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Has anyone had success after a complete unfill...fill...slip and another complete unfill?

to make a long story short...

I was pregnant and at about 7.5 months I was unable to eat or drink anything and in terrible pain so got a complete unfill. 1.5 months after my baby was born started getting filled again which was in August. So I've gone back every few weeks for another fill...then 2 weeks ago they sent me for a barium swallow to make sure everything was looking ok...nope! my band slipped...so back to being complete unfilled. I wasn't sick or anything so i had no idea...basically I was always starving and feeling like I needed to eat all the time so i was frustrated and wanted a huge fill.

I had my surgery almost 4 years ago...I lost a total of about 110 lbs...gained about 20 being pregnant and then when I was unfilled at 7.5 months gained 25 over night...ugh! now i'm up another 20...so yeah I've gained 65 back =(

I go back in Wednesday to see if the band went back to normal and see what the next step is.

I never had any sort of issue until my pregnancy and ever since that first unfill I've yet to "feel" my band...

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Has anyone had success after a complete unfill...fill...slip and another complete unfill?

to make a long story short...

I was pregnant and at about 7.5 months I was unable to eat or drink anything and in terrible pain so got a complete unfill. 1.5 months after my baby was born started getting filled again which was in August. So I've gone back every few weeks for another fill...then 2 weeks ago they sent me for a barium swallow to make sure everything was looking ok...nope! my band slipped...so back to being complete unfilled. I wasn't sick or anything so i had no idea...basically I was always starving and feeling like I needed to eat all the time so i was frustrated and wanted a huge fill.

I had my surgery almost 4 years ago...I lost a total of about 110 lbs...gained about 20 being pregnant and then when I was unfilled at 7.5 months gained 25 over night...ugh! now i'm up another 20...so yeah I've gained 65 back =(

I go back in Wednesday to see if the band went back to normal and see what the next step is.

I never had any sort of issue until my pregnancy and ever since that first unfill I've yet to "feel" my band...

Wow! What a roller coaster ride! But now you get to start over with a brand new band! Best of luck to you! Remember how wonderful it felt the first time around? You'll be there again!

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thanks!! i'm trying to get back to the right mind set! I worked really hard to lose the weight the first time so it seems like such a daunting task to start over again! you're encouraging words definitly help! I was hoping someone went through something similar to get more encouragement! =)

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