Well I told myself that I wouldn't gain my weight back but guess what I am now 24 pounds heavier than I was on December 8th. Today I went to the doctors, I am disgusted with myself, I am in menopause, I have been going to ZUMBA 3 days a week and ZUMBA toning 3 days a week, with walking each day and no change on the scale and its all because I can’t control myself around food- all the work it took me to lose the weight with the band and I’m putting it back on. The doctor said you did it once without the band you can lose again, you have to change your mind set he is right so starting tonight I’ll go shopping for some healthy food, no more fast food, no more crap fat laden meals. I have 50 pounds to lose and I’ll be damn if not having my lap band is going to make me not lose that to hell with MENOPAUSE- its time to take control of my life! And get to hell out of these fat clothes OMG summer is here and I can’t stand myself in shorts.. I have let the past 3.5 months of food control me, no more!

i had my lap-band removed 12/11/09...and have gained 30 lbs, and am still having issues with leaking from my stomach. the doc says 'this is normal' i am so discussed with my self and all i had the band for 3 years and loss 75 lbs. i was 135 for two years...never gaining.

Hi,

Sorry to hear that you are having hard time since having the band out.

I had my band out on 31th March and have a few questions.

Did you find it hard to eat again?

Are you able to eat "anything you want"? eg items that you could not eat when banded??

I am struggling to eat most things and am still vomitting on a daily basis.

I hope things start to get better for you.

My band came out 3/15. I (fortunately) can only eat small portions, at least for now. Overeating still makes me sick, and I was very surprised that I can't do carbonated drinks--soda makes me vomit- a great deterrent, although I wasn't ever a big soda drinker anyway.

I also still have shoulder pain, it's driving me crazy. I haven't been able to find a whole lot of information on life AFTER the band around the internet. I still find the best information right here.

Hi,

Sorry to hear that you are having hard time since having the band out.

I had my band out on 31th March and have a few questions.

Did you find it hard to eat again?

Are you able to eat "anything you want"? eg items that you could not eat when banded??

I am struggling to eat most things and am still vomitting on a daily basis.

I can't imagine being able to successfully keep the weight off without my band - I have never managed it before. Obviously there were really good reasons for having the band removed but did you have an option to have a revision to another type of surgery? If I had to lose my band for whatever reason I would be looking at all the options available to me as I never want to be fat again and i know I cannot do this on my own.