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EGD tomorrow to find out whats causing these spasms since my slip...scared :(

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Just Want To Encourage You

Don't Be Scared, JUST PRAY, PRAY, PRAY...

WITHOUT CEASING AND TRUST GOD TO SEE YOU THROUGH.

HAVE FAITH YOU'LL BE GREAT

Ps I'll PRAY for You Too

LovePeaceJoy!!!<br />Q3Carla721

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I am 9 month post op.. and just Wednesday had my band repair. It was not a total slip but it was tilted from a stomach bug I had in May... I threw up so violently being sick that my stomach protruded up through the band. We hoped it would settle itself but it was to the point I threw up 4-5 times a day and lost 10 lbs in 3 weeks.

I dreaded it because I don't do with the anesthesia. I am now 2 days post op and very nauseated and trying to talk myself out of throwing up.

They did not have to remove my band.. he just unbuckled it, pushed my stomach back down and rebuckled the band in place.

We shall see... I just hope my esophagus is not having spams that may be from all the throwing up.

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I've had my band since Oct 2009. Successfully lost 104 lbs the 1st 2 yrs. Until my slip last year. Was partially unfi.led until 4 mths ago when my band actually herniated and needed total unfilling. I started researching the vertical sleeve. Especially when my dr informed me that the chance of a slipped band after an initial slipped band is like 80%.

2 1/2 wks ago I had my revision done in 1 surgery. The dr spent 30 minutes digging my embedded band out of my stomach. Had it been in there much lkonger, it could've caused irreputable damage. Left me a little sorer than most post op sleevers but Im feeling great now. Still on a full liquid diet (when I was banded I cheated in the 2nd wk of my 4 wk liquid diet. Consequences r much bigger with the sleeve so Im abiding by the rules)

IMHO (and according to my dr) the bnad was a fad (li,e Phen Fen in the 90s). My docs nurse tries to talk band candidates out of that choice. When I chose to have the lapband 4 yrs ago, I never even heard of the sleeve. It was either the band or bypass.I figured I didn't want anytning permanent done (why alot of people choose the band). But the closer I came to goal, the more I realized that I needed a permanent tool, not a temporary 1. So glad that Im now sleeved. I've lost 13 lbs in the past 17 days (now only about 30 lbs to my goal of 130)

If u have any questions, please pm me. Please no one complain that Im on a band board bashing it. I was very happy with my band and it allowed me to lose the majority of my excess wt. However, after a serious complication, I chose to move on to the sleeve. U do have a hhuge chance of a 2nd slip after the 1st 1, btw

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