost the statistical 50% of your excess weight? Who has reached their target?

Who has had problems with their ports/bands?

Anyone had to have more surgery?

Any one got plastics or thinking about it?

Anyone had to have their band removed?

Erosion anyone?

With year 3 coming on, I am ready to get back on track. Anyone else out there still at it?

Vermonster05488

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Edited February 2, 201016 yr by vermonster05488
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Hi Rebecca,

Sorry you are having problems with band. I remember following some of your earlier posts. I had to have an unfill a month ago and need to go back for fill. Ate something that got stuck. Didn't throw up, but it was painful. Was out of town and when got back here made appt. I kept hoping it would pass, but didn't. I'm very thankful I decided to make appt, because my esophugus was starting to dialiate??

anyways, so I put on 6lbs in last two weeks. mainly just bad food choices and able to eat a lot more. I finally started back to exercising last week. Feel so much better when I do, but my body is sore.

I do apologize for not having come back sooner...but I also can't promise that I'm back. I don't like the atmosphere of this forum. Too much hatin' going on here.

I had managed to get from an all time high of 285 down to 225 within the first 8 months, but then my dad died, and that sent me into a tailspin. I started eating the wrong foods (comfort eating) and started gaining back...then I did something colossally stupid. I went in for a fill because of the weight gain. That made me too tight, but I was in denial about that, so I just kept eating the wrong foods. As you well know, the wrong foods do not get stuck. Whenever I did try to eat properly, I ended up being stuck. Every. Stinking. Day....until I quit trying so hard. Eventually, I went in for an unfill with a promise to myself to re-evaluate when I'm ready to try again.

This resulted in me regaining all but 15 pounds back. About two months ago, I got on the scale and it read 267. This is only 18 pounds lower than my original pre-surgery weight.

Do I regret getting the band? Absolutely not. See...when I went in for pre-op testing, I found out that I'm diabetic, I had high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. I have never had to take any meds for any of those conditions because of the band. I have been to the doctor every 3 months for the past 3 years, and all 3 of those conditions are "Perfectly Controlled" through diet and exercise.

Every pound I've put back on is because of a bad choice or choices that I've made. Maybe in the near future I'll be able to make the decision to re-commit myself to the bandster lifestyle and go back for a fill. Until then, I'll just keep slogging along, trying to eat better and exercise every day.

Thanks for reading. I hope this finds everyone healthy and happy. :redface: