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Band slipped for a 2nd time!!!

hcinicolo

By hcinicolo, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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hcinicolo
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I am 3 weeks post-op for a 2nd re-do. This is not funny anymore. I am behaving but I have lost very little weight. I am about 20 lbs from my goal weight and had lost alot in the few months preceeding the surgery. It is so great not to be nauseated all the time though. The thought of taking it out completely scared me but I really would not be a happy camper for this to occur again. The last time was 2 yrs ago. I bought a cookbook for weightloss surgery patients that I am hoping will inspire me. I do need tightening or an appetite surpressant though. I am eating watered down oatmeal and loose eggwhites with cheese in addition to lots of Soup. wine goes straight to my head and I wake up hungover...so where is the pleasure I ask. I have not lost more weight but the only thing to show for this inconvenience is not having to schlep the groceries into the house and not vomiting.

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I'm so sorry! I had one slip and live in fear of #2. I was totally unfilled AGAIN today and I swear I've been following the rules to a tee this time. Hopefully, you are covered by insurance! I was self-pay. Best of luck in your healing and with the rest of your weight-loss journey.

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:omg: thank god for insurance. The only bill i got was from the hospital for the telephone in my room. You and I are about the same size with the same goals. What fills you up and do you eat Breakfast? I have been trying to drink more Water lately but then end up looking for bathrooms all day. I probably need a fill but won't be going back for another 2 weeks. I think I will call and get an appetite surpressant. :hungry: It is a crazy busy week though and I guess the stress of it all is not working in my favor. My daughter is having her bat mitzvah in 2 days and I think it is more work for me than her!

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girlinnyc    0

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heidi,

that's terrible about TWO slipped bands. i am getting an endoscopy today to find out, more definitively, if my band has slipped. the esophogram was not clear enough.

did you have to have an endoscopy to look at band? or was it clear from the esophogram? what caused the slipped band--in your opinion? i think mine may have slipped because of a violent vomiting incident last week--when i was out of town on a business trip--i was stressed out--took a few bites of something--and before i knew it--was throwing up (or trying not to) in an elevator. ugh.

i dread thinking about re-doing this surgery. i only had it (for the first time) in january.

really NOT a happy camper at the moment...

congrats on your daughter's bat mitzvah! l'chaim!

girlinnyc

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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