Hi I have been bouncing around on here to figure some of this stuff out! As for now I have not quite gotten what a "fill" is! I must be missing it! I have been looking and reading some much on here!

I had the RYN bypass 6 yrs ago and I only wish that this kind of things would have been available! you all are sooo connected! It is truely inspiring to me to read and learn! It seems like a larger familly has formed and I think that is awesome!

Can some one help me to have a total understanding of this procedure? I understand the banding but thelinks I have been on do not seem to go into great detail !

Thanks

Vicki :clap2:

Basically, the band is a ring that is placed around your stomach. It can be inflated by adding saline (a fill) or deflated by removing saline.

mama3girls.....there is an excellent website for people with RNY - there are many veterans on there (other kinds of wls people, too, but mainly RNY

www.bariatriceating.com

GayleTX and Laurend

Thank you both for your help! I feel so badly that I let the weight come back! I did not realize it until we lost our home to a house fire this past April, we were rescued off the burning roof and I remember a sudden fear that my weight may collapse the roof with my three children, hubby and myslef! Weirdest thing to thing it would hit you at a time like that..that you h ave packed the weight back on!

I have been weighing the desion of having a "tune up" with my RYN or to find a doctor that would do the banding on me! Really still undecided, the main thing is how invasive the RYN was, I still have a scare that is at least 8 inches long and has some spots that are as wide as 3/4 an inch! I do not worry about the vanity thing, three kids strech marks to my ears, all c sections, I could really care less about another scare! It is the healing plus I scare too much in the inside when cute completely open! I really like that you all respond to each other and to new comers as myself, I have found no other site that is as dedicated to helping each other! Anyone that has any little info you would like to give me I would be sooo grateful! Honestly I am not even sure that my insurance will even approve it with out a long drawn out tado as it was with my RYN. But please I want to gain as much knowledge as I can with this. That was a down fall before. I never went through any classes explaining it, all I knew was I would be on liquids for about 6 weeks then learn to eat again and loose weight!

thanks again for your help and I have started looking at the web site you recommeded GayleTX

Vicki

http://www.lapband.com/lapband/portal.do

This link goes to the Inamed website, the main supplier of the Lap Band. There is some really good info there including little videos of the procedure plus explanation of how the band works. It may help. Good luck!