My surgery was Nov 9th. When I woke up they told me they couldn't band me because I had an artery to my liver right where the band was supposed to be, and the surgeon decided it wouldn't be a good idea to chance cutting of blood supply to my liver. I am very upset. After all I went through, and I have all the pain, and the scars, and possibly a bladder infection too. I have no idea what I'm doing with this web site and the threads etc., but I need some support. The surgeon said that 1 in 300 people are the same as I am, but sometimes they can work around it. Any responses would be appreciated, nancy.

I remember you told me about another type of surgery, but I still don't know what it is. I was merely trying to put forth ideas so this didn't happen to this person again. The only other route I could think of was gastric bypass. I know now you have told me about another safer surgery. I should have told them to look into all the options available, but I would rather have a surgery then wake up with a scar and knowing I could never acchieve the banding. I thought personally that maybe the banding dr. wasn't experienced enough to get around this, or perhaps the liver haden't shrunk again. I completely forgot there is another type of surgery out there. Of course they should look into this before gastic bypass or anything. Thanks for jumping in.

My surgery took place in Boston at Tufts Medical Center. They are doing lots of surgeries, and the surgeon I chose is the head guy. So he had plenty of experience. I do on the other hand have a compromised liver. It is in good shape according to them, but I have Hep C, which I got in my 20s, and then it showed up again on a test 30 years later. I lost 15 pounds before my date and I'm very proud of that. By the way, I am still losing, slowly, but I am envious of you banded people. I am back to having all the same conditions I had before, reflux, diabedes 2, etc. Thanks for all the info about the other options. My 2 week appointment is the day before Thankgiving, so I will discuss with the surgeon. I have no idea what my insurance will be willing to pay for. And that's a big question. Again, thanks, this web site is very cool...nancy

Nancy, you ARE one of us, please don't feel that you aren't. Banded or not we are all in the same boat, we are all after the same thing. Okay !!!

Good luck with the surgeon on the 23rd.

Hugs !!