Hi all. This is my first post but I'm a daily reader. I'm currently 5 weeks post op, haven't had a fill yet. Long story short, I have a kidney stone, first one I've ever had. Now I'm one of these people who got the band to have portion control, not to be on a diet my whole life. So with that, I've done some homework about these and really haven't had a loss of nutrition, not much of a change in what I've ate in the past. Has anybody else had these problems since being banded and is this an issue I should expect to have ongoing episodes with?

never heard of band causing kidney stones. I have had them but not since the band.

I believe what your asking is why isn't the band controlling your appitite. It is too soon. You are still healing. Once you get the fill you may see a difference. It takes a few fills to see big differences. Now is the time when you are practicing the band rules like chew chew chew, not drinking during meals and cut into small pieces.

Have patience, journal measure your food.

Good luck

wendy

the same thing happend to me it happens to 5% of all WLS pepole i had to have my blasted out it hurt alot. It also has to do with the type of calimum you take crabate virs cistrate also unrinic acid

Lauracat, can you please elaborate on the types of calcium? Do you mean that one can contribute more to getting Kidney stones than the other? My nutritionist told me to take calcium citrate, and I'm curious.

we can take etther most take like Victive the cramlem/ choclet chew ones becuse lets face it there much better tasting that is Carbate calcium citrate is better for those with kideny stoes it also cased by unrinc acid. I never had them eather before my band but my dr was not suprized.

Are you on an extremely low carb/high protein diet by chance?

My husband started getting kidney stones about 6 months post op. He was having a episode atleast once a month. His saving grace has been pure lemon juice water. He goes through a bag a week and squeezes the juice in a water bottle. He then drinks several glasses of it a day with the juice. The artificial stuff did not work. You can have a test to determine the type of stone. He ate a lot if okra which was on the kidney stone forbidden list.

By the way, the urologist told my husband many wl patients develop kidney stones and also gall stones

Thanks for all your responses. My diet is low to med carb, 1200 calories a day. One of my issues could be too much cheese. I have a appt with the surgeon on the 10th. Hopefully this will pass by then. Again thanks for the responses.

I have had kidney stones for year anyways so i can't say my band caused any kidney stones but It did probably contribute to me getting gallstones. I have also been told that real lemon juice helps to dissolve kidney stones by my urologist. He told me to make lemonade out of real lemons and drink it often.