I am starting to see a couple folks say at one point in time they disliked their band. How many of you at some point after your surgery disliked your bands? This is important i think to those who either just got their bands or are planning to. I often wonder if when i get my surgery if i will hate my band at some point. I think it would be helpful to hear if others, at some point, disliked their bands but then came to love them later on. This way if i happen to experience that i can just push through until i love it! Hope that makes sense. I am not even sure it makes sense to me the way i wrote it. . Hope everyone is doing well.

on the contrary, i am only 10 months post op, best thing i ever did.....well, besides marrying my ole man, having my son and having dobermans.....

i cant ever see myself (hate/dislike my band) even if it developed complications later, i would be grateful for what it has giving me right now, my life back...

Me too. I sometimes have a love/hate relationship but that's just because sometimes our stomach lining swells and makes eating a little more challenging.

One thing that most newbies don't hear often is, some people cannot give up their addiction to food and it's so much easier to blame the band than take responsibility for their own failure to follow the rules and eat healthy sensible foods. There's probably not a day that doesn't go by that someone isn't crying for help here on this site, due to their lack of willpower to stop eating chocolate or ice cream or you name your favorite fattening food? Or, their inability to eat small bites and chew properly? And it's so much easier to eat slider foods like milk shakes, chips, soda pop, cake, lasagna, fried foods. Many of these folks find reasons to hate the band simply because they cannot give up the foods they love.

There are those who have other issues as well. Reflux, vomiting the band from it's original location(slip), band failure just to name a few of the other complications that can piss off anyone who spent $10K for surgery.

I have to say unfortunately I ignored my band, but after getting back on track and losing again it is the best thing I have ever done and I feel the best I have ever felt.

I don't dislike my band, but I sure dislike what it's done to my GI tract. I love that I'm under 200 lb and can shop in any store. I love that I can walk better, do more, but living with a motility disorder is very much a compromised quality of life. Different problems. The only + is that I feel better about how I look.

My only regret is that I could not loose weight and stay in shape on my own will power, and that I had to resort (last resort) to corrective surgery to do what I was unable to do.....

BUT

With that behind me...I couldn't be happier with the results, my new lifestyle, having my health back, looking and feeling 20 years younger, and loosing all the weight that there was possible to loose.....

Who cares if it was the easy way out....any way out is fine as long as it works...and it did!

I don't dislike my band, but I sure dislike what it's done to my GI tract. I love that I'm under 200 lb and can shop in any store. I love that I can walk better, do more, but living with a motility disorder is very much a compromised quality of life. Different problems. The only + is that I feel better about how I look.

What are your Mobility Issues...if you don't mind me asking...if you do that's alright. I can understand, it's none of my business really.....It's just that happens to be the field I work in so I'm always curious.....

What are your Mobility Issues...if you don't mind me asking...if you do that's alright. I can understand, it's none of my business really.....It's just that happens to be the field I work in so I'm always curious.....

I don't dislike my band, but I sure dislike what it's done to my GI tract. I love that I'm under 200 lb and can shop in any store. I love that I can walk better, do more, but living with a motility disorder is very much a compromised quality of life. Different problems. The only + is that I feel better about how I look.

It's motility, not mobility, though I have that too.

Achalasia

Gastroparesis

IBS

What are your Mobility Issues...if you don't mind me asking...if you do that's alright. I can understand, it's none of my business really.....It's just that happens to be the field I work in so I'm always curious.....

Mobility: sacroiliac dysfunction and spinal stenosis at L4-L5. I've been on disability since 2/07.

I don't dislike my band, but I sure dislike what it's done to my GI tract. I love that I'm under 200 lb and can shop in any store. I love that I can walk better, do more, but living with a motility disorder is very much a compromised quality of life. Different problems. The only + is that I feel better about how I look.

It's motility, not mobility, though I have that too.

Achalasia

Gastroparesis

IBS

Thanks for sharing....aside from what I do, my wife has been a PT for over 35 years and is the Rehab Director of a facility.

Nope, love my band. Don't like PB'ing or getting stuck, but the easy way to avoid that is follow the rules.

Thanks for sharing....aside from what I do, my wife has been a PT for over 35 years and is the Rehab Director of a facility.

When my SI joint went out in '07 I did PT for a year 3x week. I transitioned to chiropractor after my progress plateaued, still see him every couple of weeks for adjustment. My right SI dislocates. My left knee needs replaced...not surprising the rt SI is a problem. I went from being unable to walk without assistance to walking 1.5 miles...it's painful but I CAN do it

When my SI joint went out in '07 I did PT for a year 3x week. I transitioned to chiropractor after my progress plateaued, still see him every couple of weeks for adjustment. My right SI dislocates. My left knee needs replaced...not surprising the rt SI is a problem. I went from being unable to walk without assistance to walking 1.5 miles...it's painful but I CAN do it

Oh, I'm so glad I read this MsMaui. I have severe arthritis in my right knee...no cartilage left, basically bone on bone and at this point, my hip and leg are affected as well. The muscles are very weak and I'm in pain all the time. I need to lose a total of 117 lbs and I'm making progress...49 lbs. down so far. I was hoping at this point to have less pain and be able to walk more without the cane, but so far, that's not happening. I do have more stamina but that's more about the weight loss rather than walking easier. I see you have lost 90 lbs. so I am hoping I just have to lose more weight before seing some improvement. I'd give anything to just be off that damn cane....

Any problems my band has given me are nothing compared to what being fat was doing to me. Worth every penny and one of the best decisions I have ever made.

Oh, I'm so glad I read this MsMaui. I have severe arthritis in my right knee...no cartilage left, basically bone on bone and at this point, my hip and leg are affected as well. The muscles are very weak and I'm in pain all the time. I need to lose a total of 117 lbs and I'm making progress...49 lbs. down so far. I was hoping at this point to have less pain and be able to walk more without the cane, but so far, that's not happening. I do have more stamina but that's more about the weight loss rather than walking easier. I see you have lost 90 lbs. so I am hoping I just have to lose more weight before seing some improvement. I'd give anything to just be off that damn cane....

Losing weight has helped my knee. I had multiple injuries (skateboarding, skiing, softball, volleyball and working on my feet 26 years) and ended up having most of the articular cartilage, the meniscus, both medial and lateral removed and had chondroplasty done on a 15x15mm lesion with marrow edema. I had artificial synovial Fluid injections too, which helped. Have you tried the synovial fluid injections? You have to do a series of 3 or 5 exactly one week apart. It really did help though.

yes ma'am, I had synvisc shots. no good. I had steroid shots...only helped for a few days. I tore the miniscus in both knees, had arthroscopic surgery on both knees....the right knee is shot. I just got back from the pool. It's the only place I can exercise. I know that replacement is likely the outcome...I was just hoping to be in less pain as the weight came off. Again...I have a ways to go so maybe as more weight comes off, it will get better. thanks for letting me know your history. makes me feel not so alone.