Hello everyone, my name is Louise, and I'm new to this site. I'm 48, married to a great man, and mother to a beautiful 6 year old son with autism. The reason I'm here is that for the last 4 years, I've been miserable with a lapband. I live on soup, protein drinks, purees, soft foods, and ice cream. Even with that, I regurgitate and get food stuck multiple times a day, even water and yogurt often get stuck-- this is with NO FLUID in my band. The first year was great, and I lost about 40 pounds, but then things started to go downhill with the band, to where I am today. I have finally accepted that this is not my failure- this is my band's failure!!

My surgeon and I decided that first and foremost, removal is a must, but he left the revision part up to me, or if I even wanted to do it at all. RNY, the sleeve, or nothing--I went back to the original reason I chose WLS--I was blessed with my only child at 42 and he has autism--I wanted to have a shot at a longer, healthier, more active life with easier mobility with my son. To me, the best and safest way to lose the weight will be with the RNY. I am excited to get my life back!! I am just waiting for my insurance companies to finish deciding some things, and surgery is about 3-4 weeks out from now. I would love to hear from past banders to know how they are doing now--I should have trusted my gut and done the RNY 4 years ago!! Glad to find this board! Louise

Welcome to the group. I'm 34 and I have 3 kids and my youngest & only boy is 3 years old with autism I'm glad your here with us & your not alone with surgery or special need child.

Hi! I am new too ( you can read about me below). I too have a son with ASD. He is now 16 and about to get his drivers license! HELP!! Good luck to you. I hope your insurance works things out for you. I should be having an RNY the end of June. But I don't have a date yet. I think this is going to be an important tool to my success. WELCOME!

I have a 17 year old daughter with Autism. Non verbal. Makes life interesting.

Hello everyone' date=' my name is Louise, and I'm new to this site. I'm 48, married to a great man, and mother to a beautiful 6 year old son with autism. The reason I'm here is that for the last 4 years, I've been miserable with a lapband. I live on soup, Protein drinks, purees, soft foods, and ice cream. Even with that, I regurgitate and get food stuck multiple times a day, even Water and yogurt often get stuck-- this is with NO Fluid in my band. The first year was great, and I lost about 40 pounds, but then things started to go downhill with the band, to where I am today. I have finally accepted that this is not my failure- this is my band's failure!!

My surgeon and I decided that first and foremost, removal is a must, but he left the revision part up to me, or if I even wanted to do it at all. RNY, the sleeve, or nothing--I went back to the original reason I chose WLS--I was blessed with my only child at 42 and he has autism--I wanted to have a shot at a longer, healthier, more active life with easier mobility with my son. To me, the best and safest way to lose the weight will be with the RNY. I am excited to get my life back!! I am just waiting for my insurance companies to finish deciding some things, and surgery is about 3-4 weeks out from now. I would love to hear from past banders to know how they are doing now--I should have trusted my gut and done the RNY 4 years ago!! Glad to find this board! Louise[/quote']

Welcome! I am a band to RNY conversion too. My surgery is june 12th. I have similar issues as you with the band. I am ready to get going on ny next leg of this journey!!

Welcome to the group!