I was banded just over three years ago and had lost 100 pounds the first year (still had 50 to go to get to goal). I kept it off for the second year, but the third year I had a lot of problems, ended up having all of the Fluid taken out of my band, and gained about 50 pounds.

My biggest problem ended up being reflux. I have been taking Protonix but once the reflux got to its current point, my surgeon decided it wasn't a good idea to do any additional adjustments even though I had very little restriction. He suggested that we get the band out and revise to bypass.

After jumping through all the pre-op hoops for the second time I was just scheduled for surgery on 1/14! I am excited, nervous, and a lot scared. Any advice anyone has would be greatly appreciated!

All done and in my hospital room! Everything went very well!

Yay!!! Here's to long walks and even longer farts!!!!

Everything went fantastic this morning. I am in a very nice private room and have been sucking on ice chips since I woke up. I've already had my first walk up and down the hall!

Great job

Everything went fantastic this morning. I am in a very nice private room and have been sucking on ice chips since I woke up. I've already had my first walk up and down the hall!

How wonderful. So very glad to hear this. You keep doing what they say and you will be home and doing better every day. Gentle Hugs

Everything went fantastic this morning. I am in a very nice private room and have been sucking on ice chips since I woke up. I've already had my first walk up and down the hall!

Congrats! I'm so glad to hear everything went so well for u. I peay it continues to do so and that your excess weight flies off! best wishes

So I was supposed to get band removed then converted to bypass on 1/19/13 but the band did not agree with my body and I had too much scar tissue to get to my stomach. So they just removed my band which took 2hrs. So now I'm rescheduled for late may early June. So I have to do another liquid diet in 4 months and be in pain again. I wish I would have never gotten the band and just went with the bypass 7 months ago

So I was supposed to get band removed then converted to bypass on 1/19/13 but the band did not agree with my body and I had too much scar tissue to get to my stomach. So they just removed my band which took 2hrs. So now I'm rescheduled for late may early June. So I have to do another liquid diet in 4 months and be in pain again. I wish I would have never gotten the band and just went with the bypass 7 months ago

I'm so sorry

I hated my band in the end and I was terrified I would need two surgeries. I hope you heal quickly from the removal and that the next 6 months go by quickly.

All done and in my hospital room! Everything went very well!

I had band to bypass on Jan 14 th also..... Let kit....lost @ 10lbs so far....

I also had band to bypass Jan 14 th....lost @10 lbs so far, still kinda sore...

I am down 18 pounds but I have at least 100 to lose, so it'a nice to get the first 18 out of the way so quickly! With the band every time I lost weight, I would go down a big chunk and then back up a few. It was a constant yo-yo. I sure hope this is different and the pounds stay gone!!

Oh and I am also still sore - that port incision is my largest one and it really hurts. I had that problem when they put the stupid thing in too!

Oh and I am also still sore - that port incision is my largest one and it really hurts. I had that problem when they put the stupid thing in too!

My port site bugged me for 6 weeks when I had the beast removed in August!!!! It was really the only spot that bothered me at all....per my surgeon 'it takes a lot of scraping to get the port off the abdominal wall'....yeah, that just sounds painful!!!!!

Everything went fantastic this morning. I am in a very nice private room and have been sucking on ice chips since I woke up. I've already had my first walk up and down the hall!

How's things going?

Hey band to bypassers keep me posted I've got to go through the same thing in may or June. My port hurts all the time. I go to see my Adoc next Thursday.

Hey band to bypassers keep me posted I've got to go through the same thing in may or June. My port hurts all the time. I go to see my Adoc next Thursday.

Granted I'm still 12 days pre-op but so far the liquid diet is the worst thing of all . (Insert whine here)

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 251, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 251