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Lap band slip because of gall bladder
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Hello,
Well I had the gall bladder taken out and THEY SAVED MY LAP-BAND® I am so happy!!!
I definitely think the vomiting from the gall bladder stones took a toll on the LAP-BAND® too!
The LAP-BAND® is a piece of cake over this gall bladder. Very interesting fact for you guys. Essentially when you are on a low fat diet for along time like we all have been for the most part...the bile in the gall bladder which really is just cholesterol becomes hard hence turning into stones. In other words the liver shoots out bile when you eat a high fat meal, if it can't keep up it has the gall bladder shoot some bile to break down the fat. But if you don't eat high fat meals the gall bladder's bile turns sludgy then can turn into stones. Unlike kidney stones these stones can not be broken and must come out.
So if you guys get food regurgitation into your mouth, bloating, rotten egg burps right shoulder pain and pain in your stomach check your gall bladder.
I have to start all over again with Clear Liquids, full , puree, mushies, soft...I can barley remember the stages.
You guys reading your posts I see you beat yourselves up over those ten lbs up and down, but the more people I see that have had the full RNY have large weight gains back, hang in there. I have had so many complications but still love my band.
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