I am thinking of having an unfill when I go on a trip in June. This is not so I can pig out on vacation. I am now healthy enough to do a hiking and biking trip of Alaska! I never thought I would be able to do that when I was over 300 pounds but now I am really looking forward to it. But I have a concern. I am thinking about asking for an unfill for 2 reasons. One is that I will be exercising very hard during this trip with long bike rides each day and we will even be climbing a mountain. I am worried that I won't be able to eat enough to keep up my energy although I guess I could eat those energy supplements. But my real reason for thinking about an unfill is that I am concerned what would happen if I had a band problem while in a fairly remote region. What if something got seriously stuck or I had a stomach virus. I can't imagine that a local small hospital would have any idea what to do.

Anyone had this kind of experience or any thoughts about it.

I am thinking of having an unfill when I go on a trip in June. This is not so I can pig out on vacation. I am now healthy enough to do a hiking and biking trip of Alaska! I never thought I would be able to do that when I was over 300 pounds but now I am really looking forward to it. But I have a concern. I am thinking about asking for an unfill for 2 reasons. One is that I will be exercising very hard during this trip with long bike rides each day and we will even be climbing a mountain. I am worried that I won't be able to eat enough to keep up my energy although I guess I could eat those energy supplements. But my real reason for thinking about an unfill is that I am concerned what would happen if I had a band problem while in a fairly remote region. What if something got seriously stuck or I had a stomach virus. I can't imagine that a local small hospital would have any idea what to do.

Anyone had this kind of experience or any thoughts about it.

you should ask your doctor but I would say that unless you have had problems of this type in the past, you probably dont need to do anything special. I am sure that any hospital would be able to help you if you are in need of emergency care, they have rescources to call if they dont know something and most doctors will ask you about what to do in my experiance when it comes to issues like this.

Regards,

My thoughts on not having enough energy are thin people eat basically banster sized meals. We think our meals are small because we're used to eating huge portions. I would recommend hkeeping food like energy/protein bars (small portal) with you in case of emergency or if you really need something to eat and everyone else is'nt hungry yet.

Don't take this the wrong way because I once said this exact sentence to mother when we were going on vacation. She was packing every over the counter drug she could find for our trip to Greece. I said "Mom, we are going to a first world country, not the wilds of the Rainforest". You might want to consider a emergency medical tags that have been discussed on this board before. Even a rural hospital should be able to unfill the port. I don't think they are much different than ones used in cancer treatments.

Alaska how awesome!!!! Talk to your doc and maybe unfill you a cc or 2. not all the way, just a cc or 2 so that you can enjoy your trip a little more without over doing it! I'm going to Disney in August and am thinking of having 1 cc removed.