:blink:The little ticker in the corner tells me I haven't been on this site since September 2007, and I have to believe it (but where did the time go?) So, I'm back.!

I was banded July 2006, lost great the first year, some the next year, and then...well, I started to write this huge paragraph of what I went through, but I don't want to scare off anybody from doing this. Stuff happens. The surgeon and I finally said ENOUGH! Obviously there is something wrong with the placement of the band and there is no doubt a hiatal hernia in the mix. As well, by the last month I had developed a leak in the band. so...

I was re-banded 4 days ago! :-) I gained back 40 of the 100 pounds, so it wasn't a total waste, you see? I had no fill for quite some time and I found the weight creeping back on--and I know that without the device I would be up again to my original weight in NO time and, of course, I would without a doubt gain back more than I started with (history repeats repeats repeats itself).

I am finding the liquid diet tough--I did the first time too. I am the world's worst rule breaker. If there is an envelope to push, I push it. That being said, I am doing pretty good, for me. I feel great! I was afraid that since I am 5 years older that it would be harder on me, but the recovery is going very well. I had neck pain, which was weird--like I had done a bunch of sit ups and used my neck muscles more than my stomach muscles, if you know what I mean (I have a distant memory of doing those...) That pain is gone, now, and I am sleeping really really well.

I could go on and on and on--but I am stopping here. Nobody understands what we are going through but other people who are going through the same thing. So I am glad to be back. Hi!!

I agree, nobody understands. Everyone has there 2 cents. And I find my body to be personal and is no one elses buisness. I also have a friend who is getting the gastric bypass and she doesnt understand that it is too different surgerys. She keeps treating me like i don't kow anything, even before i got the surgery. Then she went and blabed to her friends and family that i was getting it. That is why I only told a few select people. And then my mom had to go and blab to the extended family. and she doesnt think she did anything wrong. So i have been avoiding phone calls from her side of the family and my friend. I don't need there opinons. The only opinons that matter are mine and my doctor.

I think I will get over it eventualy but i will probable have to snap at a few people first.