HI there, my name is Kari and I am 24 yrs old. I was banded on November 3, 2006 by Dr. Carl Sunby in Madison, WI. I had some complications and was unable to get a fill until this past monday March 11th. The biggest complication was that the larger incision got infected, and I mean infected. My Dr was worried that the band had been exposed to the air because you could see all the way through to my inside (lovely i know) and if that were the case there was a possibility for internal infections and all that. It took almost 3 months of packing wet gauze into the incision and keeping it all clean for it to finally heal. Unfortunately I have a really ugly scar now but I guess it could have been much worse. I have had a really frustrating time because my Dr kept telling me not to do too much exercise especially nothing abdominal and so I haven't really lost much weight since my surgery. But like I said I finally was able to get a fill a couple of days ago, which was also fun because with all the scar tissue he couldn't feel the port so we had to schedule another appointment to try it under the xray machine, so hopefully I am on the right track now. I am happy to be apart of this website and hopefully will be able to meet some new people. Good luck to you all and take care

Hi Kari, You poor thing. How awful for you to go through infection and pain. Hopefully you are on the road to recovery now and can ever so slowly start incorporating exercise in to your daily routine. I wish you all the best, and lots of success.

Susannah

Kari, I am so sorry to hear about the struggles you have had. Thank goodness things are going better now. Keep your head up, the weight will come off. I'm glad to have you join us on LBT. It is a wonderful place to come for support and to ask questions!

see that is what scares me to the point i dont want to do it.. but im glad your on track now and goodluck

congrats on your band and your healing!!!!!

Welcome to lapband talk forum. Congrats on being banded. Sorry you have had such difficulty. You will do okay.

I am so sorry to hear about the difficulties you went through.. although I haven't been banded yet..... I have heard of hardly anyone who said that they wished they never went through the procedure (even ones who had difficulties)... I'm glad to hear that you are optimistic... keep up the positive attitude.

thank you all. i am on the road to recovery. i have been given the okay to excercise so that is going to be the big difference i think. ya know as frustrating as these last few months have been i honestly don't have any regrets in deciding to go ahead with the surgery. my process may be a little slower than most that have been banded but i am just excited to see the weight go :0)