I was banded April 11, 2013 and today my band was removed. I had problems from the moment I woke up from surgery. I was in a great deal of pain and was nauseous the entire time. Everyone I spoke to said that my case was extremely rare or they had never seen anything like it. I had two upper GI's and everything looked normal. I watched my band working the way it seemed should. I don't know why my body hated it so much. My stomach spasmed so bad, I relate it to putting a flea collar on my cat (that's some seriously funny stuff)

I am really disappointed and sad but I am relieved my struggle is over because it was very painful.

Also, my doc was very supportive and Memorial Hospital did not charge me for the removal, since I was a cash pay. It's good to know that there are still kind people in the world.

I was pretty active on this site and I wanted to thank you all for your support. I learned a lot from you guys, the pre-op diet and my few weeks with the band, so hopefully, I can take the weight off on my own. Thank you all for your help and caring.

For anyone who hasn't had their surgery yet, I'm sorry if I worried you. I'm told this is extremely, extremely rare.

Sorry to hear you have had such a rough time of it. When were you actually banded? Last month (as per your profile) or 10 years ago, as per your post above?

If it was the former, it seems a very quick turnaround and must be extremely disappointing for you.

If it was the latter, then you did extremely well to last so long!

Good on you for pointing out that your situation is extremely rare and that others should not be concerned about experiencing the same results.

Best wishes for your future weight loss journey, whatever road you take!

No!!! I was so excited that I had met someone on here that was my same surgeon and same day I am so sorry u had such a rough time with the band. Hopefully we can keep in touch and still support eachother in our journey for weight loss.

No!!! I was so excited that I had met someone on here that was my same surgeon and same day I am so sorry u had such a rough time with the band. Hopefully we can keep in touch and still support eachother in our journey for weight loss.

This made me almost cry I'm so sorry I couldn't imagine going through all the appointments, pre-op and everything and having to have it removed good luck with everything I'm so sorry

Thanks SageTracey for pointing out my error. Yeah, it was 2013. I had it for less than a month.

Sloan1412 you look like you're doing great! I thought it was funny how we found each other on here. I'm going to keep working at it. I want to get to one-derland so I'm going to keep working. We should definitely stay in touch and help inspire each other.