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Hello ,

I have not posted in a while, with work and such.....

anyway, I am really pissed off.

I weighed myself today and I gained another 4 lbs... I am eating right back where I did before my band. I am really mad that my band eroded!! pissed really!! I feel ripped off!!! I paid a a ton of money for this surgery which I am still making loan payment on,and I don't even have the band anymore,,, that really ticks me off!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I will email Dr. Ortiz today and vent on him as well....I know it is up to me now.... I get that!!

I feel I have the right to me mad as hell !!

any support would be great!!!

thanks a bunch

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awe Francesca, ((hugs)) I really wish I had something to offer you. But without MY band, my scale would be doing the same as yours.

Penni is going with Nutra-system (I hope she doesnt mind me sharing her business) - and my cousin just started going there as well. She has lost 7 pounds in 2 weeks... this may be an option for you?

I suggest diet pills - but alot of folks are offended by this suggestion.

This is something we are all in together - banded or unbanded!

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Francesca, you DO have every right to be mad, especially since so many Lopez and Ortiz patients continue to erode. One girl even has a Mexican attorney and is suing Lopez, though I don't know how that works. There goes DeLarla, opening a new can of worms!

I'm not saying to sue Ortiz, but you have a strong argument against him that he should reband you at his cost (that is, if rebanding is an option.) He has been reasonable and fair to other patients, so pull yourself together and do some power writing. Write anything that comes to your mind and don't stop till you're all vented out. Then re-organize what you wrote into a well drafted letter to Ortiz. Give him a chance.

I've lost a few pounds since band removal, but I'm also starving most of the time. I try to count calories, and I do well during the day (by feeling starving and drinking tons of Water.) But my evening meals are larger than a normal person eats, even though most is vegetables. But still, no person needs to eat the mass quantity of veggies that I can consume in one sitting. Huge.

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Francesca~

I feel so bad for you...

Girl, you have every right to be pissed off!!!

I would email that Dr. and tell him everything you are feeling!!!

Good Luck

Heather

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Go ahead and keep venting. You are angry and frustrated and we all know those two emotions can be HUGE food triggers. Vent, take action against your doc, exercise, plan your meals, do something other than excessive, unnecessary eating. Do not let a loser doc and a few pounds get the best of you.

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I say you have every right to be pissed off. We are hear to let you vent away. I know it's not much help...but it's all I can think of that will help.

Getting ahold of the Dr might make you feel a little better.

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Francesca, big hugs to you. I'm so sorry you're going through this! Please know that we're here for you whenever you need to express your frustration.

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Francesca I feel your pain and anger. I too went through all that and everytime I see that scale go up instead of down I go through the same emotions all over again.

I am doing the Nutrisystem meals and they do work. You have to be diligent and count those pesky calories. In fact you have to count the calories in the meals and what you supplement the meal with. That gets OLD believe me. That is why I gained back 5 lbs because I rebelled and didn't count those calories and ate junk for 4 days. SIGH!! I guess I should be happy I only gained 5 lbs. Now I have to work twice as hard to get those 5 off on top of losing more. SIGH!!

I am pissed at Lopez too. I have thought several times about sending him a letter or calling or something but then I think what good would it do other than make me feel better. Lopez and Ortiz are NOT going to do anything about what happened to us. They have their own agenda.

Well I can't speak about Ortiz actually because I have not dealt with him. I can speak about Lopez cause I have first hand knowledge about how he treats his patients with complications. It is just NOT right or ethical the way he treated us. Lopez might be a good surgeon and highly respected but his ethics leave alot to be desired. SIGH!!

Anyway, sorry Francesca for venting on your venting thread but had to or I would have exploded.

Sending you lots of HUGS and I know exactly what you are going through sister.

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I know it probably wouldn't do any good to write letters to these doctors, but I would do it anyway. I would let them know exactly how you feel! With so many of you going through this, it is not an isolated thing and I would tell them that too! Voice your opinion people, nothing gets done to get things better unless we all do that!

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Hi

I am so sorry you are battling like this.That said,and a lot of people are going to shout at me again,I think a lot more people will have band removals in the next few years....complications are just starting to show, really......I am just glad that they picked up that you had the erosion....I still walk with a lot of pain every day,never had an endo or upper GI for that matter and the dr still says no pain no gain.....

so good luck and I hope you can make a plan that works for you.....just dont give up fighting this......

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Francesca, I am so sorry you have to go through this. Vent away girl!!:)

((((((((((((((((((BIG HUGS)))))))))))))))))))

I wish I had big word of wisdom, But you know me, Terri of very few words.:speechles

Again I am sooooo sorry my friend.:kiss2:

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