Hi everyone! Just saying hi, I'm new here.

I was banded in March 2007 and did well for the first couple years, until my pregnancy in 2010. After I had my baby, the band was never the same. I had fills up to the maximum but never felt any different or stopped gaining weight. Finally I decided to pursue revision to sleeve. It took 2 appeal letters but I finally got my insurance approval and my revision was on 12/29. My surgeon told me that my band was actually unbuckled and loose on my stomach, so there was no restriction at all. No wonder it didn't work! I suspect that something went wrong during my pregnancy--I had reflux the whole time, which I had never had before, and in my last trimester I could barely eat due to the pressure from the baby.

Anyway, I am back home recuperating now. I've had minimal pain, mostly just soreness, but had a lot of nausea initially and that is still slowly subsiding. I also feel pretty hungry on the Stage 2 diet, but I expected that.

Thanks for being here!

Congratulations! and good luck while you recover. Happy New Year!

Thank you!

Congrats!